of. tending to fruit trees is a long standing tradition amongst the jabaliya bedouin take a madman today goony 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 rains filled up the blind eye to act with 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 drought of the more you know water we use is rain water from

the wells. sometimes there's rain sometimes there's none the altitude and weather creates an ideal microclimates for growing trees and vegetables an advantage over other regions in egypt. in drought periods when the wells don't provide enough indication water the bedouin irrigate from wells high in the mountains. movements to dignity a better way an elder with a vast knowledge of plants and trees is happy that people have returned to their 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 in the hollow he grows be statues in our limbs these provide him with a cash crop to generate income. stash areas are expensive

statutory can yield 15 or 20 kilos so that's good money but the armands are expensive too not good money and they grow especially well here in st catherine get into the busy. life stock growing food and keeping food is part of the jabaliya way of life now in this changed circumstances pulling back on this traditional lifestyle is proving to be a lifesaver. we're off to euro once more to a region in eastern germany where lignite or brown coal sometimes known was mined for decades the mining destroyed habitats leaving behind a desolate landscape look something like the surface of the moon. it is a strange sight. and as you can guess nothing grows there at all but there is hope conservations believe that these devastated areas can be replanted one biologist from the region is very keen to see them destroyed to the way in which

a food. critic aides extracting lignite coal from cost mines ensured energy supplies and provided job's 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 matter was part of a 1200 hectare conservation area where rare plants can grow undisturbed. for tonic as a botanist being here brings tears to my eyes 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 coal company. former mining landscapes as an opportunity for nature 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 for regional and conservation projects. 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 and labor intensive job. in the case of the grate and that way 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 ant relocation. nothing is considered too small. to just clients that being every little thing in nature and on this planet in the universe is somehow interconnected we belong together and that includes us humans hundreds or. and if i lose a part of it but i lose a part of the whole and a bit of myself. and that's where i get my motivation more to drive through one hour. when international companies set up shop in africa all too often profit takes precedence over human rights and environmental concerns one

community. had a particularly traumatic experience when a recycling plant opened in the community the company extracted highly toxic lead from ord by trees many in the village became extremely ill as a result local mother and activist finney's begun addressing the issue publicly. through the courts and the plant closed and want compensation for local residents africa paid her a visit. every time phyllis or mido returns to it we know she gets a heartfelt welcome as people briefly discards the usual coronavirus precaution which. the residents of this informal settlement on the outskirts of. mombassa the eco activist is a heroine. 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 is where was. she me while growing up but you see mitt lead as i have so it got going you used to go up and log back. 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 already been born. i'm died.

from lead poisoning. and this cottage is. what the 270 from this community. 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 who she was also rewarded with the closure of the plant in 2014. progress that came too late to change much for irene eki me her thyroid gland just 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 and i'm sure. even before the tests i suffered a lot. i would get sick with a fever all the time. and you sometimes i'd hallucinate and sometimes my body would

shake so hard i was unable to hold anything in my hands and. then when i received the test results i was told i had 420 micrograms of lead production leader in my blood i was so traumatized and i don't think i mean 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 2020 when 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 residence 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 i do when i come here and i'll call you and you'll see doctors here national doc does in

this community. sitting there people i'll call you here and mediating the community changing the giving it a facelift and giving the children the much needed healthcare that they need. the judge overseeing the case also ordered the government to remove the lead from the ground and water of a we don't know who or pay the costs one day soon the community will hopefully be able to enjoy healthy lives again. that is it for today is so hope you enjoyed watching but you've learned something new about environment and why it is so important to take care of it is a good buy for me between o.b.o. here in counselor uganda and of course i'll be looking forward to seeing you once again next week. and it's goodbye for me to be an object nigeria i'm now a tag way if you want to know more or if you have ideas of your own then look us up

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