those whiteman's live in colombia legally and illegally. i'd return to. visit friends is that i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. bearing witness global news that matters. made for mines. what do i mean all kinds of missions did itself payment systems and a good man are just having common well believe it or not they can help to protect their environment more on that coming up on the show i'm now it's i mean lagos cover 19 may be dumb they see much of our life right now but we still need to care

for the environment right sondra but is right near to and a one will come from the sundra to no video here in kampala uganda satellite data shows that doing the looked on the air quality has improved in many african cities but white life is still suffering animals especially have been the biggest losers in this crisis pushing the increase in many of the wildlife resolves what talk about this should be and here's a quick look at some of the stories we'll be looking on today. we've visited one of them where the government has introduced his lips just on to visit going to the bank notes. we also see how a military training drones can actually promote conservation. and we meet at the deny an artist who is using if god wants to pull for greater protection policy. it is a well established fucked that rhino horn is essentially made up of the same

substance as a human fingernail but it continues to sew for us to normal prices especially in east asia where it is considered to have him in paula's south africa has a nearly 80 percent of the was whining and husband todd reporting with only about $20000.00 on was left in the wild the country has now resulted in drastic measures in order to preempt porches bucks have started to be gone all their rhinos in the. landsburg national park in south africa. iran has been spotted but steadily help has come too late after ripping off its own coach has left it as prey for lions. helicopter pilot and he could jacobs is out on patrol surveying the area he's a founding member of the anti poaching group a rhino 911 an organization that provides emergency helicopter rescue to rhinos

injured all over front mostly due to poaching but it also carries out preventive measures. in a last ditch attempt to save them rhino 911 has been assigned to help d. horn rhinos in the province the animal as i said dated before the precious horn is sold off. beautiful home probably about. 500 kilograms. tragic of many if you do this. one portrait your only option that we have. to climb to something else you know are trying to trimming trees like these animals want. the team needs to up quickly before the rhino wakes up again the horney is a drastic procedure that breeds about 90 percent of the hand that conservationists tell us that in some areas even d. horn rhino is moderate to extract the remaining stumps reserves that combine the

practice of horning with regular food petrol and extensive monitoring could have a chance of saving the large poppy force it looks brutal but when carried out by professionals it is safe and pain free we make sure that we don't get into the. part of the room where there is definitely feeding and we also wouldn't be food from an infection point of view in regard to the one so i think in this case i don't feel that they're over stimulated this little vibration going for the body as a sort of food anaesthetic you know it's not a lot like being in a theatre so that so they would respond to that but i don't think it's been. the process takes about half an hour. the horn is labeled wait for a graph and will later be stored in a secret government world far away from the park improved security measures and interventions such as the horning have helped south africa to cut the number of porch animals by half over the past 5 years. rhino 911 works

closely with the rhine orphanage in nonprofit center that cares for all fun and injured rhino carves. a fundie a mare and her colleague are preparing milk for 3 recent arrivals. only barely escaped the same fate as their mothers who were butchered for their home your land hopes to release the rhino spec into the wild once they have matured but she's concerned about a rise in poaching as a result of the economic fallout caused by corporate 19 rhinos still being killed it's a faster pace than they can reproduce. the sun's covered mine has got a picking up in south africa with definitely seen an increase in costs arriving we've had for costs in 53 days so we definitely think that there is an effect you know there is the tourism industries are all closed it's very quiet often the reserves the anti-poaching teams try their best to patrol and protect the reserves

but we think that the quiet nature of the reserves definitely. has an effect on the parchin back in p. landsberg rhino 911 has spotted 2 animals on the move time to fix opinions on mixed some believe it makes male rhinos winner of all others say the horns and essential for survival and grow back within about 5 years these kinds of ation is see no alternative. well we're losing animals that are mourning right we're using i don't regret for year in south africa and that number is unacceptable so we need to try and do more we need to dry you know and save the species it's a real story animal. and we need to save them for generations to come that. they were going to wake up. most rhinos seem unperturbed when they wake up and simply resume grazing for 3 years rhino 911 has been working with authorities to

dion rhinos in public parks and reserves the precise numbers of those de horn. kept secret for their protection. it is sad about such drastic measures sometimes we need it to protect us now then it is often say that every little bit helps and that's certainly the case when it comes to the environment one young student in germany has formed a way of timing plastic waste into sustainable tiles and the best thing is the end product looks just like expensive marble take a look at this week's doing the big. tiles look like marble but they're actually made of 100 percent plastic. crates them from the used packaging materials. the designer based in germany 1st cleans

and supports the waste. unit to soften it. plastic. he says toxic fumes so acutely wears a mask for protection as she needs increases the match she merely what happens in nature. distance of the mountain i came up with the idea for the tiles because a lot of plastic waste ends up in the oceans mostly via rivers in china and africa it's broken down into smaller and smaller pieces and it ends up on beaches and through pressure and here it becomes part of the stand there. i study the conditions under which rock is formed how its structure is created and then i used a similar process with a plastic waste and the path of. blame is to take waste and turn it into something useful that's also beautiful and durable. acuteness no thinking about founding a social enterprise to produce her trials on

a larger scale. if she succeeds our mountain of plastic waste might get just a little bit smaller. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website said just a tweet. hash tag doing your bit so. we share your story. they look great and be impressed we're going to stick with the creative and protecting the environment but change continents and come straight back here at africa this time to west africa on specifically to get my own capital accra that's right sondra with their creation artists come out with influence they have the pots of supplies and fascinates us and also to make us think could be a man jaco is a good man painter who is works drew our attention to destruction of our oceans it

graphic up pay them a visit to find out. in his to do you. doubt about 2 things he laughs deeply fish on the ocean his nickname which furry. mr fish much of its wick he picks to see creatures struggle with pollutants dumped into the ocean nakul had no specific theme when he 1st started painting by 20 years ago but having grown up in a fishing community his concern from irene life group with environmental issues becoming more and more pressing i've been painting from request picture of a shut eye and since i'm clean for some years back and now still end up seeing the pollution aspect of it it is going to affect the world and even kind of

fishes we have in the ocean so few years to come if we are able to do a bot do anything about it in this way is not in. the paintings illustrates the puti of the contrast innate with the damage done by human activity. while this is a joke that now lives of he hopes it can also save the greater purpose of helping preserve the ocean for future generations. if we leave this time to see the dinosaurs and the have died and gone. it is in our power in our hands to make sure that the sharks still remain in the ocean. and knock over 60 beach in his community everybody became up we just washed ashore all. he recycles these waste items by using them for his spin tunes telling the real story

of how polluted to see eighty's but has a we do to wendy leaf and the deceit to. one thing and frank for it to be kept clean and if i have a relation in day to day life then i'll be hopefully in a good run of the good old hospital the home of my life. the importance of preserving to the ocean. i twig is a constant reminder of the times. we had to send ago announce amid some more individuals dedicated to helping the planet this time on shore then zio the day works in the service of the capture of the planting trees wherever they can these include 1st and foremost mowing the trees as well as force and so called from boy in trees them involve the residents in the projects that's important because it's

only when people realize the benefit of trees that they will protect and take care of their. oh. planting trees is now a days santa is favorite activity. she and a group of volunteers want to make this side of the parking lot on the outskirts of the car more hospitable. i think i'm planting a salmon and. it's a shade tree that can grow up to 20 metres high. a large square full of shady trees a place to hold celebrations and festivals somewhere to meet the neighbors that's the vision of a local n.g.o.s managed to win over the local residents. living on the.

move i. do love the most important people need greenery and as i see it those who respect the environment respect themselves. we must do to combat desertification by planting trees all over the city. but it's not enough to just plants trees you need to nurture them as well day after day. it's imperative to involve the local population that's what guarantees the survival of the trees or. the n.c.o. actually took its name from a tree in a bed a is the word for more ring in the wall of language it's a versatile tree its leaves and food can be eaten or used for medicinal purposes. scientists have proven that trees bring rain by contributing to a transpiration they trigger precipitation in the clouds more trees mean more rain

and the more we cut down the less rain there is one of the shells that they say deserts advance but they don't it's humans that make it possible so things must change we must plan. big cities are growing as a breathtaking speed in senegal. in the past 60 years the country has lost around haaf of its forests to urbanization. tens of thousands of hectares of woodlands continue to be destroyed every year. yet in focus and in which there's a lot of pressure on the centers the population is rising there's more construction and fewer green spaces and trees were neglecting nature and that's why desertification is growing worse in our country. as a result sure sure nature and more irregular wet seasons in the past the rain began

in june and lasted 3 months 9 things have changed. everyone knows the trees are useful but we don't give ourselves the means to plant them as a result with operation 1000000 trees and what we're doing in the neighborhood we're introducing people to the importance of trees the importance of greenery in one day these trains will provide much needed shade offering city dwellers rest bite from the burning sun having planted 750000 trees last year nobody is aiming for a 1000000 in 2020. nature is reclaiming some areas in our cities i mean also making a comeback in another environment where you absolutely wouldn't expect its military training grow these lot sickly that is yes i used to practice military maneuvers and i slowed handmaids in germany for instance many where swishy have fallen right huge on i mean training ground birds wild caught wolves all sorts of plants and

insects more or less left to their own devices inside most german military training areas are part of a european network dedicated to preserving biodiversity. constantine's movements and artillery exercises make nature conservation at this army training ground a complicated affair before the ecologist start work the search party patrols the area to make sure there are no nasty explosive surprises lurking in the grass they're always accompanied by munitions expert from the german military one. they found a missile its location is marked down and later bomb disposal experts will pick it up. you have to search carefully as we use everything from small 20 millimeter ammunition to large ordinance and explosives of course it's much easier to find bombs that to find small munitions and don't forget we've been using this troop training area for 80 years so you find all sorts of stuff here. just those

80 years of army maneuvers have helped create a very landscape in bomb holder or grasslands with wild herb's as well as woodlands and brush all ideal for biodiversity. grasslands are so valuable because they're hard to find anywhere else there's no arab land so no pesticides no nutrients no fertilizers this is only for military maneuvers. the army has all the heavy equipment it needs to preserve the natural environment this armored vehicle is used to take care of open spaces to make sure they don't get overgrown it tears up shrubs and flattened small trees. germany has 1400 square kilometers of land for military drills the environmental group nabu commissioned a study and found something astonishing although there are pollutants like heavy metals and kerosene residue the sights are ecologically important.

didn't letson it was another situation in these areas is unique the exercises create a patchwork environment there are temporary changes what we ecologists call disturbances in areas where soil is removed there are pioneers sites where rare plants can grow as well as animal species you can't find in the regular landscape. destruction by tanks and artillery creates new ecological niches says army ecologist bill free korten ponds foreman tank trails and bomb craters where frogs and newts can spawn. this is not static environmental protection. so constantly changing they're also valuable areas not in regular use by the military where nature can evolve organically guns if not to live. in the area is used less often they deploy sheep several 1000 sheep graze all summer long on the military

training ground so that's what makes sheep really useful is that they get into all the corners under the bushes into parts of the woods we can't reach the machine can't do that the sheep saw prince grazing and droppings at the turn to the state of nature needs who didn't support. the sheep have spent numerous summers in the military zone and are well used to it so shepard collins can kill them. in there even when he generally whenever they're shooting even heavy fire you'd be amazed how fast they adapt if they do get frightened they huddle together one crew member in germany large swathes of the natural environment to been wiped out chiefly through intensive farming the untamed land an army training areas is highly valuable in ecological terms in bomb order to spite the bombs and grenades this unique environment get special protection. the power of nature is amazing but we shouldn't rely too much on nature as i believe so we

humans are responsible for the environmental destruction and deforestation that's happening to drive climate change and you know africa way especially hard hit by the consequences. this is right near to let us look a rhonda this small central african country has lost nearly 20 percent of its forest coverage in just the last thing is but the country is working hard to clean up its act with recycling initiatives and a ban on plastics now they get a payment systems could provide another helping hot if you want to take a motorbike taxi in london's capital kigali for example you can pay with bank notes anymore and that's just the start run the whole entrancing with to phase out paper money. back on the road after 2 months of coronavirus induced absence motorcycle taxi drivers in the rwandan capital kigali

are back to work but one thing is not as it used to be mobile payments are now mandatory cash is a thing of the past as well as that being more hygenic drivers are experiencing other benefits to. the device means i no longer have to bargain with the client about the cost of the trip. now it's the meter that determines the fare it's also eliminated cash transactions whenever i transport a passenger they pay electronically. this is tim has been in place since may 28000 motorcycle taxi drivers have signed up the technology behind it was developed by a brew one company. just during names on our platform and all saw they are opening a bank accounts or working with. local bank so that they can be. a bank account at the same time and reduce studying their name and. after signing

up the drivers get a smartphone which they pay off at a later date the devices are for processing payments and for personal use cashless payments are already in use on buses in rwanda passengers use so-called smart cards but not everyone likes them. you know i don't trust electronic transactions when i go to the bank i withdraw paper money and there was a record of that on paper. but this new system is not entirely safe. it was better before. other skeptics include market vendors who continue to work with cash but they might be fighting a losing battle because the government is. aiming to reduce the use of paper in general and that includes banknotes. the composition of always.

6 to 8 percent is a made of paper our boys saw one of the benefit to be a cartoon their worst. thing that they always do or saw it has. an impact on a pace i'm sick and is. using wood to harvest. since the pandemic newspapers have been pushed to go digital only at 1st publisher jeanette o'meara shovel saw a decline in sales but now she sees the impact of going digital. you no longer see this paper bags can go somewhere in there and so i think that this and that is off or down of the vigilante and say goodbye to the print media. as other things stray kirsch saw when they're too oct to get to the digital.

system. these days traditional paper newspapers have been relegated to libraries readers now need to go online the coming months will show just how much of a difference the going paper free measures are making in rwanda. mobile money is nothing new to africa let us see how fast the idea coach is on also keep our eyes open and let you know how it goes but know what's going to be end for today and i'm excited that you could join us thank you all for watching i am sundered to nobody here in kampala the capital of uganda. thank you sandra it's 5 for me to lagos nigeria we will be back next week with more inspiring stories on how we can make up climate a better place to live in spite of the pandemic see an x. time and do stay healthy.

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