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next hour i am. here in kampala uganda here's what is coming up shortly. we will show you how an app can help protect red species being africa. we also show you why so much energy doesn't always have to be. and how amusing group was found in congo thanks to toss in. south africa's western cape is home to stunning plants some of them formed nowhere else and on. a recent report so the pool this is experiencing the 2nd highest rate of plant extinction in the what do you love part 2. and the tentacles we met up with some new scientist to get the region more closely. to.

this rubble and is part of the famed both biome a naturally occurring community of flora and fauna in the region around cape town in south africa it's home to almost $10000.00 species of plants many of them endemic as part of the efforts to preserve this unique ecosystem volunteers come here regularly to photograph and document the plants they work feel can i say sion custody ends of rare and endangered wildflowers also known as crew. so the reason why we have this program is that just the sheer numbers of written plans that we have it's not enough for a group of scientists to go and monitor those species so in the country we have over $3000.00 written plants and so that's a massive undertaking. this species of erica is critically endangered that means it's on the brink of extinction it's found only in this immediate area measuring

less than half a square kilometer. today the crew volunteers are documenting ref laura using a popular citizen science app called eye naturalist. the aim is to improve the accuracy and efficiency of their data collection we can only do conservation intervention if we know that there is a problem but if nobody is monitoring what is happening to those populations then we won't know and those species might go extinct without us even knowing about the app allows volunteers to take a picture of a plant or an animal and log the time and exact location and upload the data to the eye naturalist platform then biologists and botanists can access the information and create detailed maps of those remaining habitats. the app also allows researchers like ebrahim to monitor the raspy she's more closely because they know where they're located. as a botanist and as someone that works on plants we understand that all of plants of

the ecosystem and plants form that basis of the ecosystem and without the blondes the things that that sit on top of. the food chain above the plants there when exist we won't exist if it wasn't for plants and so i think to create an awareness about the importance of plants is really important for us. the western cape has already lost 40 species of plants since $1800.00 scientists estimate that many more are in danger the principal reasons are growing up in isolation infrastructure development and the expansion of agriculture. around cape town many green spaces have already been lost an organization called community tree is trying to restore at least some of the natural habitats and their biodiversity. what are you doing here i'll be busy planting the ground cabbage and the pioneers

that helped prepare the soil for the most intuitive. erika's in recent years that are no longer here. the thought been polluted it's lost all of it period and microorganisms so we are bringing those back and making space. true to come back. another example this way sis in the cape flats area of the city used to be a rubbish dump over a 4 year period kevin cochrane and a group of community volunteers planted about $50000.00 indigenous plants and more than $300.00 trees on the site. was about as good in people and their relationship with spray sold species as one and that throws the whole ideology. when it comes to endangered species charismatic

animals such as elephants rhinos in lions often succeed in capturing the public's attention but the endangered plants of the south african fine boast are no less important. raising awareness to bring about change for the better it can be huge. let's go to rwanda where more than 80 percent of the rural population still live without an existing that means that in the evenings a lot of school kids. that's why it's called. a foundation hopes to support students and teachers. the idea is to bright. light peers are doing your best this week. even after dark the sun lights the past for children and come on you district it's all thanks to solar powered lamps. like many parts of rwanda the region isn't on

the national power grid but now the children have light to do homework in the evening. as a result fewer students are dropping out of school for old grade civil so improved in the past they only had kerosene lamps which are unhealthy and dangerous now little sun makes doing household chores safer too. it was all the brainchild of danish icelandic artist. he joined forces with a german startup to distribute the lamps that given out to african students for free but sold elsewhere in the well to finance the project the initiative also has sponsors that we had to deliver these loans for school kids we have to look at these lamps for refugees for example in settings of migration and forced migration we had to deliver our mobile phone chargers to community health workers and we aim to empower and to printers and small businesses as much into their bring energy.

the little sun project was 1st launched 7 years ago. it's now lighting up the lives of schoolchildren in 13 african countries. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it. at our website or send his or tweet. doing your bit. we share your stories. and now off to the caucasus geographical region known as you asia i reports head it's a joy to see me there we saw the residents of a small village that sought to using solar energy to heat water which has a knock on effect of protecting local forests georgia lost 1.3 percent of its forest between 199-2010 that's according to the f a

o the aim of the initiative is to provide the people with affordable and sustainable energy systems and to reduce c o 2 emissions in the villages. stage at 6 30 in the morning and i go to open it is already out of the house with a bucket of hot water fresh from the faucet. which the cows utter has to be cleaned before milking. a little later after serving the family breakfast she makes cheese it requires a lot of patience she can tell that she's ready when the consistency is just right . everything here runs like clockwork with no time for breaks. while there is activities and housewife i have a lot of work to do i clean make the food clear cows and lots of other things now

if in fact there's always something to do their office floor or. not a good job and it's a is 16 and was a nurse for 30 years she lives with her husband son daughter in law and grandchildren. who i always need hot water i'm glad we have this system. they received a solar powered water heater from a local energy cooperative. that komodo dragon on my saved up a bit of money and sold a few things i don't like it was my husband who really wanted this work never it's quite expensive but it is manageable. like. lisa is also in charge of the house work on her home plus the farm and the grandchildren. she still heats water the traditional way on

a wood burning stove in the living room she needs a lot of hot water and therefore a lot of wood that would come forward we save money so we can afford the wood but sadly there are a lot of families who don't care how we doing better than some we can pay for firewood the poor families current. the men collect the wood from high up in the forests of the carcasses mountains. they're still allowed to fill trees here. go get it here is 27 he comes here regularly. go to estimates that each and every house in his area consumes about $2.00 to $3.00 truckloads of wood every year. include the city and you know. all

shuttle was basically cut down trees anywhere else we could cause rock slides. and that might endanger people in the village. the forest might seem lush but deforestation is rife across georgia the number of trees being cut has to be limited to ensure long term sustainability currently over 12 times that number is being felt. the work of those 2 mechanics is helping to solve the problem they're cutting solar panels. the machine dates back to world war 2 but it still works there part of the energy cooperative the systems they produce here should help to reduce wood burning and therefore carbon dioxide emissions. the cooperative as provided solar powered water heaters to more

than 100 homes in the village. none i go to say is back from the markets and the grandchildren are awake her son and daughter in law are at work so she has to look after the children no time for a break it's horrible it's more like i'm 60 years old and i think my life is almost over i do anything to give my children and grandchildren a better future i hope they have a better life. and hot water straight from the tap is a good place to start. moving over to guyana to check in on a young entrepreneur who built how this cheaply and sustainably she uses in mud and all the locally produced materials this idea is becoming more and more popular across west africa one major advantage even when it's hot outside the temperature inside the houses stay constant no need for expensive air conditioning but that's

all they've got going for that let's go see this. the technique is called rammed earth construction has been formed into a wall. this new house has been built close to gunness capital and using an old method common in africa now it's becoming popular in cities. clomid a year and joy and a sin founded a company in 2016 they realize there's a demand for houses that are both affordable and eco friendly. in a country even a continent where a lot of things are very sustainable we thought of ways that we can renewable natural resources to build with most homes and you know if cement and materials are important so we just for let's look to see what we can actually get to be able to mean. it's a mixture of sand gravel and clay it's just

a little bit of cement added the idea is very you know. our grandparents our forefathers were already living in models before this came up even the china wall was built with dot when you go to mali. the mali empire most of the buildings you see they are all build with. this is how the team builds a wall. they use different mud mixtures layered one over another that gives the house an interesting aesthetic there's a good exercise too you know. but all the walls are really solid enough. just like a sedimentary rock we are mimicking the 3rd dimension a rock by deformed thousands of years. yes piling on top of each other over thousands of years but we are fostered in the process so. when false i shine the

word grain after some time is because it's like a manmade storm. the company has built for house and so far it started out with a little prototype building experimenting with different materials and techniques including using bricks made in. this cafeteria in north in ghana it was more ambitious and skill. this residential project is the biggest so far materials are cheap it's cost about $150000.00 u.s. dollars that's about one 3rd less than the price was conventional building and there are more advantages you get very very good in indoor air quality. the walls are $10000000.00 solidity of the regulator room temperature termites cannot eat it up as proof due to the monolithic structure of the wall and hasn't got any water joints in them so when there's an egg recall there's the ground shakes you

don't get them collapsing and the fact that they can stand up better to earthquakes isn't the only plus these buildings help save electricity the building fuel school you don't even see even if you did you know this race of the i mean it's just going to be minimal health to. sustain them by a moment to. reduce our carbon prints. the company's business is booming but a sin and her business partner given back to society is well ok 2 think you are good to go we actually train the local people how to do construction so when we meet they also have a skill that they can use to bit at the end and also. if we need to get some more workers in last minute then we can always call people from the villages to come and help us out of construction work. with construction cost in 30 percent less than

conventional building techniques and creating a host of new jobs too high that is helping to lay the foundations for a brighter future. saving energy would run earth construction is one way of fighting climate change but even though energy buildings need paul carmen here is a great war material for producing renewable energy in the form of. just 10 calls can make it feasible what you think it certainly sounds interesting in our next report wolf find out how it works former thinking on having bio justice installed we think health organization is not that complicated and super funds are entering the bank. he takes a week to build the unit but soon it will be ready for the 1st load of cow dung 2 weeks after that these dairy farmers will have their own supply of buy again.

reward everything on the buyer digest was a major investment for the phone. call. i wanted because. that would cause. it to go. and you know how could you afford. to cause with here. and i wanted to get that money. when i grew up in german n.g.o.s fair and its local partner sustainable energy strategies helped set up these buy a gas unit and 800 others across campbell county near the kenyan capital nairobi. but if you've got an armored convoy the banner gas unit allow us to use col dong to generate clean and buy a gas one country nothing is granted so no smoke astrology used which means no c o 2 emissions so each by a gas plant means 4 tons less c

o 2 each year. the biggest problem for people here is finding the money to pay for $1.00 smallest model costs 300 year records every day the market is huge in this county but the problem really is all people are known to work record through. the door now the money. for the $900.00. even though we get a subsidy from. jungle county is home to hundreds of small hold farms they grow mains and vegetables and produce cattle feeds. the yield is a familiar just enough to feed the families farming the land so adding a buy a gas unit is a big deal. feeling one who was able to afford more she saved some of the money she makes with her 600 egg laying hens and her cows and

money to secure a microlight. the bio digester is fed with manure mixed with water and underground pipe takes the gas produced to his kitchen. area. i wanted the plant after i had seen one as my neighbors the community took it we get it cooking is so easy now i used to have got if i wouldn't go buy charcoal and it was very expensive gotta. go now go now i have no problems i come home late and can have subsequently in 10 minutes. they knew i could be. a byproduct of the buy gas unit is a nutritious farming thing agent that can be used as organic fertilizer but this year the rainy season is very late many wells have dried up and farmers here are

worried their crops will grill. buying water is their only solution. it live in a monotone whole apparatus of already going and we are suffering because of the drought we have to buy water and it is very expensive it's hard for us we need water vegetables and on animals with the money she saves using bio gas phyllis can afford that and in a year's time the loan for her plants will be paid. she doesn't regret the investment in the slightest the biograph system has transformed her life for the better. for moral thing we have to prove the capital of the democratic republic of congo where we meet a bond that not only produces kuwait but also some very overworked and instruments full of music it can hear us all the way.

unix costumes and an original sound the band full of music playing and they can show us a jazz festival dizzier. the name says it all full music he means music from garbage in the local lingo among which. everything about this group is impressive especially the fact that they play instruments made from west everyone's dancing it was amazing the. things. everything made out of west the idea came from good phoned up disco cream he finds his inspiration at dumping sites. yes. this bottle produces a nice sound and me far so lucky no. this will make a good instrument for our music. a lack of proper waste management and recycling facilities has caused kinshasa to be littered with discarded plastic and other

waste commit a music you know i came here to look for things that i can use to make musical instruments but i also want to draw attention to their problem of west management in kinshasa the city is really dirty. recycle things is interesting turning a waste into instruments or using it to create costumes some people just throw stuff away but i look for ways to reuse trash because with is not good for our well being with the grounding it out. so raw. when buying instruments band members create their own from discarded objects. using scrap metal plastic bottles teams or water pipes to make their instruments the group has gained a following of their signature rhythms and inforced promotes recycling in a city that produces as much as 9000 tons of waste every day 3. it is my wish to see this music don't radical all over the wild and also to

raise awareness about the importance of waste management especially in africa exactly what is used for music is what i would like to find a good representative who can help us spread this message through music and i. will sing like i said people for me and the same time we also want to teach young people to practice recycling in this you know. he may not have the solution to the democratic republic of congo's vast garbage problems but the hypnotic music and upbeat songs are helping them to get their message across to an ever growing fun base. very cool indeed especially because it's all done using recycled west what serious i hope will we hear more from the front in the theater and i hope. this week still now it's time for me to say goodbye from

uganda stephanie protect our environment and. now it's time to go all the best as always check us out on our website and our social media platforms and thanks for watching bye bye from nigeria.

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