earth. worth saving google india's tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global ideas be embodied in the series of global $3000.00 on d w and online. welcome to global 3000 this week's program highlights the sunny side of life its life affirming and encouraging we set out to reveal the many positive developments on our planet and show that over the years human progress has actually made plenty of things a lot better. not everyone's convinced of that however

a 2016 study also people from 17 different countries whether they thought the world was getting better or worse. just 11 percent believed things were improving. 30 percent thought things said more or less state the same. but the overwhelming majority 58 percent were of the opinion things were getting worse and. this dramatic scene is one of a selection of photos taken by photographers in 2018 for the world press photo exhibition at the really brown terrace in berlin but which impression is it that we take home with us one with positive foundations providing us with inspiration joy and amusement but do negative stories overshadow a view of the world one that can be so cruel unjust so traumatizing and terrifying . world in

oxford is a more rarefied one the english university town has a special appeal for those with open minds it's venerable halls of learning have seen no shortage of unconventional thinkers and people who like to see things along alternative lines. and ritchie from scotland is no exception she has a take on life that is fairly uncustomary. the world does not always a good clients but it's much much fairer than it was in the past and i think it's really important that we acknowledge this and understand this to make sure progress continues. post-doctoral research on global development as a champion of presenting the world as it is including the good sides she and her colleagues at the universities martin school research unit compile figures and graphics for a database that emphasizes positive trends it's featured on their website ole world in data. life expectancy for example has risen

significantly across the world. from a global average of 46 in 1950 to over 70 now. and the proportion of children dying before the age of 5 has steadily declined in many countries child mortality is no close to 0. the researchers also have encouraging news on the global poverty front over the last 30 years the number of people below the absolute poverty level those with an income of less than $1.90 per day has fallen by 2 thirds the reason you need to understand these positive developments is because if you come out of the belief that the world has continued getting worse and the none of the interventions that the actually worked then you become really cynical of the world are they nothing you get into position where you there feel like you can change and our friends will give up. for quick

solutions i think scientists have literally been taking to the stage to publicize their encouraging findings and a swedish doctor who died 2 years ago was a star on the international conference circuit is enlightening and entertaining ted talks have been viewed by millions online and many in the rich countries they think oh we can never end the extreme poverty and of course they think so. know what that's how. we have to be more systematic when we fight. and then i discovered the work. and i really realized all of the conceptions that how i live it the way the world is changing were able to spend all these years in education i kept up to date . and i just had no idea so why does news tend to be dominated by misery and suffering while positive stories barely have an impact media critic peter little says the imbalance in coverage is no accident. nothing negative stories are just

part of the media product menu that we have. and that menu look good says is determined by intense competition in the media world where the print online or t.v. and radio the desire to court consumers and enhance your brand positioning leads to exaggeration and sensationalism in the process of turning human hardship into a spectator sport that is precisely what readers and viewers want says let go. is because people are limited in their process of selection limited to things that deviate from what they themselves see as normal. it might be unpleasant to accept but we tend to define our own happiness via the misfortune of others meaning i'm not affected get off and that's why we need negative news stories. very transformative change is. a single event. and the poor on

a daily basis there things happen every single day the same thing every single day which you may think are very incremental but over there is really a transformative changes and no one is supporting that. so how does the prevalent present is i'm afraid those who are promoting a more balanced view. far from being disappointed or better on a richer inter-team are happy to see even modest progress including at grade school level. we see students i know the. best on our problem are still to our poverty or so they're really learning about the world and learning about a large scale much for us just the best thing to see and what better place for his team to celebrate the human story than most bluster greenmarket. global cold in the region lights just around the corner from her office a microcosm of the modern world and here it is without doubt

a positive world. our global ideas theories regularly features people striving to change things for the better for instance by helping to protect nature and our climate. this week we go to south and kenya a vast area home to a wide variety of flora and fauna particularly in the national park the region's main tool which detraction. it's also home to the mass i a people that traditionally practice strict gender roles but as our reporter betina told me i discovered here 2 things are changing. early morning in southern kenya near the tanzanian border. oh you know what oh oh oh. oh oh oh oh oh

oh my names you have to have such a. good mood today mr team lioness we should go to the money than i do in the morning to full for feeding excess i said to play balance that it was a lot more about trying to make sure that our body started to walk and not a last leap. she works in a large area of messiah community land the local group branch it almost surrounds the say the national park at the foot of mount kilimanjaro. but purity like cora is one of 8 young women who have recently completed their training as rangers. head ranger is part trick. together they plan their daily missions their work can be very dangerous so any we walk in a very very. there will be so buffaloes. sometimes they live from

when you go to get through the bushes a little bit. by. god's through the trimmings precautions and how would you react how would you be aware of you and battling as you go out in one. team lioness as the 8 are known is one of the 1st all female ranger units in kenya and the very 1st made up of masai women are traditionally women are considered weak and do not pursue an occupation outside of the family. strict rules and hierarchy is observed for centuries in must side communities are slowly being questioned and loosened. by the group is planning a patrol in the area surrounding the 4 ranger camps on the messiah community land in all there are 70 rangers here. and we really like the idea of this event at yad because though we want to protect. that well then what and also their community that we consider them element to boil and. we can go on with and the

community. several 1000 elephants live here too they move back and forth between national parks in the west and the east of the country and traverse massai lands along the way there are no fences barring their path. purity carr and the rest of her team travel long distances on foot. between 20 and 40 kilometers a day the same as the male rangers. among their most important duties is talking to people who live here the messiah or semi-nomadic pastoralist who cover a lot of ground with their flocks and encounter wild animals along the way sometimes lions kill cattle elephants rampage in villages the rangers need to hear about problems and be informed if poachers are in the area. they charge animals

movement patterns and register their g.p.s. coordinates rangers are on patrol 7 days a week it's a way for these women to break out of strict traditional gender roles but the job is far from easy. to cut because the little money mostly they will follow and funds. and they can kill you so scared because of a little. lull so that then so their wishes you can because you know. you might be not going to be through that that will be taken. once a month purity like karo visits her family in their village for a week's break. you know her daughter lives here and is looked after by the extended family. that i met and that her female

relatives make jewelry and sell to tourists visiting the national parks nearby from a side women this kind of business is not considered controversial. it is also an important source of income. it allowed purity like chorus mother to pay her children's school cease. i told my father and my mother that you had to get it to me yet now i've done with my formula you wanted me to come in death in how we live without it no outflow when he had to get me if you don't want me to go into work then i told them no because you have educated me i'd like you implicitly with me to win. me that. and with her regular income she can support her family. that has earned her respect in the community. but what about your. having seen purity and the other girls join the ranger unit. and seeing them working were convinced we made the right decision you know

might have been if you didn't you know now we're all going to. any other girl and we'll be accepted into a rangy unit also have our acceptance made. by purity like car is a pioneer a woman of courage and that will one day benefit her daughter as well. the job created a strong bond between the female rangers. it took a while to convince the village elders to give them permission to do the work the project was initiated by the ngo international fund for animal welfare. this is a community that is really male dominated a lot so the godchild that women get don't have a c you know lot of issues so we've been importing them not just to join the ranger

force but also in terms of educational scholarships to one to see in general women playing a bigger role in controversial matters here. that. the women rangers live in tents for now but proper housing is being planned they spend 3 weeks together at a stretch that creates a sense of community. we discuss how you'll be in chad. cad how you did continue with these walk then when we met together we encouraged us then let's just say the all about of a job so when we come together i would talk about food things that i suppose and even then that action between us and the men who talk about it. we had with. this kind of female empowerment in self-determination is something new in their society but it appears to be catching on.

repression and discrimination are part of life for many women around the world on our new facebook channel d.w. women you'll find stories about those taking a stand and inspiring others to do the saying d.w. women gives a voice to the women of all worlds. have you ever seen a whale in the wild whale watching expressions provides an opportunity to get up close to these gentle giants. whales can be spotted in deep waters around the globe from the west coast of north america across the seas to south africa europe japan through to australia and new zealand. and something sensational is happening to humpback whales that once again being sighted in several places in the 1970 s. widespread commercial whaling nearly caused their extinction then in the 1980 s.

whaling was largely banned and now humpback whales are returning to areas where they hadn't been seen for decades. will watchers off shore near new york welcome on board the american princess this is their only bet the out. that has that fabulous. photographing and recording the humpback whales that live in grout in new york. every summer the humpback whales migrate here in search of food and are now believed to have strayed as far as the busy shipping lanes of new york harbor. sylvia ackerman works for the gotham whales conservation group and is out here almost every day on the lookout for humpbacks. that whales. have recovered significantly since their day. well in because of that protection and now waters now also we

are. then they've been in decades. of ox cart and then we see the 1st 2 whales spouting. a sign that they're on the hunt. the whale watchers are then also treated to a pod of young dolphins a key prey for both dolphins and humpback whales is menhaden. come. it's an oily forage fish that isn't rich supply in these waters. what looks like rain hitting the water is actually a dense school of fish the menhaden often cluster in such concentrations that they can be easily spotted from the air off the coast of long island. the fish feed off algae and plankton that have absorbed carbon dioxide as such men have been are both invaluable filter fish for the ocean and

a vital part of the marine food chain. they not only supply the whales and dolphins but other species the fish like stright. fish are sea they're there what's known as a keystone species. menhaden are an easy catch for whales but also for commercial fishing fleets their catches reached a level where there were not enough fish left for the whales and dolphins the introduction of fishing quotas in 2013 song stocks recover and the whales return. further south in reveal virginia menhaden provide the main source of income the amiga protein corp is the last company on the east coast at the u.s. to catch manhattan on an industrial scale but not for the dinner table there are a mega 3 rich flushes turned into fish oil or fish meal these fish here appear to be probably 3 to 4 years old based on the size 4 representatives from the fisheries

agency. actually will come here take a sampling will actually determine the exact age of those days have baseball where we catch them which are in our captain's logs they'll help track that species the bar massive men hate. the menhaden are a big deal in reidsville until recently there were no official limits on catches of the fish their stock seemed inexhaustible except they weren't overfishing brought man hayden close to extinction in the 1960 s. by which point the whales had already left a make up protein believes there is no danger of that happening again thanks to the quota there's no overfishing going on and the fact is that the fishery only takes you know about 6 to 8 percent of the biomass every year 68 percent of the other $94.00 to $96.00 or so percent of that biomass is left out there to to service ecological purpose. no menhaden no humpback whales

a simple enough equation. but if you think you're sided by the fishing industry are disputed by scientists who are opposed to any increase in the permitted fishing quotas other animals such as the sea hawk also feed on the menhaden it's a pivotal element of the entire ecosystem. for we join researcher alan pickett's from long island stony brook university for a trip on her research ship they're studying the biodiversity here in chicago bay which serves as a kind of nursery for a range of atlantic fish including men hayden using bait made of muscle flesh they set up an underwater camera and trap on the bottom of the bay always at the same spot. a few hours later the scientists will retrieve the latest findings for their long term study. the concept that

really take into account not only the amount of fishermen. well to fish for the amount of fish available to eat by whales by stride pacifiers to nose british arcs that concept has been heard loud and clear the team records and measures everything picked up in the trop from baby blowfish to shrimp all links in the chain of the ecosystem which the whales depend on for food. we see large schools right off of the grossest of new york city you know it's incredible this is something that during my lifetime i have not been able to see before so it is just incredible to be able to see. her excitement is shared by tourists who go on the 4 hour long whale watching tours. if you go you know full well the free to air routes but slice of all that there was wildlife level there here we love it here dirty work native new yorker so we're skeptical about everything under so many said

they were whales out here we've got to see it to believe it because we go back to the days when you know there was no light down here at. the gotham whales activists advocate for the whales and against higher fishing quotas will there be enough men haven for all parties in the long term there. if it stands properly. and that's something the conservationists want to ensure in the hope that migrating humpback whales will keep on returning to feed on fish in the waters off new york city. and now we're often told in europe where we've been invited into a home in iceland. and

maybe. hi my name is soft and bam from there like every character is a small village since the south and part of iceland so i want to welcome you into my home. so this is our living room. and here we stay most of the time. our house is built on a hot area we never have to warm it up not in the wintertime. because it's all this hot. comfortable. this is also my favorite thing here it's from my mother grew up with this. the plowers. this for example is a gift from a very good friend. and i really love this thing also these 2 years there since

i was just since i remember since i was a little girl also this chair here it's it's very old i think it is for around 250 years thought and it comes to live from mark. with some danish people in the old days and this is my favorite thing here. my placement it's an old grand piano since 884 i sometimes play it i could maybe try. oh. yes this is our kitchen here. and we have very fresh water you know of warm water

and. it's so clear you just drink it it's very clear very cold the water. in them so i have a lot of africa things for example here in the window while this is my husband this is my husband watching the venue it was. my husband's name is stephanie ok hate that me. it's me and my house spend. our mothers our children he has 4 and i have 4 and grandchildren. i hope you enjoyed visiting me and my husband in critic of it and i hope you will come here visit iceland our beautiful country see you here.

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