people i think the impact that. people feel for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of those who stay behind. displaced starts october 16th on d w. hello and welcome to another edition of eco africa and there are times where i have the conservation foundation in lagos nigeria this week we have some really interesting reports on farming conservation and art let's welcome my co-host sandra hi there sandra hi india to hello everybody from me to here in the capital of uganda i

am super excited for this week's episode of africa well report comes from western africa to be more precise from ghana but fost let's stick with other stories coming up over the next. we look to help conservationists are trying to stem great crimes. how people. are rebuilding their lives devastated. and how. we. inoculating see sounds weird doesn't it but with this method farmers can minimize the use of even organic fertilizer it is one of the several new eco friendly techniques that film was in northern uganda and learning from mohamed and he's the train as it's claimed the complex science in

simple terms small for the farmers who called taken up the courses say they will have improved significantly. here in the northwestern part of ghana maybe cultivate soybeans. out in the fields full hectares of land. 4 years ago for diluted part in a training session for sustainable agriculture since then the crop yield in a profit have increased. and. in addition. the farming has recently established a 2nd business she sells traditional textiles in the communities around her village who linger. i used to have as 2 or 3 backspace pussies i started using the north koreans it's 78 bags but. they're not alone she learned how to inoculate seeds during

a training session conducted by the local company renia today the farmers in green jodi cool also taking part. in the method is simple the seeds are stirred together with water and sugar before dried weasel bianchi had bacteria added by terry keep past the way each cow pct must be more just. once dried the inoculated seeds must be sown at precise distances to one another thanks to this method the farmers no longer have to use chemical pesticides. more than 500 farmers have been trained by the company so far. mohammad's to cheap who came up with the idea for the training sessions he actually studied business but soon switched to agricultural philosophy. his team instructs the farmers of how to run their farms in more sustainable ways such as by using the

plant cremains for compost or bio coal. the fabrics of can laugh plants for example i especially well suited to enriching depleted soils. brigades and in the war so how produced by you which is very good soil. properties like so i don't want to hold it up by city and it's very different it does open ocean so you've got a point i mean it would have been there. are you know that we're going to do it. most farmers in ghana used chemical fertilizers and pesticides which has worsened the quality of the soil this gate eco printing so cheap a reason to search full turn it serves the farmers can even test the make up of this soil if needed the samples that then sent to the company's own lab. although the training sessions for the small scale farmers are free the sole analysis cost between $1.30 euros depending on what exactly is being tested for farmers it's

worth it because they learn exactly what this oiled means and prevent the use of a sexy if you know benefit may just prevent in. some of these excesses and i doubt what our bodies run off into surface whatever these core simple lutein says that the source of fire what are form and the mass and i don't even know an instance since having his soil tested by farmer joshua conlon rarely uses fertilizers anymore before the analysis he found exclusively soybeans but now that changed. 3 years ago when i started self testing with and. i produced me there commented to me and then my results doubled i got 70 bucks more. from where i always go to fold and this has helped me to be able to acquire. from tractor which is help in my

production. just should conlin expanded from small to medium scale and be culture for the isn't quite there yet but she's well on her way. from gunnoe we crossed the continent to kenya to check out a project that is full of bugs well some dogs anyway a conservation organization has made it eats mission to fight for the survival of one species in particular. that's right sandra like so many of our feathered friends crowned cranes i would risk due to habitat loss and poaching now a community based ngo is informing the farmers children and others about the importance of protecting these majestic creatures. wherever the currents go george newman is not far behind he leaves nearly called bull side in central kenya

the local conservationists is passionate about birds and founded the cranes conservation volunteers organization he regularly visits their habitats to monitor their activities. to build their weapons if we see the crazy allow is that mean to get there to help he'll be with plants you know and also that calls for protection that we have something here that these groups and not just greens can attest to that the area is home to the largest population of gray crowned cranes in the whole country over the years grain populations have suffered a major the cline as a result of human related activity like trampling of chicks by dr stock pushing for made both local and commercial level and collection of eggs but the cranes also disturb the farmers living around the lake. it will be how we. get to when we

can i guess you know holly we could exist with the current cranes on our found the very destructive when we plant crops they take the seeds you get 200 more you know medium and we have not so much sure like the plant they peel them to look like to be from the hoof. only dog would know that. reducing conflicts between humans and wildlife is the main work of georgia dome. and his team mates regularly with farmers the conservationist explains that cranes also have a positive impact on the crops as they eat worms which normally destroy the young plants when heaviest time approaches then courage them to guard their funds to protect their crops even convinced porches to become volunteers when his team. you know when i fish at the lake i take care of the crew and cranes in accordance

with the government regulations. you grow. what i lead the birds attract tourists and when they come here they help to develop the area and create bursaries for schoolchildren. the talk of the. why not to let their. volunteer conservationist also visit schools in the region twice a month this time he's at the market record primary school where 3 children received this masteries all together $32.00 best stories have been provided by the development fund the lake also became a protected area last year the cranes breeder to show from july to february just before the breeding period starts the quince conservation volunteers try to coordinate with farmers to democratic important breeding areas by the lake

sometimes community to cooperate other times the time because when. we tell them to exclude the livestock during the great season and during their dry season they're faster i would say the lake it is minimal so that's a lead them to bring their cattle inside despite this how those judge doom works tirelessly to mediate with locals and keep the area protected for the benefit of the great consecrations and the local population who will benefit from the growing eco tourism. mazing it's terrible the risk of dying out because of the loss of their habit we say it's important to preserve natural habitat a logical balance in tanzania a non-governmental organisation is trying to do just that let's meet the people on the archipelago.

or c is in high demand it's used in food pharmaceuticals and industrial products and it's one of sands of ours biggest exports but it's under threat it employs over 25000 people 8 percent of those are women. rising ocean temperatures brought on by climate change are making it harder for farmers to maintain their sea repeals that's driving them to use unsustainable practices damaging the fragile marine habitats on which their livelihoods depend. have been behaving the wheat farming has been getting me down recently. very little see wheat growers and we're making less money than before. but when farmed well seaweed can goose the ocean health by improving water quality and providing a habitat for fish. the nature conservancy is an ngo that provides training for

farmers on sustainable practices be amos to increase while helping the marine ecosystem and the women who depend on. it includes planting seaweed on ropes so it grows at the best depth to maximize nutrient intake. the project will select some of the farmers to become mentors to others enabling coastal communities to help themselves become more resilient to climate change. 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 story. now about a very poor. project to encourage people to adopt best practices but takes

a different approach to getting his message across a south african port an artist wants his extraordinary sculptures to help protect the environment his works made from. history trophy loss of a. society to do all you can to prevent harm to nature. this is not unusual and it also has a message. 78 year old south african sculptor professor and poet pretty can truly has created $45.00 bones sculptures called the exhibition. to sway me in the local zulu language translated into english this means return to the source for the artist things have never seemed more urgent. we have to prepare ourselves for more. simply because we have disrespected nature we have

around nature with plastic always sleeps. with kerry we have introduced the issues of. tory's you where people have to hunt in their own countries that just kill them so for them to get their heads to hell in their own. houses so the whole issues of crete the issues of. the other ones that have really led us to where we are now and yet is that other people approve absent everybody else tells us about how we must be a cali. critic and truly has been working for more than 40 years with material he scavengers from scrap yards. with bare bones that he collects from nature reserves.

especially. what this exhibition has done it's challenge what curating s. because for a long time we all think with crating has been traditional as being go into space seen our 2 etc and particular by these brains has challenged and the art industry even how we speak of art. and how it speaks to worst. critic and truly is also a traditional healer. before working on the bones he speaks to the dead animals to appease the spirits. here. i'm throwing down the bow. in order to divine the stage of the nation the state of the universe the state

of our environment the state of our own mental health as to what exactly happens. visitors to decide by themselves whether looking at the sculptures virtually all physically during a plan to or the exhibition through several south african museums should yield for 2021 group while i would definitely take your virtual tour right after the show but you can't really say we do not respect nature many people see that as a reason why there are more and more disasters disaster was. in march 1900 causing great suffering and devastation in our next report we need people in the region around zimbabwe's money money national park who are involved in reconstruction and environmental protection in the wake of that storm. 18 year old who had her vassie as home but it remains devastated she was here when

cyclon eat i tore through this in march 29th. several of the friends were killed in the disaster over 200 houses were destroyed even now talk with sue i can barely come to terms with the power of the storm. this blessing i see. a wonderful place there were lots of things. but. in a little moment everything was buoyant. if i also caused a series of landslides in the nearby tree money money national park. to money money is home to 200 different species of bird. so there are a cypher chorale he has been working for nature conservation organization bird life zimbabwe here since 2013 now reconstruction is also on his list of tasks.

if i read or astonishingly something key now we have seen what is happening around with deliberate set up with the most money miley which is this is the ideal city area. it's an area that also needs recession as well so that she. could you to be degraded. the environmentalist and his organization are active in 6 villages. in one of the tree nurseries villages like john jangi have joined together with others to grow new trees we sit down there's a community to habitate our our area by. blending is. different in the species so we started by choosing. some. weatherboard needs so that we nest there while i miss that. sucker rye is

worried that invasive plants species might take root and spread in the areas destroyed by either by. native plants would be of much more use to the environment and the people here. is an inch to a new species of trees was there used to already be local conditions. and also the rain before i mean that in the used to save the these trees have to be replanted to increase there when the brits. john john kerry has prepared life's advice into practice in his own garden. alongside his minnes and maize crops he now also keeps a fruit or change. they never have. to realize that an orchard is one of the many sources of income generation for me. when i was 4 i started this i used to only grow maize and vegetables. that i later

grew to appreciate the orchard. different trees not rush the soil and i'm spoilt for choice. because a some fruit trees are growing others are already bearing fruit. but if there is somewhere that i gotta. janji sells his priests in neighboring villages and that ensures him an income even during the coronavirus crisis. to the rest sidetrack araya is happy with the orchards abandoned because it's also important for the whole area. different authors we also supply food to many organisms or just when it's safe. insect populations will also ravaged by side you die most of the 50 beehives here were destroyed. traditionally farmers here hollowed out tree trunks to service hives.

now birdlife zimbabwe is helping them to make the hives out of timber wood as a way of protecting the remaining tree stocks. we have fruit trees in the village to go in and spread the pollen and this is good for our harvests because eventually we'll have more fruit and when people realize that there are bees in this area they won't chop the trees down because they're frightened of bees also provide some form of security. $600.00 hives are planned the environmentalists believe that if people have a sufficient source of income they will be more likely to protect the environment. i wish everybody there all the best in meeting such great challenges they will certainly help nature along but it's incredible how nature can regenerate with or without human assistance yes you need sometimes about really to take for example

an abandoned military base in the czech republic just on the back into a regional grassland habitant humans did help it a bit but important difference lots have been able was because then nature has been getting us see how that. scenes right out of history when buffalo tourist cattle and wild horses range throughout europe a small number of those species have returned to thrive in the wild grazing on this former soviet military base in the czech republic because the area was becoming overwhelmed by invasive plants conservationists here in mill of it said from the european wildlife project 5 years ago to deploy the large herbivores. to the goal was to return to the original diversity. after the military left the invasive grasses and bushes he began to grow here. they started to gradually

overwhelm the rare species such as rare flowers and animals linked to them including butterflies which led to a tradition of. the project as you know by a type name think european serengeti all manner of rare and threatened species have returned like the adonis blue butterfly last spotted hair in 1967 the red cross or star gentian is also taking rita. a resoundingly success for the environmentalists but to flourish the european serengeti needed animals chosen according to very special criteria. not circular if you will he is the combination of wild horses european bison and taurus. the horses eat the grasses. the bison on the taurus focus more on the bushes. so that combination gives the best result but it does not mean that is they create

a diverse landscape which is disappearing in europe and. the tourist cattle have come from the netherlands back breeding program which aims at coming close to the original or ups the buffalo and wild horses come from european nature reserves in this nature reserve the animals up. all outdoors the year round and have begun to breed. if we give nature a chance charles if we give it time and space it can take care of many things. by that i mean it is capable of returning species that already disappeared and that they are able to return spontaneously to run as a child at the very beginning i thought that lots of species that used to be here in the 1990 s. would have to be returned here artificially today a number of them have returned already without us having done anything to help. you

to stop. the project began with 40 hectares of land now it's grown to 8 times that an area quivering to more than $300.00 soccer pitches the european wildlife project has also just been given the sustainable development goals award for climate protection for creating a european sound gatty. by sun buffalo rare flowers and butterflies wonder if they all feel right at home there we need to help from friends nature can prove to be so resilient we hope you think this week's edition of. focusing on and makes a course of action will be a more exciting stories for you next week until that it is a good but for me son growth here in kampala uganda. by sandra and by everybody thank you for watching if you would like to stay in touch in the meantime visit doesn't our social media platforms i am now at i signing off

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