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the anticipated. presence bring us are supposed to prevent flooding but the only dollars going to. how will we live in the future. 66 mean the same sea levels starts to flow on g.w. . welcome to global 3000. trash interior del fuego plastic waste is in danger in wild life at the southern tip of argentina. the cannabis business cultivating it for medicinal purposes is illegal in the city. but 1st we consider the future of globalization past the covert 19 pandemic forces
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a major everything. an unbridled quest for profit and untainted consumerism characterized much of the world's economy. that is until the coronavirus hit. theaters cinemas and bonds was shouted cities resembled ghost towns national borders were closed fleets of planes grounded travel is good to see east millions around the world may see their livelihoods destroyed as usual people in poverty benefited the least from globalization of the hardest hit will the shock of the pandemic realign priorities or where we pick up where we left off. these old fashioned globes in a brylin bookstore evoke a time before our planet was plunged into its current crisis
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a crisis that could well change our world in many ways. what might this mean for globalisation in cross continental cooperation. we've asked for people for whom globalization and its discontents are major themes of their work globalization is not to blame for the virus yours there's nothing like a good crisis to create opportunity for political change can all see now that an economy that aims above all to maximize profit is not sustainable. nor 20. 3 main scenarios have been sketched out for what might now emerge the 1st is the undoing of globalization in its present form the. french president. says the cataclysm will change the nature of globalization it increased inequalities in developed countries and it was clear that this kind of globalization was reaching
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the end of its cycle it was undermining democracy so will this prove to be a major historical turning point similar to the fall of the berlin wall and the end of the cold war one possible response though is not with wants to see. it's for countries to seek safety and solitude and self-reliance in the process undoing international ties and trade boosting domestic industries to reduce reliance on global supply chains and just in time logistics and instituting large stores of key goods in preparation for the next crisis attack it is an international network of activists who are critical of what they termed new liberal globalization they call for social ecological and democratic alternatives including fair trade rules and limits to free trade. now that the disaster we've seen in the provision of protective facemasks goes to show that we need more local manufacturing and local
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storage facilities so that things are really available when we need them without that not even basic emergency protection measures are possible. globalization is a political agenda that seeks to reduce international interdependencies it's not anti capitalist but it's anti free trade it resonates with the nationalism of say u.s. president donald trump and germany's far right if tea party. the future does not belong to us the future belongs to patriots the future belongs to sovereign and independent nations d.p. said you get global you globalization as we know it has failed a new world wide economic system is emerging based on sovereign national economic areas the state some observers say that is rubbish and that we will eventually get back to business as usual global trade will resume and thrive vast amounts of goods will once again be zipping around the world globalization they say has increased
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standards of living bringing hundreds of millions out of poverty it has also proved vastly profitable for some flying around the world will again become normal every day activity global communication is of great benefit to humanity so why undo any or all of that. we're going to see a surge in digitalization but we're not going to see a surge in de globalization because we aren't going to forego the cost advantages of globally distributed manufacturing and a global market there is no alternative means in this. so in this scenario trade and travel will recover and thrive in compazine the globe and in any case decoupling simply can't were. in our day and age people talk a lot about decoupling but they talk about the end of globalization and it's really a buzzword that has very little practical meaning the internet financial flows the
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way supply chains are constructed it's very difficult to think of. a future where all of that is eliminated the horse to use the old american metaphor the horse is out of the bar. the market is out of national control the national economy is substantially. control. of expertise of labor something. the german government for its part certainly does not think globalization is in its death throes. as cancer leukemia is no going back from the globalization of the past 20 or 30 years it's become part of our open economic and social order. given the economic and financial cost of the crisis with debt level soaring with environmental protection be sacrificed in the
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struggle to revive economies in sociological terms the pressure to create prosperity will not diminish even though there are good ecological reasons to want to see it diminish. as for the 3rd scenario there was a lot of discussion right now about a new green deal. this does not represent a turn away from globalization. it is more a vision of how the world should choose to reorient itself particularly in the wake of the penn demick. 'd and create a global economy to benefit ordinary people. while protecting the environment and mitigating the climate crisis. where things are in flux there's a lot of uncertainty anything could happen. that window will close you know in the next. 60 seconds to a year and then we'll be just back to wherever we went and after that period. is
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the pandemic making people stop and think about what is truly important in life. if so perhaps the world will prefer global and local solidarity to consumerism competition and career is i'm. discovering that society social relations the social contract trust among people are the biggest assets in the fight against over it the question when the dust settles is what people forget. well some people may see the pandemic as a crisis to be resolved as quickly as possible so we can continue on our merry way as before others see it as an opportunity to rethink basic questions about the way we live and perhaps come up with something better.
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cannabis is the world's 2nd most popular drug after alcohol used by an estimated $200000000.00 people a recent study estimated the global market could be worth $350000000000.00 a year that would include both illegal and illegal trade many countries have legalized recreational cannabis and it's cultivation and substances from the plants are also being used in medicine to treat chronic pain in asd and in cancer therapies some research is a hopeful it could help treat 19. many cannabis farmers are hoping this trend will continue including in the south african nation of. pharma struggle to make a living here in the highlands of listen to where the soil is largely infertile.
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but it's here that industrial scale farms have set up a flourishing business in cannabis. the plant thrives here thanks to the pill mountain air and clean water. all staff at the medic row company have to wear rubber gloves and protective clothing. this c.e.o. under a bottom says that is crucial if they are to produce medicinally pure product. you don't really have spin from the $4000000.00 us dollars on the facility. we will be doing for the business when we expand our area. it's very this is a very capital intensive industry and to do it right. you need a lot of capital. cannabis has been grown here for centuries until now on small fields like this one. this smallholder farmers says we should call him clement he
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doesn't want to reveal his real name. like his great grandfather before him he cultivates the conventional variety of the plant that makes you hein and that remains illegal in the city. when i heard of plans to make cannabis growing illegal i thought great something everyone will profit from but no it looks like it will only benefit politicians and their friends and not the whole of society in listen to. clement is disappointed he would also like to grow medicinal cannabis on his field but to do that he would need a license from the government which costs almost $11000.00 a huge amount that he could never raise. so big companies with capital thrive legally well smallholders continue to supply the black market. they both grow cannabis but the plants raised for medicinal purposes
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are of a different variety and contain only a minimal amount of the psycho active ingredient sought by drug users t.h.c. . the licensed producers have to demonstrate that that is the case in lab tests. what they do want to see a lot of in their plants is kind of a dial all c b d it's anti inflammatory and cramp relieving properties are what qualify the substance as a medicine. we talked with the country's health minister he conceded that since cannabis farming was legalised 3 years ago local small holders have not been among those to profit. they were number. 2 small business you are from the bag yet you will be you will feel. sorry it's not a very it's not a very small business it's not it's these 3 so of course most of. i would
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not have died to myself to take it out. clemons says the government has failed people like him. that you know at this secret location he and 2 helpers pack up his marijuana in small bags for sale they've been raided repeatedly but avoid arrest by bribing the police clement is tired of living this way and says he too could grow medicinal cannabis. but there's another problem the seeds. i would say. the seeds come from overseas and they're denying us access to them. it's a form of oppression. under a bottom appreciates the frustration of small scale local farmers but says they don't have the means to become literate amid produces he says how his factory makes
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medical grade cannabis oil the equipment alone cost 4000000 dollars he says. at the same time but most keen to stress how industrial farms like his benefit listen to local investors hold more than 30 percent of medic wrote in accordance with government stipulations what's more the company is in the process of creating a total of 3 and a half 1000 jobs jobs for people like harvest hand mamma to lease or. you need to see me. i used to be unemployed i was stuck at home. but since i got the job here i've been able to send my kids to school and i know i ask loads and so. that's it's a well it's. chisel lives in a hilltop village her life is typical for a woman in rural a suit 2 jobs are few and far between here but and she is as own situation has changed significantly since she began to work on the cannabis farm. she's now
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learning english and math at a school set up by the company for its workers. that also makes it easier for her to check her children's homework their school is also funded by medic rose the covert 19 pandemic had not yet reached africa when we were in the city. but the government did then introduce a lockdown before using restrictions on may the 5th. as many factor of medicinal product the cannabis farm is one of the few companies that were exempted from the lockdown but staff do now have to wear protective masks. as the border was closed we were able to return to the city so andre but sent us this video he took on his smartphone. in a skype interview he said people were becoming more health conscious in the face of covert 19 and demand for his cannabis oil was continuing to grow. he also told us
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he had offered the government his help in the fight against the virus we've made out. progress. but they have chosen to use it at their own testing facility the thing is i don't think they want the government to control that in themselves. clement continues to work during the lockdown delivering sacks of his crop to a drug dealer. to fulfill his dream of one day growing the dissonant cannabis and selling it to a processing plant he would need financial assistance from the government both seeds and for a greenhouse for now it's a dream that seems unlikely to come true. we're always on the lookout for delicious snacks on latest discovery comes from the south pacific. in the solomon islands most food comes straight from the
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sea or the land the main way of getting to and from the smaller islands is by boat so even locally is essential that means lots of fresh fish coconuts and salva. and here are a litany it also means mind growth beans. they grow everywhere and they form the basis of a popular snack on the island. that's what for all the colts yahoo is cooking up for her sister's home state business. is down and i can. feel. how it. began is that we've had on the board and then go to the my group and. my. and i will be the big and the coupon. kid cut it like the ish and to have. them in question again.
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this is the. place that we want to go she squeezes the pulp by hand changing the water 3 times until it loses its color squeezing the. flesh about this and i will dance right through another dish ready for our call. she boys have for 10 minutes before it's time to add the other ingredients they include coconut onions and chopped fish. after it's cooked a bit longer on the stove the result is a rich soupy dish. one interesting thing about mongrel is that it gives they a long time if you give this month you can leave an argument. that makes it a reliable source of food when other ingredients aren't available. hope this
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unique dish will attract travellers who are willing to leave the beaten truck to sample an authentic taste of the solomon islands. this week in global ideas we look at one of the many horrible mess is we humans have created piles of plastic trash this time in southern argentina is one of several problems penguins that face as biologists. 500 years ago food in magellan was the 1st european to sail around the southern tip of south america. it's an icy climate here and also home to the magellanic penguins named after the spanish explorer. and dreyer roy ray has ventured down here to go to do some exploring herself she's
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a biologist from argentina southern center for scientific research. she and her team make regular trips to the remote colonies of penguins here 7 in total. out and we're on our way to islam our c.e.o. hammer island a colony there has around $5000.00 pairs of magellanic penguins and 50 pairs of gentoo penguins we know bob or the colony has been around since the 1970 s. but we only started observing it in the mind is you know no and since then it's been growing there continuously and if. this seas are calm today enabling the researchers to bring their equipment on land without any further problems. the penguins don't seem bothered by the visit is there are several species living here together on the island. and drea ray has won an award for his insights into the impact of humans on the birds magellanic penguins dig then this
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burrows in the ground. this is where they lay their eggs and raise their young. but the bird's very survival is influenced by human activity rising sea temperatures have changed marine food chains for the penguins it means hunting longer for food which in turn means leaving their young alone for longer and increasing their vulnerability to siegel's and other predators . southern iraq her penguins are among the species hardest hit by climate change but it's a very small types of prey such as larvae which are themselves most susceptible to changes in the temperature of the water. so the penguins derive less energy from their food. and that has
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a long term impact on the population. a lot of all blossom. and really ray and her team are installing an automatic monitor. system for the penguins they fitted some of the birds with the special chip a sensor records they movement in order to track general activity across the colony penguins do look rather helpless on land at least but they're excellent divers and swimming some magellanic penguins make it all the way to europe why and brazil covering a distance of 4000 kilometer. winds are guardians of the ocean they're also a gauge of how healthy the ecosystems are. examining their food intake how far they swim to find that food and their reproductive rate and they build those to see how these species which are dependent on the ocean are fair and. penguins go on shore
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to mates and raise their young and extremely sensitive phase of their lives which is under threat from growing pollution the nesting holes are increasingly filled with plastic waste which mainly comes from the nearby city of. 90 percent of the nests contain plastic waste. as do the animals stomachs and fences. currents and winds carry the plastic to places you might think were untouched by human activity. 4 years ago residents of teamed up to tackle the trash situation a blot on the entire city coastline. the initiative was launched by maya mariel who was a pulled by the pollution brought to this remote city by the wind and by sea currents. you see stray dogs tearing apart
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the garbage looking for food. belongs in a landfill but a lot of it ends up on streets across the city and the birds come and pick away at the rest. the ticket i'm in. florida you know the most of what we've gotten used to burying the garbage. sometimes when the snow arrives in winter the trash is just left on the beach. and when it's no melts the trash ends up in the sea that i mean nothing not if. bush ally is called the gate to the and take the half a 1000000 tourists who descend on terror del fuego every year pose a further threat to the largely untouched ecosystem. in 2005 and rio re founded a group bringing together citizens initiatives and local to operate says what they want to see is better management of the tourism sector says the group's
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coordinators sabrina kids money. i mean there's been a rise in tourism and by that they will actually and the number of boats with tourist trips out to the scene or the canal. i want to but i think the hudson there is the improper behavior there are boats going to close to the islands and using loudspeakers in the vicinity of the animals and i think that as dana said lola see the home the eye. is putting on tourism at one with nature tourism that's in harmony with nature is always welcome . it's one of the human activities that can help the most to conserve the environment above all so that the populations of the communities and the ecosystem remain this pristine as possible of the one being not the one but if they know. the penguins that would bring some welcome relief in the struggle for survival here
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in what is called the end of the world. that's all from us that global 3000 this week don't forget we love hearing from you and so do drop us a line to global 3000 at g.w. dot com and visit our facebook page d w women until next time good bye. in
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the. conflict zone in march prime minister obama secured an open ended right to rule by decree in order he said to fight the coronavirus pandemic my guest this week from budapest is voloshin dovekie a hungary name e.p. from the ruling field best party is the government being honest about his motives or is this new law just the latest move to cement the oath or it's early in rule conflicts the 1st. in 30 minutes on d.w.
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. gets a deadly sin. and a basic human trait. in drives us. graham kraehe needs to destroy us. grief. in part one. for humans created by nature or is greed something that we. greet a fatal desire. in 75 minutes on d w. in the us of climate change. caused massive. instant. constant what ideas do they have of the future of.
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touch. d.w. dot com. african legacy of the making. could. nor did he and what do they dream of at night eating. his cleaners they see the face of horror. their job censoring for the social media industry. in manila there are thousands of so-called content monitors day for day they screw up terrifying images from online platforms. up 220000 times a day. or risk job for starvation wage. the strain is enormous. the cleaners or sworn to secrecy they are not allowed to talk about their work. and
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