credible. welcome to. the week w. . a warm welcome to the new edition of africa environmental magazine wrote. germany n.t.v. in uganda on t.v. in nigeria i am sunda to no good here in kampala uganda and of course with my son from nigeria thank you sandra i am now tiger here in state to be precise great to

have you with us again for half an hour packed with ideas on how to protect the environment but also look at some great initiatives designed to make our world lead to a cleaner and more beautiful here are some of them could turn so climate change on on just in tanzania employing skilfully environment accompanying cameron taking of the challenge of recycling new waste safely and how sure but. cool article revolution. will start today show in harare the capital of them bob way it's true in many urban centers the population there is growing steadily from year to year and that means the need for housing is growing too but not all construction projects think about the damage they cause to the environment we meet up with an organization that fights to protect vitally important ecosystems.

almost every day major conservationists come to absolve the land surroundings in bibles capital since 2005 the local organisation has been wanting the language plant area. water reservoir. biodiversity consistence boast of 80 plants in the great variety of insect species it's one of 7 whittling sites in zimbabwe that he could nest internationally. this area covers about 5 square kilometers but less than 10 percent have been perceived. out of desperation and because they can't find affordable property in harare some people are building houses on these ecosystems we don't have these weapons we won't have the will to make those dreams run throughout the yet which is what they do know throughout the year because of these areas regulating the flow from under whelmed they not here to the sea.

also solve as a natural water purification systems because they absolve pollutants to get roots and they also help to contain floods when there is existing for but that's not a likely problem here in zimbabwe southern africa has been experiencing a prolonged drought simply. increased development is also causing the city's water sources to run dry finding clean water has become a daily struggle for me. this hoping will of ours is always overcrowded when philip community members in need of water and we have no choice but to help them if there's an outbreak of cholera we all be in danger because it's exposed. just close. and trust has been set up that oversees various environmental organizations and activists today that they are looking into ways of protecting and restoring the city's remaining wetlands with the help of local communities and donations but the biggest problem is land management say the activists or the

country's environmental law forbids the look made on which lets the authorities continue to offer land for sale. the legal aspect. concerning redlands is really very important and needs to be address very urgently. at the moment we are working in an environment where. the legal aspects are not being known are not aligned he's loopholes are currently being used. to develop weapons through petitions and court challenges the trust has now managed to stop developments on at least 3 woodlands within the capital cities limit. since it is held up as an example of conservation and restoration it's important record accurate data. and to publicize the fact that the system is functioning the way chewed again. is instruments are called up his own meters they're used to measure. underground order

is where is a new world it gives us the fluctuations that happens during the course of the differences and. is well is our. that there is no much obstruction or fall within these wetlands. but challenges remain with plants are often used as dumping grounds because they're open spaces. to the bihari wetlands trust has joined forces with community response and city council officials for a cleanup campaign also involved with some invasive species which block the flow of water in the wetland streams. we have a lot of. almost. like. legal activity whilst protecting. the environment but it doesn't

and here are the effects of the climate crisis continue to intensify including drought and water shortage the most important thing is to protect order which runs around the city. so the organization is also working with the younger generations the participation is ideally needed if he wants to continue using the what is of work for the growing city. now many different ways to take a stand against climate change just think of activists. from sweden she has inspired young people around the world to go out and demonstrate for climate protection other people use their skills in other ways artists. in tanzania creates drawings and i mean clips to raise awareness about global warming. these star results. he stands atop a famous monument in tanzania largest city dar es salaam. and

this is an garamond. he's an illustrator and animator. while passing the statue on one exceptionally warm day he had a sudden inspiration. because it was so hard they just hit ok what would he do in this heat and i decided to do their nation and so the scary moment started to build that conversation within my head like ok this is this is an environmental issue it's getting really hot why is it getting hot and so i wanted to start off that conversation through the video. the response from social media was overwhelming. i even had people reaching out to me and say hey can i use this video for my presentation on climate change for school go ahead. and

gary mandara and the starry soldier have now joined forces to raise awareness about other environmental issues. one recent video has them taking on plus. sticks waste . and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send his a tweet. time doing your bit. we share your story. i don't know how our viewers throughout africa feel but it seems to me that the more developed we become the more literally whisht piles up in our rubbish dumps that's not only ugly it's harmful because a lot of it contains toxic substances seep into the environment it is true that broken mobile phones often tossed by the gold site but in some african context the

recent huge market for recycling electronic waste for example the environment ministry of commerce wants to set up a recycling infrastructure in the country's largest city to talk with the toxic junk all reported went to the capital one day. garbage income iran's capital your own day including discarded electrical appliances some of the parts can be sold like the metal from a refrigerator condenser but poisonous gases whose escape during dismantling that's bad for the environment and for people's health the energy all slowly daddy to technology takes care of the proper disposal of this kind of west it's come in ruins only electronics recycling facility devices such as old morning i'm had drives i picked up at a collection point the recycler also collects all the devices directly from

companies for a small fee to service a temple young lots of the services are paid for by the companies and it's sustainable for the informal was $12.00 action we have close to 40 square feet large containers. in different neighborhood to collect list say someone in charge at this stage through all the west and make a pre-selection walk to live is a particular menasha a quarter of an audition. initiated process is about 2 tons of a month including lots of computers sometimes more than $100.00 component parts are collected during disassembly metal is reusable and some of the electronic parts. all together about 24 people work at the center of dust in kemah has been here for 12 years. and if you're doing she gets every

dance and entrepreneurs i really enjoy working at this far that's because this is a recycling industry where we want to fight against pollution and to protect the environment so i'm proud to be part of this water on the log on a modern. part of. the different components are sorted and kept separately computer circuit boards with their electronic assembly containing metals life and which are sold to melting shops. and lead trick cables can be reused immediately as the materials are more problematic. there's a lot of plastic we have certain types of plastics that come in different forms we have some batteries that cannot be dealt with locally but we have started negotiating a deal with foreign partners in order to export these materials overseas for sinking people. here i had read these being checked and it still functions

around 20 percent of the devices can be repaired and resold that's great for the environment and for the company. and the other benefit is that this technology then becomes available to people who normally would not be able to afford it. to produce is one of our objectives is to promote their distribution of modern technology that is to give people who cannot buy a new device the opportunity to get a cheaper 2nd one from us. so if you manage to repair this telephone we can sell it to for half the price that it would normally do from one second to christian of former you west gets a new life that's good for everyone and reduces the garbage pile up in the city but there is still not to do they need is hoping for even more government support to be

able to go big scale and help manage the top syquest incoming roun. staying with the subject of waste it is no secret that large quantities of clothing end up in long fields shoes don't really fit any better but one john one startup has come up with an innovative plan to tackle the problem sneak a rescue it meant old worn out shoes turning them into trendy fresh looking for to it it not only costs a dollar witnessed it also means you never have to throw away any of your favorite traina. sneakers convenient comfortable and fashionable. really like the price was right over a house a lot of luck and you just see every year there's a new air max or whatever and people have to have them so that quick on the market

make you quick on your feet but they're also quick to wear out and it's not read that they cost between $1.20 euros every year europeans throw away an estimated $1200000.00 tons of shoes. that sold the most shocking given the fact that pretty easy to repair something haagen much all too well but his mission is about more than saving sneakers from a premature demise. we want to show people a way of having more respect for things that have been made for them by other individuals whether sneakers or whatever so that they appreciate other people's work. and orthopedic shoemaker by trade in 2018 hog and. sneaker rescue customers send in their worn out running shoes and get them

back in near mint condition the service costs just under 40 euros and is now used by almost 200. 50 customers per month. gets precious little support from the manufacturer original spare parts a few and far between this is the official difficult to find the big corporations would rather their shoes are not repaired of course and keep parts under lock and key so this is all our own initiative and we want to make our own souls which are in any case far cooler than the originals story minus the. most choose on the global markets are made in china and india in 2017 production in those 2 countries totaled $16000000000.00 pence but it's often the environment that pays the ultimate price thanks to factories pollution rivers with excess died that can contain costs in a general kevin metals. and glues used. sneak

has come with a long list of troublesome chemicals formaldehyde from the soles can cause cancer and flooring compounds that make the shoes waterproof and not biodegradable. based ngo and khosa helping to improve environmental standards and working conditions in the shoemaking industry he says it's difficult convincing manufacturers to make the switch to sustainable production. other products in the fashion segment the price does not necessarily reflect sustainability standards of the company protect the environment or the people making the product we want to see them taking on more responsibility to ensure that sustainability is something they consider in their cost calculations and not just for the p.r. front. meanwhile hog is confident that his sneaker rescue mission will

grow from 250 pairs of months to a 1000 for him. just about the financial dividend. objective is to grow to the point where we can complete the circle so eventually we can give a part of our profit to the people elsewhere in the world to make the shoes at low cost given an option. he believes will become reality and then not too distant future in around 5 years time. point is the rundown rain forest has been the site for the wall longest one. there conservationists. on the primates behavior and also walk alongside but. we went out into the field. to learn more about these great. right just volatile every single gorilla in the national park in. the end as the gorilla truck has.

to be there for you doing. the. gorillas make the offer assurance the mail by because. i want. the rain just keep a detailed record of what's the awards get up to. that we feed. we. if we could if. they report. if an. eel the park calls the gorilla doctors the virgin mary team is dedicated to save in the mountains and the lowland gorillas he sees. we all

are going to go out in this forest we don't take on more the outside of. the international union for conservation of nature has changed the status of mountain gorillas from critically endangered to simply endangered the total population splits between 2 regions has risen from $680.00 a decade ago to over a 1000. tourism has become a significant source of revenue to finance conservation work and support local communities each per bit cost a 1500 dollars last year the park took in $19000000.00. 10 percent of the parks revenue goes towards infrastructure projects in their villages including clinics and schools children here. of caring for the forest and it's what life. we don't want to protect the park with

guns we want to protect in this park with people who understand and. take that responsibility as wet and the that is. really do. british model naomi campbell was a bunch of the guests at this year's naming ceremony for baby gorillas an event designed to draw attention to rwanda's conservation efforts. and in the name will be. the birth of every baby gorilla is cause for celebration for its own sake and for all the people here. to gorilla tourism. wow what an incredible job they're doing now from the mountains of rhonda to the plains of south africa anyone who's been there we have noticed that thousands of kilometers of facing that cut across the lot intended to continue. this is actually

have a devastating effect on the environment what's happening. well frank says are not only a deadly trap for the wildlife also there to prevent livestock from roaming freely which leads to overgrazing. asian some birds are now reversing this trend however and there spearheading an ecological revolution. when herders lead their livestock onto the great plains of the car in central south africa the animals on allowed to linger. to protect the vegetation from overgrazing they have to be kept on. the move as a result they can only eat the tips of the plant's. head chef the dixon cooper has years of experience and of seeing how the landscape has changed since he's been grazing his animals here has made it sound. pitches and grass growth

was not that much but now since we have put it is the process we're heading. in that nor is it people now changing even or increasing quaker practice more quote actually. the herders are part of the shepherding but biodiversity project it supports commercial livestock keeping while boosting land restoration on this $24000.00 hectare farm. that was once much greener and home to millions of antelope and buffalo. hooves loose in the topsoil while the droppings fertilized it. in a bid to recreate the great migrations of the past the project employs shepherds to lead livestock over the plains to. the project leader he's confident that herders can help revive the whole region. as we fundamentally believe that this method of farming give space for wildlife to co-exist with production

arctic culture so that's really the simple vision is to find a mechanism by which we can. foster biodiversity on production farms. the thousands of kilometers of fences needed for intensive livestock of a culture one of the main reasons why wildlife has disappeared. fences prevent the animals from roaming free as they search for grazing land and water. they often end up tangled in barbed wire. in order to study the effects of the fenceless farming method on the environment ecologists are monitoring the project. over the past 2 years ahead researcher janine mcmanus and a group of students have recorded the number of plant species in selected study sites. in addition the group evaluates the earth budgetary index the index is determined by the amount of green seen on the ground by satellites and allows

researchers to compare plant growth in different regions over time. you can already start picking up changes in trains with the way the hood has been grazing especially over a longer racing period in parts of the farm and the green index shows that quite pronounced and we compared it to traditional farms where it isn't quite as pronounced and they seems to be quite a significant color it's just looking at the pixels alone you know taking the green out of pixelization but from that you can really start to see a difference. there are many positive signs. areas that have been grazed by the herds are now seeing thicker plant growth. slowly while the animals are returning to the farm more than 500 antelope have been counted and even a leopard was recently sighted. a major success for dixon in cuba specially since south africa is still recovering from one of the worst droughts in recorded history

. i wish in d.c. process continues for the rest of us so that. any time they could be named and to so that even the neighbors in other countries can be more inspired about what it has seen his take on the project could inspire neighboring foulness many of them saw their london grade and lost livestock due to the severe drought for the shepherds however this year's lambing season turned out to be very successful adding another $800.00 sheep to the herd slowly but surely the project is turning profitable. and that's all from us this week we hope you enjoyed our reports on environmental topics from africa and europe jenna's next time one of the addition for now it's by by phone you are you know done last 8 not it's nigeria and goodbye from mean kampala uganda do visit us on all social media platforms or even drop us a line if you'd like to share with us your thoughts coming we hope to see you again

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