shortages lens clearance there's an abundance of flammable material once again i needed. to stop the fires. going up and smoke. global conflagration the world on fire starts aug 12th on t.w. . 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 beans bananas and barley here what's being stored and saved our seeds the right cheese adapted to the changing climate welcome to this new edition of eco africa i'm never tideway and i'm not alone sounded to be in uganda is it me what can you tell us about seed bank sandra it is

nice to see you too near to well i know that in western uganda farmers helped him up with a 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 planting even the other generates electricity while eliminating west and we will also hear help comfort by making something a little greener in kenya's capital nairobi. we started the program right here in uganda around 10 years ago james and a few other farmers used a few bags of beans and a but then a seed start up capital to set up the need to see it back on to the course of tas proved fruitful yields in the region's green harvest have risen up by 50 percent and a big fuck to me that the initiative bunks 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. of course 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 they. usually farm he or she. 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. these maybe the. readers can access those materials and improve 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. get very yes sure we each of those crops.

have would have nothing because we want to be able to use that materials to engage in the challenges that you have in the production systems in the country which has been 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 this community. from this community. each other. as. 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 your pia has just spent a 1000000 sitting up apostasia odd its capital cautious dumpsite but is using the west there to generate power the garbage is used in aerated to heat water and produce steam what drives a tell but in the plant it 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 a disabled. this incineration plant called red heat 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 he threw be hit so what that so i thought will create a stink that this theme. that i want to cut away generates electricity. the filters of the incinerators are made to be your standards so that is little pollution as possible leaks into the air. that makes it more eco friendly then

open burning off waste on landfills which is still common in african countries the plant was built on parts of the former dump site 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 and better order through a streetman and guess venting there are a number of course this is never accepted by this was true analogy because they are not valid source out of the earth was this which cannot be better and which one this facility will be disposed on the land. the repeat incineration plant was constructed and funded by an international consortium and the ethiopian government it provides electricity to around 25 percent of households in

a the suburb. that is its 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 sea. 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 land space preventing the release of toxic chemicals into groundwater and reducing the release of methane into that most fear. not ice 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 into a level like 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 am going with start up help from the world bank he has a team collecting plastic and. 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 encourage home offices and individuals to separate the waste and. then they bring it to us we wait. for money. the plastic is shredded heated up and then pressed into sheet. the new material is easy to work with but currently cuts out the pattern for sandals and takes the pieces to somebody who throws them together. for now the orders have been filled from home. but the end. are they serious hoping to see his shoes in the shop filling. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories. nigeria has

a many rivers lakes and. along the coastline but these are 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 they 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 darker sides the lagoon is a cesspool of plastic waste a group of environmental activists called eco probe is fighting against it they've been collecting trash here since 2019 to protect the environment and the people who live here to fish of the water that we eat. we are looking at how we can

really look at. the end of our street with the flooding of. the activists 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 rent the boats with no money so the onus give them a lower rate to help out the but on the boards cost about $30000.00 well because we settle for they should ship. the deals give us some discounts why the big boards with 2000 naira because all the relationships that we have with them pro also receives help from a private waste disposal company which claims waste from bill a goon 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 they then individually take out the things which have to have a lot of value i mean we were literally throwing away money. to pick them out take them they sell them off to the different people who are doing the recycling. up to $100.00 workers help with the clean ups on a regular basis the activists want to public awareness about the environment to help change people's behavior. if only people can inveigle cultural web by you drink you play in your bag that way you can find the traffic on. parole has also started to collect gone based on beaches sometimes they're able to recruit extra ball and says spontaneously. when i just got. on so i could. be that might be

a smaller run because. you know 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 will see it 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 they are attracted to large fishing vessels that trawl the oceans and wild by yachts maybe too good to resist the boats are actually more of a curse and a blessing to these majestic creatures that it us.