darkness has fallen and it's still peaceful and they have remained so for your sakes my grandchildren so i moved. to berlin our family. starts november 6th do you w. . the. forests are the lungs of be a big country afford to live life without healthy forests but every year it point 8000000 hectares of forest some being destroyed making way for every imaginable human activity from palm oil plantations and soil feels to ruins to amusement parks for parking lots hello welcome to equal india and sun coming to you from mumbai

today we'll take a closer look at our green cover in our cities and in the countryside the city of mumbai has lost 60 percent of its clean cover over the last 40 years most of the city has now been peeved and concretized by policy makers try to find the middle ground in the environment was his development to be to india a popular japanese stepney of growing forests is providing a stopgap solution let's see how feasible it is for a city like mumbai. the. union uni. it is almost impossible to believe that this 4 acre land called the lungs of thought up world was once an industrial dumping ground. for. its transforming. took just 3 years.

yes. this used to be an extremely unhealthy unique toxic place there was always a stench from all the garbage dump here including plastic of rubber and bags of chemicals we could not be allowed to be here were going to as well as other. yes the 25 feet tall man made harvest is now home to over 30000 trees of 38 with idees and several species of birds reptiles and subsoil creatures see just 100 kilometers south of this young forest the metropolis of mumbai it is facing an unprecedented development its clean spaces are slowly but surely

dying. today mumbai's green cover is less than 13 percent an alarming statistic. i thought are you here to show where there are nations for every healthy human being you require fight by growing healthy feet fire oxygen for your side for food for everything in mumbai reassures again diverse we have 5 human beings and one tree. which is why a growing number of organizations are using an if on a station technique that has its roots in japan but could be a perfect fit for space trapped mumbai it's called the me of akim at her high density plantations are created with different species of need of trees.

we need top money to be significant you can increase greenery even by planting non-native trees in mumbai between 50 and 60 percent of trees are not native in a conventional current asian one acre of land we can only have 2000 trees but it's more the me of argument heard we can plant between drove to 13000 trees in a little but i say there are. some bowman mumbai has become the unlikely home for the city's pulse me aki forest a project by a local and by me. intell group that began in january 2019. no one kilometer green wall that acts as a dust barrier between a seaman where house and a residential neighborhood could be used to seize defend what i think we have planted 50 to varieties of trees such as gunjan but these but indian to livable

they just don't. fit. in another part of the city wall in 2 years are creating a me of aki cluster along the penny ferry off a public park in one of western india's most important business districts. the community was supported by for its creators an organization that has worked to create over 40 me aki forests in different parts of the country planting over 600000 trees with a 99 percent survival rate. to polish up when they were out there been going to get a number of them and then going to go there would. be there but. you need to be very very conscious about what kind of environment that we are going to so show you the most important part where the road warrior so 1st to understand the soil. the 2nd step is scientifically surveying the areas biodiversity and selecting suitable need of tree species to be planted.

all the saplings and raw materials are then brought to the plantation site and other as anyone else. and this is healing is. for the next 2 years the saplings are regularly monitored and watered costing which we mun point $5.00 and $3.00 poetry to me a marquee technique could be crucial in the quest to revive urban green spaces. and the impact can be seen in a matter of a few years as demonstrated in thought upper. hand over 90 percent of mumbai has been paved uncontroverted in the past 4 decades donning the city into an urban heat island a large built up area that traps heat and drives up temperatures even at night.

arbonne dance parties created using the meow marquee technique could be enormously useful in combating this but despite their many benefits these young forest cannot be treated as a substitute for naturally growing old products. now it's very wrong for anybody to say that you cut the deals that have been there for hundreds of years 'd in a particular area and then you're going to blunders miyagi forest it's like you want to kill the grandfather in the house because in you which i live in we want to clear this it's absolutely you don't want the forest to clear the local ecosystem to you the planet in its own little but it is really an orderly place where to an existing forest. oh.

in germany forests of long been treasured by its people which is why when these bloodlines turned into brouwer graveyards during the horton dry summer the sense of dismay was spelt of a german long profit is extending a helping hand to reverse this ecological diversification so that base fatness a bold resilient. this forest in the hearts region of northern germany is a spruce monoculture almost one 5th of the trees here are so damaged that they'll die. the reason several years of too little rain. the forest ranger hope to counteract the problem by mixing in deciduous trees with the evergreens. but the seedlings that used to grow here have now dried out. he isn't on fox only 2018 trees were planted on this area. or the shrubs were planted at the

edges over their oaks and now up to 90 percent of them have died in the dry summers want to cope with and are. trying to save the forest through replanting may have come too late if the drought continues this will become a wasteland. but once and other parts of germany could still be saved the conditions are better in the southern german mountain forest than they are in the hearts twice as much rain has fallen here volunteer tree planters have come to lend a hand they're in high demand due to the drought the spiritual this affects partners we've had for many years who are now suffering major losses and are asking if we can do more than the usual to offer you weeks in one place would be almost 1st common the young we've also received near requests for next year from all across germany. people are urgently needed to clunk trees to ring and

most for the forestry workers mixed woods are the future they formed an organization called bank fund paul yanked it's a nonprofit that relies on donations. we don't see ourselves as merely a forestry business. we use our forestry work to come into contact with the woods for being the and we also see ourselves as an important educational institution was the buildings i wish to. go he wants people all over the world to get involved with planting trees the temperature rise of the earth's atmosphere can only be halted if more trees are planted worldwide that's why u.n. representatives and 2011 allocate at the von challenge conference they agreed to restore $150000000.00 hectares of the world's forests even the bone challenge with sequester and that the trees would take up 20 percent of the carbon dioxide that

causes climate change. it's one way out of the climate dilemma but why has so little happen to tell now. i think that while planning this is a strength that implementing it is a huge challenge it's good the idea is there but there is still no plan that is ready to be carried out although i've a blog on their field. that's why his organization is focusing on reforestation in germany. imported to better protect this woodland from potential drought damage they've rehydrated in upland more that had been trained to do. this isn't the reason goes of also this is a gigantic water reserve because pete liable nita's can hold huge amounts of water it's not really hard secondly it's also a carbon sink but so are usually in times of climate change well because the lowers

is not decayed organic biomass. it's turned into peat and p. contains all the carbon that the plants have taken out while growing. boxed and it's all stored here beneath us in. this town dina has spent decades turning monocultures into mixed woodlands and mobile reforestation begins he hopes to share his specialist knowledge and experience. now not just germany forests around the world are in danger whether their destiny was gone the photos really dry forest a healthy forest requires a delicate balancing act or given tick but economic interests and population growth are right at the top to mess this up let's zoom in for the on the state of forests globally. the forests botanical garden eaters via the north of berlin is part of the university for sustainable development it includes over $1200.00

tree species. one 3rd of the earth is covered in forests professor to b.s. claim and would like to see them contain the same tree diversity as there is here in the botanical garden. several 1000000 hectares of forest were lost several 1000000 hectares per year still this loss is not the same everywhere we have slight increase in forest area for example in europe we do a slight need to see slight increases in forest area in north america on the other hand we see very strong decrease in forest area in africa for example in southeast asia basically in all tropical regions. across the planet forest is being raised and replaced with arab oil farmland the timber is sold it's a dangerous development that takes

a heavy toll on the environment where all of the forests cannot be overestimated basically forests to save or to store carbon dioxid they prevent or they to decrease climate change but forests fulfill a lot of different other functions as well they are very important source for biodiversity they provide us with clean air with clean water and of course they are. they are a very important income source for especially poor people a study by the swiss federal institute of technology found nearly a 1000000 hectares of land worldwide could be reforested almost the size of china the new forests could capture 2 thirds of human made carbon emissions 1st of all the study gives us a very good overview of what potential can be achieved with a forestation still you have to keep in mind there are 2 main things that might

make the whole thing more difficult 1st of all the sites are often not accessible when we think of russia these sites are not at all there are no roads there is no wrote that book etc secondly often the sites are not as unused as they might seem. the sites best suited for reforestation are in russia the us canada australia brazil and china even if not all the sites identified where if our stood there would still be a significant improvement in climate conditions and of course we mustn't make the same mistakes again but most importantly before stripy diverse what should be avoided this large monocultures with only one tree species by doing that the forests are much more resilient against forest fires against pests and of course against climate change forests not only still carbon wood is also an important energy source and has the added advantage of being

a renewable resource. as energy source can only be part of futures renewable energy mix it will not save us from climate change your parts it is true 1st always should be used in a material way only lowest qualities of what we see here for example can be used for energy directly to move far east from a dominant diverse species and also only changes in our especially in fish and storing carbon all the more reason to leave them standing eat. food food. trees in the dead of a default that like wood for example have been a staple for construction for thousands of us because it stalls but what is environmentally responsible drastically different from the man made with eaters that require huge amounts of fossil fuels and cause harmful emissions nobody is

leaving the pub to possibly go back to building with wood at skid the country has on what you do world's tallest wooden high rise standing at the 5 meters. the wooden high rise on the shore of lake near the norway valley has 18 stories 85 and a half meters high it's the tallest wooden building ever to be built worldwide. the project was the fulfillment of a personal dream for developer. it's a symbol of what is possible. to make in good complicated buildings and also the high rise buildings and how to reduce c o 2 this is 60 percent lower c

o 2 than in steel and concrete you think cleaner. thank you or so it's healthier both for people but also for the nature. life has an apartment on the 15th floor. he thoroughly enjoys being surrounded by i would. like this i feed the birds you can smell the birds all the good you see makes. doing something with you so i think it's more like this let me see concrete right so you feel that the building is living actually. it took years of pioneering work to make the wooden tower impermeable to wind and whether. it was designed by former like detector and movement a company specialized in temper construction. project coordinator. ventured into

new architectural territory. we have never done anything like this before so it was always about believing that it is possible a lot of hard work and a long nights trying to figure out how can we do this the biggest problem. lightness of the material so all the force of the external force as they will try to tilt the building or shift. the load bearing callings had to be something deeper into the ground than usual fun proofing was never a major issue the thick wooden beams can withstand a blaze even longer than steel another factor behind the trend in building with timber. 84 meter building under construction in vienna is also not a ford bordeaux france is building an entire development with eco friendly material and architects in london are planning a $300.00 metre tower made of oak. i think it's

a symbol of the green shift we have. think about it. it's. a method of building. for the future. tall buildings but every building. wooden high rises remain the exception. is a good example of what apartment buildings could look like in years to come. what is not only a sustainable construction material it also helps in making some create music hundreds of years ago the legendary italian instrument maker and. now almost priceless masterpieces from the spruce forest. in northern italy even today it's used to create some world class instruments but the theme. is feeling the

effects of climate change. fabio always enjoys working with wood particularly if it has a nice texture. the wood is smooth and even that's just the right kind for making musical instruments. but a major windstorm last year knocked down almost all of the trees here in wagner. was. there not all but one local went out the next day i felt like a friend had died with a. fall from. the high winds blew down trees across entire mountainsides. fabio has been coming to this area for 13 years to find just the right kind of wood for

centuries the forest has provided wood for violence guitars and pianos the wood gives the instruments an excellent sound and resonance but now fabio is trying to save what he can. with this trunk has a good diameter and a good texture. but this crack here shows that the tree split when it was knocked over so i can't use it. but i meant that although being in. the wood is processed at fabio small factory down in the valley this is where mountain spruce is converted into tone wood and resonance wood. fabio's customers include a number of major companies that produce musical instruments. this finally cut tone wood will be used to make violins it's been sorted by age and quality. more than 300 years

ago antonio stradivari crafted his violins from wood similar to this. but right now fabio is trying to recover as much wood as he normally does in 4 years and it's going to cost a lot of money to store it. so he's asked customers and private clients to pay $300.00 euros in advance per tree trunk to cover storage costs. that's why he's choosing only the best work right now. only top quality wood will be processed fabio keeps a close watch on all of the tree trunks even in the sawmill. here the trunks are precut along the grain this wood will be used to make sound boards for pianos. sawmill owner frank old saber is sorry that so many trees were lost in the wind

storm. it took those trees 11020 years to grow to maturity and then the storm ruined everything it's sad and know it will take another 120 years for the forest to grow back. customers who appreciate fabio skill and experience will support him during these tough times . i know my. response here has an extremely important job he's the only one who can find this kind of high quality good violin makers like me couldn't do it but we're all part of the process of creating a musical instrument so we have to trust each other. every step of that process must be spot on as fabio's tone what is made into

a violin. idea. that i'm happy when the client is pleased with the instrument. the manufacturers and the musicians deserve a lot of credit too. but people seem to forget that it's my word that makes the instrument the way. fabio on e bay needs customers certainly haven't forgotten and for the time being he'll continue to salvage as much what is he can from the valid if you have a site so that he can keep providing top quality material for world class musical instruments. forest provide the insurance for a cleaner and increase in a future be helped keep the climate stable absolving carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen and they regulate our water supply and improve its quality and you can only imagine what would happen if we don't protect that think about that and we'll be back next week with yet another informative episode until then good bye.

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