what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore world heritage sites. w world heritage 363 get out now. welcome to global 3000. come water is the corona virus is giving the marine life a much needed break. stronger together how blind musicians of coping with covert 19 mr actions in cairo. but 1st empty island bali is longing to see a return of the holiday makers. sun

sand sea for many that's what vacations are all about before the pandemic tourism was one of the world's most important economic sectors making up 10 percent of global economic output providing one in 10 jobs worldwide. the indonesian island of bali takes in around $17000000.00 u.s. dollars from tourists each year and almost 100000 locals are engaged in the tourism industry but the pandemic has hit the tourism sector hot 2020 saw an 80 percent drop in international vacations worldwide so far bali has managed to struggle through but it's hoping for better days soon. farming seaweed is not exactly get a dream job until march last year he was working as. the diving instructor on body

. back when all the tourists left the island the 43 year old had no choice but to go back to cultivating seaweed. whole life has changed dramatically it's a lot easier to earn a living and to resume with seaweed you can just about survive and if you've got beds you can only pay something towards them once every $2.00 or 3 months. to much . nowadays he only makes half of what he used to earn and then only in a good month it's the same put tens of thousands of. instead of lucrative jobs in a booming tourist industry they've had to fall back on. the. train and see it's not so bad in the early morning before it gets hot but when i have to go out with the boat 5 to 10 times enough to carry the heavy seaweed it wears you down whereas in tourism you can step into

a nicely air conditioned hotel and it's much easier. these 2 on the other hand have plenty to smile about the vienna valet and you had a wrapped up in the 1st session for social media for 3 years they've been roaming the world as travel influences their income by advertising for it to operate his right now bali is their home they were admitted on business visas and plan to stay until may. since we don't have a fixed address and we know another lockdown was coming the question was what do we do obviously we have to work photography is our job which we couldn't do in europe right now with a lockdown. so while there are 330000 followers enjoy a cold winter lockdowns the couple confront it in a colorful dream world. they want to maintain their market ability even if it's hard to earn money at the moment. their aim is to position themselves for the time

after the pandemic. your muffin off name by marie doing some social media management for other european companies that we're still working for and we've still got our savings from last year with living costs being so much lower here than in germany it's really no problem to be spending our time here. europeans and australians aren't being allowed into bali to go surfing at the moment but an estimated 7000 opted to stay here when the pandemic reached bali's beautiful shawls they mostly digital nomads like book from the netherlands only needs a laptop for her work like many she ignored warnings to leave indonesia come back home these are are your last chances it's going to be unsafe to stay we are. a lot of people left and that was strange because it went from a really busy community to empty and

a little bit scary too because you like. the business consultant had only just moved to bali from new zealand when the pandemic started initially work was scarce a lot of companies were forced to cut costs but cook says things are improving again and her customers are now used to have video calls from bali. i think we're going in a digital way and not working in an office from 9 to 5 is going to be a more accepted way of working i think there's going to be more flexibility both from every 4 years we've seen that ok it will expand people are not in a physical location but also i think people will want more freedom. today put santa and his family are simply hoping to make it through the crisis they pray the pandemic will soon pass and he can go back to teaching people to die. but his wife will definitely continue farming. as

a source of extra income that's over he decided. to. go with a good income from tourism i suppose we used to live a little beyond means now we're having to learn to live on a tight budget even when covert is gone we need to keep that in the back of our minds. through. digital nomads and balinese alike dreaming of a fresh start after the pandemic. but the hardships of covert 19 clearly very evenly distributed. 29000 more than 90000 ships crisscross stop planets oceans their engines and propellers filling the waters with a constant bust of sounds such noise pollution can be very stressful for marine life take whales they use sound waves to communicate with one another across vast areas to locate food sources so find

a mate widespread human generated noise has reduced their communication range by as much as 90 percent some whales lose their bearings and can end up stranded on beaches. long range acoustic devices used to locate oil reserves and military sounds like kate has a particularly problematic louder than jet aircraft they can damage and whales hearing the pandemic induced calm has been a blessing to alice. an old refer bush trawler heads out to the sea near the norwegian port of undiminished it's not on a fishing expedition but a whale watching trip and it's carrying 50 expect to tourists on board sightings have become less frequent in recent years growing noise levels are driving the giant marine mammals away heard of a little noise spreads differently on the water compared to on land on the whales

failed. most whale species are highly sensitive to noise even at considerable distances. also we have to be very careful not to generate much disturbance while maneuvering. the roof we've been installed in ultra quiet propellers. over. the seabed drop sharply near the low 40 islands making the waters here an ideal habitat for whales. all over the globe the volume. marra time traffic has risen steadily in recent years from trawlers to cruise liners and cargo ships and even submarines the noise has an irritating effect on whales similar to tinnitus and humans and it impacts their behavior dramatically. when there were more you're a whole lot of movement in the water mains additional stress for the world's fishing boats can be a problem here because there are so many of them or something really even collide

with the whales especially in the winter when it's dark into the. but now the traffic has almost disappeared due to the corona virus pandemic. boy whale swimming around a mile away from here. and we should be able to hear it in a minute. and the ship's underwater microphone soon pick up the characteristic clicks which the whales use to locate food they've started there. and that she blows a sperm whale maybe 15 meters in length. and never excitement the tourists have trouble social distancing. all.

too in the extreme north of europe the pandemic has led to a big drop in cruise liner traffic. most of the ships remain morte for maritime research as those calm waters mean a welcome opportunity to deepen their understanding of the world's oceans further south scientist guy who owns and has been studying life to noise pollution in the sea for years the positive influence of the lockdown can be observed right ahead in trondheim fjord. devil get in quartus no i did. recently spotted 2 or 3 pilot whales well that's not enough for an empirical analysis one thing's for sure i've never seen pilot whales so close to the city center tonight they're going to. the researches use this device to assess the water quality off the coast of trondheim this is a standard procedure but the team also have other more ambitious things in mind.

they want to find out what impacts this unaccustomed silence is having on the underwater world and on the behavior of everything from the tiniest organisms to huge whales. how they hunt and find food and how they communicate now undisturbed by human make noise. colleagues of your own sense of also installed a network of underwater microphones in the atlantic in the north sea in the wake of coronavirus restrictions noise levels have dropped by up to 25 percent in some places the researchers reckon it hasn't been this quiet in perhaps 150 years. that the meek shank's a little something to hold on to him over us researchers this is a unique opportunity they're shipping traffic might be gradually increasing again but for months there was practically no human activity on the water you interests

if the researchers want to show how good this break is banned for life or underwater. but in the extreme north of norway nature has a treat in store for the tourists a part of pilot whales. they are known to pop up now and again in these arctic waters but it's rare to see this many is so close. sure and there it's important to appreciate in true value of these creatures or i notice that every day the really over the sea of the sea is so rich in life and it's so beautiful to come out here and show people the whales but we do have to be mindful of protecting nature. that rich a ray of life is enjoying the relative peace here at least for the time being. an estimated 40000000 people around the world

a blind or visually impaired those who can't see rely heavily on other senses such as hearing or touch being without sight does not necessarily mean being socially isolated however a love of music has brought a group of visually impaired women together in cairo egypt's only blind or castro is determined to keep making music despite the coronavirus restrictions. a sense of light at the end of the tunnel after months living withdrawn in her cairo home. he's beginning to venture around the blind musicians mother is carefully guiding her through the city the coronavirus makes each exploratory fingertip a health risk. once her life back she wants to play again. of course on the smuggling and how we make music together rehearsals the church at. least in the middle east and i was frightened of losing my dexterity the guessing

all the compositions i spent so much time and effort on learning of the years thought the thing is know the joy of returning to a familiar setting my was only man went to school at the door while i'm out or like and hope association for many years she learned to play the violin there it was her chance to take control of her life in a society which tends to shun and sideline people with disabilities the 100 or more students here form a close community they go to classes play music even sleep at the institute the coronavirus cruelly rip them apart and away from their instruments which remained in the school but now they're back and hungry to practice for now anyway in small socially just unscrewed. well what i did then i'm so happy sitting around at home was terribly monotonous

and there was nothing to do on and this is our work and we all love it. but. the smell of disinfectant hovers around the rehearsal room half of the chairs empty the other musicians have to stay at home. the young women are out of practice now their conductor has his hands full. with 3 year old woman and i think that from we're gradually getting back to our old form but every single musician has to keep practicing to get there so that when the way it is in the hallway you're on the steering the light and hope association through troubled coronavirus waters is not an easy task concert revenues and donations have collapsed. been quite honestly i'm worried that we might have to

hold our activities here after so many years of. a concert is lined up after a 5 month forced break the chamber orchestra is nervous but full of anticipation as it makes its way through cairo back on the road in masks the official infection rate is low in egypt but recently cases have been skyrocketing here as well the number of unrecorded cases is thought to be high one more reason to make this an open air concert with a small audience and organized by the culture ministry. but the comments on the over the moon i miss the concert so badly that the atmosphere and experiencing everything together with my friends that was all of you.

a powerful and promising result. might. be cheap. today's young people of the leaders of tomorrow this week's global scene comes from brazil. my name is daniel and i'm 17 i live in actual ra and here brasilia.

i have a sister and a brother. my mother my father worked at are most likely possibility because the male part of my . truthfully sometimes yes and sometimes no but i always go. also. a police officer. asshole to our health actually granted that rhyme and people because they could

have more love in their hearts but you have to my eyes are more look at us oh. ok listen i want to graduate pursue my dreams. man i hope my mother. rising temperatures are causing deserts to expand around the world one region particularly affected is the sun hell in northern africa drought is common that you to a lack of rain a shortage of fertile land makes the area right for conflict mali for example has been mired in crisis for years our reporter france ventura paid a visit to the country before the pandemic for our global ideas series there he met

with the mayor of fun it has become an expert on climate change. there's only enough moisture in the sand for the butterflies even though the rainy season just ended. up doing. is the mayor of a town in southern mali. and. it wasn't his drawing 10 years ago now we can't write anymore we don't stop. we soon won't have any rain at all. to say. a few months ago mayor coulibaly got a phone call from the capital bamako it was an invitation to take part in a seminar on climate change one that the mayor was happy to accept. now for to me any. sort of i've been opposed to the destruction of our forests for a long time. but thanks to the workshop i learned even more about the consequences

of deforestation. it inspired me to do more to protect nature and the environment. to get us. up to that. is one of around $3500.00 officials in mali who have taken part in the climate change seminars these days protecting the environment is on the agenda of almost every council meeting. most of foreigners 30000 residents are poor and subsist on what the land gives them cotton is the most important crop here. but growing it takes a lot of water. the niger river is an important lifeline for mali and supplies the country with water year round. but it's too far away for the farmers and find out they have to depend on rainwater. now that rain has become scarce many local

farmers have begun selling charcoal. malise dependence on wooden charcoal for fuel is a major contributor to deforestation. funny and his brother my do are both farmers and also operate a small roadside stand. anymore because they're all here. we're not selling charcoal for fun. we know that climate change is real. and we do. it well and doesn't give us enough to survive on. if we had a choice would stop selling charcoal. but things may be changing thanks to the new insights the mayor gained at the workshop. those new ideas have won over shaken. he and his family ran

a small farm on just 2 hectares of land in recent years the harvests have been too small recently shake mamadou started planting different crops now his family can make ends meet without destroying the forest. and told us that fewer trees means less rain. that's why i decided to stop making charcoal and start planting trees. again live off the. trees from my nursery and grow eucalyptus trees that i sell for lumber. he's already sold more than $10000.00 seedlings. conservationism is taking root in fina ever since the mayor launched his environmental campaign. when i stand here and see this i get the feeling that we're on the right path in the fight against climate change. and. part of that

fight is helping farmers boost their harvest. at the workshop mayor coulibaly learned about new drought resistant seeds. he knows that people will move away if they don't have enough to eat. but. we realize that many people in the area were selling their farms and working in the gold mines because their harvest were too small. that's also a consequence of climate change. mamadou farm also thought about throwing in the towel and moving away his harvests had declined thanks to advice from climate change experts people. new millet seeds from farmer. they only need a single heavy rain to start growing and that made all the difference. be what

i used to only harvest one and a half tons of millet. with the new seeds i get 3 terms. that. the mayor knows that his work has just begun he plans to keep raising awareness in fana of the need to fight climate change. more people take up the fight against climate change here. and then we'll have lots of trees and plenty of rain again. it's very important so that the coming generations will be able to live the way our grandparents did. used to see wild animals near the town now they're gone because the bush has vanished even. if climate change continues life will only become more difficult for the people

here the desert will keep creeping ever closer to find out that's also something mayer coulibaly learned at the workshop. that's all from global 3000 this week but don't forget to write to us at global 3000 at d.f.w. dot com and check us out on facebook to d.w. global ideas on t.w. women seizing.

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