what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore the world heritage sites. to double your world heritage 360 get kidnapped now. welcome to global 3000. the show mountains in north macedonia boasts stunning landscapes but this natural paradise is under threat. in india we visit school children determined to learn cheering the pandemic even outdoors in less than ideal conditions. and in mexico education currently means

sitting in front of a t.v. we look at the impact of school staying closed for months. education shared learning and the opportunity to engage with their peers barely anything is more important for children but the coronavirus pandemic has turned things upside down frog lopes 1500000000 school kids schools have led to home schooling and online remote learning it's a highly improvised situation. but education generally has long been a pressing global issue 164000000 children worldwide have no access to it at all and the pandemic has made things much worse currently around 463000000 children are not receiving any form of education neither in the classroom nor at home. better to have a bit of school than on a tool that's the motto of the mexican government its current education program

centers around something found in the most living room. a kitchen for a classroom and instead of pen and paper a remote control. it's a way of learning that calls for a lot of discipline. rather then it feels weird but i'll do my best. between 4 o'clock in the afternoon and 7 in the evening all middle school students in mexico watch classes on t.v. topics include the big bang and galileo. if. they said galileo went to prison but i don't get why. 11 year old christopher's questions will remain unanswered the government funded program broadcasts a new class every day infection levels in the country are still high and children

may not yet return to the classroom christopher doesn't want to get the virus in case he infects his grandmother. next up is music followed by massey christopher is glad when his mother comes home from work earlier than usual. if you've got a class that yes but i only understand half of it. hilda is a single mother she's supposed to work the whole day but she wants to be there to help her son get used to this new kind of learning. you know as you get that if they don't pay attention in school then they really aren't going to concentrate when they're left on their own with the t.v. in their school books. meanwhile private schools in mexico are focusing on online classrooms. for her spanish class isabella is collecting objects and will write a story about them she only gets to see her classmates on

a screen but at least she sees them. and say i know man. first i thought it would be terrible but it isn't. it's new. but i'd still prefer actual school that minky set up my best to. an english class there's a surprise test in store where. she gets to talk to her teachers and her parents are working at home so they're on hand to help too for 10 year old isabella on the line learning is going well. many in mexico fear that the pandemic will exacerbate the country's problem with social inequality doesn't get those who this was a growing imbalance i'm worried about our country education is what society needs in order to make progress. for life in. the mexican government is pinning its hopes

on the school broadcasts given that 16000000 households have no internet connection the t.v. classes are the best solution simply allowing millions of children to miss out on school isn't an option experts say. ethically speaking that would be a mistake we would have failed in our educational duty. this is no alternative it's not perfect it doesn't reach everyone we must continue to look for better solutions other options. hilda is concerned christopher hasn't taken any notes at all at some point the teachers are supposed to email their students questions about what they've learned the family borrowed and old i pad from friends. number that's going. to be honest i'm not sure that we will learn much this way looking out. instead of returning to the classroom for the new school year mexico school children are watching t.v.

it's not ideal but it's better than nothing. things are far from ideal for many school kids in india too and images like these seem like a distant dream right now india has been hard hit by the coronavirus government schools have been closed since the lockdown started affecting almost 250000000 primary and secondary school kids only older peoples are still receiving partial to mention for poorer families there's no alternative to analog education that somebody termonde to make it happen huge construction site society is in flux and india is visibly transformed. beneath this overpass on the outskirts of delhi to gnome and other local teenagers are meeting for lessons in reading writing and arithmetic a school on a building site the dean is deafening obviously this isn't

a suitable place for a classroom but with street schools closed because of the coronavirus pandemic the kids have no other option. that's why i come here i come twice a day so i can keep up with my studies we have english in the morning and math and science in the afternoon. it means i can keep up with my classes and hopefully at some point past my exams but i'm glad to hear that. pod is a qualified social scientist he's applied for a job with the government and is waiting to hear back in the meantime he volunteers as a teacher in this makeshift school. it's out partway north these students haven't been able to go to school for 4 or 5 months it's really hard on them they come from poor families their parents are illiterate day laborers field work is

it's hard enough for them to get an education at all and now the pandemic has made it even more difficult. poonam goes home at midday her parents are hard at work on the fields harvesting okra her mother has been up since dawn and expects poonam to help out. but over there right there i helped out with the harvest yesterday and today i also have to help i don't like working on the fields but my mother says we children have to help then the work is done faster my brother takes the vegetables to the market. but he can i have always worked i never went to school it wasn't an option for me and i didn't like. the commodities have 6 children who all need to be looked after and fed until they leave home poonam is 15 and her mother feels it's time she moved out. the costs of keeping our fields going are so high we barely have enough to get by we

would have married her off but we can't afford a dowry no one would take her without one. sons can eventually bring in an income but the poor family's daughters are simply an added expense and there's no point in getting them an education the poorer the family the more deeply entrenched this way of thinking is india has a population of nearly 1400000000 and millions live in poverty only one in 5 households has internet access in many rural areas there isn't even electricity this digital divide contributes to social inequality experts warn that now the global pandemic is further jeopardizing children's educational opportunities the lord of the efforts into. arms of schooling of children into more tribal areas the digital means that even those who are walked to the school in the last decade or so they're off the map of learning the infrastructure penetration for receiving do your job is not even patchy simply nonexistent if we look at the divide of

inequality the most important challenge that we are facing is the lack of technology good devices the smart devices there is a huge gap between the haves and have nots so the children who are now want to having the internet connectivity or does monda base is there definitely lacking in this war 2 environment in india education is a privilege not everyone can afford fortunately for her middle class family can afford it her classes are now online no problem for a student with a reliable internet connection at home a private school in india costs the equivalent of around $1000.00 euros a year for most people that's simply an affordable when i think of the government school i feel that i'm still like i'm so privileged to be in a family which control like me but this also is like laptops internet but paying

off the government school children one not even 2 even if they may be classes so that's i think so a lack of. the classes held underneath the bridge on the outskirts of delhi are worlds away from online lessons so far no one here has come down with a virus but no one wears masks and the students are huddled together if they keep their distance they wouldn't hear the teacher above the noise so they're taking their chances. if they miss one day they can catch up. but if they miss a whole year of schooling they'll miss the boat completely and won't stand a chance. all these young people were. want is a chance to improve their lot in life by getting an education now even that modest goal could be denied them give it a name i don't want to end up like my parents working on the field i want to learn something and have a better life i want to make something of myself and i want to be educated but

there's literally. pulliam would like to be a teacher one day and give other young people like yourself better opportunities for that she's willing to go to a makeshift school under an overpass on a construction site. and now as we head to the balkans. traveled to north macedonia before the pandemic and enjoyed some local traditions as well as some. of the european greenbelt is a nature conservation initiative running along the current or the. east and west. aim is to protect natural environments around this area environments like the mountains.

it doesn't take long to set up the outdoor cinema in the village of. by contrast efforts to establish a new national park here in north macedonia have been dragging on for decades. at the foot of the sharp range. there. is a conservation activist based in the capital. she and her friends have come here to screen a short film about. she wants to win over the people living here to her cause there are problems to address trash is one of them. quite a few villagers show up for the screening. and her colleagues organized it under the auspices of the in geo friends of shar where they work. they weren't sure local people would in fact be interested. who is a journalist says conservation does not top the list of her country's priorities

but she contends that with enough popular support it should be possible to do more to protect this beautiful mountainous area. after the screening the activists and local people talk about their concerns. villagers have been struggling for 5 years. to prevent the construction of a hydro power plant nearby. they challenge the friends of shah asking why they haven't been helping them they said the n.g.o.s should engage more with the people who actually live here. there are many villages in the region facing similar problems. sharp measures 80 kilometers by 30 over the past 2 decades threats to this scenic wilderness have been mounting the northern and i sort of planning to is the mountain range with the greatest biodiversity in north macedonia and it must be protected to the highest degree. at the border and that's your

nominee mark if it is declared a national park it will be accorded the most protection even across national borders. sharply lies near what was once the iron curtain of the ribbon of land in some areas nearby have been designated the european green belt by an association of the same name. its mission is to protect the natural landscapes there which have been shielded for decades from major developments such as farming and construction. the association promotes eco tourism renovating mountain huts and building new ones should entice more hikers to come and explore. the association also seeks to counter illegal logging which is a serious problem here the timber mafia has carved this track through the forest without permission it extends for several kilometers and s.u.v. blocks the path behind it heavy equipment they're often armed and it would not be

y. steal any further with a camera rolling normal for the conservationists monitor changes in the forest with the help of an app and satellite imagery your job on balls and off ski is a mountain guide and also active in friends of shar to go with them he says the timber thieves sometimes felled trees if they want a bit of money. and they just leave them lying around in the forest. that was sort of. shepherds are natural allies of the conservationists as they have a vital interest in preserving the forests and meadows and keeping an eye on illegal logging. the friends of sharp platform emphasizes the importance of monitoring. miley is a sheep farmer. and. he used to take visitors on hikes until the pandemic hit. on the terrain up here 4 wheel drive vehicles are of no use

. these friends of shar see great potential in gentle tourism. miley and his brother have 5000 sheep. they use milk cheese they make is famous throughout the region. their entire business depends on the preservation of the natural habitat. i would totally welcome a national park and. that's why i support the initiative. and his brother inherited the farm from their parents and have since expanded its operations. they employed 25 shepherds during the season they spent 2 weeks at a time up in the mountains living in huts like this.

the only source of power here are small solar panels enough to light the hut with a new hydro power plant that would change the shepherd explains. it would be good little villages would finally have electricity. these small minds i don't know if there's a greener energy or the good for people with. the name in them in the reality of the data structures system. the conservationists promote traditional ways of life but most people want at least a few modern conveniences. leads us down into a valley. because. this is where one of the new hydro plants is to be located. the plan is to build 11. not everybody in the villages of shop planning that is concerned about protecting the environment. and

finding an alternative to improvised rubbish dumps. construction of the hydro power plants up in the mountains is well underway. they use so much water that downstream in the valley the water levels in the river are getting low. still feel very remote and left behind but even here. friends of has several members of its team out and about in the area including voice. there's still a lot of work to be done and that includes explaining the issues to people and telling them about the rules on how to behave in a national park. national park. next year on paper that is but that is at least

a start. and now from the natural world of the balkans to the wildlife of. the land down under is a vast and ecologically diverse country no wonder then that australia's national parks attract millions of tourists each year. that many of us straight he is 25000000 residents prefer to spend their leisure time outside now the pandemic is encouraging some city dwellers to become even more acquainted with nature. bushcraft how to survive in the wild that's what mark bennett. when he was young he worked on a farm and. he wants to regain the sense of freedom back. to.

the participants. back. the city. it is artificial 'd disconnected from everything with. his 13 year old son joseph is not quite so enthusiastic about the course he came along to please his father. he says he would rather be at home playing online video games with his friends just specially fortnight. that's the world of online connectivity. and it's really are you know like i really like to hang out with my my even though it's kind of thing. to hang out with my supply guy mark progress period again and then like we're doing

a lot together. this 3 day course is being held me a sydney survival training is popular these days in australia and he pointed out it was the pandemic that prompted simone graeme to sign up has seen people storm the supermarkets to buy toilet papers such as thinking. the current circumstances around the world and needs. to be self-sufficient and my mind upon myself. should worst case scenario play out. i realise pretty quickly bent on turning back 16000 foundation that we all want to help it's. the instructor gordon deadman tells his students about which while edible and how they can find their way without a compass or map. these topics have not in through joseph but his father hasn't given up hope but it's reaching so far on this well. you're.

even if you have everyone else around this kind of thing carry on and for him to start you know like. it's winter time in australia so it gets dark early. tonight as kangaroo meat and vegetables and. joseph is impervious to the romantic charms of campfires and starlets guys in the wild. only are like. the cold nights in their sleeping bags and. they have to keep feeding their followers to ward off the chill of. joseph looks like

he's feeling pretty wrecked not that he would say. it was pretty good. i didn't wake up once who true. but yes. it's the last day and time for the final exam you haven't so you're going to boil your water you have to get it off to the rolling boil. so it is still to rock and set the knob a guy since are you going to have 20 minutes to do that do you have no idea the 20 minutes to complete this individually. we've got to work for us because draws to a close joseph starts to warm to the tusks. it's got. to go. the father and son team complete their assignments in time. it's good laughs he's directly in my eyes. he's not sweating as much as on but you

know it's a. lot more spry than. godin is pleased and joseph is glad he came along. just kept on and i listened to it and although i didn't take notes because bit of a silly. yeah it's great all the stuff he's taught it's valuable stuff it's not like never going to use this sign case of emergency you know not you got a fair road in a top and you can do a bunch i mean there's we can't see this on the final exercise how so many people know you out there when you last like something out you have one aged person your 3 days of practical training in how to survive in the wild but also 3 days of personal growth and reflection. ok garnaut to get a picture of you guys. and that's all from us that global 3000 this week

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