for to see what to do with all our waste. we can make a difference right choosing smart new solutions overstrained said in delaware using . the ideas for the 2 series in blue this is also on google dot com. welcome to global 3 thousands. now it's tourism and climate change have caused coral reefs in the dominican republic to die off could liberal tree bred corals help restore them. tourism is big in cambodia too but chinese investors are the main beneficiaries locals are largely losing out. the 1st to go to a place that sees few tourists one area of south africa's cape town is in the grip

of gangs. it's been 26 years since apartheid ended and yet more than half of all south africans still live in poverty that's around 13000000 people unemployment is rife over 50 percent of young south africans a jobless with no prospects in sight some resorts to illegal activities south africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world violent crime in particular has increased steadily over the past 10 years. the situation in cape town is especially troubling most tourists stick closely to the small bay area below table mountain the majority of locals however live in the cape flats. were out on patrol with the county gathering near. the special task force comet's gang crime. in the poorer districts of the cape flats on the outskirts of cape town

. the team drive to a building that's home to the leader of the corner boris a notorious coward. heavily armed officers stormed the building and turn the entire apartment upside down. they find large sums of cash 12800 south african round you quibble and about 800 euros. that is now being steel. you understand this is x. if you live in it that is. your kind of money. the police also find drugs hidden in mailboxes outside the building they are

packaged into small bundles ready for sale. and that is what he says this one is about because she says this money she sells washing it in the book these sites be full of money. given falls in the foreseeable. if. the officers don't find any weapons but they suspect they're out on the streets. more than a 1000000 people live in the cape flats. gangs have a hold on the area and the murder rate is one of the highest in the world. the army has been on patrol here since july 2900 but the death toll continues to rise. we're driving through gang territory a landscape that shaped by poverty drug. and violence there are

a few prospects for the young people growing up here many of whom join gangs an early age. an intermediary puts is in touch with a gang we meet with a few members in lotus river what if. no one is forced to become a gangster so they say everyone is free to make their own decision so why did they become gangsters. to become a gangster. well i. don't want. to go and. i'm doing the same thing with. the matter of fact way the 23 year old talks about murder is disturbing. if i get mad i will. go over there kill. one so. while in some murder are part of their lives says renee

he too is just 23 years old. but themselves. she is generally wedeman know. and. it's a war but also kills innocent bystanders often children. people who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. others are targeted if they want the gangs activities in some way. like avril andrew sun our cargo. dealers apparently wanted to sell drugs outside his family's home after all tells us that her son tried to stop them. one evening he said he needed to go out he left his phone at someone's house i'm wanted to pick it up. after remembers that

it was hard for him to say goodbye. suddenly the nice eyes were full of tears and he said i have to you know if to and i said please don't do it now don't go for it could now it is not ok and he said but i have to go 1st to my phone because i'm worried they my phone is in it in the hands of somebody that i don't trust and even if the in probably about 20 minutes after that something came to say it was. after andrew just chose not to feel better she set up a foundation in order to help others. everyone here shares the traumatic experience of having lost a son the stories are all unique but also tragically similar. to the 1st showed me and often i think if you don't know what to do or go to those in their. mistaken if you would still feel that in the.

subject. they don't think it would. it even if they did everything to me they do. that. in their anyway. so. some of the perpetrators are still at large i just hope and pray. they just as. well put it away for all the children whose losing their lives in the cape. and i think of. all the innocent all the small children babies. just as most do so they must do so because of this. after all andrew's world simply sit around and wait she set up

a soup kitchen funded by donations on her own money around 200 people come here every day. avril talks to the young people i'm trying to help them find a way out of the violence. we can save everyone all at once she says but maybe one after the other. in 2013 china announced its belts and road and initiative also called the new silk road the aim is to expand trade links between asia africa and europe so far china has spent around 180000000000 euros on the project the final cost is estimated to be about $900000000000.00 while the rest some concerns about china's expanding power many countries welcomed the cash injection individuals however i'm experiencing the downsides of chinese investment like in cambodia.

pung sirin says she doesn't want to get used to what sihanoukville has become. there's been dirt trash and construction waste everywhere for 3 years. she shows us where her fruit and vegetable shop used to be. it's now a restaurant the chinese owner was willing to pay $3.00 times as much rent as her. the reception is a little frosty. my shop used to be here packing tells him. the new owner doesn't understand any command he is a translation app to try and communicate with her on the screen it says that his business isn't doing that well. it makes me sad this shop with my life i earn decent money here i could even save some now everything's changed. to we're not. punks house still here surrounded by skyscrapers cranes and building sites she now runs

a small online shop from her smartphone she gets inquiries nearly every week from chinese buyers who want her plot of land the pun wants to stay here even though she feels completely surrounded. by capitol. building senate scare me and there's constant shaking and noise. and i don't think the buildings are all that sturdy to one of them collapse the other day i'm a. little remains of the ones tranquil port town of c.n.n. the. chinese construction companies have transformed the place into a tourist magnet with hundreds of hotels and casinos. most of the workers come from china. a chinese supermarket chain has opened a branch here their product range is tailored to the needs of the chinese workers and most of the profits here end up in the hands of the chinese.

as night falls a sea of bright lights eliminates the city. more than 60 newly built casinos lurch chinese gamblers to cambodia gambling is illegal for cambodian citizens but we still meet plenty in the city center after all these casinos need a lot of staff. cambodians run the gambling tables and serve the gas some of them have managed to profit from the huge changes in their city. so i don't want to speaking only in terms of money on have a slightly better life now a bit more income. maybe my family will even come yet. soon. there by i don't like the way things have developed here but as far as the money goes it's ok. the space the sihanoukville has been completely transformed by the gambling industry and chinese funded construction projects. but the provincial governor maintains that this is a boon to the area. they say by their it might be hard to imagine right

now but we will soon have a modern on magnificent city we're making the city a small city right at that moment there's a blackout the grid is overloaded again but the governor carries on regardless we have everything under control he says. here on the outskirts of the city is a small settlement for 50 families the government relocated people here who are getting in the way of the smart city project before they're forced resettlement they were all living on valuable plots of land in the city center. the land was taken from them and used for hotels and casinos. like that of the. mall prandial it's so unfair i feel helpless these people are so powerful. it's a huge injustice. this area here is totally deserted when i can keep

a few chickens but otherwise i can't earn any money i met. her husband is a motorbike taxi driver and now has a long journey to work he usually drives chinese tourists around. he takes us along and shows us where he and his family lived for 30 years. the 6 children grew up here it was a tight knit community the houses have now been torn down. city authorities revoked his right to live on the property. but. it's heartbreaking to stand here. are don't know what ways. more heavily. i'm just speechless. i was a soldier i worked hard for this long for this country but what they're doing here . is this the thanks i get. for song and others like him it's a bitter pill to swallow. this

weekend label idea as we head to one of the world's most popular tourist destinations the caribbean behind visitor numbers are taking a toll on the natural environment they are reported to have shalem back went to the dominican republic to find out what's happening above and below the water he made some worrying discoveries but also met people who are working hard to turn things around. the world one of the only. finally some fish they've worked for days for this whole the fishes have been doing this stuff their whole lives here off the coast of punta cana in the east of the dominican republic . they used to make good money to bring this.

back to before things are getting harder and harder fishing isn't the same as it used to be here business is really bad. at 1st glance this looks like a decent cottage but 10 years ago it would have been twice the size. the reason lies here the entire coast of the dominican republic is lined with coral reefs around 90 percent of them either died or severely damaged. the water temperature is rising because of climate change this makes the corals weaker and more vulnerable to pollution and human activity. this is.