i mean more than 80 years that follows a controversial decrees from turkish president to want to turn the former museum back into a box and china orders the closure of the u.s. consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the move comes after the u.s. told the chinese to shut their consulate in houston. thank you for watching indeed have you news phil gale we'll have your latest news update at the top of the next hour good to have you with us. i'm neal i'm good welcome to the 2nd season of only good friends to the planet on the brink of disaster we get along in-depth interviews with experts about one question the each changing of the to morning edition.

on west africa's atlantic coast the former british colony of ghana became infamous for its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and also for its abundant reserves of gold which is why the english called it the gold coast. the country is rich in role materials such as oil which was recently discovered in the region and above all culture. gone is the world's 2nd biggest producer of coto despite the plentiful resources they rarely benefit god names themselves. resourcefulness has become a necessity for some people white gold has replaced yellow they're not aiming to get rich the many trying to survive. garner means

warrior king a fitting name that reflects the strength and resilience of its people. but i want to buy a whole basket. they face a new battle every day. at dawn on lake volta the launches started fishel reservoir in the wild water taxis pulled up to the banks. 3 times a week a transport isolated villages to the big markets in the town of top. this particular account seems to sense the getting on the boat isn't going to be an easy tox. like and i'm going

to sell my car at the market you know that way to get there risky for the car but i've got no choice but. let. me tell would have on down to be appreciated a ram but a ride in the fresh air is bound to comment on. the next set of the boats may be primitive but they are vital for the region's economy without them thomas would be trapped on that island speech. last. night. to let you know.

that was that i got out. to the man my basket so he can bring it to me to lighten. it up. was it like. that. everyone gets on to such boats any way they can they have no choice the ferries are too big to dock at the small patches of land although few of the passengers know how to swim i mainly use the life jackets as power songs. but everything's fine the lake is like a mill pond. where he watching the boats dropped josephs the captain gets as much onto it as he can. i write a lot though i don't know actually how many people and animals there are my counted

for cows and for sheeps. what are the maximum is about 1015 comes and the maximum number of people i would say is 50 to 150. but it's very dangerous. if we're unlucky under storm it's when we're in the middle of the lake. it's really dangerous to drive. i. offer a 2 hour journey the water taxi arrives at top a market for the animals getting also a boat is a much more pleasant experience and getting off.

the passengers are badly off the boat 20 heads back i want to cross the lake. at the top the market the scent of spices mingles with the aroma of freshly fried fridges. it's hard to ignore the smell of petrol and fish. and if there's proper a sense one in particular is missing the center rived from a fruit found at every market stall the cocoa fruit it sent doesn't dom fold until it has been processed gone is the world's 2nd biggest producer of coca hundreds of

trucks transported across the country before its exported all over the well. meaning but most locals like biko have never tasted it. all good point is believe they all because obama just. all get up if you comment like that google partly easier. to. know but you going to see some of the ball. go by but. they're juggling of all they do this in the middle the ball.

and. the eco shuttles between dozens of warehouses along the road. he wants for the state which buys almost all of the coca produced by the region's pharmacist. who more. 'd commonly kilo's there is by about. 65 years into the system but lives. with. cocoa sales represent 10 percent of ghana's gross domestic product but the locals rarely see any of the profits and that day to day lives there. well i think.

there's a. the road leading to the warehouse is a run down. ready to go because there is a loading the load in the guard to various places if you want to get to a dime and there would have been because of. you would like to see if you don't do good jobs. lost big look like you 2 cars fighting the guy. it's a fish or cycle if he's late delivering the load he will lose part of his salary.

in the heart of the forest the coco harvesters have to get a move on. i did. of the season is coming to an end i need to gather the remaining parts the fruit that contains the cocoa beans before they rot in the trades the. moment chain could do the work as well as these men can but harvesting is an arduous task .

they extract from polyps with machetes which i nicknamed go to help us. through. that. every day. is the pride if this country. boy this is the i mean. i'm going to cali it's the best quality. other countries produce cocoa. but it's just not as good as in ghana where you got that we're not just from here the cocoa will go to. trial i do background and i want to there it will have to europe measure up but i don't know what its final destination with me like this and i think we're right. oh.

around 15 families from the cocoa trees in this small forest but in the past few years production levels have dropped. the single crop funding at coca has sucked all the nutrients out of the soil the trees a growing old and there's no money to replace them nowadays every penny counts. the farm is situated close to the border with togo geoff sells his cocoa beans to whichever country bids highest. and to remember that then he says the border with total is around a kilometer from there it's just you know some december togo was paying one euro $0.37 a kilo gone it was paying one euro 16 friend but at the end of the month togo that price had dropped to $1.00 euro. 22 and gone as promised rose so it was better

still to go. on this is the feel of. the very very i'm going to load this onto a motorbike i'll take a minute oh my god why you putting it on a motorbike undergoes there's no path there's no road just tracks. there's a road suitable for cars and you. are sure dangerous there are lots of accidents. by people normally the government should have built bridges but there are no bridges so if you're not careful you'll have an accident and you don't think you're going to fall but when you do something on the up after it's about them it's about the effects. you're going to get the trip to the town on these old motorbikes can be very risky broken arms or legs are common although jeff's team hasn't suffered any fatalities yet. and

memri sadly maxwell was not so lucky he died in a car accident as he was delivering packs of cocoa beans to the town. his aunt precious is bringing his body back to the village in a coffin shaped like a coke ipod as a gesture of honor. funerals in ghana the fall from mulberry to fast. death new seen last as an end as the gateway to eternal life it is cause for celebration. and believe in the often life it's important for families to express love and respect for the deceased to ease their journey to the other side. sometimes burials a larger faster just like the one today. that attack.

the whole village is taking. the women prepare a traditional dish of corned topped with a spicy sauce. may seem shocking to some the body is dressed in finery and put on display before it is

placed back in the coffin. was dead. long. family firmly believes that he has simply moved on to another life in one form or another he will be more powerful than those still living so each of them comes to talk to him to win his favor i've. got a safe journey you'll be reunited with your brother. and then you'll be reunited with everyone there you'll be welcomed with open arms. no child will you do in your next life. you know after all i did for you you left me. by the way if that's true then.

everybody that he faces. serious thinking. or not they will have to believe. that this is a young guy. and how people want them to me. because you can't stand. this person for 4 months his time he paid the equivalent of 300 euros for the conference and i know most some people here. discount some schoolchildren give him

a final sendoff. that off in a sense. because the financial before and i never would have that i might find out in that found. by the whole.

i might try to go one step without mentioning them but what if that hardly were they aren't. after a 2 hour long ceremony the coffin is taken to the cemetery. cut. out the. part up to get into. the polling company to maxwell's final resting place where his coffin is again and welcomed with scenes of joy so he can begin his new life in happiness.

i. think. through the combination of the hatch chanting and incessant beating of drums the burial of precious his nephew is a frenzied affair. it's the wrong way to turn him this way.

on the plantation away from the chaos of the burial jeff and his men head off to town to sell some of their last remaining bags of coke. the 10 men are transporting 650 kilos of cocoa beans.

none of them have a driver's license in any case navigating through the bush isn't something taught in driving school. it's a 50 kilometer long journey and all the drivers are alert they want to survive this journey. 2 hours across rough terrain take a toll on their old motorbikes. fit

enough. to live there's a guy got to live your shift broken because the road is so bumpy. i'm gonna go out i can a can jaska. american such bad shape it broke loose ever cuz i got to step on the sun on through this roof is that's just the kind of thing we have to put up with your shoes on the average resident on the. motorbike is back on the road they will have to put some of their profits from selling the cocoa towards the repair. the group is hoping to on around $100.00 euros which would make 10 euros passion. they've reached the final hurdle but it's not an easy one quality control carried out by the uncompromising joseph who buys cocoa for the government he's the one who sets the prices. messy.

i want to take the google. if they're going to exclude it least i can buy it if they're going to look good they don't always not that i have to date. today joseph appears to be very satisfied with the quality he pays jav scheme 200 euro 100 more than they were hoping for. with its massive deposits of minerals and oil ghana could be very rich but its economy still relies mainly on farming and fishing. making a living in these sectors is far from easy many call. on higher powers to help them

get by. to get out of the lord we have come to our place of work this morning make your blood fall upon us and protect them said it was lord may you destroy part of evil spirits from india i'm a. hero herds over their. budget my god will cast our heads over there where the birds are iraq. oh i was also out of here in direct competition with other boats i'm out so we have to cast our nets before they do. that there are naga i do got out. to him one of them has already started fishing oh they're talking their nets too hard. they're too desperate.

the crew had better hurry and 200000 boats are all competing off the conning coast as a consequence fish stocks have steadily 25 the years. who look to. the one. who no longer look at well who are holding. now the low level robot to go get a move on. you don't want to return home empty handed. you want to keep going go out if you don't work you won't get paid about about. it at emmanuel that's the quartermaster otherwise known as the head of the crew his job is to keep his men motivated. the largest was i

really. never really wrote about the part that your. lover oh. oh. yeah anybody looking. for. a really long. were no no no let me be. very up so we have time to recast the net once more. we're out of well go. fishing one make peace man millionaires have court around $100.00 kilos at the most

mainly just small fish. the methods of some captains who use dynamite and pastor sites to town quick profits have forced bigger fish to retreat to deeper waters. long. beach dozens of women keeping an eye on the horizon. but they're not waiting for the hospitals to return from see. their fishmongers. men and. i mean that i feel uniquely left home in the morning and gather here to wait for the fishermen to come back it's the only work we can do to feed ourselves it also means i can send my children to school in a minute that means. but on your news.

they're bound to be disappointed none of the 15 votes separate times with an impressive. clip of fishmongers begins because there isn't enough fish to go around . i want to buy the whole basket. i want to basket for 2 i do i want fish and i want some smelt. what surprised me sending them for. oh. i love you love. we always haggle when we buy one the fisherman give us

a price and we negotiate and if they say $100.00 races just 15 out they say $200.00 we said a 100 where that is the. absolute what it is that goes to it filling up i should go ahead fill it up to the brim and . i'm going to smoke some of them and the others will be salted and dried in the sun or well then sell them at the market. a lot of i mean for. smoking and salting the fish prevents it from having to be refrigerated fishmongers can preserve it in this way for a week maybe more. that's why sometimes finally important in africa ghana has enjoyed a good reputation for its salt since the 8. century. drivers

who transport and those who transport some won't chant the same treacherous routes things. gone a so-called white gold is in demand and sold across the african continent. it was. a little slow but. i want to load up 2000 bags of socks. 50 times he said i keep a close eye on because you know because of hers yaba something about how missing i

have to replace in the south side of the aisle. what i might. go did you see it's a dangerous trip but sometimes robbers jump onto the truck and steal the good of the roads bump and you have to slow down there and climb out of the truck and it kind of did. but george has no choice he has to drive slowly on these poorly maintained roads. and. george is taking his delivery eastwards to 2200 kilometers he and his truck have been dancing to the rhythm of the potholes as he puts it. comes to you only a bike or a dancing at a party because of the growth and what you saw how i was dancing at the wheel become i discovered that this is what i meant led to that's because. roads are so

badly damaged don't you rocco you and i think. most coastal residents make a living from salt production. not that good everywhere you look at our salt even when the women take them down into the ground they find salty about it but that. salt is one of the rare edible minerals found in abundance it's an unlimited resource that helps people living on the coast to survive. just because there's a lot of it doesn't mean it's easy to harvest. kids

the men who delegate and share out the work and it's us women who have to dig for the salt we've done we're told on your on the men avoid doing it themselves because it's hard work in the morning when you are not done you're no work with there are. also it's us women who have to do it. you know. my mom. if you get an assault with your bare hands to get covered and so we're all go oh. and i took off our that's why mine are in such a bad state by use this tool to hope that that gets me out of the wood and nails to break down the salt crystals. that much i've worked collecting salt for 20 years it's a really tough job. you know one of. them oh yeah i have awful aches and pains i

have a bad back when i'm i like that but. my feet are crack down hard. on i. want. to try to toggle they are ruthless. i want that they're fed up i want nice looking cells to be able to resell it i have to spread it out and examine it. if it doesn't look good i won't be able to sell it for the best trust. and you know i can't be mixed up with any sound. good when it's windy the sand mixes with the salt. no i will know. how it is when he.

said i saw it for $200.00 no that's too much that how much would you pay for it i'll give me a $100.00 say to you all the money no no do you owe $1.00 ideal oh yes. come on please. i'm not compromising. my song just nice and white it's one but times are hard people just on by anymore i'll take it for one joy but not this. 120 isn't enough. oh no. oh not yesterday someone bought it for 159 line oh why you don't agree i'll go buy somewhere else ok all right i'm happy today my children and i will be able to eat will have 1st omics fine. she bought everything off me and i have money to

count up. here's the money. thank you for buying my salt may god bless you and protect you on your journey back. into. the equivalent of 21 europe's the money will last and her 2 children a week any animal she can catch a supplement to their meals. this is my house it's where i live well my riches are here. a demo will i make everything myself with my own hands these buckets are mine.

where i can find secrets to one side for a funeral as. we look at that now we shall. now show that there are. only hands or damage from the hard work i do dos. is starting to look like the hands of a liberal. but your heart always tries to keep a smile on my face i'm also she says is you can't wear down an x. by slicing for nonis. in other words anything is possible with a bit or will power and not something that can names appear to have an ample supply no matter how obvious the task.

george and his are systems have now been sitting in that truck for hours. but i like my job. i was just going to do it on. my desktop going to drive. my car going to driving since i was young. when i was 12 i could already drive been the gonna mccain a fossil i recall just molly nigeria easy area. all these years of driving have taught george patience lots of it especially when it comes to crossing borders. about this that we have to go and check in. george and his assistant to arrive in a flower

a town on the border with togo. to . evolve it did that by the customs officers will check the goods and a condition that area they want to check their stuff hasn't caught often won't make people say you did it was that there. was some level but. george takes his place among the hundreds of other trucks waiting to be inspected some of been stuck here for weeks the customs officers walk at their own pace as drivers wait patiently. along it may take everything will get to where it needs to go just to get.

back into cocoa plantation jeff is also preparing to go to tokyo he's located much closer to the border and so is making the journey on foot. with the 50 look really good little you know. something. these are the last few bags i'm going across the border and it's m c if a for x. that's like currency managed in the village i want to go to i needed that is that i'm taking the last few bags to say. this year the quality of the cocoa isn't good it will be spoiled or the rain that ruined all the cocoa that's a cool about. these cocoa beans and good enough to be sown took on a man by his blood in togo geoff names a trader who doesn't scrutinise goods to therapy. he.

said he loved the thunder much of the village is an hour's walk away carrying the cocoa on our heads. this is when we arrive at the border well cross or don't head to the front. for the carriers it's a far from gentle stroll take on around 30 kilos on that heads. so that once i've thought of this another little risk that marks the border that i'm in i have crossed the border but i'm not gonna do a go and now we're in togo so obviously once you cross it you're into it with the world so no i've made it and i just see. oil gold and other mineral results is could make ghana one of the world's fastest growing economies. instead of gone iran's described their country as

a sick child. who has only recovered because of the tenacity of its workforce. small minds can inspire big changes the people making a small bomb go africa fantastic. join them as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and work together for a better future. solid steel all but using it for good.

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