join us on a magical journey through the. little max. in 60 minutes on d w. they want to know what makes the devil. just look at the joy. i'm batting going away from. a living outdoors. and everyone was laid a holding everything. getting are you ready to meet the germans then join me right just do it under a w. had to know everyone good to see you it's a beautiful day here in lagos not sunny but just the way we like it now did you know that too much of its official life can have a negative effect on our health on the world around us so you didn't think of that

we'll have more on that later on on the show welcome to the environment show eco africa a military way identity kind of park in lagos now let's see what's coming up on the show today. we'll take a look at a cleverly designed and envisioned free street sweeping devising gonna. find out why farmers in the netherlands are big fans of bad see. and hear about how people in the ivory coast are protecting baby turtles. and now we're off to kenya the east african country has a high domestic energy demand i mean many sectors including the team the street people are kings of find alternatives to fossil fuels kenya is africa's leading producer in cary coal country there are several t. processing companies that are using sustainable energy sources from the local area let's go have some tea.

when the sun shines the rolling land. comes. into. this special climate here makes its king his most important growing region. really has a plantation here he's one of hundreds of thousands of small will the farmers who make a living. t. is the place to source of income the main source of income i have the bullies completed from and i've been to. 4 points of support he's on the. eastern. pointed to that of a sunny day factory here workers divide up the leaves in 2 batches and prepare them for the drying process. the factory uses

a great deal of firewood but because of deforestation wood is becoming less class resource in the region. so the factory has begun replacing it with a brick it's made out of sugarcane residue you. about the compactor more to grow a lot of storage space and very it's also very easy to transport them no less bulky and from units you know we talked with kurt we were able to get it more in a given road. liberal get some meat in a nearby 5 tree the i made of sugar can find us a west product that is left over in sugarcane production sugar factories often dump the residual at the roadside where each lot and emits the greenhouse gases come on the yolk side and me thin. but in this processing plant it is turned into a funny bone resource fasts the sugarcane residual is dried and shredded. then

it's pressed into greek it's system made out of a west product no additional land has to be put under cultivation. brasier diaz chavez is an expert for sustainable energy and has been assessing the environmental benefits of briquettes. b.c. same language circular economy so this is what we want to promote with bio energy and bio khana me how you can really have a rounded cycle for biomass back to the tea factory it has been able to replace one 5th of its firewood with. and at the t. factories are following suit training their workers on how to make this week the hope is that one day they will be able to face out firewood completely.

if they succeed it will help preserve the remaining woodlands and protects the habitat of numerous animals and plants it would also benefit to the tea plantations and pharmacies. the rule. is that when they use the brigades the company. uses the expensive and this is money and the money saved goes to the promise for the environment and the team produces in kenya to bring sustainable solution which potential the potential to make kenya t. even. in germany like in many other places forest fires are a growing problem so understanding how best to help forest recover i regenerate is more important than ever a group of scientists decided to see what would happen if a force destroyed by fire well left more or less change own devices to several yes

we may think we are vast in many ways but as is so often the case when given the chance mother nature will heal herself even from damage caused by humans like us. whether beech trees maples or estens janette blue murder and. are always glad to see a new member of the family arrive about 12 months ago the 2 researches began documenting changes big and small to this section of a forest ravaged by fire. the dust. we got what we hoped for i mean the ecosystem is starting to recover and certain species are quickly appearing and spreading such as these aspens they've now brought about changes to the area that are in turn helpful for other species. good 6 and in august 28th seen a forest fire raised almost 4 square kilometers of woodland outside the town of

twine pleats in eastern germany an area larger than 500 soccer pitches the usual practice after a forest fire is to clear the entire area and replant trees as seen on this private land but not in this case thanks to a government funded project here dead trees are left standing. local forest think it is testing an alternative solution removing most of the dead pine trees and planting other species in their place the idea is to create a mixed forest that's also home to oaks poplars and other deciduous trees. to me so i can i 1st want to just see which species of tree i could use and how old they need to be before being transplanted carrying out tests is important to get the full picture 1st. and that's when the forest abroad in the expertise of these

researchers they're here to find out the best way for a forest to be able to regenerate and become more climate resistant with or without human assistance. the researchers take a hands off approach limiting their work to observing which plants and animals settle in the habitat it's a rare opportunity. it's now standard procedure to see to it that we repair the damage that humans have done all too frequently we do not give nature the time or space to do that itself and that deprives us of the chance to learn from nature to forgive him for all the shaughs the one. among the things they have learned is that in addition to providing shade dead wood also in the hands of the soil when it falls to the ground it creates more humus which gives the soil more

moisture the work is carried out on his test areas is on a smaller scale that is common in conventional forest management they're barely accessible by car and he's a wreck did a fence around the forest to keep the larger animals at bay he left a number of dead trees standing leaves have also been spread to keep the soil moist and protect it during drought year we're seeing large scale forest fires in the region and that's going to continue so we need to learn how to respond to. that and that's why researchers in that blue murder is here she's been collecting data on soil humidity and temperature which plants and animals settle there and how all these factors impact on the ecosystem 8 other research institutes are also involved in the project the data gathered over the project's 5 year time frame is being collected at her university and has filed a near bilin but it happened habits like death data shows that natural reach even

nation far exceeds the number of trees planted by humans. we've seen up to 3 times the amount. naturally resettling compared to the prying or oak trees that were planted on the area. after i think a flattened wooden. the researches are also part of an international network they are eager to hear about the experiences of colleagues in the u.s. and mediterranean countries and to learn if and how forest ecosystems can be made more robust. starts and if you wish to go and starts cooling our work is really important it can help us to compare biomes or large ecological zones so that we can discuss common patterns or and also told. one thing a number of studies show is that even the remains of trees killed or damaged in

severe fires help the forest ecosystem rebound which supports the argument of letting nature be. now we are equal africa love people who take initiatives to help protect the environment our next report looks at a young innovator gonna who has a truck with of a finding cost effective solutions and sustainable wants to be the problems facing his community his latest suit will bring jobs a bicycle that doubles as a little sweep here's this week's doing. this is no ordinary thought i can trade on. this weeping bicycle collects trash as it travels the streets of a crowd on its inventor frank doctor is on a mission he wants to help clean up ghana's capital. but i'm not happy you're gonna go outside. and i see so many robberies from

a grown up to so sad and i want to see someone nice come i'm going to come to book and i'm on i feel like painting but i want it off in very same so really is my new invention i am i believe i come if i can do it i can all i can put an end to something to do that to restate the risk on the streets. he puts his sweeping bicycles together from discarded bikes and scrap may so. it takes the south to engineer around a month to complete one. it's just one of several inventions he's working on. from dhaka and hopes he will one day own a factory and his eco bike idea will sweep across the nation. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. after doing your bit. sharing

your stories. pollution is a problem all over the world and comes in a range of forms some obvious like plastic waste in our rivers and oceans all of a cloud of smoke billowing out of factories but even some things we consider useful can be the souls of pollution and have their own kind of impact on our wellbeing we shed a little light on the issue in a new segment called eco day. gazing at a sky resplendent with stars. something many people around the world are sadly no longer able to enjoy. and advance thanks to artificial light while there were no up to date figures available in 2014 the skies over hong kong

were already 82 times brighter than they might be naturally. we suffer sleep deprivation from too much artificial light including that committed by smartphones. it also disrupts the orientation of nocturnal birds and insects. our energy consumption could also be cut drastically by ensuring responsible outdoor lighting. for starters it would help if advertising signs and building facades weren't eliminated all my long. and if night time lights were used only for the places where it's really needed. some cities have already committed to minimizing artificial light such as fulda in germany it's among the $29.00 places so far to earn recognition as international dark sky communities. cities like these make it possible to see the

starlit sky again and reset the. body clocks of us creatures to their natural rhythm. doctors not only helps us get a better night's sleep it's crucial for maintaining a balance in nature light pollution poses a serious threat. to scenes like bots however scientists in the netherlands seem to have found a solution to this by creating special refuge areas for the flying mammals and that isn't to keeping the bats safe they also make sure the. system is preserved. if there's one. and then especially on a figure at least. far away from the bright lights of amsterdam dr commute is after creature that likes to operate under the cover of darkness.

he is studying how lights are affecting bats so far his team has found that the 19 species of bat found in the netherlands react in widely different ways. and that's have a very strong response to light there's actually driven by mostly by fear of predators so if you're about that flies very slowly you better hide away and don't show yourself in the light because it's it's risky however if you're a bat that flies very fast and is very well it don't need to be afraid that much for predators so you actually like taking away. from the slow flying species and explain giving it to these already common. but species and that's what of course not a good thing in terms of biodiversity you actually reducing biodiversity. nocturnal

species are sensitive to the blue range of light as they have evolved to use the moon to navigate the brighter the blue the more distracting it is to test how species respond to other parts of the spectrum the researchers have put up almost $200.00 lamp posts around the country that shine a range of colors. if you take away the blue part of the spectrum and and compensate by a bit more rats which you actually see here. it may actually be less intrusive for these not the most species not all species may not perceive this like this intense and that's exactly what we have observed. the world over brightness and luminosity are growing at a rate of 2 percent per year. as the night gets more illuminated studies are linking light pollution to destructive natural cycles as well as mental health

in humans. and there are outside eindhoven farmers undercut and carlos face are also members of the community fighting for darkness and its bouts for reasons of their own we try to. kill well you know harmful insects in the natural way so we use. insects to cool to kill other insects and that's where also the bats common because birds eats lotsof sherry 1st and 1st they actually eat the roots off to fruit trees especially the apple trees and so if the bets eat a lot of schaefer's we don't have those terrible groups in the ground eating our roots to treat so. that's why we like bats. that work is

natural pesticides and iron essential part of how the ecosystem of the altered functions of. this farm even has a back hotel to make the mammals feel extra welcome. you can see over here. that is that there are bets living in the back total because this is what's over on the move. there excrements their pool. the community around has installed a special back friendly lights in the area to make sure the animals stay put as night falls. if you don't eat. around 10 pm the bats check out of the hotel and disposed through the farm ready for a meal and to play their role in the ecosystem. maurice donner's is a researcher and signifies that the company in the design the lights around the

orchard. you know. he explains that lighting is more than merely installing glowing lamps. signs that we need lighting but we do for you should do it in a sustainable way. so obviously energy efficiency. in . cradle to cradle solutions but also in the direct effect is fighting enough and you have to optimal effect on their own the whole ecosystem and not just on the people. but some districts in the netherlands have in fact become darker as a result of such initiatives as satellite images show giving some of its residents and its resident bats the beloved's night sky in back. like these beautiful birds returning to africa we head to a beach in the southwest could the watson meet another group of people who invest

a lot of time and energy to help keep animals safe is birds are having fun here in this case sea turtles these mayan reptiles spend most of your lives in water but often those lives depend on them surviving a treacherous call to this earth after hatching on the stand just as well they've got help us to help them make it safely on that epic little journey. darkness has fallen in granbury be a coastal village and take the every night these men are out star in the beach looking for sea turtles their wildlife conservation ists. by morning they fixed up around 30 baby turtles found in a nest. the tiny creatures would release here made these rocks. west on their way up like

a bad man they have been and look the part of the beach there in many rocks or places to take over so we look at them to the rocky sports where the can hike from we detest the song. and the lucky. ones have many not to unloose both on learned and now that you've got a lot of knowledge of the talent there is sound there are sharks and fish and on the beach craps all bets and snakes all prey on them all if they want a man in the filthy female sea turtles return to lance and they the eggs in the sand after 18 months in the freshly emerged hatch then scott on the cross the beach towards the sea may more than 5 percent to reach maturity the figure used to be even smaller of all the practices humans about father worst until just a few years ago sea turtles and the eggs we hunted in eats and in granbury the i always knew him i was a poacher i would to

a lot of them 5 or 6. we hunt them at night with my churches and torchlight watch it often with the help of dogs while you're still days when i see it talk to you feels like my baby brother or sister or my mother if you like family to me. the n.g.'s see em as been active in granbury obesity. 2010 i sensitized locals is one of its main challenges i maritime police play a big part in the project they supervise the region's waters and clamp down on anyone in the eagle a hunts and sea turtles. i was just like i macs and go away regularly inspect fishing vessels returning to land. in a depression at the pressure there are 2 types of fishermen visa guy me and swift fish

with nets so sometimes when they're fishing the catch turtles but they don't do it on purpose seeing elephant a lot. as well but they're also liberians who use fishing lines and trust their lines they can cook totals if the marine please don't catch them about a fisherman saw the tuttles sea in a property by and on the government. 6 maritime police patrol here in addition to monitoring illegal fishing they also raise awareness and distribute special nets provided by the c.m. that enabled her to sue a state capture. i these divers a 40 sea turtle but their intentions are strictly scientific their marine biologist and will overturn the reptiles of the sea in a few alice sea turtles are a threatened species the research is attach a g.p.s.

so they'll be able to keep tabs on the turtles feeded and migration habits. to me i. also if i may know almost nothing about their lives in the scene as well as where to spend 99 percent of the tunnel what it is difficult to research the how to get. the data collected will help in planning and . same in a conservation same for the species ultimately could do was environment ministry in cooperation with the engineers is working to turn the country's largest c to 2 nests in an area into a vast moving. it's amazing to think that those cute but helpless little creatures will grow to weigh as much as 700 kilo are you active in animal conservation yourself write and tell us about it you can find us on instagram twitter and facebook that's all for this edition of eco africa i hope you

enjoy the program to be sure to join us again next week and until their stay safe and be kind to others whether flora of allah. but the duck. duck. go for.

one twilight fall on their creativity. these artists are a night out in the truest sense of. their works writes from end it in the dark. and it shines brightly even when surrounded by darkness join us on

a magical journey through the night. well max. being 30 minutes on d w. young moroccan emigrants. going off the police will stop that. they know that the road is not a solution. they know their flight could be fatal. but going back is not an option. i'm on and gravity are stuck in the spanish border area. along side other young people there waiting for a chance that will probably never come. shattered dreams starts january 18th on t.w.

. the story of prejudice and propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards born after the 1st world war. he was an illegitimate child there were many of them knew from. their mothers or germans living in the occupied rhineland their fathers soldiers from the french colonies. suffered by simply s. africa german children had a hard time and because they were reminder of the german defeat. they grew up in a climate of wounded national pride and racism to fight the european computation felt that it was important to be white and to stay right if i supplied. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence we call

them the children. storage january 11th on d w. this is d.w. news live from berlin indonesian recovery teams located the flight data recorder of a passenger plane that plunged into the job a scene investigators hope the data will reveal why the aircraft went down just minutes after takeoff from jakarta with dozens of people on board also on the show

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