talking about 31 thing you will find homes our works of art beyond making us happy these are p.c.'s can also draw attention to social issues like and bio mental pollution in today's edition of doing your bit for the environment we meet i mean pressure of nigerian artists whose cultures do just that. lifelike creations made of sawdust. the material that's plentiful in lagos. to plentiful says nigerian artist well the lincoln lush a comic. 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 they didn't have this sort of living is being taken away by them i'm

thinking the crime you do we don't even. ask a christian witness. we have power to control. his works cost between 20600 euros apiece he sells them directly from his studio over on mine. all a con nashik on 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 can visit our website pull send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit so. we share your story. maybe. we don't talk about one of the world's greatest waste disposal services i'm talking about the one provided by ball chose these governors are not only willing they are eager to do

the dirty work of cleaning up the caucuses found in the wild of course 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 on the street but the fox vultures play a vital role in keeping ecosystems healthy which makes them well was protecting let's take a look. oh the health of africa's 11 vulture 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. undertaker the clean the environment all the dead carcasses and by doing these they stop the

spread of diseases diseases like rocks. and all of that nature kenya introduced a vulture conservation program in them aside mara nature reserves in 2014 it's a mr spread awareness of the crucial role vultures play. this group of must i work is nature kenya's vulture ambassadors they explain to villages where the dead cow all go to spoil chemicals in order to kill parent says that threaten their livestock all of the animals that feed on the caca poison that includes north to vultures so as i travel into. my region for example in my location i usually go to the talk on one of the conflict when there is a conflict. but it should be for its place and we we actually sometimes take the carcasses of those. animals and we put them aside and you can.

actually talk to the or know that i am not always with. support from villages and their leaders is key to the ngos 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. leopards people outside getting killed by elephants and lions don't get presents a serious challenge for us about conflict incident awareness of i mean to beautiful . but you 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 call parades but 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 i keep in communication channels open is important. 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 campaigns push to improve the exchange of information is now starting to yield results we are getting reports on not human to live conflict and also responses to. a lot of voices because and and by these some voices have been saved because there is. poison in response protocol that is being followed. case off in the. poisoning

incident. this yeah an international initiative was launched with the goal of reducing vulture mortality 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 big to communities to take part in conservation activities especially when it gets to plastic so many cities are drowning in later and the 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 monster drawing attention to the problem which during coronavirus period is easier said than done. the old.

model for oil has had to change tack in his fight against plastic waste with the world in the grips of up and make 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 more do it in a girls mostly non anti plastic complained for more than 15 years he's been going around schools neighborhoods in markets like this one in the car and stopping plastic bags for paper once instead of the remains of work there. when some people are put off by his unusual appearance he usually gets his message across. with a new trial for. a man ok don't take this bugs you just want to show a little town a team to stop blasting and use this is little. 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 gas intensity to engage people in conversation is made you know goodness so she's already switched to paper cups. through an association he heads out more do wants to achieve a 0 was sent to go and help people. turn it is such as making their own bounce out of fabric something that's relatively easy to do here so. i literally wondered 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 big 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 cost 400 years of pollution are probably very many did ms are still recovering. 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 put 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 according to the slogan one house one tree it's been a long campaign but now many have come around to lose weight of thinking even the government is getting serious about enforcing the laws about single use plastics for. them with i'm not telling myself to stop entirely but i have to carry on the fight and push the authorities still a lot to do a book with a city that i love 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 commerce. and. once the curtain of a rest restrictions are lifted more duke will be able to continue his work in honest in the meantime perhaps the growing awareness of a gene will cause some. towards winning the battle against plastic waste. so. 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 for me sunda to know you from kampala 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 us your thoughts on environmental issues are concerned you goodbye

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