why unemployment i feel like this. is it before you go? yes, i mean this david and not a trace of oil money to be found. what happened to run a stream of black gold oil promise it starts december 4th. every day heroes heroes who do they agreed to protect the environment can be found across the entire continent. we'll introduce you to some of them in today's still welcome to new edition of in africa. i am sandra to know they're coming to you from

kampala the capital of uganda. thanks, sandra. we begin in west africa, senegal, to be precise, where we meet a man who has been fighting for the environment for 40 years. as an activist, as a government minister and now as the head of a country's reforestation agency. now it's, i have the conservation foundation in lagos. also coming up, a young woman in kenya uses flyers to talk about ways to reduce the high profile in bloom. and how villages in the south to all white press size, i just community and our communities in mozambique got the recycling, but there are many across the continent who are giving their all for the environment. today we meet one of them, that's mine. a former senegalese and vironment minister is dedicated to be greening the region, not just from his desk as a lobbyist,

but on the ground. together with local residents. he's been planting mangroves and other trees, even using rather unconventional methods. at times. senegal needs more trees and he who heads a large scale refers station project is busy getting them planted. scientists say that without major the 1st station sinegal will lose half its arable land within the next 5 years. here on the cost of the course, a month's region in farmland has become unusable due to sandy nation. mind grooves that once protected the shoreline, we cut down firewood in big the material repeat their families were desperate sold, was encroaching into their rice fields which were no longer producing rice. it was very difficult for them. bettman groove the rich ecosystem to hold

back flood waters detail and erosion, and act as a natural sold beriah. they also store up to 5 times as much carbon dioxide is other trees. once it became clear just how beneficial the most groups are to farmers, things begin to change the present. they were concerned about their rice fields and they became heavily involved in planting mangroves because of their rice field mall among the dma. was one of them for 4 years, villagers in ca noble have been working to save their paddies. the initiate. he is organizing finance by the end oceania. early served as its president for many years, for their locals in our rice fields no longer produce could have a squeak or salt water is invading them more and more. we know no. the reason is

because the man groups have disappeared. we need to replant them lucky or shinny and provides us with mangrove buds. further north, in the extremely arid motm region close to the sahara desert came up with a more conventional method. during the wet season nomads heads graze here, the animals have been recruited to help plant a forest. it will be part of the great green wall that aims to cattell the city of this i held region with the head is fed the fruits of the post-office in fast growing tree that needs new water. the animals spread the seeds in their down we are going to try these all across in a go. and we hope that in a year or 2 will find cross-talk is growing alongside like store grazing routes in senegal. back to cause a month, because sinegal lances, all african mahogany, as it's commonly known,

has become rea here. they're also very few wild animals left to spread to see if there's a parent. luckily the anymore. with all the animals, it was necessary to think of an alternative way to disseminate the seeds. i don't wait for things to solve themselves. i am a man of action and i needed in affordable solution. working within certain constraints does allow me some freedom. as soon as i find solution, i apply it and move forward. and this is his solution here. young man from the village of use, leans to scatter seeds of the african mahogany. the intention is to introduce more species diversity. all of we are doing it here because in this area is basically one type of tree, the new york. we are trying to encourage the growth of other trees,

like the bio sinegal lenses and but it's among groups that are particularly dear to lifelong ecology tied to it least hot due to his efforts over 150000000 birds have already been planted in a few years' time. canopus rice paddies should be salt free when the great green wall is complete, it will be the biggest manmade garden on earth, improving the environment tree by tree. but it's not just mega projects like this one that i important. smaller individual initiatives can help too. and those are the ones we love to showcase doing a bit segment. that's time coming to you right here in nigeria. let's take a look. this is not a face mask to keep out the coronavirus. it's

a piece of art. this woman is made of textiles. but looks like a wino flowers, nigerian artist marcella joe torre gets her material from taylor's, inlay goes mostly it's discarded. fabric swatches. don't like it's just full name. they need to do a new class. but because they have strong on average worldwide one garbage truck, full of clothes and stuff in a landfill in an incinerator. each 2nd with her art is giving cloth a 2nd to life by the same time making a living, or works of even sold 1st much as $25000.00. recycling has rarely been so

practical and beautiful. and how about you? if you're also doing your bit, tell us about it, visit our website. oh, send us a tweet. hash tag doing your best. we share your story. wonderful works of art and what a way to use fabric scraps. now we have to you go to a beautiful spot in the italian art, is one of the continent's biggest growing region. that is true nieto, but it has also become a battleground in this war community. there as a pharmacy, a low corns over one of the most fundamental questions in funding today should pesticides be used or not? africa reporter went to hear both sides of the up in that substance

is that so division in italy is alpine valley is pesticides are in widespread use. a fact that has angered some locals and sparked a heated debate between conventional and organic farmers. what the now take flu as a name, it says on the packaging that it can harm unborn children in the womb. just imagine this sort of product is doing the rounds. if people know you to ferguson, there goes most that risk would be us. the fruit farmers, we're the ones who handle this stuff and it's concentrated form. once it lands on the sprayer, it's been diluted by a factor of a 1000 jewel for the village of miles is located in one of europe's most picture rest landscapes. in recent times, the local pharmacy has become the center point of research into the presence of pesticides and am sure. back in 2018,

an independent environmental institute set up 2 measuring devices in the pharmacist's garden. the air was monitored for 6 months. although the closest fruit farm is about a kilometer away, several pesticides were detected in the air. and this is a small garden surrounded by hedges, right in the middle of a village with many houses. there's a big tree which is supposed to offer protection food, but here too, more than 25 pesticides have been detected, because it's either in god we have miles has could fail. at present, there aren't many orchards located near the village. many locals want to see the landscape maintain its diversity. it's a different story further down the valley where orchards dominate the landscape. one in 10 apples in europe grown in the region of south to roll. 6 times more pesticides than is average in farming in italy,

a sprayed on these monocultures is an apple fama. he prefers to use terms like plant protection of the pesticide growing fruit without plant protection products is nearly impossible at the moment . conventional farmers do their thing, they have their means and the organic farmers have theirs. but both kinds require plant protection by their influence and suits. but that nestled between the orchards is all been glued to her farm. he's previously been banned from selling his produce because it contained pesticides. now he's invested heavily in foil coverings to protect his plants. if you count them out of the air here contains

a cocktail of contamination and we're not just breeding one substance in a minute. nobody knows what happens inside the body when we breathe in this cocktail of substances to prevent, if i go to. the local farmers association says the situation has improved. conventional farmers now have to plant protective hedges if they border on organic farms. all set up nets, which is supposed to stop the spread of pesticides, small steps of this kind of going some way towards easing tensions. but the widespread use of pesticides appears to be here to stay. so then, i can't really comment on the health risks. what we always say is that the substances have been tested and approved by the health ministry guardsmen used to be produced since all the stuff that was sprayed 1020 years ago has now been banned . at the time they were allowed. and i'm convinced that the substances allowed today won't be allowed in a few years. both a film american, the pharmacist,

have set the ball rolling and it continuing the fight for organic farming to become the norm in and around. in a local referendum, in $2142.00 thirds of the villages voted to ban pesticide use, the village also declared itself europe's 1st pesticide free community. the farmers association took the matter to court several years later, the crew. it's accepted the result of the referendum, but the fight over the use of pesticides continues. pharmacist refers to a un report that described the necessity for pesticides as a myth. it literally says the assertion by the agro chemical industry that pesticides are necessary is not only inaccurate but dangerously misleading. push came from us. it came at us like thunder.

many conventional farmers are concerned about the future of their business in the case has now reached the supreme court in rome, which will decide whether or not pesticides should be allowed in the region. up of production. clearly important in ivory coast, it is growing. in fact, the west african country is the biggest producer, but those brains are exported and processed over little the profit goes to the local farmers and giving to their wives in a border in the south of the country. a women's party has set out to do things differently and repeat incredible results in terms of the environment. typically considered the domain of men. there used to be no role in the cocoa harvest for these women. but now they're farming and producing themselves. juliet

quasi founded a co-operative with the women in her own village in the southern part of ivory coast. its aim is to produce cocoa beans more sustainably. and to use them for making more than just chocolate. this is it. almost nothing is thrown away that we start with there. we salute the sticky pulp which is never used in cocoa production. we add flavors and spices to it, which is unusual and innovative. mom, the women use the juice from the pulp to make products such as flagrant, cocoa beans, and the husks to make tea. the 40 local women who have joined the cooperative are now earning an income for themselves and their families. for a 5th, i used to only work occasionally when i didn't make much money for but since i joined the co-operative that's changed, i can and the equivalent of 4 here is 50 every day. i'm happy because thanks to the

co-operative, i'm now independent. the majority of ivory coast's $26000000.00 population work in the agricultural sector. 40 percent of the world's cocoa comes from the west african country. every year, around $25000000.00 tonnes of shells and bean husks end up in garbage dumps or are burnt. producing more goods from. this is good for the environment and enables families in the village to earn more from their harvests. we both have a fair ball, but i believe we need to increase the value of our cocoa to give it more credibility overall. with my approach, it is the women who are involved in this aspect. their inclusion will make a real difference here. they will improve the cocoa value chain. something that until now was the province of men. but there julia is making a delivery to

a small shop in abidjan that sells the cooperatives products. the flavored cocoa, beans, spice mixes, and tea. the german development agency g.i.c., helped to establish the contact among the organization's activities, a supporting sustainable initiatives to secure farmers' livelihoods across africa. but then she can be a role model for other women when it comes to expanding back ok, processing and developing new products through the juliet quasi has an apartment in abidjan in the kitchen. she cooks up her products and experiments with new ideas. just not the inspiration strikes when i'm in my kitchen. when i start one recipe, an idea for another one pops into my head. i don't know why it just comes naturally . and julie, an idea of getting more from cocoa ponds is catching on. the ivory coast government

is in the process of building a biomass, power generation plant that will turn the country's abundance of coca production, waste into electricity. another young woman who has built up a solid agribusiness company is featured in our next report to last set up a somewhat a new use of farm and they will be, it breeds flies, flies. these insects are very popular with us here. it's but the last is, so we've got the black, sort of like, in fact deserve some respect. this container is full of black soldier, fly luvvie. many might find them disgusting. but for talaash hybris, they were the basis of the business idea. she had 2 years ago. we think in 2nd prize a company of the future because we are aware sustainability and profitability meet . and more importantly,

we see the beauty within the beast. and i think you should too. and that beauty lies in the larvae, loving garbage and feasting on organic waste. what goes in one end comes out the other as nutrient rich fertilizer. farmer douglas has been using it on his fields. he says, the quality of the soil has improved and that using the 1st eliza has financial advantages as well, helps and in reducing the production costs cause what happens is that the crops grow healthy and very fast. so opportunist, insects and diseases are not given a chance that they stay in the farm growing period that you paid for for the farm. kenya's capital nairobi generates about 3000 tons of waste every day. 60 percent of it is organic, such as spoiled, produce from markets. when it rots it emits greenhouse gases as me thing. the

insect farm in nearby limerick can take about 20 to 30 tons of that daily organic waste. after the glass in a soldier, fly larvae have gorge themselves until they're nice and plump. they are dried and ground into a high protein powder that can be fed to chickens. pigs. it's more environmentally friendly than fish meal production, which is a significant contributor to overfishing. there's another reason why interest in the insect based feed has grown during the current coronavirus pandemic when the borders are blocked off. to bring in fish meal into the country, fish meal is our main competitive product. so times in the end, uganda withheld or took longer to cross the border, meaning that the demand for black soldier flies went up because black soldier flies are an alternative to fish meal. the company employs about 60 people for some,

it's provided an unexpected career opportunity. well, this is a question mostly because of i think it's passion and fullfillment working with tyler chivers, who studied international food and agribusiness has already expanded operations and now also raises crickets, nutritious and delicious. they won't just be feed for animals, but humans to yet prove that we should think more highly of the 6 in funked these creatures can be our friends helping us to save resources and dispose of what's bought. unfortunately, plastic with that's right. sandra, it's a manmade problem. that we humans have to deal with ourselves. and there are many

on more projects and people in africa doing just that one association and big doesn't just collect used plastic. it also promotes recycling involving schools, local community professional waste collectors, and even artists. let's see how far they've come for treats the augusta and her family live in beta. collecting plastic waste is how she makes a living but treats. here is one of the around a 100 ways collectors working for 2 recycling associations in bayda. every day they take what they've collected to the women's ngo, unsolved to the group's aim, is to provide both practical assistance for women and protect the environment. polina kaner is the president and has led the organization since it was established in 2013. this is an association focusing on women with low incomes.

so what we do is basically focus on recycling. that not only gives women an income, but also helps to keep our city cleaner. and most of them together, the women manage to gather around $1.00 tons of waste every month at the recycling center, workers sort of package it ready for transport. after that, it gets sent to an industrial recycling plant for processing this community used to be very dirty with all the plastic waste. now i see a real difference in terms of cleanliness, but that means you don't find much waste in this area anymore. so the collectors have to go further to find material for recycling as there's no longer enough around here. the group to is part

of the mozambique association of recycling or more the association is working to set up an efficient waste management and recycling system in mozambique. so far, 6 regional organizations are taking part and more have signaled interest in joining when a more started in 2009, the concept was new in the south east african country. now 10 years down the line, the attitude towards waste has changed or has changed a lot here since they started their activities and i was a big fan. they've brought a whole new perspective as regards to cycling. and they've also introduced new infrastructure before we had huge amounts of plastic waste, but we didn't know what to do with it or how to process it. we are recycling is one of the private companies that also profit from the growing

interest in cycling. they sell on the salty materials to a local company to transform them into furniture. and many other useful items are more says that between $4.60 tons of waste are being recycled every month. that might sound like a lot, but it's actually only the plenty of 2 percent of the overall waste produced in mozambique. so there's still a long way to go to make effective waste management a reality on a large scale. if we want to reduce the amount of plastic in circulation, we have to recycle it and cut down the amount we use in 1st place. here already who are fickle, we have plenty of ideas about how that can be drawn. join us next time for more green ideas on initiatives, but for now it's goodbye from the conservation foundation. lagos. see you next week, silva liotta. it is a time for me to say goodbye as well. but one last thing, things staying in touch and visit us on our social media platforms. you can find us

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