talking about 31 thing you will find homes are works of art beyond making us happy these are pieces can also draw attention to social issues like and bomb and so pollution in today's edition of doing your bit for the environment we meet unimpressive nigerian artists who sculptures do just that. lifelike creations made of sawdust. the material that's plentiful in lagos. to plentiful says nigerian artist. it's a sign of how many trees are being cut down nigeria's forests are shrinking the artist uses the sawdust to highlight the problem mixed with water it can be molded into all kinds of animals and insects from spiders to big cats animals are crying because. of living is being taken away by the

monkey to be a crime you do we don't exist. as corrupt creeps in awareness when governments where power to control. his works cost between 20600 euros apiece he sells them directly from his studio or online. all the late can lash a con has won numerous awards both for his works and his commitment to the environment. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your best. we share your story. we now talk about one of the world's greatest waste disposal services i'm talking about the one provided by ball shows these scavengers are not only willing the. you're to do the

dirty work of cleaning up caucuses found in the wild of course near to it and did you know that there are 23 different species of the bot of course there was suddenly 4 too many of them they are under 3 bought the foxy's the vultures play a vital role in keeping ecosystems healthy which makes them well worth protecting let's take a look. over the health of africa's 11 vultures species artists hearing on the brink of extinction the environmental and nature kenya has been observing the developments in east africa it's distressing because without these scavengers dead animals would rot wherever they dropped and that could upset. what is a very much important in. cleaning the environment we call them the lettuce and atika the clean the environment all the dead carcasses and by doing these they stop

the spread of diseases diseases like rocks. and all that nature kenya introduced a vulture conservation program and the messiah mara nature reserves in 2014 it's a mystery spread awareness of the crucial role vultures play. this group of must i work is nature kenya's vulture ambassadors they explain to villagers when a dead cow all go to spoil i grew chemicals in order to kill competitors that threaten their livestock all of the animals that feed on the caca poisons that include vultures so as i travel into i usually go my region for example in my location i usually go 210100 quite a flick when there is a fluke. but before it's place and we we actually sometimes take the carcasses of those. lost to kill animals and we put them aside and you can.

actually talk to the owner of the animal no 2 ways when. support from villages and their leaders is key to the n.c.a.a.'s campaign the assistant chief of one village tells us that battles between humans and animals are an ongoing issue in the area. there is a lot of conflict. well leopards people out are getting killed by elephants and lions trapped in the present a serious challenge for us here a bit of a conflict incident have awareness of i mean to be to a few. but too often the main victims of these conflicts are vultures and that's the environmentalists message to put an end to the agonizing that nature kenya also cooperates with the mara reserves ranges. i think the biggest challenge is the issue of reporting. cases of poisoning we normally don't get

a lot of reports from the community because they know that it's a crime and so a lot of this case is go unreported. but it's reported the cases would get becomes evasion is the chance to save the birds that's why keeping communication channels open is important and. also supported by bird live international the program is focused mainly on east africa because that's where vulture death rates are especially high the campaign's push to improve the exchange of information is now starting to yield results we're getting reports on a human to live conflict and also responses to. what voices because and and by these some voices have been saved because there is. poisoning response protocol that is being followed in case of in the.

incident. this year and international initiative was launched with the goal of reducing vulture most sadducee in africa by 50 percent within the next decade. but for it to work it's vital that the local communities are also on board right. so true you need to more to think to communities to take part in the vision activities especially when it gets to plastic so many cities are drowning in litter and plastic is not biodegradable it just hung around for many years in ever smaller pieces and particles so raising awareness is the name of the game let's go to senegal to meet a master at drawing attention to the problem which during coronavirus period is easier said than done. oh.

model for has had to change tack in his fight against plastic waste with the world in the grips of a pandemic he's only 2 right now is his smartphone but that's not likely to draw nearly as much attention. this is what he surely looks like it's in a girl's most ring on and a plastic complaint for more than 15 years he's been going around schools neighborhoods and markets like this one in the car and swapping plastic bags for paper once instead the remains of work are. what some people are put off by his unusual appearance he usually gets his message across. with the good news out of a man ok don't take this bugs you just want to show a little town a t.v. star blasting and use this instilled. more he ties the plastic bags he gets to his suit to stop them from polluting the environment. like many cities in the world has a plastic pollution problem i don't 10 percent of the cars worst is plastic best

and most of it ends up in the streets model for oil doesn't hesitate to engage people in conversation is made you know goodness so she's already switched to paper cuts. through an association he heads out more do wants to achieve a 0 was sent a goal and help people. immortality is such as making their own bugs out of fabric something that's relatively easy to do here so. i literally wonder if. everyone can do it go to the fabric stand and buy some fabric ask a tailor to make you a bag when it gets a bit dirty you can wash and reuse it several times it's much better than using a plastic bag that took one second to make 20 seconds to use and will cause 400 years of pollution are probably very minute these are still. more deuce passion

for environmental protection began after he completed his military service returning to the car he thought the city looked like a huge damn sight he had to take action people thought he was crazy including his family but today his wife lisa couldn't be prouder of water husband has achieved in 10 to 16 the country's president awarded him the national order of merit more due has also helped his community plant around 600 trees and according to the slogan one house rountree it's been a long campaign but now many have come around to do so we of thinking even the government is getting serious about enforcing the laws about single use plastics. i'm not telling myself to stop entirely but i have to carry on the fight and push the authorities there's still a lot to do a book with a city. over it could take another 20 years before we pick up all the tapes

of plastic in the ground and i'll be behind the youth encouraging them to be an example in this. case of. one. once they couldn't of a rest restrictions a live to do will be able to continue his work in honest in the meantime perhaps the growing awareness of hygiene will go somewhere. towards winning the battle against plastic waste. well. it is good to know that we can all make a difference even in small local ways sadly that is all we healthfully today or africa we hope you've enjoyed the show as much as we did it is a goodbye from me sunda to know you from compiler the capital of uganda and i'll be looking forward to seeing you once again next week we look forward to being with you for a new edition of eco africa next week in the meantime you can visit us on social media or send those your thoughts on environmental issues are concerned you goodbye

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