how should drama competition rivalry marketing numbers atmosphere our fight at times and traditional love hate money. fans friends friends family and friends all over you go on you tube join us. good. good. why i'd be easy water what you do contribute to the ecosystem and why are there numbers that quite will give you the answers and today show you only cooperate go we focus on nature and be unbearable i love the work of a military base in baiji high in the eighty's good to be with you all again today i am sundra to no gig here in the capital city old uganda it is not just

these that will keep us busy here us over the top it's on today's show. a farmer in ivory coast who is we've still got even under sustainable methods 2 young environmental activists in south africa who have set up on the cycling operation under bush makes big numbers to sit on today ease in the geria well we visit a market for wild and a rare on the most despite a ban on the trade. but passed away head to ivory coast monocultures are bad for biodiversity and over many it is a logical call plantations they have a rather aged local ecosystems that coupled with deforestation so the gradation med was by climate change and population growth means things have to change. or life is a farmer who has switched it to a bunny sustainable methods he has a. the prince went on how much culture and he has also had hundreds of others to

follow let us go and. the city of man in the mountains of western ivory coast it's a largely a cultural region and from a done it all i also worked as a trainer for young cultivators here but today he's picking up some tips himself about cross breeding plant and limiting the use of pesticides. and he's come to an experience farmer for advice. when they use pesticides the vegetables grow like crazy and the farmers make more money but when the products get to the market $2.00 or 3 days later they start to rot. dunn who is interested in learning more about the natural techniques used in the past the op sounds carefully. on the one who is at school the idea here is to learn

from an experience pass on about some of the older practices today they have either been abandoned oh they're still being used but in a different way. than own life has begun to collect seeds which haven't had contact to chemical pesticides whenever he meets with the owner farmers he asked them for seeds. of the view today the situation is clear these seeds are threatened they are about to disappear to be lost and that's why it's important to serve them because they have an important row got in our biodiversity. after asking around done it all i was able to get a 17th. he tested the seeds on his experimental farm to find the best teas his father was surprised and displeased by done is choice of profession and. just

all i doubted that his son could make a living as a farmer. being a farmer that was unfamiliar terrain to me so i wasn't at all happy i didn't encourage him i have to be honest i didn't encourage him at all. today the father is proud of his son's work and that done it also convinces others to follow his example. in the 31 year old decided to launch his own training sessions to teach other farmers how to stop using chemical pesticides i have oil and agriculture is suffering this days pesticides are damaged the soil young people are living the funds convinced that they cannot and enough in this sector. i think you prove to those who think that you cannot make a living as a farmer that you cannot make a lot of money those are people who are not really trying to develop their business

and before this instruction that was a problem. if you don't know all i want. to make their crops more commercially viable. a community a few kilometers away he helps women farmers to market their organic rice because they're not consumed rice in ivory coast is imported ivorian consumers are strongly dependent on their rice which comes from russia from china or thailand if today is to be able to propose a local rice produced by women and organic conditions due to bad if. not only rice ivory coast imports many other foods in large quantities although they could be grown here here the women are preparing to set the right siblings 1st they apply compost to enrich the. there is

a new sense of optimism among these organic farmers they hope to do better than growers did in the past. in the past when my parents produced rice and brought it to the market they didn't have a lot of buyers it wasn't easy they often had to sell the rice more cheaply. than no lie has already found a story not bijan that will sell the women's rice he believes that if he can make locally grown crops more popular maybe more young people will consider staying in the region to cultivate their fields. farming can only go well if the ecosystem is healthy and in most places that means having lots of. these are important are plenty and it is helping countless species of plants to reproduce transport pollen from flower to flower if that doesn't happen the plant can't keep going that's right sander but in many countries like in europe and

elsewhere the colonies are being. pressed to cite disease and monocultures longer culprits in germany obviously birds are stepping up their efforts to keep the pollinators a lawyer and i think. every morning more dead bees can be found lying in front of these times the pride and joy of amateur beekeeper flits clown it's weird to be he's normally live for 6 weeks but his a falling victim to a parasite brought him to europe from asia. develop. their furrow mites destroy the bees nervous system to a point where they lose their sense of orientation that means they're unable to carry out their tasks anymore i think even lose their ability to fly that's why the viral mind is very very dangerous to be. there.

is one of around 100000 amateur beekeepers in germany he and his wife took up the hobby 5 years ago in berlin. the number of big hit has has risen in recent years and in lots of german cities including the capital there are many different b. colonies living within an area of only a few square kilometers. that makes for a certain density but not be as they are now able to cope. they aren't starving i mean the problem. to make sure the bees do. hope the amateur a.p. arrests are helped by a veterinarian at berlin's free university. dr benedict pollard check gives regular courses on amateur beekeeping. plywood he also instructs must be key to his at the university. he didn't learn all about the different

types of be there are more than 560 species in germany alone most of them wild. wild and solitary bees spend their lives alone they don't live in colonies so they're exposed to different dangers. the whole of you know how many reserve the infamous parasite in the burrow might not solitary as you go instead solitary bees have the problem of nesting sites monocultures don't provide nesting sites we really need more smaller fields and we need chemical free feelers. for. studies from europe and the us show that monocultures and pesticides are the main threats to be survival. with not a single chemical in tow biologist caught in the herceptin lands and the rate of native flowers in residential areas in the lead. the project is funded by germany's environment ministry. wild beast only feed on certain flowers the more diverse the

garden the more bees that can thrive here. we don't have enough spaces for flowers in the countryside and in cities that we have to help them out it's not about honeybees versus wild it's equally bad for all insects. without bees nature is missing one of its most vital pollinators they are responsible for the propagation of hundreds of thousands of plants korinos hoping to encourage more people in the countryside and the cities to get planted. come clean and beautiful environmentalists you have here now is not always a situation where you see the funny thing is that when ordinary people take the initiative the results can be surprising and great here as you can see is quite clean but are there examples from south africa an estimated 90 percent of the

rubbish is just thrown away and left to rot in the streets 2 young men decided they had had enough and it was time to do something about the problem in their home town so they gave up their jobs and started a trash collection and recycling business let's see this. with. it's 5 o'clock in the morning. as the sun rises the stench of rotting garbage becomes unbearable. these 2 men are determined to do something about all the litter in their community. one solution is to save new because most of the things that you find here are a 2nd horse saw saw 60 percent of feet can be repaired to get to introduce a new bongani period worked as a musician and top bang model jani wept in waste management seeing the garbage

piling up they both quit their jobs and started the initiative valid green like many villages in south africa can't afford waste collection so that's let everywhere in the valley green team go from house to house to collect plastic glass bottles and paper then they sort it all. most people in macau used to burn their waste so it wasn't easy to convince them to change their ways and keep things that can be recycled. if it's only really all the way to go seriously was going to be big deal include recycling itself so when you tell the board to be recycling for them it's the and that's they need easier than filling a youth of i am not go about to say. but to also started what they call the eco hero program to engage with young people about environmental issues once

a week they go to the local primary school to make music and dance with the students. participation is voluntary but it's fun to join them and that motivates the kids to become eco heroes. in the valley green team take what they collect to a recycling station. major challenge for that business venture is transportation the recycling station pays about 80 euros for a load half the sum goes to pay the owner of the truck so period unjust of $300.00 euros a month in total. he says the solution is to grow the business and engage a large group of waste collectors who will sell them the things they find. put it in as a pipe it's until they come to oz this is doubtless like or worse then you take

from this become pundits who by the indifference or by a secularist sword i'm overlooking we have their moral when i see one trustful post in labor force. for now period multi yani a saving up to buy a professional lang scale and eventually a truck of their own. then they plan to employ dozens more waste collectors. to make and keep a clean place to live. in our series doing your bit we always focus on great ideas i mean ovations this week comes from uganda sandra tell us about. bloody near to the core of it and 1000 pandemic means that the health care resources are very stretched so nobody really wants to get feed at a time like these infectious diseases like malaria are still a huge problem in many african countries while skittles spread malaria many people

use chemicals to repel them but i young money here in uganda has come up with a new and novel way to keep the litter passed away. mosquitoes are tiny but they can spread deadly diseases like malaria or over 90 percent of malaria deaths around the world happen in africa. mosquito nets offer protection but there might be another solution. electrical engineer julius twine invented a more natural way to ward off the pesky bugs. in africa exposure uganda we have some harbors they have as which helps us live that are paid the mosquitoes i did have was like 5 of them i mixed them under the shadow to

maintain their smear. after collecting the herbs he drives them and crushes them into a powder he puts that power into his battery powered mosquito. when it's turned on scented air flows out of these tiny holes. twined says that mosquitoes don't like the smell so they avoid the area. but. it has a range of 15 square meters about the size of an average bedroom in uganda. the device is powered by a built. solar panel. 3 hours of sun a week is enough to keep the battery charged. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website. that does

a tweet. hash tag doing your bits. we share your story use. illegal logging farming and mining had been driving deforestation but nowadays when there is a problem there is usually an hour to help solve it that is the case here too up for local people to monitor what is going on and report illegal logging protecting the trees could also benefit the a community's let us see how it works. the man using this up wants to remain anonymous because his life would be in danger if the wrong people caught him collecting data here. he uses the app to report him to thieves who fell trees illegally in northwestern ghana. and i. don't surprise these illegal loggers in the art because they're dangerous and armed

. can. only report their actions once they're gone. and therefore. this teak tree an endangered species was pelted legally sewn into pieces and a large part of it was taken away there must have been between 5 and 10 men involved with heavy equipment. to track down the wood perches the n.-g. o. nature and development foundation sends local observers into particularly affected areas across the country the project is financed with you support the reports from the over $200.00 observers are collected at the organizations headquarters in the capital across. most of the last recorded on the platform indicate illegal watching so used to call into lumber into 2 parts the sides were the only lot based on this project has been able to identify some sites which have been really

to the chorister commission for action to be taken. douglas i do hate it is one of the monitors working for the organization today is checking up on reported cases and documenting the damage the timber thieves have not yet finished their work here there is still wood waiting to be transported and even a canister of drinking water. this too so appreciate what on the us and then some but with the advent of the poor don't. even go. off to a christian office has been suppressed by decree news and capacity boudin programs which where we organize for community members and want to kiss. it's in the trade is one of ghana's most important industries tropical words are sold all over the world they include red timbers that sell for high prices.

junk guitar and company is the largest in the processing in the 1st encounter it says it's committed to forest management certification the label. guarantees that good products come from sustainably managed forests initially there was a lot of resistance to the giant timber company here in the region even though it pays a special good tax that goes straight to communities. there was much friction between the company and the communities one were about. to start a lot of. their ways dances words and i tried to do that with them back. would be blocked by right by different communities but right now we do still you and there's a project there is the understanding within the industry that is going to tie the company and the forest print communities. the nature and deforestation foundation not only works to prevent illegal deforestation it also mediates between local people and industry resistance to the timber monopoly has eased and instead there

is more cooperation in the village of beit di in the south of the country its residents are using taxes from the timber industry to build their own hospital. every day hundreds of timber transports from the region head from markets throughout the country to places like a man a suburb of a crop. in this big timber market the origin of the word is not checked too closely but the head of the market association insists that the proportion of wood with a certificate of origin is on the rise in one or more room than we have to in the tomorrow business one does not in my deforest we lost our business so we've got this is that there will gobble to celebrate that. things may be changing in ghana's forestry sector but there is still plenty to do for the local monitors who make fresh discoveries of illegally fell trees almost every day.

and now the bush meat trade is. trapping and selling of wild animals for food now it puts a lot of those out already and danger in greater risk but the un's food and i will cause of this and says it is a 2nd greatest threat after the loss of habitat the trouble is many people really like to eat bushmeat in markets across nigeria you can find all kinds of forest creatures legal restrictions have not proved effective know how the public awareness campaigns managed to end the trade. at a major push markets in nigeria's economics and. handling crocodiles announcing the danger of species to suit open and. available to anyone bidding to people who have priorities oh. yeah selling it you know why not this one is obviousness

jabbing does not follow. bushmeat is pricey and poking among the nigerians who pay between $25.60 units for. small pangolin is assumed to cost $20.00 euros. bush mrs but by then she can opt out of this because i don't know how they preserve she can. means album fariba myself. these sleazy to suit her life she need to move by suits to bring to his animal sanctuary so far he's been able to drive 165 wild animals here if i don't buy them too for my purpose which is a feeling for what i believe people will come by them for food and if you've seen most of these animals they come in like this every day day that you have continued hunting sure what time i read do you seen any number of very soon they will be gone from if you come here one who can see it any more even in real life so this is

where culture must have its own limit. to the demands of the schmidt remains high. nigeria at this market vendors sell 100 to 106 years of cushions for day an average of the country's also an emergent fancy top for illegal wildlife trade. tons of candle in scale as a ship station every year. who should markets like this can also be a starting point for the synoptic diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans and i could read 19 there are laws in nigeria against treating certain wildlife disease laws are not enforced. because i just pile some people had to kick the people 1st so. as education then of course then they force me to follow only to china to once the teaching to start immediately since there is not much time left among others he saved it kindly in the crocodile today we have to prepare bills

coming up in the future i'm sort of become one to get better the populace for decisions policies that affect positively. so hoping there will still be wild life left in nigeria by the time next generation is able to act and continue to do so fight. it looks like types of regulations on enforcement i need it and of course all times the sources of income for those in the bush meat trade that's all for today we hope you have enjoyed the show as much as we have being it to you from one information visit our social media platforms and i website goodbye for me now it's a way in the bottle for your state and i do well do join us once again next week for another edition of equal africa we've more interesting stories about your environment thanks once again for joining us i am sunday here in kampala it is a goodbye and please do take care of yourselves on the him by in.

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