hey there i'm david and this is climate change briggs it says. happiness in 3 books. this is the place for you to. get smarter or free to go where you go for you to. the carabine is a region remember natural patient and rich biodiversity. in this natural paradise is in jeopardy to see is clogged with waste and many arlen's are under threat from rising water levels. coral reefs are bleaching and fixed blankets of albion sea weed

a choking the scenes. animals and people suffering. there is dedicated conservationists of fighting the effects of climate change. here what a very don't take care of it then trying to raise awareness about environmental issues mostly just to make children follow along with the well. to do so now is known for its beautiful beaches which torturous from far want to the marine an island environment is also home to many wild animals. including bob a very special feeling got famous not only encourage sound but. all over the world

. but it just and flamingo bob are inseparable the veterinarian came to bob's rescue when it flew into a hotel window and was seriously injured. they posted there within 10 minutes i was in front of them like i am here for the flamingo and they were like who. can no longer spread his left wing properly and his feet had to see if he would struggle to survive in the wild so it it took him in. when they asked me is name i was like oh yes flamingo now and then in a split 2nd i thought oh his name is flamingo bob i don't look up all the mug where bob don't only look like a bob there all the funny thing is the name bob it means like a flame and so to be well known and now he's famous. no man is right there. it's

a thursday. and on thursdays bulkheads after his new job as a wildlife ambassador to do. so this back especially for him to. get hurt by. you. today they're visiting a primary school. here. meanwhile bob is used to the passenger seat like when i'm with. her even if i walk in somewhere and people do know that i'm coming in with bob though i'm not a reaction like if you go so they think i just run around going to be coming up next to me which is also funny. makes a grand entrance the children are thrilled. like for. you to get. up to some briefing. productions the children get

a closer look. beyond all mission imagine that in. an hour some of the children are hesitant more so than bob he by now has clocked up plenty of experience. ringback and it spent several months preparing for visits like goods. then of the children have never been this close to a commander. and. their budget then begins explaining the importance of protecting nature and animals . even a chance can't abandon dockside can spell death to flamingos in iran amongst the most whose name not so this is a nylon and once it's in nature it doesn't go away thank you familiar like bugs could get stuck in this. ball it's quite the hit.

the shelves this is the message sticks. plastic isn't good for them all so if they die it's not ok. but it knows that moments like face can make a difference. when you have that reaction then you have the gateway to their heart with their shell shock you might still question their marriage to friends here. but some discussion what are we doing why are we doing what we do we is this something. needs to be continued and. this is what it is hoping to prevent. away from the tourist destinations many of curacao space a club with waste nylon fishing lines and fishing holds a simply abandoned goods. animals get tangled in them the lucky ones but it finds

and nurses back to health. and it's work as a vet keeps have busy but she also runs a wildlife sanctuary she's always love birds. flamingo is one year old a debt fantasy engineer poulan has been tending to have for months you know if i'm wrong or can live up to 40 to 60 years in the world so she's a baby if she's a female reproducing also for killing the population for. both kids company so that she doesn't forget how to interact with their own species she'll return to the wild soon. they need to not be tamed we have to rehab is not coddling rehab it's wild animals that are hurt. you help them they put them back as soon as you can. but it is currently rehabilitating

$45.00 wild animals they need medication in cages and 80 kilos of food each week the wildlife clinic essentially depends on donations for it it's a labor of love but it's exhausting work. to get the word. soon audit will have even moved on her hands over just a few days of. the week has drifted to the island's coast. to sea turtles trapped in the algal it can be deadly. a group of conservationists have made it their mission to save them a cool early in the morning. i get this goal but if i win you.

call it is 14 years old as a volunteer at the sea turtle conservation organization she and the team leader are about to head out. nearly all species have seen turtle and now endangered. turtles are in distress and paddling helplessly they're fighting for their lives and we want to do what we can to save the or involved that. many turtles attract in the mass of st louis. but out here on the water they're almost impossible to seen. and they. not easy to rescue. all these

parts so he actually hurts but maybe it's not. very bad. here anything in the water just everywhere there was. these huge seaweed blooms a recent problem they caused by rising water temperatures along with agricultural fertilizers washing into the ocean from brazil sea turtles come to the surface to breathe and then find themselves trapped in the mat it seems wait. without help they would die in the heat every rescued sea turtle is a cause for celebration when a severed turtle it's just a lot it's feel like i'm helping. but it's not just startles it's everything the ocean itself and everything we trace it's wonderful to me and i dare you for doubt but it's. 15 have been working here for days on end they've rescued

$25.00 total so far many of them are undernourished and weak and will need to be nursed back to health. care. the sickest turtles approach would it help. hope. we have what we know anderson is in algiers but not on the rocks no this was made a movie is. so cool you know there's something here among these turtles suffering from a chuma disease found in or internationals or dead will surgically remove some of the growths this one is making it hard for the turtle to see what. kind of sound has a network of wildlife conservation is to call on each other these turtles are healthy but need to put on some weight. don't go to the aquarium for a while to recover the bridge over my head. who has been

volunteering for 3 years she helps whenever she can wherever she is needed being able to help it's just one thing if this is your home. every summer hurricane passed through the caribbean in recent years they've grown more frequent and gained in force the stronger storms bring death and destruction mike here in the bahamas and the dominican republic the storms are being fueled by rising water temperatures a hurricane could spell the end of the cooney alaska peleg over panama i should maginnis is worried storms are growing more powerful and the sea level is rising. until and sila a fishing today. these waters have long sustained the indigenous community people who. look like they're not the only one with

a god created this and gave it to us basically gave us this privilege we should enjoy it but we also have to take care of it or we have to preserve nature the environment in. which they're hoping to find enough fish for a meal and perhaps some to sell but that's proving difficult this morning. you know now this is a sea cucumber the chinese like the eggs of america. first this is a lion fish. they're venomous if it stings you you could die out there were . the water is shallow here the island is surrounded by a brief that forms a natural barrier.

here's an update that guy in this has an impact on us every time it rains or high waves hit the island the island is flooded and much. of it is response are inhabited some of the most beautiful have hotels built on them for tourists. who cannot live on the other islands many men will because fishermen to organize the women to sell their handicrafts. mansions island got his souped up is 300 metres long and 150 metres wide just about every inch of the island is built on . multigenerational families live under a single ruth. reichl and it is my mother sleeps here marked by sleepier my father sleeps there too this

is our room there where the. local people have dug up much of the reef and now they also have climate change to contend with the sea levels are rising and the islands days look to be numbered. in the nigeria where there was one at the end we had unusually heavy rain recently it flooded the island our home to them put this in water came up to our ankles. it was unpleasant seeing my mother and i bailed out the water all day and we never had anything like this before so you're much worse off. allows lopez was also worried about his home there with the has become increasingly unpredictable like many locals he's trying to build a protective barrier made of discarded materials and culled from the reef was only got 40 miles up as we look for coral and still. the holes with it. so we can build

a natural barrier against the water at that point. local people are removing the coral the pretext there are in hope of protecting their homes it's a vicious circle hopes the global community will finally take action against climate change they are right that there's a lot of one that nature responds to our actions that damage the environment but we have to look after our earth and keep this from getting worse and that that will require a change in perspective on the guns into. the government has long ignored the problem given up on the island and said the family should be resettled to the mainland. to move would threaten the final flight of an entire community the older residents are especially reluctant to move. some of them around here is something we are like elephants you know we want to die in our homeland. that if it wasn't absolutely necessary with global warming the storms. we

feel that we have to go to a better place i'll move out of me hold. a 1000 kilometers to the north there's still cause for hope. the coastal waters of billy's a breathtaking need beautiful. people here live surrounded by the wonders of nature but the greatest treasure is underwater the police barrier reef is the 2nd largest coral reef system in the world. some of the coral growth is believed to be 7000 years old. just a few years ago the reef was on the endangered list now it's slowly coming back to lie. money for non is helping to preserve the reef she's doing the work she's always dreamed of. you can assume she was you she want

to help rescue to coral reefs. what i feel like when i go to work it's like. when they call me and say all right we're going to go all do this laughing burkey or go check the corals here or whatever it is i'm like all right let's do this let's let's wrap this let's wrap today. people here in the coastal village of percents live from fishing and tourism both industries depend on the call reef. you know i come on this trip many times many there is a man god bless and i look at everything that i am that if their front of me and i think i hope one day this doesn't become a memory underwater it's apparent that the reef is struggling coral dies when the water becomes too into a city storm surges from increasing use of the hurricanes also damage the rains

climate change is leaving behind leached gray emptiness. many works for marine biologist lisa kohn and in chino frank. they're about to harvest some special coral atoll used to reforest the reach of the overdue and so there's no time to waste right now the rows are basically a lake there for us this season so just like the trees in the forest provide a habitat so out there for so many other animals the corals do the same on the reef . through careful research they determined which coral is especially vigorous. when we collect from the donor probably we never get more than 10 percent but there are the large these and these 4 are that the birds have a very fast rapid growth rate. they use a technique called micro fragmenting in which small coral colonies are transplanted to other locations. as the harvest is carl to sort into 5 centimeter pieces then

the pieces a half to. fragments of hope and because carmel is a living creature they have to work quickly. small pieces of coral a seeded in places with the original coral has die and they come out here several times a week and play. the fragments on to what they call kookiness mining to cement mixture . this state was a god i don't work but it's for that for the for the future and that's all that matters. about 80 percent of the coral fragments survived these here have been growing for a year and a half as life returns to the reef and other marine life pretends to hunt. for me to look back at our reef and say i helped i helped in its diversity and

for others to see it later on for me that's hope that's hope. it didn't leslie is also feeling more optimistic again. if. we didn't have been so for. the. start. more coral means speech. engine is officially like is far behind grandfather before him and now he's starting to he also brings tears to fish the pelicans tell him where the fish are congregating. i think more for your sake i quit thanks here then i start my day thank you this is my thank you thank you as a fisherman the engine also sees himself as

a protector of the wraith using large necks is out of the question for him thank you all the things which also kills the coral so all is well you'll get. there if you don't have any fish to walk to. the reef is then projects the fish is happy if they don't have that i have the fishes out here in these corals and stuff like that the growth of that is that. the ratio is now teeming with life. like. begin to grow or you are. just not going to. 'd sustainably and it serves all the regulations. that means no spinal lobster today. 'd is going to help in this species though and often get back to. where it was once the book.

the government has divided the beliefs region designs fishermen or fish in their own area 'd it's the sacrifice of an indian supports the nation. about it that they do it is illegal activity i get them off the brake they only. let across their birth a future is not going to be here for a kid you know. serve as much as possible the future will be a beautiful. edlin has also become an activist the police government has been issuing generous permits for offshore oil exploration but the catastrophic gulf of mexico oil spill 10 years ago was when i come home and even joined the backers of a petition opposing offshore oil exploration in the united nations weighed in and the government called a moratorium was dredging. it's not that there is. one little oil spill in the roof or that. the

people of police are fighting to save the coral reef. is taking measurements on the cultivated coral they're planning to transplant so. the work is supported by project funds and donations karl coverage he has increased to over 50 percent 8 years ago it was just 6 percent. of their hard work is paying off the reef is recovering. this is not solving the climate change craze it all this is a little bit and they would bind us some time for the cause of community people here and i think that you it's the right know they have all the power to make so much change and that is where i'm trying to get at because they are that they are the future. despite this excess there's still cools to consume

every skew in brief here but elsewhere it's still being destroyed to beliefs very brief region is dotted with tiny islands covered in mangrove the mangroves are as important to the ecosystem as the coral itself. and mangroves provide habitat for lots of other critters that live on the reefs they serve as nurseries in the tap root system mangroves also stabilise the land and keep it together so when you remove them everything falls apart. but that's exactly what's happening many small islands are being sold the mangroves are being chopped down and small hotels of being built sometimes cover all is even dug up to shore up the islands there's so many things out of our control for say that we're constantly scrambling to mitigate and try to adapt to its frustrating that the one thing we can control which is close to the bell and that is not the control was the battle to save the

ecosystem along police's barrier reef has not yet been one of the hurricane season approaching the new coral fragments need to be firmly embedded so that they will stay put in a storm. back in curacao the environmental activists are thrilled politico's removing a sea turtle from the aquarium that she risky from the same lead more than a month ago. dozens of people have come here to help a way in the sea turtles measuring them and tagging them so they can be identified if they're brought in again. today is a big day for everyone was. going to be released today there is so much better now so it's time for them. now it's time to head to the beach.

the wildlife conservation is to attract a lot of attention along the route. there's actually a site that someone like that runs. this crazy means that more and more people are going to realize what we're doing and i know it's. awfully. hard to come out of. the water is choppy but clean. turtles will be returned to the ocean. very very excited i feel. they hope to sea turtles will swim away without turning back. that it. was. 66

sea turtles have been risky and. it's a special day for a day or 2 she's invited. local children and tourists today the birds that have recovered will be returned to the wild o.-g. the female flamingo to say goodbye to bob. 18 lee is now a dead has been working to help people appreciate nature and wildlife. domingo bob is the star of the show. his charm helps win people over to the cause which also helps the wildlife rescue program raise donations. bodhi is ready to return to the wild and to freedom it's a joyous occasion but there's always a bit of worry will the wild birds accept ody or has she become too tame in

acclimated to humans to help the bird flies away for his form and for his other siblings. i didn't have time to let go o.t. is a little uncertain at 1st. then the flamingo plies a way to rejoin his colony it's another moment of celebration the people here know they can't stand the tide of global warming on their own but they're working for change and to raise awareness even a small success is worth the effort. to

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