right jeff almost trump and flooding we're putting our 2 part documentary analyzes the difficult relationship between russia and the us and between their presidents how does their mightily and their dangerous mutual admiration affect the rest of the world prism bullies trump and putin starts august 3rd on d w. dot. when people hear the word bank they usually think of money but today we want to talk about a different kind of bank one for things like being the nana's and barley here what's being stored and saved are seeds the right cheese adapted to the changing climate welcome to this new edition of africa i'm never tideway and i'm not alone sandra in uganda is with me what can you tell us about branch sandra it is nice to

see you today near to well i know that in western uganda farmers helped him with the seed bank to enable them to grow healthy and nutritional crops for their communities more on that in a moment but 1st a look at what else is in the program. would take a look at the plan to generate electricity eliminating west and we will also hear help cover by something a little greener in kenya's capital nairobi. we start the program right here in uganda around 10 years ago jane with a few other farmers used a few bucks of beans and a but then a seed start up capital to set up the community sit back and the concept has proved fruitful yields in the region's green harvest have risen up by 50 percent and a big fuck to me is that the initiative bank's sharing anyone wanting to use the

seeds he's given some training to. join is explaining how to catch banana weevils. she's giving a training session to women farmers in western uganda. here she demonstrates another method put parts of a dead banana tree stump in front of the tree you're trying to protect and the weevils will be drawn to that instead. because it did destroy. the spring. so it was my organism.

i was invited to. join has been trained by the organisation alliance biodiversity the n.g.o.s supports food security projects with evidence based research especially for crops like bananas and beans some traditional bean varieties can no longer grow here the farmers say it's because of climate change the ngo has helped them to set up their own cooperative and develop a seed bank which now has more than 60 varieties of bean in stock. from here the. farm he. has. to have he or she has. the national seed bank of uganda provided the initial investment of seeds scientists made them available to the ngo. the researchers have given the farmers

improved seeds of being varieties. the cross-breeding to create these new strands can take several years as scientists gloria tino explains it's defined. means maybe that. readers can access those materials and improve on them. or even so those traditional hold a lot of traits. that we need for. the national seed bank estimates that every year uganda is losing around 10 percent of its biodiversity in plants that are important for agriculture and nutrition like beans peanuts and wild rice so if we. got very you should we each of those crops.

have would have nothing because we won't be able to use vegemite to use to engage with challenges that you have in the production systems in the country to look after these resources is it is a country that is in trouble for the future for joining has in the meantime set up her own seed bank for 4 years she's been setting aside part of her harvest proceeds she's employed a number of women to help with the seed selection process she not only pays them but also passes on her beam growing knowledge they get money from these. from this community. the idea of starting up community seed banks is catching on join with has also found interested listeners in the neighboring district of shima a total of 8 cooperatives in uganda have now joined the initiative. while small

adjustments got off to bring about big changes but sometimes it really does take massive investment if it be a has just spent a 1000000 sitting up apostasia an odd 8 capital cautious dump site that is using the west there to generate power the garbage is isn't aerated to heat water and produce steam with drives a tab on the plant now supplies a quarter of the city's households with electricity sounds like 2 problems solved at once. these mounds of trash valuable the reuse to produce energy for the sabbath. this incineration plant called repeat is the 1st of its kind in africa it produces electricity for capital city. every day at around 2000 tons of garbage delivered here 2 thirds of that is burned

. first the waste is stored at the bunker for 5 days to release moisture then it is burned at a temperature between $8850.00 degrees celsius. cam is seen take. has been working here since the opening of the plant. and. after that. it through be hit so what that so i thought will create a stamp that this theme. that i want to cut away generated electricity. the filters of the incinerators am made to e.u. standards so that as little pollution as possible leaks into the air. that makes it

more eco friendly than open burning off waste on landfills which is still common in african countries the plant was built on parts of the former question dumpsite at the outskirts of the city. that director elim a year who says that cautious for about 50 years to discard the waste of this. his administration has transformed the dump site into a manageable landfill if this keeps away fires in better order through a street meant and guess venting there are a number of course this is never accepted by this was true analogy because they are not a valid source out of the us was this which cannot be governments and which can this facility will be disposed. to repeat incineration plant was constructed and funded by an international consortium and the government it provides electricity to around 25 percent of households in

a the suburb or. it is. low capacity 25 may go but it is contributing for. cleaning the city it is contributing for. energy to the system so it will serve us a movie or other cities to cleaning the city. of course call fired power plants or gas facilities are more efficient in making electricity then this incineration plant. but this waste energy system is not only generating electricity it is also saving lent space preventing the release of toxic chemicals into groundwater and reducing the release of new thing into that most fear. knife that looks pretty impressive but unfortunately not all countries here in africa have the

means to do things like lot but that doesn't mean they're not other creative ideas for processing. indeed sandra for instance in gaza one innovator is transforming plastic waste. material to produce a fashionable footwear here's this week's doing your bit. fancy a pair of these slick looking sandals they're another step forward in the fight for the environment mccaffrey came up with an idea to transform plastic waste into a leather like material he wanted cleaner streets in ghana's capital i am going with start up help from the world bank he has a team collecting plastic and our crowd. residents can collect cash for bringing him the material themselves. we created as a process around the whole thing and we wanted to engage communities and people so

we will encourage home offices and even. waste and. then bring it to us we wait. for money. the plastic is shredded heated up and then pressed into sheets. the new material is easy to work with but carefully cut the pattern for sandals and takes the pieces to somebody who sews them together. for now the orders have been filled from home. but the innovator is hoping to see his. shoes in the shop. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. that doing your bit. we share your stories. nigeria has

a many rivers lakes and. a long coastline but. being devastated by vast amounts of plastic waste it is destroying habitats and killing animals and equipment to something urgently needs to be done and there are people who are rising to the charlot eco probably one of those it's a non-governmental in lagos that is committed to climbing plastic from the ocean and the shores. with its impressive skyline and expensive yachts the lagoon in lagos is a picture of luxury and charm but only at 1st glance a closer look reveals the darkest sides the lagoon is a cesspool of plastic waste a group of environmental activists called eco pro is fighting against it they've been collecting trash here since 2019 to protect the environment and the people who live here if you want to know each other we are looking for what we are looking

pretty good. at the end of our trip with the flooding. that. the activists spill out once a week so clean up the lagoon it's estimated that $12000.00 metric tons of waste from here every day. work has paid to rents to boats with no money so the onus give them a lower rate to help out here but on the boards cost about $30000.00 well because we sort of relationship with the we do is give us on this columns why the big boards with a 1000 naira because all the relationships that we how we do eco pro also receives help from a private waste disposal company which claims waste from the lagoon full free plastic is a recyclable material but much of it still ends up in landfill recycling exist here

but its rhythm entry is really just a dump site. we have pickers who go to the dump site and bay then individually take out the things which have to have a lot of value i mean we were literally throwing away money big city pick them out take them they sell them off to different people doing the recycling up to 100 workers help with the clean ups on a regular basis. the activists want to full public awareness about the environment to help change people's behavior. only people can imbibe of culture where by your drink you play in your bag that way you can find the traffic on. parole has also started to collect the garbage on beaches sometimes they're able to recruit extra volunteers spontaneously. and about just about. well you. might far smaller run.

your business like. an estimated 450000 metric tons of trash to help change people's behavior. if only people can imbibe of culture where by your drink you put in your bag and trash it money that way you can find the traffic on. eco pro has also started to collect garbage on beaches sometimes they're able to recruit extra volunteers spontaneously. and i just thought that's what it costs lots of. my factory a smaller run because. it's just like. an estimated 450000 metric tons of trash dropped in the lagoon and on the beaches every year. the activists hope the government in lagos will step in soon to do more than it's doing now and that way the way said will be cleared every day.

albatrosses are among the largest seabirds and they are one of the most threatened families of birds on earth albatrosses feed on squids fish and krill so it's not surprising that their trucks it's a large fishing vessels that troll the oceans and. maybe too good to resist the boats are actually more of a curse and a blessing so these majestic creatures exodus out. with a wind span of up to 3 and a half metres the wondering albatross may be the most majestic sea bird in the southern hemisphere and one of its most endangered species. in the french causing island is an archipelago in the southern ocean only why miss king his team

quit the birds with transmittance since last autumn they've been tracking the flight of the albatrosses wyman's case has been fascinated with the sea birds ever since he was a boy. albatross is flights of 70 to 80 kilometers an hour over stormy seas without flapping their wings they use the winds to get around but it's true there's something majestic can fantastic about the flight of the albatross when you go to the sea every owner followed just dreams of catching a glimpse of one. such encounters are increasingly rare because the number of wandering albatrosses has shrunk dramatically in recent years. research's estimates that there are only some $25000.00 left worldwide albatrosses often follow boats in search of food. first almost sol when i was on the boat taking those over to

the crows at islands the bird just kind of know where the sea was choppy and we saw the arbitrageurs approach the boat pass over it and fly alongside the vessel is observe those and then vanished again into the sea. the birds mainly follow fishing boats unfortunately many fisherman cast kilometer long lines equipped with dozens of hawks while trying to take the bait albatrosses often swallow the hooks and die a painful death the boats are usually unlicensed and don't send out the required automatic identification signals they also don't employ safety measures like weighted lines which can be immediately pulled down far below the water's surface marine biologists are concerned. about is not a problem with international waters is their rights free zone international organizations don't have the legal instruments to force these boats to stop their own authorized fishing or. so off he why miss cations his colleagues launched their

ocean sentinel research project to find another way of combating illegal fishing they've now fitted $170.00 birds with radar transmitters which can even track down boats that aren't sending out the required signal. this here is a transmitter you know it has a g.p.s. on turner which allows it to locate the exact spot where the radar was detected. transmits the data directly to us via satellites. the scientists compared the data gathered by the birds with that from authorized fishing boats they found that around 30 percent of the vessels out at sea that permits the researches say there are indications some of the boats saw sailing under chinese and spanish lacks an accusation that spain's director general of sustainable fisheries categorically rejects the basis that we are operating essentially whatever instruments that were

flying the flag. being our welcome sure we want sure we all of them and all that we are not a war or off their disability but the ornithologists trust their research pass certain that data could help to stop illegal fishing and save albatrosses in the process. just as in many other parts of the world traffic is a major problem in africa's megacities some people need up to 3 oz just to get to work never mind all the slow delivery trucks that are frequently stuck in traffic jams and it's not just the time wasted is it near to taking as capital nairobi its population has doubled over the last 20 years and the increase in traffic is terrible in terms of company emissions and quality but that's just one reason eco

minded intrapreneur us us making the switch to electro mobility. it's still early when leroy miner heads into the poverty stricken districts of nairobi to deliver fresh produce. he word gets around on a solar powered cargo each bike. but he tried. to do you have a good 50 kilometers and you want a color like my son a sunny day old but a child. can take you up to a 100. so that you view the next story when you're signing. the bike to reach a speed of 40 kilometers an hour even when it's carrying a heavy load the solar panel on the reef protects leroy's from the brain and the battery keeps charging even in this kind of. leave only works for a local company cool kwanza to cooler. it supplies pre-prepared staple food to

street food vendors in mostly impoverished neighborhoods we want to be sustainable that's the number wouldn't drive but also we want to be economically sustainable so that we are able to produce products that are affordable for our customers who are mainly poor in order to do that we find it more efficient to use green energy the sort of bikes that we use we don't pay any fuel for them and they're able to carry more cargo to buy the electric cargo bike was developed by the startups only a cycle sustainable mobility is wonderful because it's one that's good for them. especially in kenya and in africa where our population will grow must've really over the next 20 to 30 years so the environmental case is a very strong case that we always have to make that. the number of vehicles driving on gasoline or diesel is on the rise in african cities worsening pollution and increasing carbon emissions. the united nations environment program you know is

therefore promoting electrum a billet in africa in kenya the biggest emission when it comes to climate change is to drive. and the biggest polluter when it comes to help is the transport sector and within the transport sector all dirty motorcycles are one of the biggest polluters so we want to replace them completely with 0 emissions electric motorcycles like this one. in kenya some 80 percent of the electricity in the country derives from renewables such as solar and wind power and geothermal energy ideal conditions for emo belittling and yet there are just 300 electric motor pads on the busy streets of the canyon capital the main obstacle to emerge in kenya is inadequate infrastructure and for car drivers the battery range is too limited plus there are hardly any charging stations. for electric cars to be mainstream people

say we need to just we need foster but for fastest to be established we need to electric cars so there must be there must be that group of people that's willing to take to foster risk. there is demand for electric vehicles in conservation areas for example and wildlife such as for i was north of nairobi. slum crease a used to be got strip and it's been retrofitted with a super quiet electric can gen a major advantage here in the savannah. what i like about it is the silence when you're driving. close to the underworld i mean with no one. here so they don't get to stop and kind of person are new balls. and. you can stop. your war without stopping unlike the other

vehicle which is this the safari jeep was converted by swedish company. the company has set up shop in kenya with 40 employees and installs electric engines and cause a mind to bikes and soon buses to. going forward we will go more and more towards towards manufacturing of a deeper and deeper level which means that we can make you can get into the actual central hub for electric vehicles of this region and we can move away from importing these vehicles. for the time being at least electric vehicles remain something of a niche markets in kenya. a lot of ground will have to be covered before they go mainstream. and be quality and nairobi improves. and that's he's certainly an interesting approach and it is good to know that the.

bikes a walk in the rain too maybe the idea will culture in other african countries as well maybe here in uganda as well welcome to the end of this week's equal africa we've glad you could join us and of course we hope you've been able to pick up a few ideas and insights you can use wherever you live i am sunder to know you're saying bye here in kampala the capital over uganda so long for now sandra and goodbye to you dear viewers out there so you again next week until then you can stay in touch with us and keep up with the latest development on our social media channels for now a military way signing up from the fashion park in lagos nigeria. india

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