the solution for in suffolk monarch. love fantasy was to live. up. to some of the. secrets of the kiss starts december 26th. up. hello everyone and welcome to. the environment show. coming to you from 0 and joining me of course is my colleague sandra hello sandra hi neal and

hello everybody thank you all for joining us on the program where we look at stories on how to make planet greener and thereby making it better well here's some of the stories that we'll be looking at today. here about a simple environment projects what is having a big effect in ghana. we will meet a scientist in germany looking to replant land devastated by oil mining. and we'll see how we doing in egypt are returning to him was a stain of a way of life. but we begin in rhonda where the prolonged use of illegal on regulated fishing gear to the collapse of fish stocks a number of lakes have been left severely understocked and that has they to an increase in money attrition among the local population prices on the local market are also raised an over the last 2 decades and that trend is expected to continue

if fish production is not stimulated so rhonda has embarked on a vast operation to restock its 24 lex we went to see how things are coming along. to wonder on the eastern shore of lake hugo it may look idyllic but the fish is of finding more and more difficult to scrape by the lake is severely overfished is are some of the nearly 2 dozen lakes in the country lake hugo mainly contains the danes in various types of tilapia official figures say almost 900000 tons of fish report in its waters in 2018. accounted for 70 percent of one does in 10. but strokes a dwindling. in previous years if you could catch between 3 to 4 kilograms a day but it is ted you can spend

a week on the lake in it barely 2 kilograms. the fish market. because fully grown fish are increasingly scarce juvenile fish are also on sale even though it is against the law and the shortage is also leading to spiralling prices. the price of fish has increased a lot when ever the catch is poor the price pick up our business is in danger because the prices depend on the fish that is available to us. the drilling peace talks are also adversely affecting like he was a persistence this scientist is monitoring the water quality in guyton city the fish feed of is their numbers declined the guy is able to grow and he and it it's a vicious circle. get over that we create. a shadow on water on the top of the water which can. prevent oxygen to into. any

organisation or. to buy a bunch of the rwandan government aims to tackle the problem with an ambitious program to boost fish stocks. we are currently in the process of restocking to. movie or pan book and other declining few species across the lakes in rwanda. to love here reproduce in the shallows close to the shore. and that makes them highly vulnerable to illegal fishermen who need all the fish. one hatchery is in key gambia in the south of the country it breeds types of fish found in lead. across wonder this tilapia is protecting its christly has all spring in its mouth. we select a good sample of the fish from our lakes and rivers in bring them to these points

to re your tongue. to cause it to the when they reach reproduction age we collect their eggs in the hay cherry don't know who. eggs are being removed from these catfish the process does not harm the female. so up to sperm is added to the eggs taken into the incubation pool which is heated to the ideal temperature of 30 degrees celsius so the tiny catfish image so lake magus around just south east of the capital kigali he is one of the 1st place where the specially bred strike as being released catfish along with virus types of to at. least. twice a year there is a 2 month ban all makes to allow this talks to cover. bet it will fish as are also hoping that the fish stocks here will be replenished

these also some knowledge in that the problems are partly homegirl it is that not all fishermen abide by the rules some usenets with the mesh size so find they can be used for mosquito nets the trip everything they come across is a problem but i also think gold purity is have some responsibility they should impose stricter sanctions which are but penalizing the fish porches will not be enough to ensure that he will recover and there has to be a change in overall awareness if the fish populations be caped stable. traditional. 2 continents. one giant problem and when you get in on it to see it because you. take it. seriously if you believe. how will climate change affect us and our children.

at g.w. dot com slash water. to europe now where the lettuce report from the was made 2 logical going ization says the 2020 is said to be one of the shortest he is. rising temperatures are causing ice in the pool of existing melt and signals to rise threatening to wipe entire areas of the mup. that's right sondra and it's happening at an alarming rate it's all down to global warming caused by rising greenhouse gas emissions worldwide there are many strategies aimed at reducing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere planting trees is one of them but modern technology allows for other creative options to next report from iceland shows. what better place to save the planet from global warming than iceland it has energy to spare

everywhere the ground is in motion scientists call it an act of volcanic area. iceland or subs long realized that the country's hot springs can serve as more than tourist attractions. a half hour's drive east of the capital reykjavik lies to help to shape the power station it's been generating electricity and heat from steam since 2006. it's become one of the world's biggest geothermal power plants but there's another reason why scientists entrepreneurs and reporters are now fucking here. they want to meet with out a doctor the c.e.o. of a company called car picks it's working to reverse the greenhouse effect albeit on a small scale basically what's happening is that we're stuck in the office fair through this machine and the c o 2 steps to

a specific chemical they were sending this unit and so what comes out the back is so much cleaner in. the sphere. but let's go see it that. they began using this kind of vacuum cleaner for carbon dioxide a few years ago in one of the pumping stations at the outer doctor explains what happens to the c o 2 near him out on the ground by transporting. busiek to that was captured up to cut you want and it is sold in water and this is then what we inject into the subsurface 700 meters underground the c o 2 then reacts with the bass all drowned and is stored there permanently it's a method that works especially well in the volcanic rock here. this is a piece of yourself a quarter you see the c o 2 both feeling babies within them within the pulse of the factors but also on the

force so gradually this all of these these still open course can fill up with mineral lists you to depending on how much reenter. the technology is still very expensive it also consumes a lot of water and can only be used in specific terrain still card fixes convinced that this technology will eventually help to reduce the amount of c o 2 in the atmosphere worldwide few countries in the world are feeling the effects of climate change as acutely as iceland its once mighty glaciers are shrinking continually iceland's environment minister is taking action the icelandic government aims to make the country c o 2 neutral by 2040 to do this they're relying on new technologies and a belief in ancient sagas we have these stories and i some thought troll spit came stones when they if they were exposed the sun. has saved us 3 are trying to.

turn c o 2 into stone where us trolls swear. turn for the storm and good luck to some. good icelanders know they can save the planet on their own but they're developing technologies that other countries can also employ in the future and the idea that believing in elves and trolls can also help does not bother anyone here. and back to africa when young people get hold of a good idea and start putting it into action they can be unstoppable and when others see that it's making a difference words that gets around amber next thing you know they are on the africa doing your bit segments take a look at our heroes this week and got. these plastic bottles 5000 in all used to litter the streets of the crime now that part

of an effort to inspire people at the team a international school to join the recycling revolution the un usual trash collection center was set up by full school girls there was a lot of plus it's. under school. age looking i should be looking so you wanted to find a way to do. in this school and i. think girls spend 2 months collecting trash with the help of their fellow pupils from the streets to the beaches and in streams after being cleaned and sorted the bottles are strung together and stacked. recycling training consultant mike a family i would call has been providing assistance. plastics are around because we showed that they be poor and. of why this is

horrible and why it's hitting our environment the connected waste is sold to recycling companies with the proceeds helping to fund new environment projects at the school. then how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website forbes and disagree. after doing your bit. we share your story. the number of corn a virus cases in egypt has gone down significantly since the summer but the country's tourism industries yet to recover that's affected many bad things in particular who work for guides or take jobs in hotels and shops in the resorts along the right sea many of them decided to go back to their families and communities in the mountains often seeing all time to the upside to this radical

changes that they have returned to their traditional way of life in harmony with nature and the environment. in st catherine home of the job of the a bedouin covered 90 has brought tourism to a complete homes those walking in the industry have been left without income many jabaliya have been sent to a more traditional way of life some have gardens that are a 1000 years old so you had to somehow need has revised his family god into groups and. more than half the job really is here in st catherine working truism. so there are a few other jobs or ways to earn an income. so i have begun to live as our fathers and grandfathers did from our own gardens and the whole way. he grows various vegetables he also has some grafted trees a technique used widely here. this is a grafted tree we took

a bitter on a tree and grafted a plum tree onto it it's doing well. tending to fruit trees is a longstanding tradition amongst the jabaliya bedouin take a madman to do good and he owns one of the oldest gardens in the area and has been tending to it for decades. he's been encouraging other bedouins to return to their roots. of the modern urban lifestyle does not suit us it does not appeal to our nature our nature is better when we are there we are. the main challenge the bedouin face in the garden is the lack of rain. water is gone. this year winter brings food up the ground night aquifer but that isn't always the case the people here have to adapt to the water shortages. so i looked at

how you could what world's most here are all men's and pomegranate because they tolerate drowned. in the water we use is rain water from the wells. and sometimes there's rain sometimes there's none the altitude and weather creates an ideal microclimates for growing trees and vegetables and advantage over other regions in egypt. in drought periods when the wells don't provide an off irrigation water the better way in irrigate from wells high in the mountains. movement suited me better when elder with a vast knowledge of plants and trees is happy that people have returned to your gardens. if it was some fruit trees and some vegetables like tomatoes zucchinis plus other greens and have some livestock so they can get a bit of milk they don't need anything else from outside and how. he grows to stash

use then i'll move these provide him with a cash crop to generate income. stache arrows are expensive statutory can yield $15.00 to $20.00 kilos so that's good money at the expense of $2.00 not good money especially well here in st catherine left at the end of the visit oh new livestock growing food and keeping food is part of the jabaliya way of life now in views changed circumstances falling back on this traditional lifestyle is proving to be a lifesaver. we're off to the euro once more to a region in eastern germany where lignite or brown coal sometimes known as mined for decades the mining destroyed habitats leaving behind a desolate landscape look something like the surface of the moon. it is a string site. and you can guess nothing grows there at all but the result

conservations believe that these devastated areas can be replanted one biologist from the region is very keen to see them restored to the way in which a food. for decades extracting lignite coal from cost mines ensured energy supplies and provided jobs in this region in eastern germany but when burned lignite produces huge amounts of c o $2.00 emissions which makes it incompatible with germany's move towards green energy christina screw up in a village that was destroyed to make way for the mines today the biologist is helping to bring new life to the ravaged landscape this magic is part of a 1200 hectare conservation area where rare plants can grow undisturbed as a platonic as a but miss being here brings tears to my eyes it just warms my heart because it's so beautiful 90 percent of this vegetation is on the red list of threatened species

and dubbed to the green heart this was the 1st section of the former open cost mind to be restored in 2009 gretz is working in cooperation with a local cult company. i see these former mining landscapes as an opportunity for nature to huge spaces soley for plants and animals without any development. in the future the ecological restoration concept will be carried out in other spaces like solar parks the panels are often installed in fields with little plant variety but here a special blend of regional flowers are blooming not far from the open mind site gretz has a nursery where she and her team raise wild and rare flowers from regional and e.u. conservation projects here on her company's farm they produce various seed mixes unlike cultivated plants the seeds of the wild varieties aren't all ready for harvest at the same time so they collected by hand

a labor intensive job in the case of the great and that the fields have to be checked every day so as to catch the moment before the wind carries the seeds away . conservation law in germany requires that only regional seeds be used in such restoration projects. and grant says company is one of the 1st to offer them along with expert advice and plant rescue and anche relocation. nothing is considered too small. did its clients that every little thing in nature on this planet in the universe is somehow interconnected we belong together and that includes us humans. and if i lose a part of it is a part of the whole and a bit of myself. and that's where i get my motivation to read through an hour.

when international companies set up shop in africa all too often profit takes precedence over human rights and environmental concerns one community. particularly traumatic. experience when i recycle plant opened in the community the company extracted highly toxic lead from old bought treats many in the village became extremely ill the result local mother and activist families begun addressing the issue publicly because through the courts on the plant closed on competition for local residents africa paid a visit. every time phyllis or me told me turns to over we know who she gets a heartfelt welcome as people briefly discards the usual coronavirus precautions.

for residents of this informal settlement on the outskirts of mombasa the eco activist is a heroine but it was. her fight is one that began over 10 years ago behind this wall a factory that recycled old car batteries many of them from western industrialized nations but the ultimate cost was borne by the residents of all we know who their health this is where the pollution plant was. that she knew was going up but you see mitt lead is a heavy metal so it got going the way it used to go up and logged back into the community. in 2007 she was hired by the factories owners to oversee relations with the local community only to see her 2 year old son fall ill due to lead poisoning other villagers also reported symptoms over 200 of them died more than 30 of them children this is their last modest resting place.

we have battered more than children who have already been born lived and died in this area from lead poisoning had to children. in this cut it is. decided to take action and to challenge the corruption injustice and lies her efforts earned her a series of death threats but after years of campaigning for the people of all we know she was also rewarded with the closure of the plant in 2014. progress that came too late to change much for i remark keamy her thyroid gland is still swollen and her blood still contains more than 80 times the amount of lead considered on safe 10 years ago her father and brother worked in the plant extracting lead from the used car batteries when they came back home irene would wash their clothes. even before the tests i suffered

a lot. i would get sick with a fever all the time. and sometimes i'd hallucinate and sometimes my body would shake so hard i was on able to hold anything in my hands and. then when i received the test results i was told i had 420 micrograms of lead protest leader in my blood i was so traumatised and i think that anything over 5 micrograms per deciliter is considered high the religulous work of phyllis or mido and her fellow activists brought a further breakthrough in the summer of 2021 they want a class action suit against the factory owners and the kenyan environmental authorities the community was rewarded 1300000000 kenyan shillings or 10000000 euros the compensation is yet to be paid to the residents of a we know who due to an appeal by the defendants remains confident i'm looking

forward to a day when everyone you know little who would be able to receive treatment at. new doctors here. does in this community. it's sitting there people i'll call you here and we'll be remediating the community changing the out she's giving it a facelift and giving the children the much needed health care that they need. the judge overseeing the case also ordered the government to remove the lead from the ground and water of a we know we're paid the cost $1.00 day soon the community will hopefully be able to enjoy healthy lives again. that is it for today's show hope you enjoyed watching that you've learned something new about environment and why it is so important to take care of eats it is a good buy for me sunda to know go here in council or uganda and of course i'll be looking forward to seeing you once again next week. and it's good by for me to be

an object nigeria i'm now a tag if you want to know more or if you have ideas of your own then look us up on social media and rights as a method see you soon and make sure to tune in for the next edition of eco africa.

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