sure when in moscow thank you just time to recap our top story the u.s. senate has formally opened the impeachment trial i present trying to have a prosecution team adam schiff take on the day's events by beating out the articles of impeachment the senate will hear opening arguments on tuesday. business africa with baton facility is next more world news at the top of the out of the. earth a home for saving googling 2 years tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global ideas the in britain series of global 3000 on d w and on line. what keeps us in shape what makes us see and how do we stay healthy. my name is dr carson the i talk to medical experts.

watch them at work. and i discuss what you can do to improve your head. stay tuned and let's all try to stay. calm d.w. . trouble in paradise the seychelles once threw back its biggest money spinner tourism more visitors mean more money what about the environment. far from silky smooth china's new silk road faces more criticism over transparency and lack of access say it's not just a 2 way street. i once asked for a curry tries fixing cocoa prices to combat poverty but there are reports global

chocolate makers are undermining itself it's. been physical and let's do business 1st this new south african airways has announced it's selling some of its aircraft the cash strapped carry a is shedding 9 of its air bus 340 planes like this one along with several spare engines it says the sale is to make space for new aircraft it is not linked to the state owned companies rescue process south africans unions have warned the airlines could have to suspend flights and delay salary payments if it doesn't receive millions of dollars in emergency money from the government the airline fell into a form of bankruptcy protection last month in another sign of south africa's economic struggles. the seychelles is africa's smallest country and only high income economy according to the world bank high and tourism save the islands from going bankrupt during the financial crisis but the masses of tourists are now impacting the nation's delicate ecosystems. with pristine

white sand beaches and abundant wildlife it's no wonder that the 115 islands of the seychelles are a draw for foreign tourists mostly from europe in fact 384000 people came to the islands in $21911.00 that's 4 times the country's population so the question at hand for officials now is how many visitors are too many visitors tourism in general is increasing and that is of concern to conservationists like myself the sustainable developers like myself who find that b.v. we are reaching a point which exports over tourism it's not just a matter of well intentioned leaders at about 450 square kilometers the seychelles is the smallest country in africa half of that area has protected status including to unesco world heritage sites officials say preserving the environment now it will make sure that the tourism industry stays strong. it does not

really destroy. what we are. for us to do was to. trust the people feel very much. like you or you. know. the places efforts to achieve balance doesn't mean 2 or ism in the seychelles is going to come screeching to a stop any time soon officials know that the industry accounts for over a quarter of jobs on the islands the government says a survey on tourism and sustainability is set to begin soon. businesses need to adapt urgently to the growing threat from climate change according to a consulting firm mckinsey millions of lives and trillions of euros in economic activity will be at risk if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising by 2050 ocean

warming is expected to reduce fish catches by almost 10 percent i could affect the livelihoods of up to 800000000 people i can see adds that global supply chains are also at risk because they often are designed for efficiency of resilience. the united nations estimates that a record number of people in a block of 16 southern african countries face hunger according to the u.n. food program repeated drought widespread flooding and economic these are a a just some of the reasons contributing to the hunger crisis 45000000 people face hunger across 16 countries so far less than half of the necessary funds have been raised to provide assistance to baba is the worst nation hit by the crisis with almost 8000000 people facing food insecurity. european business is a roach in the e.u. level the playing field in china's belt and road initiative a survey by the e.u.

chamber of commerce in china valid european firms are facing a variety of barriers to physis the pay to the project including a lack of transparency in the tendering process initiative aims to establish a boss they have work reports railways roads and industrial parks spanning the globe. we asked the president of the chamber of commerce in china. to describe the problems foreign companies face as a signal to the ones that are here china is a one stop shop i mean they have the. steel in the ships with chinese finances to whatever country is willing to basically have these projects and it's very telling that to 90 percent of all the. cities in china so we have a similar situation. well to do all you and other countries where we have this like of access to projects we have their problems years in china not all of a sudden we come across this region of the world china you know really is exporting

its procurement model. germany's federal and state governments have agreed to phase out coal energy by 2038 the 1st coal fired power plant has shed will to go offline this year with plans to shut off the remaining facilities over the next 18 years the move will come at some cost to the state operators will receive around $4000000000.00 euros in compensation the states and regions affected by the shutdowns are also set to receive $40000000000.00 in structural aid. let's listen in to what germany's economy minister peter maya and environment minister spend your shoulder have to say about that. this flu might have been very cold exits agreements between federal and state governments has been reached it creates a legal certainty will allow companies to plan an insurance we achieve a climate goal as well security of supply is guaranteed. because in this. we are the 1st country to get out of nuclear and coal energy and this is an important

international signal from our side. it's an. if you've ever seen any of our reports on cocoa production in africa you'll know who the winners and losers are in the industry chocolate is a multi $1000000000.00 market but it's heavily weighted against local produces in favor of international retail it's now small holders in west africa want a biggest say in the price of chocolate and a big cut of the revenue. small farmers in ghana harvest cocoa for the confectionery industry but it's hard to make a living despite strong demand only 6 percent of what the beans earn on the world market and up in their hands that could change donna and ivory coast are the world's biggest producers together making up 60 percent of cocoa production they want to use their market leverage to push for better prices. in the past 2 years the price of raw cocoa beans has risen on global markets in december $27001.00

tonne cost around $1900.00 by december this roast over $2400.00 however that price was down on the previous month the price fluctuates a lot. to ensure a stable income for cocoa farmers ghana and ivory coast want to set the price this year at around $2600.00 tons. some international commodities firms like switzerland very callous but have also signaled that they are willing to pay a fixed premium so cocoa farmers get more for their beans so far it's generally been less than $2.00 a day. as a collapse he is following this story for us is there truth to the reports that. these efforts are being undermined by chocolate maker is by buying less and negotiating discounts on other parts of the price. so far these reports have not been made official because the gun in ivory calls have not

read documents and yet i was speaking to some farmers who have signalled that this is really the train to what is happening so for now we really see it as a strategy by these chocolate bias because they also want to reduce the cost involved in producing products but that is just a report but there's no official communication to that effect yet so what you've got are in ivory coast states do to make sure that its campaign does succeed though i mean they have the leverage the top 3 producers. yes i have done a lot to actually get to this age and the full gun and ivory coast. face and some of you obviously all that you have to do is to maintain your grounds and show that what the negotiated for and i agreed on last year that gets to be given to families and basically does already have to do to who they are ground and they should i get a best value for for for the funnies just briefly who will this year see

a turnaround for many families who live in poverty. yes that's the expectation for many families but obviously having high rates. is not the ultimate for them as although many of them expect to have an incremental improvement. in the . government and actually set up industrious yesterday to industry value to these beings. for us thank you very much. now here comes the knight in shining armor i was on the jeff bezos has written into india with a $1000000000.00 to hand out he wants to digitize businesses to join his cause the very firms he's accused of destroying with his online retail giant india's competition commission is investigating allegations of preferential listing and exclusionary tactics. jeff bezos received

a rock star's welcome from his employees in india as he told them exactly the sort of thing they wanted to hear this country has something special. and it's a democracy. this is going to be the indian century in india but the warm reception he received inside the home is an event in new delhi was not matched outside the main gate traditional indian street traders have been protesting the c.e.o.'s visit they say around a $100000.00 small businesses have gone bust because of internet retailers selling unfairly discounted products they accuse amazon and its main competitor flipkart of colonial practices. the 2nd version of. good white told to go pretty sure they don't. they're all. trying to head off some of

that criticism with his 1000000000 dollar announcement he says the investment will help indian businesses to digitize and spread their products won't. why we're going to use our global footprint to export outside of india to export $10000000000.00 us dollars of make in india goods around 6 god but that promise hasn't been enough to convince indian trade is you wish amazon had never turned up in the 1st place among young girls and other nice doing business with you .

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