it's about the environment still about society it's still about us but all the planets on the brink we spoke to some of the leading experts in the field. look up just a couple of really friends. what do i name all kinds of missions did joe payment systems i'm a good man are just having problems well believe it or not they can help to protect their environment than that coming up on the show i'm now it's i mean lagos could mean one thing they've done they've seen much of our life right now but we still need to care for the environment right sandra that is right and

a one will come from me sandra 2 nobody 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 shortly and here's a quick look at some of the stories we'll be looking on today. we've visited london where the government has introduced a state was just on visiting going to the bank notes. and we also see how a military training drones can actually from water conservation. and we meet at the deny an artist who is using if god wants to call for greater protection on the seeds. 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 so 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 wrangles on husband todd but poaching with only about $20000.00 on was left in the wild the country has now resulted in drastic measures in order to preempt porches box started to be gone or their rhinos. lansberg national park in south africa. iran has been spotted but sadly help has come too late after ripping off its horn 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 the rhino 911 an organization that provides emergency helicopter rescue to rhinos injured all front mostly due to

coaching but it also carries a preventive measures. in a last ditch attempt to save them rhino 911 has been assigned to help de vaughn rhinos in the province the animals are sedated before the patients horn is sold off . for home probably about. 500 kilograms. tragic of many to do that. but unfortunately the only option we have. to climb to something or. brian to trimming trees like these animals while . the team needs to up quickly before the rhino wakes up again horny is a drastic procedure that removes about 90 percent of the horn that conservationists tell us that in some areas even d. horn rhino is. 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 part because it looks brutal but when carried out by professionals it is safe and pain free we make sure that we don't get into that both. part of the war where there's different feeling and we also wouldn't be good from an infection point of view in regard to born so i think in this case i don't know what the overstimulated is 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 the so they would respond to that but i don't think it's by the way the process takes about half an hour the horn is labelled 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 poached animals by half over the past 5 years. rhino 911 walks closely with the rhine orphanage in nonprofit center that cares for all fun and

injured rhino cobbs. a fundy a mare and her colleague preparing milk for 3 recent arrivals. only barely escaped the same fate as their mothers who were butchered for the hones your land hopes to release the wryness back into the wild once they have matured but she is concerned about the rise. pulcini as a result of the economic fallout caused by corporate 19 rhinos are still being killed it defrosted piece then they can reproduce. the sons of covert 19 a sort of picking up in south africa we've definitely seen an increase in costs arriving we've had 4 cops 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 art and the reserves the anti-poaching teams try their best to patrol and protect the reserves

but we think that that quiet nature of the reserves definitely. has an effect on the parchin back impudence but rhino 911 has spotted 2 animals from the more time to fix opinions on mixed some believe it makes male rhinos will not 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 animal that a mormon rightly using i don't regret for a 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 and. most trials 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 horned.

kept secret for their protection. it is sad that such drastic measures sometimes needed to protect they are 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 big. tiles look like marble but they're actually made of 100 percent plastic a new sakia creates them from the used packaging materials. the designer based in germany 1st cleans and sorts the waste. in an oven soften the.

plastic. this is toxic fumes so a kid wears a mask for protection as she resists the match she merely what happens in nature the distances and the company 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 through pressure and heat it becomes part of the stand there and of the numbers 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. lemus 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 tiles 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 or said to us a tweet. hash tag doing your best so. we share your story. they look great and be impressed we are going to stick with the crew yet to be protecting the environment but change continents and come straight back here at africa this time to west africa on specifically to get ny and capital accra that's right sondra with their creation artist and how great influence they have the parts suppliers and fascinates us and also to make us think could be a man jaco is a good man painter whose works draw our attention to destruction of our oceans it

coffeecup pay them a visit to find out. in history do you. doubt about 2 things he laughs deeply fish on the ocean he's nickname which furry. mr fish much of his work he picks to see creatures struggle with pollutants dumped into the ocean. no specific thing when he 1st started painting by 20 years ago but having grown up in a fishing community his consent from irene life group with environmental issues becoming more and more pressing i've been painting from eric this picture of the shut eye and seeing some. years back and seeing the pollution aspect of it it is going to affect and even kind of fishes we have in the

oceans so few years to come if we are able to do about do anything about it in this way. in. the paintings illustrates the purity of the ocean contrasting it with the damage done by human activity. while this is a joke that now lives of. its can also save a greater purpose of helping preserve the ocean for future generations. if we leave this time to see the dinosaurs and all the animals that have died and gone. it is in our power in our hands to make sure that the shock and wills still remain in the ocean. visits the beach in his community every day he cannot least wash ashore. he recycles these with items by using them for his spin teams telling the real stories of how polluted to see ease

but who has a wish to go to wendy leaf and of the sea to observe if only thing in the fight for it to be kept clean and probably related to the. life and outdoor swimming in a run of the beautiful bit of the whole of my life. the importance of preserving to the ocean. at waking is a constant reminder of that. we had to send ago announced some more individuals dedicated to helping the planet this time on shore then 0 day works in the service of the capture of the cow planting trees wherever they can these include 1st and foremost the trees as well as force and so-called boy entries there involve the residents in the project that's important because it's only when people realize the

benefit of trees that they will protect and take care of their. fellow. planting trees is now a days santa is favorite activity. she and a group of volunteers want to make this sandy parking lot on the i think hurts of the car more has special. i'm planting a salmon and. it's a shame 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 i. do love the most important people need greenery. and as i see it those who respect

the environment respect themselves. so we must do what we can to combat desertification by planting trees all over the city. but it's not enough to just plunge 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.g.o.s 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 the 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 things must change we must plant. big cities are growing as a graph taking speed in senegal. in the past 60 years the country has lost around hof of its forests to urbanization. tens of thousands of hectares of woodland continue to be destroyed every year. yet in from this when they move there's a lot of pressure on and centers the population is rising there's more construction and fewer green spaces and trees we're neglecting nature and that's why desertification is growing worse in our country. the result sure sure nature and more irregular went seasons in the past the rain began in june and lasted 3 months

now and 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 trees 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 it to military training grow these lots a clue that is yes i used to practice military maneuvers and i slowed i'm going to aids in germany for instance many whereas this year following right suit on army training grounds birds wild caught wolves all sorts of plants and insects more or

less left to their own devices in fact most german military training areas are part of a european network dedicated to preserving biodiversity. constant tank 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 once. 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 commission to study and found something astonishing although there are pollutants like heavy metals and kerosene residue the sites are ecologically important. let's let's move on now the 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. of. destruction by tanks and artillery creates new ecological niches says army ecologist wilfried korten pons 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 it's not to live. in the areas used less often they deploy sheep several 1000 sheep graze all summer long in the military training ground so that's 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 prince grazing on droppings at the turf into the state that nature needs who he is for. the sheep of spent numerous summers in the military zone and are well used to it so shepherd col hines 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 that's one clue. in germany large swathes of the natural environment to been wiped out chiefly through intensive farming the untamed land in army training areas is highly valuable in ecological terms embalm 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 are happening to drive climate change and you know africa way especially hard hit by the consequences. that is right let us look. this small central african country has lost nearly 20 percent of its forest coverage in just the last 10 years 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 rhonda's capital for example you can't pay with bank notes and that's just the start rhonda hopes increasingly to phase out 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 still has been in place since may 28th 1000 motorcycle taxi drivers have signed up the technology behind it was developed by a real one company. they are just during their names on our platform and all saw they are opening a bank account so we're working with the. local bank so that they can be. a bank account at the same time and registering their name on our products. after

signing up the drivers get a smart phone 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 made of paper are we saw or no the

benefit to the car to their worst. cutting they always do also it has. an impact on the. second is going green who would have it. 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 in somewhere in there and so i think that is. and that is all for them if the you didn't want to say goodbye to the print media. as other things stray kirsch so we need to 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 kutch is on also keep our eyes open and let you know how it goes but now we've come to the end for today and i'm excited that you could join us thank you all for watching i am sunday to nobody here in kampala the capital or uganda thank you sandra it's a 5 for me it's really lagos nigeria we will be back next week with noise firing stories an hour we've gotten a job well that's a better place to live in that's why the from demi see you next time and stay healthy.

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