something strikes the students look don't stand a chance. training successful. just let me start charge 20 somethings on t.w. . but at. least. this village elders have great issues on their minds. and they're holding a crisis meeting to discuss whether their village has a future or not a good look at what we've got a large part of our village has already been swallowed by sound you've got to get

well soon the rest will disappear but if you go then you can you can see how the palm trees are dying because of drought and the sand keeps on coming in and. playing. the desert is relentlessly encroaching on the air waste us which like so many others in morocco is at risk of disappearing. plague. it. because. we have come to her meat and his lung a smaller race a settlement in south east in morocco. this is a horrid desert starts right behind the village. in the morning we me tell him

spy as in spelling up his pick up. by grew up here in honey and wants to show us what is happening here. with you. we are company halim and an acquaintance to the editor of the settlement with the palm groves and farmer's fields are located. pelham says that there is practically nothing left of the green oasis of his childhood. could play them home in the desert is quickly moving in from all sides on the away. from the east to west ham. when he sees a night from monitors that allow you to gauge the pace of climate change feel happy . when we arrive in the palm groves the weather sunday deteriorates a sun storm blows up. that has become the

new normal here less and less rain and more and more sandstorms and soil erosion. this is what the oasis of honey looks like now. it is sinking in desert sand. the impact of climate change has long been clear here. when the weather has settled halim and his acquaintance after doing get straight to were. i think. they want to fill one of the dead pantry it's word is

well suited to making furniture but the other people but make most of it over come on over to the right of them off of the tree stop producing dates long ago. if you were here you were here at. the pumps have fallen victim to the encroaching sand dunes. we are paying our last respects to this palm tree it's like burying someone look around we're in a graveyard. putting this palm tree to a good use the least we can do for it socketed all said it was it. after carter wants to make a table from the word for farmers in the region it's becoming increasingly difficult to make a living from agriculture and they're being forced to diversify or change jobs

completely. holmes boy's life has also changed fundamentally. his father used to plant pantries here and could live well from the abundant they tell us. now a few decades later his son sees him selfe as an activist who wants to draw attention to the dramatic changes in this region. why does this great god exist the answer is quite simple it's the lack of water. the point of course water shortages are being caused by climate change. this is exonerating the process of just education that is if you go 30 years ago there were date. trees that edge people farming there are a lot of important activities going on here but it's not.

but a few 100 metres further on there is an abandoned pump the remains of a failed project years ago water was pumped up into a tank from deep in the ground the idea was to use the water to irrigate the airwaves just. a little bit. more. the government funded the project through a bumblebee but the extreme heat and increasing numbers of sandstorms made the tank dry out leaving behind only salt to posits. what has happened here is not an exception 2 thirds of all over a season morocco have disappeared over the last 100 years. a few kilometers away nicely old village casbah. rule.

the force of 5 coups here with it for derby walls dates back many centuries. in the maze of alleyways halloumi like now will one of its fear my main residence. he says that only about 10 families still live here. in the e.u. . both of them have been. in the past it used to be home to more than 1000 people but most have now moved away. sir and has crept into all of the houses i use is one of the few who is prepared to try and stand in the way of the. well. you know i can only keep on saying it

our problems stem from a lack of water. the nearby river dried out quite a long time ago. and as a result many people have left the village even the well of the mosque has run out of water. the younger people in particular are attracted to the big cities such as much cash casablanca and drop that only a small number remain but the key key feel you spoke. nothing can stop for some. it is getting into the caspar villages. drought is the reason why people can't live here anymore can't lead contented everyday life. the problem is forcing them to leave the disease in. the desert is on the march thanks to the rising temperatures decreasing rainfall and powerful storms it will ultimately take this cause.

for a boycott of the kind of expert that. we leave her meat and drive some 50 kilometers through arid lands to the east where helen wants to show us a proper of isis. thanks . thanks the 1st thing we hear is the sound that we haven't heard for a long time. water flows out into a channel pumped up from great depths by so the power plants. it's used to irrigate the oasis.

and this is what a healthy oasis looks like a veritable forest. the palm trees. thank. the precious water is quickly distributed by the farmers immigration channel it's clear thanks. thanks a question. and then the because she did i mean she would tell him says i waste this is like a paradise it provides shade and colas for the fertile fields close to 2000000 americans still live in such oases between the atlas mountains and the sahara desert. is a true ecosystem it functions on 3 different levels. it take to provide shade for the fruit trees and maintain provide shade for the vegetables but it looks like it is all based on the knowledge of our ancestors got to be clear again

consistent use of water or to start the part of the day used to be an ideal crop for the region this should really sweet fruit is not very hard to grow but it does me 2 things heat and water. so. for this green oasis a well had to be trolled 100 meters down into the ground causing its own problems. groundwater levels are increasingly dropping and the water that's drawn to the surface is salty as can be seen from the like deposits on the drainage ditches just in the long term that's poison for the oasis state. that in her mid. to have 7000 people still live here the one time away since settlement sunshine came.

at the edge of the village there's a dried up river bed the river drug used to run here one of the longest rivers in america. but since a dam was built in the high atlas mountains hardly any water flows south. the markings on the bridge are a reminder of better times now that there is little rainfall to this region is becoming less and less hospitable to humans. it's mainly the old people who have stayed behind like the farmer but hardy. the 61 year old has 11 children from his 3 wives. most of his children have left the region. this. is almost 40 percent of all moroccans according to research are considering

leaving the country climate change is a driver for migration. of no no you're actually for the old. there isn't any work here anymore. at least nothing that provides a living. will of the young people go to the cities to look for work our children have also gone. babysitters maybe once a year because here you really can't earn anything. it is hard life. money transfers from their grown up children helps to keep them afloat. things were better in the past when they were able to sell their dates as far afield as america. as you can. be you know when our oasis was still green we had everything we needed and we lived very well

we could grow all kinds of vegetables and we kept sheep but that's impossible now. we're little sites have the sand dunes hardly tensely small vegetable garden it's all he has left. he's a subsistence found living from hand to mouth when he grows here is purely for his family's consumption. but the family doesn't know how long his garden will still bear fruit it all hinges on one thing water. has this well but drawing water is becoming more and more difficult and he's having to dig deeper and deeper. so.

there's less and less water by the day a little while ago we had to go 9 metres down to reach it now it's 16 metres and even there there's not enough water. but look how the sand is threatening us it wants to encroach everywhere that's why i'm planting bushes like this to stop the sand from finding its way into our garden home. for. the moment. but hardy is fighting a losing battle. sand dunes now stand right outside his house and a handful of palm trees are all that's left to remind him of the oasis.

in bygone times desert caravans used to stop off here on their way to timbuktu more recently it has attracted droves of tourists from all around the world. runs a small cafe in the center of the village which has become a meeting place for visitors and locals to a certain extent it has become a little oasis in its own right with a space oh and internet access. also acts as a tourist guide offering group tours in the sahara the region is a favorite destination among more adventurous travelers with the race is drying up some people have turned to desert tourism as an alternative source of income. next to the map are a few photos limbs father a highly regarded tribal chief and the young king mohammed the 6th the old photos

evoke a time when water was not a problem in the. halim is keen to discuss the problem with scientist mary m. 10 after. the trained chemist works as a climate researcher at the max planck institute in minds and at the university of casablanca. one study that she's worked on predicts that summer temperatures in north africa will rise twice as much as the global average. the hot desert climate even worse in the future and especially in the summer the increase of temperature will be about $2.00 to $3.00 degrees. in the mine scenario. by 2050 up to 7 degrees in the worst scenario by the end of the century.

satellite images captured by the european earth monitoring program can panic has showed the oasis of honey surrounded by desert and animation shows how the vegetation has been changing over the last few years and fluctuations in rainfall and humidity. the higher temperature means that there will be more of operation from the soil of less specific ation also less water in the site the combination of both will increase the stocks on each of the songs actually which has a huge impact on the corporate activity and then there's additional dynamics in the song the corporate productivity can fall. 35 percent. is aware of this vicious circle he has experienced the encroaching desert sands

firsthand. in the afternoon musicians gather outside his cafe. 2 on him has organized a smooth youth orchestra in the village to have a plan yet. sufficiently to prevention. together with the young people he wants to help preserve the local culture that includes the hypnotically rhythmic now while music. and i know you're looking. at the big. i. think. that.

this is our control heritage that we want to preserve. we would like to train young people to play modern music it would also to preserve our traditions. because they are threatened by today's consumerism but also by climate change because it leads to migration. was. taken. in our music is believed to have its roots in sub-saharan africa a legacy of the black slaves transported along the transfer her in trade routes. with her limb we head south still home to morocco as remaining traditional nomad communities but their future too is at risk from climate change.

after just a few kilometers a limb stops by a tree. he shows us the skeleton of a young camel which probably starve to death. and it's far from being the only one camels and dromedaries are extremely frugal creatures but even for them it's more and more difficult to find sufficient feed. to move. this is part of our new reality camel herds represent riches when 23 or 10 of camels die and the nomads lose a large part of their wealth so their traditional way of life is disappearing before their eyes. they carry on the current barren stony landscape

until we reach a chain of mountains and a large herd of camel. you know oh yes. yes. there is a dried up riverbed and a little better taishan where the animals can graze. movement of the camels are being looked after by young men like honey. their own is used to be known but they settled nearby long ago. so the market will bear them. how many tales that finding places where the lives of

the camel drivers and herders are being transformed. maidana tea has left its mark here to. more than 60 percent of morocco's nomads have already given up in america styles. this is partly down to the draw of modern comforts but it's also a result of climate change. thanks to. the camel drivers spend the night in the open they don't have a tent. they are perhaps only $20000.00 traditional nomads left in america and with every passing year their numbers continue 22000000 it's sad obviously. looks a little bit we grew up here in the south. but what we were used to no longer exists

. i only feel good when my animals feel good. looking. and so climate change is threatening an entire culture. so. one last look at the oasis settlement of her meat is learned on the outskirts the village elders hold regular meetings in the shade of the puns they meet a yield of dates is a symbol for the problems of this endangered oasis. listening to these men it becomes clear how creeping environmental changes linked to global warming have slowly undermined the foundations on which these people's lives have been built. the climate crisis has become an everyday reality.

thank. you as the drought increases in severity it'll make things more and more difficult you can see how the palm trees are dying off how the desert is encroaching more and more and making the situation worse and worse and that's why most people have moved away and only a few people like us have stayed on. the house of yes people have left because they couldn't bear it. and not having any water really . i have a well with a motorized pump. but to keep it running i have to add money but i can't cover those costs with farming that's why we definitely need help. many of the wells are 20 meters deep but some people are drilling down a 100 meters to get water but what comes out of those wells salty water but there's

no point irrigating the fields with salt water it's useless. because. most of the well for the moment the mother. talim demonstrates the water parks and innovation from the netherlands. the seedling is placed inside the biodegradable container and then planted into the soil. then the water box is filled up with water. with its own little individual water tank each plant has a better chance of surviving. the people here desperately hope that these trees will act as a barrier to hold back the desert island have they live up. there but. it's their last ditch attempt to defend their fields and gardens against the sahara.

just a few kilometers away other dns of garda they are the highest in morocco and attract many tourists. beautiful though they may be these growing teams are also a force of nature to be reckoned with. playing cicerone if you build in the woods duke i mean song grown up like we happen most beautiful sand dunes here and. they have become a big tourist attraction if you report that helped us when things started going downhill with the land. you see fast in the desert is both

a friend and an enemy it's rich but fragile at the same time the fragile move of. finding the right balance is crucial to lean still holds out hope that humans and the desert can continue to cull excess. play . to the fullest legacies of. the pledge of bremen still a chance to relegation nothing transduction last in colombia. where it was just a dog definitely out playing last. newcomer. sandra

spreading as a father across morocco. away sees in the sahara used to sustain prosperity even in the desert. climate change is hastening this terrifying transformation that people here are desperate to find a solution. morocco's endangered away sees close up. in 90 minutes on d w. today don't miss our highlights. program. w dot com highlights.

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