security question marshall nice you should. not have been achieved with so much money to jump and i think people have to be hard to shoot miley was on the time she was and i work in t w. a very warm welcome to echo africa your environment magazine featuring new paltz from africa and europe i am sondra to know via from uganda now one of our topics today is the ongoing drought in southern africa where we hear about these drought in southern africa on a daily basis let's take a look at some film footage from an initiative in boss one of the save wildlife

conservation fund how started a campaign to address the plight of the heap of what thomas says in the country more than $100.00 hippos of fighting for survival they are crowded together in the few remaining water holes on the here prevents them from migrating and finding new ones food is because so local people have been bringing pay on water to the polluted water was to counter the damage from the drought crisis the number the aggressive on the malls are so hungry the bay will approach humans without a talking just to get something to eat. shocking isn't it prolonged drought in southern africa is also threatening 45000000 people we've hung out due to loss of office big cities may no longer have enough drinking water reservoir was dry up here comes up with some polling far above the drought that has been repeating the region for more than 2 years.

a landscape devastated by drought. this elephant died of 1st near a watering hole in zimbabwe climate change is having a profound impact on southern africa. the average annual temperature in south africa's interior is 2 degrees celsius higher than 100 years ago. where the conditions in the region are growing ever more extreme. many crops have failed and food prices are soaring in zambia for example the price of corn rose by 80 percent between 20182019. many people in southern africa can no longer afford enough food and hunger is on the rise. seed banks provide one form of relief they can store the seeds of

a variety of drought resistant grains and legumes such as sorghum and chickpeas and make them available to farmers at low cost. wetlands can help to keep water in the ground only a 10th of the wetlands on the outskirts of zimbabwe's capital harare are still intact. these ecosystems contain $36.00 b. she's a grass and an even greater variety of insects and birds. environmentalists are fighting to preserve the marshland that remains wetlands play a vital role in storing carbon dioxide which helps mitigate climate change. so pretty but what can be done to me to get the effects of

a drop it off it was reported on that already in 2018 in cape town things like washing your car filling your swimming pool even letting fountain run are still restricted in $28.00 if it even 1st day 0 when the city would have been forced to turn off the tops to prevent now you kept on is not investing heavily in water management. at some plates the construction wonks are in full swing the west water treatment facility on the outskirts of camp town is currently being upgraded financed through in on by the german development bank for some fleas the average is long over due the form on top of the wish to water is a clear sign that the plant is struggling currently the plant is those aren't the 372000000 liters of water. flowing into the plant is on average about 90 maybe

you can see that the problem is overloaded in terms of the amount of flow that's conceiving the neighboring suburb of a little share is growing rapidly as are most major around kept town but this is not the only challenge for the metropolitan. flashback to 2018 due to a severe drought kept on dams had run dry residents queued to stock up on drinking water daisy. through strictly last minute water restrictions kept on escaped the catastrophe. for city council here limburg the water crisis was a learning experience. they've learned very important lessons from the drought one of the key with the need for us to not be entirely or thoroughly dependent on surface water from brain damage because there's a risk on. of. rainfall patterns remaining very low and we have seen this being the

case for last 5 years and so we do know that it is necessary and critical for the city to diversify its water supply and this is one mechanism in which we will do certain wastewater truth upgrade some place will be able to treat an additional 18000000 liters of was water the end product can be used for multiple purposes for you from quality that will come out of this brand won't be possible but it will be to a single standard which can be used for industrial purposes can be used for for your guys and purposes future droughts in a fast growing population are major challenges for the water supply in kept on and surrounds especially in informal settlements poor water infrastructure puts the health of residents at risk so no one song see is the community leader of the language settlement contaminated water that is running through the streets is a big problem here. his neighbor complains about the smell but once than that

and frictions and the area caused by fecal bacteria in the water at the end of the day all this water you see it off should treat this storm water pipe storm water power shoot straight to believe are very since the dam where we get our drinking water you know so it means. pilot issued to as much to clean the environment find it with a solution of the community not to get or get sick you know. only a few kilometers down the hill scientists are trying to solve some of these issues . that's the water have brew such as test natural processes to treat quantum you need to drown of from informal settlement water expert kevin the winter initiated the research site we're in or put enough resources into our wastewater treatment works into our water provision and into our drainage because the drainage is where

the vectors for disease all starting to move and so here's one example where we actually intercepting some of that water from what is effectively drainage somewhat for the downstream and cleaning that water up and using that water safely then to irrigate gardens winter explains the treatment process to representative of the city of kept our own stones and couple of sources such as peach pipes actors bio filters and clean the water of bacteria nutrients and heavy metals these nature best solutions require space but present a useful addition to conventional treatment plants kept on has learned the hard way only by investing in it's what infrastructure can the city be fit for the future grid of some played a deal to be finished by 2023. cities across africa generates a huge amount of brush but only 2 thirds of that is collected and a lot of it doesn't get properly persist but ends up on

a liquid dumps what it pollutes the air on the ground so what's disposal is a very serious environmental challenge probably one of the biggest that is why we often report on initiatives to talk of the problem for example in this week's doing a bit which takes us to ivory coast. there's no official waste management system in the ivory coast garbage collection is handled informally that means trash piles up and can sit around for days. and that in turn leads to clogged drainage canals and groundwater police. a start up names once to clean up the city have gone bust song an hour's drive from abidjan the commercial capital. it runs an eco friendly waste collection service for households hotels and restaurants. customers can use

mobile payment ups to cover the pick up charge which is priced according to quantity. after the waste is collected it's biked back to the company's main base and placed in a large container later it will be sorted and some of it will be sold on to scrap recyclers when you sign up you get a brief introduction to the system that. the 30 or so households have received an information pamphlet that illustrates how to selectively sort waste at home it explains for example that the orange colored waste sacks are for plastic packaging the green ones are for organic waste the gray colored bags are designated for all non-recyclable refuse that will go directly into the large containers and so on. we have 5 different colors and all. ready. people can also drop

off bags of waste themselves customers are awarded points that can be redeemed for mobile data or snacks at a company kiosk. sprocket hopes that bonus system will inspire more people to take better care of their city. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we share your story. now. another trash story but one copenhagen the capital of denmark has built. for the west energy power plant which is good news needs of but to top it off that i did wrong on the roof would spiros down round the building there also hiking

trails and a climbing wall who would have thought that a public utility structure could also become a place to hang out and how fun. this is $450.00 metres of fun koeppen hill is an artificial ski slope on the waterfront in denmark capital copenhagen instead of snow it operates with plastic mats and grass for a flat country with no mountains this 85 metre high slope is pretty impressive. so maybe this is the new way of skiing in 2000 that is to. the ski slope was built on the waste to energy plant that's one of the cleanest in the world in the incinerator up to $400000.00 tonnes of non-recyclable waste can be burned each year

the turbine and generator produce electricity in the excess energy from the steam is used to provide heating for fountains of home use the ash can be used for building roads. and thanks to an advanced system of filters that remove particles and pollutants the steam doesn't pose any health hazard. architect david siler was part of the team that brought the vision to life. as it is right now cleans out almost all of the smoke that comes out of the stack. more than a 3rd of the of the building is filled with cleaning facilities the one thing they do still laid out is true so right now they're doing a pilot program where they're trying to check carbon capture all the carbon that they produce and bind it into a material so that it can be bedded in the soil and in the bedrock

the unusual design in the ski slope attract a lot of visitors skiers can rent the equipment they need to shop at the base of the slope a conveyor belt and take them up. the skiers and snowboarders can show off their skills on the slalom course or in the fun part of the forces to slow. down the surface feels like real snow. grass coming through. a rubber plastic surface and that surface has a little bit of silicone oil and then you glide and it's called me. and we tested a lot of different materials and this was the one that resemblance skiing on snow the most. couldn't hagen is one of europe's most environmentally friendly cities many here get around by bike not car. now koeppen hill is improving the quality of

life here even more the architect's idea of combining a waste to energy plant and a recreational facility won them a sustained ability award the project. is like opening a door to a world where you don't have to separate what's a sustainable life from what's a good life those 2 things go hand in hand and we call it mystic sustainability. as a stain on a future connection instead of it being that you can drive your favorite car you can have a long hot shower you can actually have a life that's more interesting it's not a life that's less interesting does koeppen hill half what it takes to be a new copenhagen landmark quite possibly what it certainly does is make denmark's capital even greener. he said said definitely important players you know. we couldn't survive without them quickly they put in a plan including 1st groups they're also part of a calculus food chain for farmers many spaces of using

a friend's help but the use of pesticides industrial farming appaloosa aren't climate change threatens them in maracle there is a project to wind farm over to the idea of cooperative with. these cari and their flowers attract a lot of insects researcher stephanie christman is delighted to see them after all they're essential for pollination if you remember rocco though many simply view insects as pests now a scheme designed to educate farmers about the need to protect them has been introduced simply planting strips of wild flowers as is often done in germany isn't the best solution here. liz life now as nice as a project then maybe for rich countries but it's not going to know i'm middle income countries so we decided to.

country is a well developed agricultural sector like mark will. develop a model of then double and scalable. and then. the other countries. unlike other common insect protection plans the focus here is on enabling farmers to generate an income from everything they grow. farming with alternative pollinators or if up for short is the name of the plan it works like this 3 quarters of the land is used to grow the main crops like eggplant for example cultivated around it are plants that attract more insects because of their colors shapes and when they're in bloom the farmer can also sell them. as a control there are fields in which only the main crop grows that way the researchers can assess the effectiveness of the intervention. stephanie christman works at an institute in the moroccan capital rabat it was here that she developed

. she says the consequences of global insect disappearance could be dramatic such as loss of food crops soil erosion and even human migration. when my get into a world which is love peaceful anymore. in all areas because everybody will be affected and i think we have to start thinking on pollinator laws and on pollinated protection. also in terms of keeping global peace one problem is the growing tendency toward monoculture morocco as the country modernize is culture. and government agency is cooperating with the fact. it says the insert protection model can easily be integrated into the country's agricultural planning. to pull up i think

fuck all the inclusion of wild pollinators in our group culture fits in perfectly with the ministries current strategy. to administer it involves making our culture more intelligent in the face of climate change and. a mighty. agriculture in the face of climate change the agency now offers training based on the fact model farmers learn that plants that rely on pollinators usually consume less water than wheat for example that's useful to know because in the future water will be even scarce or. train the farmers know what to do in 2050 but we can educate them in a way that they're able to respond to the reality they will have and sustaining pollinate as well that. increase the climate change resilience of their livelihood and the more knowledge they get on pollinate the protection the better. farmers as

insect protectors based on the current data the model seems to be working. i have seen our income has increased and with it our lives have improved so should we benefit from it so we can sell more. previously we only sold wheat vegetables and pulses. in the terminal market now i know that i can grow different products. cree wants to use the method on a much bigger field in the future and if other countries adopt the fact model the impact on insect populations could be significant. so it looks like nature will reward you think give it what it needs sounds like a good deal let's look at another example change for the better design. in that into also using jeopardy as a result of climate change and the depletion of natural resources but the community

of forests is helping people they are planting trees changing the way they farm getting be on the result. we've visited the tiny island of quarter over the course of. nowadays it's difficult to make your way through the dense woodland in cocoa turn 10 years ago this slums used to be barren activist and baruch mr o'mara and his angio have brought it back to life in. the organization encourages local communities to plant trees install solar panels build fuel efficient cooking staves and harvest rainwater. as a result the times and the island his witness to turn around.

and i can be bought up to give somebody who now the community is very well versed in the issue of tree planting as i hear what i mean when i when they were. some years ago the people of cocoa to use slash and burn farming methods leading to massive deforestation. most rivers and the groundwater brown and dry what was once fertile soil turned to dust and people had to import food now the vegetation has returned. to communities have switched to migrate forestry and farm spices fruits and vegetables among the trees. so i doubt. that it's great that we can grow our own garlic because we no longer have to buy it from the shops. we also have cinema that we've started reaping the benefits we also grow vegetables that we in our selves and sell at the market. that got me

then to move. the organization has planted over 680000 fruit trees and forest trees in cocoa. to make sure that the reforestation is successful local communities regulate felling. among the people benefiting beekeepers the trees provide bees with a well protected and shady twining place and a source of food when they're flowering. 2 years ago saloon cassim had just to be hives now he has 75. i think what i can't do anything without a forest slug. when you hang behind it's like we've done here we get best quality honey it's clean and the bees can't be attacked by other insects. and women are no more you know in a war. is now on the road to recovery. but the i literally joe

just a couple of kilometers away is still in dire straits. like kuta in the past has no clean drinking water and the land is degraded. this tree planting event is designed to help the islanders understand the importance of trees. the young people are taking charge. but when it when courage them and help them in planting as well then what then when the rains come we work together with the communities when we visit them and plant trees in their areas for the purpose of ongoing conservation work when. the organizations activities are funded by the european union the aim is to enable communities to become self-sufficient by means of our great business. has already achieved some of his goals but he has bigger ambitions her brother got some of what was there but isn't there but you can't turn back to what used to be you know because the population is

much larger now than what we could have is a community forest in every village and i would be proud of that. for about the. only islands of inhabitants have managed to stave off disaster with. help. they've proved it is possible to revive ravaged environments hopefully the other islets in the archipelago will now follow their lead. with will come to the end of this week's episode of off like a featuring an inspiring mix of small initiatives big project and dedicated people we do also want to thank you for joining us today and of course will be wailing on waiting to have your company once again next week i am stunned at you know vehicle compiler here in uganda and of course feel free to visit all social media platforms and sign those still then get.

every 2 seconds a person is forced to flee their homes nearly 71000000 people have been forcibly displaced. the consequences of disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises around the world you know. what a good thing when i didn't go to university to kill people that i don't want to have my boss come to me. and tell me to kill someone having him in even if i don't

they'll kill me. people feel for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad is about the arena of that scares me the most about this state i seem to rise is that someday we won't even see the really sound. but what will become of those who stay behind it's a way my husband went to peru because of the crisis. if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger. that was done on of them. displaced this week. this is a 15 year old girl. being gang raped. his teacher is beating a boy for talking by complots. by the rest of the class once as. i'm

sure a toddler is being killed by his mother. breaking up last. his child sleeps in the streets because her family through. here. online. pushes a teenager over the edge. just because you can see violence against children doesn't mean others and there are make them visible visible of us might violence against children disappear.

i am. this is due to our videos coming to you live from the european commission president addresses the davos summit is it all funded europe's top priorities to global leaders of the world economic forum focusing her comments on the meeting score issue of sustainability we'll go live to davos for the latest also on the program.