in the global corona crisis you can find more information online in fact e.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels. hello everyone and welcome to this new edition of eco africa the environment magazine brought to you by channels t.v. here in nigeria and to be in uganda and germany's door chavela and now dr we're coming to you from lagos and joining me of course is my colleague sandra to novio and hello there sandra. and hello from company or i one welcome to you all of us

from all across africa and the rest of the globe so glad you joined us for the program once again lucia examples of how to make a wild a little bit cleaner and thereby making it a bit better here's a quick look at a few of this week's report. in ronda we will learn how communities can lead in harmony with the mountain. in senegal we will find out how simple it can be to compose to the kitchen west. and in ghana we'll meet a man who calls himself a florist savor. the heart of the tom hasa nomics it is a small scale affordable housing project in south africa on the ships and its main mission is to replace informal bucket shocks with durable structures and what's even more important recycled construction west is used to build the homes made in

the founder and director was already won a number of awards for his innovative business idea and also see how it works. for the you know. just. lifts greater johannesburg is home to around 8000000 people many of them believe in densely populated informal settlements are townships like so we're told just southwest of the city. yeah. we have a lot of people who. coming in children's book going to look for work opportunities so most of them to prefer to live in its origins because it's cheaper to live there when you're ready and the critical window inform you to there from where i used to go forward so they've created opportunity for homeowners to actually create a coalition for those people where the event. structures but that accommodation

often consists of simple corrugated metal shacks and rented in backyards which often little privacy or protection from grain and called len ludlow who grew up in a sheet metal shack in self trained great lia he got the idea to replace corrugated shacks with brick structures he even data locked away to make the breaks he uses to keep them affordable and if they are mentally friendly as possible they're more like almost like they're walking. out of here and you actually you have a different less than a sort of a truck culture of britain caused by up to 30 percent lead level maxes breaks out of both construction west so he doesn't need to use and that also means the vicks don't have to be fired in a kill with serves on energy because the building blocks are interlocking the pressure of their own weight is sufficient to make the wall strong and stable it's an unusual way to build but it's less of

a battle on the environment than traditional monsoon. before moving into one of the new brick houses there's only see beer come economic spent 6 years living in a mental shack now he has a proper home he has to pay more rent for the new house but he thinks it's well worth it. actually our mound very very very happy because if you're staying in the shack it's not like a stinging nettle shake his leg. in a place to be like is a human being actually staying in their room it's so you feel more confident when everything next. building rubble is a major environmental problem in parts of johannesburg many companies just don't there are ways to legally to avoid paying disposal fields that are bordered on to me so c b s so much that she founded a startup to recycle the west rather than seed i love in honey but a lot of people do it waste removal right they call it ways and then they call it

but then we actually take responsibility over where the waste ends up be they have betrayed roads with their waste we compost it we also send it distribute it to organisation that make you service. organizations like learned that was house building company had they just started tough compatible trust their construction west provides the basis for global's environmentally friendly bricks one issue still to be resolved is how to process building west and transport eat to construction sites. and. we are working out how we can actually need. and here's the rubble as raw material for making bricks and then we need people to separate their waste encrusted with. that many who come to johannesburg hoping for a better life and that believing in insufficient housing they exactly are the people he wants to help and not just by building homes for them he has many more

ideas for the future. the plan is to actually train the people that live here feel them to actually build all sorts of so we can replace all the sharks by their names and also training them to prove their own houses sustainable homes constructed from recycled materials using more and. well frankie meadows i'll forward thinking solution that's been official not just to the environment but the wellbeing of entire communities 6. rhonda is one of the most densely populated countries in africa even so in the west of the country on the border we have a democratic republic of congo is one of the last remaining vacancies for the glory of foundation is now showing schoolchildren how to resolve the guerrillas how to talk that may help the hewett the people are able to continue to co-exist with the

indented i mean was it off because when by to see the good enough. ok knows national park in rwanda is home to a very rare animal the mountain gorilla there are fewer than a 1000 left in the wild the spread of disease and habitat loss pose a threat to this endangered species. to help protect the gorillas valerie awkward to sing it teaches children about environmental conservation she's the program director for conservation heritage tour or c h t which is located in the science district next to the park. she needs to be tomorrow's generation. yes kids kid is. spread their message kids can and so we create so we just chill chills and twerking keen scorcher into it because they are they can be

a board today for their message today rest of the community. rwanda is one of africa's most densely populated countries so these children live close to the gorillas natural habitat most have never seen one. using paper machine masks valerie and her colleagues help bring the gorillas to life they also encourage the kids to draw pictures of the majestic apes. who call back and she said if they like to draw the gorillas when they talk about it and the children start acting like a real is beating on their chests. but conservation education is just one pillar in the efforts to save the mountain gorillas another is creating alternative livelihoods for the local community. this farmer has just received a lamb by donating sheep to local families the conservationists hope to encourage

people to stay out of the forest. we're now into our human values i feel happy about winning a sheep as a farmer will help me fertilize my field there was a problem with it instead of going into intending for can as a national park which is the home of a mountain and going to is too quick to do so says found can you be sure it's going to be. growing too said the mayor has been to 40 east they can looking for meat that he was to hop into before but when you give them sheep it's a no 10 up to you to what they have been quite acting from with a mountain of what has had. the most exciting part of the classes is an excursion into of ok. national park there the schoolchildren get an opportunity to see the mountain gorillas in their natural environment they come out to discover why. i dismount and what it has because they have been watching them in the fear all

seeing them through visuals we were showing them today so and they have never seen that so soon been a natural habitat did i q wow then lake cuz so that also excited state i'm. valerie a poor dissing and her colleagues have received numerous awards for their efforts. for valerie it's further encouragement to continue their work so that the great apes can be preserved here for generations to come. hey all you coffee drinkers out there did you know that over 2000000000 costs a cool fumed one white every day and much of that comes from being grown africa did you know that near to where and now i do know santa ana while great coffee is high in demand drive periods in things all the lack of knowledge and resources

leaves in many small coffee farmers struggling to sustain a livelihood the situation is particularly critical in this an optical that's why climate academics have been established to teach us how to adjust their methods to the conditions of a changing climate here's our report from kenya your group an outdoor training session at the climate academy more diffuse this because it is gigi great. you know. this is becomes more. becomes more people of. the movement to prove you are. on today's show. 2 way to prune coffee trees the aim is to prevent the fungus that causes coffee berry disease which destroys the beans. they found was that the climate academy are expected to act as multipliers the idea

is that then we pass on their techniques to up to 50 ad the farmers know. such that it will be. so. much of course is a coffee rejoin in south and kenya here local cooperative or but it's a model coffee plantation but climate change brings challenges like diseases drought too much rain and this is causing yields to fall they can't academy is visiting today and wants to help the farmers i've just their program is funded by the fair trade foundation running is just one way the farmers can become more successful again. we have nutrient application they're supposed to. nutrients. because.

despite tips on cultivation many farmers find it difficult to leave just from growing coffee through their climate academy they and michael credits and gain expertise on how to generate more income be that through aquaculture. beekeeping. because he found my james and baby is now trying his hand at chicken farming. with all my new knowledge learnt at the climate academy i can even sell more than 9 chickens and none of them sell for less than a 1000 shillings. even when my relatives come to visit me i can take the chickens and use them for food. before that it wasn't possible. but coffee remains the main source of income in the area because pretty damn processes its members have it and helps marketing it collaborates with the climate

that it me and follows add green approach to asking this used to be a waste now farmers use it as i keep a gun except allies are instead of expensive can call it. recycling i'm making the most of existing resources we've got a couple of examples on that on today's program in this week's doing your bit we had to dakar senegal to see how a simple cleverly designed compost turns mungo peels coffee grinds and other household waste into rich fertile soil. most households produce a fair amount of organic waste every day. and that can be used to produce fertilizer for flower gardens. were not your chin gone couldn't find

a compositor in senegal's capital dhaka she decided to make her own. her team turn standard metal barrels into simple but effective compositors. holes in the sides and top help to eric the kitchen or garden waste and speed up the composting process they'll also allow earthworms and insects to get inside and help break down the organic matter. a small door cut at the base makes all removal easy . after adding a coat of paint the compost is ready. they can be produced in several sizes over the past year the team made about $200.00 units. as a container the climate in senegal is perfect for come past with the humidity there's no need to do anything it transforms on its own that's how we came up with the idea. that. any vegetable or fruit scrub can be added as well as bread

pasta tea leaves coffee and not an egg shells when mixed together the organic waste breaks down naturally into a nutrient rich compost. it takes about a month for the garbage to transform into fertilizer which can be used for anything from plants in pots or boxes. or orange trees. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories. rising sea levels. and that is causing cost or loss and could be venture. early lead to islands being submerged it's a scenario that is already threatening an ecosystem on the coast of not western europe the world and sea communities on the offshore islands are seeing

increasingly frequent floods and local flora and fauna could face dramatic changes are you call reporter paid a visit to an island on the north sea coast of germany. the sheep on the island of form might outnumber the 1100 inhabitants but their grazing helps to maintain the sea dikes and that serves everyone because on average lions are meter below sea level the dikes are in fact key to the island survival in times gone by the local population protected themselves from the high waters by building their homes on manmade hillocks known as dwelling mounds. twice a year these 2 men inspect the dikes to make sure everything is intact but can these vast structures continue to protect the island as the planet warms and sea levels rise furby and bush is a coastal defense expert for the northern german state. on the classes and ice

dying defenses are still the best solution because they offer as a way to counteract the effects of climate change and our measures for the coming years offer a secure a future that means the population of the whole china could continue to live and work in safety. lucious responsible for the upkeep of the roughly 8 metre high external dikes that run for almost 30 kilometers right around this island in the wotton see. but internal tykes also help to protect the island. as do the drainage channels. because it's not only the north sea waters that pose a threat but also those that rain down from above so how do the locals get the water off their island they channel excess water into a basin by the harbor where the from there it's pumped out into the sea at low tide it's a solid system except during periods of extremely heavy rainfall. increasing rainfall

and rising sea levels will be challenges for. but as a tide marker in the harbor shows the islanders have plenty of experience with tidal surges they've done battle with the sea on many occasions. nevertheless the local population can no longer rely on the exact same type construction that has served them in the past. zor the state of schleswig-holstein and came up with a strategy it's called the climate dike investment in london a cock that we're factoring in climate change and are currently strengthening our dikes and such a way that we can build them as high as 2 meters above sea level rise of. the green area shows what the dikes currently look like. the climate dike slope more gently towards the sea and the so-called safety cap of an additional 50 centimeters is built on top depending on how high the sea level rises even more height can be

added at a later date the whole exercise is very costly but many on perry von share the view that the dikes are the safest form of protection and in the case that the defense has failed to stand up to the sea in the future the islanders are also planning to build emergency accommodation on twirling mounds the same kind of manmade hillocks on which houses used to be dealt with. if in the near future there are moments when the dogs can't hold the water back will seek refuge on the 20 mountains and it won't be easy because storm surges tend to happen in the dead of night during heavy rains and strong winds to actually getting to the dwelling mounds wouldn't be a walk in the park but however difficult we still have to make that provision. on the whole the people of perform are calm perhaps because experience has taught them that land comes and land goes but they're absolutely determined to do

everything they can to protect their island. protection and conservation that's also what our next report is about in recent decades got a lot of vast tracts of rain forest it's a choice. somebody is worsening climate change. that's right near to one local equal activist and in tripping you decided to address the problem and reforested a piece of land by practicing sustainable forestry there has helped revive the natural ecosystem he's enterprise is not only good for the environment but it has also become a popular destination for the eco to our wrists. oh. so sad i have a ladies come forward this is a moment when into inviting actually enjoys treats in his visitors to the intoxicating center of the land a long blossoms exam passed around civilians around but you provide facts going to

smell like that for weeks that's really been walking the flower garden it's quite beautiful it is and it's very nice to see that there's a very like this in ghana that. others whether they're hearing god or even outside of the country could come to and actually enjoy nature. it started 20 years ago when biden planted on his holding of 210 acres. he founded porto forest estates and initially just sold would pull it off so. we thought we could enter a crop with food crops and keep it going by. selling those food crops to generate short term revenue except that the community and the workers kept eating everything even before us was ready to generate more income he and his team had another idea they decided to propagate local plants and extract essential oils

in 2018 they added eco tourism jaring every 2 or visitors served up a typical got me and dish that is made exclusively of local forest produce. one in 10 biden is also linking up with the local community in better he has hired several locals as chefs and told gods or to work in his laboratory technician isaac could joe is in charge of producing the essential oils as well as natural cosmetics such as soap. because of put us in natural souls from the forest we tend to have less side effects and then the really how good are very effective treatment for therapy you can really get the feel of the of the room from the plant and they have no side effects or anything whatever the

oils are sold across the country including in the capital across retailers there also provide interested costumers with detailed information about the product. on guided tours visitors hear about the company's mission future plans include sustainable construction projects for their eco tourism business. this is because we want to make use of a couple from print on the environment to cut cost russia to peace. ever meant by that all friendly we want to reduce that and all of our monthly friends. wellington biden attaches great importance to passing on is knowledge to the next generation. now main focus is. the experiential learning center where we're going to teach people what we have learned over the last 20 years this is the only way that we come quickly disseminate what we've learned because it's all about

training and empowering people to also go out there and do it themselves in that way biden spoke janks provides an example to local residents showing how day 2 can make a living in some protecting the floor and so on while loads of interesting reports with plenty of inspiration for ways to take better care of our planet that's all from africa these time i hope you'll enjoy the show as much as the hot i am sondra to know via signing off from kampala the next time sandra and for you our viewers if you want to find out more about the people on the project who profiles today visit us online and also check out our social media and to be sure to join us again next week well a new edition of eco africa i'm nels a way so long without from lagos nigeria.

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