on center. court and successful beyond belief. brotherhood this is the way we do it. would start aug 7th on d w. when people hear the word back they usually think of money but today we want to talk about a different kind of back one for things like beans bananas and barley hear what's being stored and save seeds the right cheese adopted to the changing climate welcome to this new edition of eco africa i'm now a tideway and i'm not alone sounded to be in uganda is with me what can you tell us

about seed bank sandra it is a nice to see you today near to well i know that in western uganda farmers helped him up with a safe bank to enable them to grow healthy aren't nutritional crops for their communities. in a moment but 1st a look at what else is in the program. took a look at the plant in ethiopia have it generates electricity white eliminating and we will also hear how humble bikes are making broad traffic the little green that in kenya's capital nairobi. we started the program right. around 10 years ago. and a few other farmers used a few bucks of beans and a button and a seed start up capital to set up. back on to the course of tas proved fruitful yields in the region. up by 50 percent and a big factor is that the initiative banks. anyone wanting to use the same 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. to use. because it did destroy. the spring. so it was my organism. 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. if. he. has. 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 have been varieties. the cross breeding to create these new strands can take several years as scientists gloria tino explains find. these may be. read as. so those traditional. 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 attrition like beans peanuts and wild rice. so if. we.

would have nothing because we wouldn't be able to use that to mature us to engage in the challenges that you have in the production systems your country would want to look after these resources is use a country that is in trouble for the future for joining has in the meantime set up our 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 seat selection process she not only pays them but also passes on her beam growing knowledge they get the money from these. from these community to. teach. the farm was. 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 you 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 incinerated to heat water and produce steam what drives. 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 a 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. khamis same take which has been working here since the opening of the plant. and what innit. after that he 3 would be hit so what that so i thought will create a stamp that this theme. that i put away generates electricity. the filters of the incinerators am made to be you standards so that is little pollution is 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 elam a year who mimics is that cautious for about 50 years to discard the waste of this . his administration has transformed the damn site into a manageable landfill it escapes away fires and 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 better and which one of 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. low capacity $25.00 maybe but it is contributing for. cleaning. it is contributing for. energy to the system so it will. be. used 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 glenn space preventing the release of toxic chemicals into groundwater and reducing the release of methane into that most fear. nice 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

saw we encourage home offices and individuals to separate the waste and i grieve for a while then they bring it to us we will. and. the plastic is spread it heated up and then pressed into a sheet of. the new material is easy to work with. carefully cut back the pattern for sanderson takes somebody who throws them together. for now the orders have been filled from home. and of a serious hoping to see his shoes in the shops. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. tag doing your bit. we share your stories. nigeria has

a many rivers lakes and. along the 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. 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 or the water to eat. we are looking at how we can

really look at. the end of our trip with the flooding of. the activists once a week to clean up the lagoon it's estimated that 12000 metric tons of waste here every day. the n g o work has paid to rent the boats with no money so the onus keep them at lower rates to help out here but on the boards cost about $30000.00 well because we sort of relationship with the deals give us some discounts why the big boards with 2000 naira because all the relationships that we how we do. pro also receives help from a private waste disposal company which claims waste from bill a full free. plastic is a recyclable material but much of it still ends up in landfill recycling exist here

but it's sort of 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 big city pick them out take them they sell them off to the different people who are doing the recycling. up to 100 workers help with the clean ups on a regular basis. the activists want to post a more public awareness about the environment to help change people's behavior. if only people can imbibe of culture where by your drinking you play in your bag that way you can find the drugs. and go pro has also started to collect gone based on beaches sometimes they're able to recruit extra spontaneously. when i just but that's what it costs also. my factory a smaller run because much money in your business like you. an estimated

$450000.00 metric tons of trash are dropped in the lagoon and on the beaches every year. the activists hope the government and leaders will step in soon to do more than it's doing now and that way the waste here will be cleared every day. albatrosses are among the largest sea birds 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 tracked it's a large fishing vessels that troll the oceans and wild by yachts and maybe too good to resist the boats are actually more of a curse and a blessing to these majestic.