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cheery you. decided a little secret in lady fuel economy. how will climate change affect us and our children. e.w. dot com slash water. bottle and protest in the netherlands at the start of the year people venting their anger against grown a virus restrictions demanding politicians to come up with a long term strategy to deal with a pandemic. easier said than done. in the chinese city of new han total lockdown broke the chain of infection today things are almost back to normal in the city with a pandemic began. while most countries in europe opted for temporary lockdown measures with mixed results some countries. like sweden decided to go easy on the economy

with many elderly bearing the brunt. and populist governments around the globe basically ignored the virus altogether again pushing up their country's mortality rate. and the economies and people are suffering all the same it's time for a silver bullet that ends the pandemic. hello and welcome to our covert 900 special on d.w.i. monica jones in berlin which is still in lockdown case numbers are going down slowly but the virus is still very much active so what's next could the no covert strategy be the answer to our press here's what it's about. a new plan proposed by scientists in germany aims to do more than just flatten the curve it could ready kate corbett 19 and help get things back to normal their plan basically consists of 3 elements. first they suggest that the government should enact

a rigid and efficient lockdown measures could include a stay at home orders travel bans and the closure of schools and kindergartens as well as all non-essential institutions factories and shops. government programs should be introduced to secure people's livelihoods apart from that all contact should be reduced to an absolute minimum the lockdown would stay in place until the number of new cases dropped a new lease iraq areas that don't register any new infections would be declared green zones in those zones the scientists say restrictions would be lifted and life would gradually return to normality. to prevent the virus from entering a green zone travel restrictions and quarantines would be imposed as well the green zones would gradually expand and merge until individual countries and ultimately

europe would be packed to normal. to keep infection numbers down or sororities or trace contacts expand testing and isolate new cases and local outbreaks of new infections would be controlled by strict measures in quarantine. the scientists say there are no covert strategy would be the best way to restore moral and fight coronavirus fatigue instead of ineffective flopped on measures that keeping extended it would offer a clear path towards normality. now earlier i spoke to professor elena kickbush a much sought after global health consultant who the renowned medical journal the lancet refers to as a global health reform up and i asked her about her take on this no covert strategy i think the key thing is that we are looking for a sustainable strategy that involves the population that is motivating

and that brings the different societal forces together we want to work together towards no cove we want to create green zones that allow people to live an ordinary life and we want to do away with this simplistic contradiction between the economy and people's lives because they really enter twines in so many ways so be a very keen to say this is a positive a motivational strategy and if we look to a stranger and see how people are living their lives now even organizing the australian open with thousands of spectators then it is this motivational goal that we want to work to right now before we look to stray let's 1st dissect a little bit to the sustainable approach i believe that this no cut it strategy

aims for an infection rate of below 10 percent why are these 10 percent suddenly coming from why why 10 percent. well it's the various calculations from the model that help us understand that because then of course the infection rates are pushed the reproduction rates low and we actually get an exponential reduction of infections and that also means that people can be traced if there is an infection then there are enough resources to actually try and find out who else where the infection has come from who else this person has been in contact with so it becomes a really manageable system it becomes transparent and one can work with each individual that is infected the loss or your numbers are all the more difficult it

is to have a tryst tracing strategy and that of course then in turn increases the incidence. once a region is below those 10 percent the strategy says it is a green zone but how do you keep that green zone contained do you do you close borders again to keep people from red zones out of their. well that is the strategy the strategy is even to have a source of competition that people want to get their everyday life back and if you're in the green zone that means if you act responsibly that you can actually move around again you can't let go of all restrictions we do recommend that for a significant period for example even in green zones people still wear masks but yes it is a strategy as we've learned from other parts of the world that the contained area

the green zone is you know the interaction the mobility has to be reduced specif course we have to be realistic so one of the things of the whole of society strategy is that a green zone might have a factory or a company that has many people who work for them in the red zone so we need to clear testing strategies a cooperation with those companies a lot of these things can be managed but there needs to be not only the political will to manage it but also the will of all the other societal actors exactly i think this is a very important point you mentioning there that everybody the people especially included have to support the strategies you've mentioned australia as a good example now if we have good examples and what you say sounds so easy to do

why are 2 foreign teams just adopting it and doing it. well to some extent there is a climate that 'd seems to hinge. we always have a tendency to discuss what's const be done we have a tendency to say we are different you know one says oh be contrarian from taiwan because they're an island i mean taiwan is 24000000 people who live very close to meet each other so you know you can compare it to the u.k. that has enormous high infection rates and is also an island at least influences so i think we have to be much more willing to learn and we have to be willing to innovate to bring the societal forces together and to say you know we want to do this and i think that this whole approach we are in this together i

must say lived in a stranger for a while this is what has most impressed me that people have said you know this is for all of us this is not just for me but if my i do my bit we all are going to benefit and i myself am going to benefit because i can go to the express or shop next door. professor kickbush they're a much sought after as mentioned global health consultant from switzerland there thank you so much for your time and let's hope that this new strategy will overcome people's fatigue with a lockdown thank you very much for having me. so let's remember we're all in this together and let's not forget there's also a vaccine available now which brings us to alice science correspondent eric williams will answer one of fuel questions now.

how long will it take for countries to vaccinate significant parts of their population. a couple of factors will play roles here the big hurdle at the moment is to produce enough doses to vaccinate 2 thirds of the world's population so so over 5 and a half 1000000000 people manufacturers of the vaccines approved so far say they can provide a significant fraction of what's needed to do that by the end of 2021 but not all of it making vaccines is a complex process and as we've seen in the last few weeks a lot's can go wrong in production but hey it's still only early february right and don't forget several other vaccines are also approaching the regulatory finish line i'm confident that in some places at least widespread vaccination will be the rule

by say july or august the way israel is going it'll be a lot sooner than that but reaching goals in other countries will be challenging as was all too predictable and despite the kovacs initiative it's already clear that wealthier countries that bankrolled vaccine development efforts and placed early orders will be 1st in line when it comes to distribution my guess is it will be pretty much impossible for many poorer nations to make significant progress in vaccinating their populations for at least 6 months simply because most of vailable supplies will be snapped up quo. plate logistics will also pose a challenge as some of the approved vaccines require high tech cold chains so i'd say the answer to the question of how long it'll take for countries to vaccinate widely depends very much on the country some will do it in in months i

think and others it looks like it'll take at least a year possibly more than one. there is williams there and he'll be back to answer more of your questions again tomorrow so keep on coming that's it for today for me in the team thanks for watching stay safe. because africa. back to the d.n.c. when century promise become wondering headsman it's because of an ecological revolution in southern africa abolishing fenced in greys anatomy keeps oil from becoming depleted and protects the habitats of wild animals shot at a change in the skills that's a contribution to a sustainable future eco comfort go. next to the land.

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diversity loss i'm krista lenz coming to you from lagos nigeria. thank you crease there is no 2 ways about it this is indeed an extremely grave problem bought our stories here on equal africa we also want to show you that there's some great projects under gives out there on how to stop the decline in species i am sunda to nogay here in company uganda and here's a quick loop to some of the stories that will be looking not in today's special edition. we go to kenya well species of until obese and the brink of extinction bought a breeding program is trying to sell them. grass paint on my rainbow whorehouse box they have seen huge losses in recent decades german scientists in my time and now some. and finally invasive species of animals and plants are causing cowpokes in many parts of the want banks people in the museum of finding solutions.

every day we lose more species of plants and animals pollution the forestation pole change and other human activities are the straw in our planet's reach higher diversity species extinction is jerry the hole in the sophisticated or sensitive network of eco systems plants growing pollinated while extreme weather events leave entire hobby just devastated including the coral reefs dug up by jewel for many fish the changes brought about by humans of the thriving a growing range of for and for their of their natural homes. yeah there are few facts and figures on these warring developments you know. the list of animals and plants that have become extinct is already desperately long

and over 12 percent of remaining species are on the brink of extinction according to the intergovernmental science policy platform on biodiversity. extinction means gone forever wildlife populations have collapsed by more than 2 thirds in less than half a century. over that same period the human population has grown considerably. the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystems says pressure on the environment is growing and so is global g.d.p. consumers are buying more and industries consuming more natural resources especially in developing nations plus urban populations have more than doubled in the last 3 decades the loss of habitat is the greatest driver of species extinction particularly in rural areas slash and burn records are used to clear land for

agricultural and livestock farming the direct exploitation of natural resources such as deforestation and overfishing in the world's oceans are the number 2 cause and the climate crisis is changing many ecosystems to such an extent that some species can no longer find food finally there's environmental pollution caused by industry traffic and by us individuals to plastic waste alone has increased 10 fold since 1980 but some action is being taken a network of countermeasures is gradually developing more than 1. 130 countries are part of the latest global efforts to protect biodiversity some countries are now building up databases with d.n.a. samples of endangered animal and plant species. and to be jordan is asians like the united nations the world bank have pledged more than

$200000000000.00 in order to further environmental goals. now we are off to kenya the seawall of the rarest issues of artillery in africa they're bound to go there critically endangered with fuel that. still leaves the wild and to make things even want trees they are of the porches project has the pieces and ongoing. the kenyan government is alarmed and has not implemented a plan to since the species on to boost its numbers. and it will keep us women more ruthie has come to check on his charges he looks up to mountain bungles of the mount kenya wildlife consultancy he feeds them twice a day and makes sure the had of their antelopes is intact i like it i love the job

and i'm proud you know having that ananthamurthy one time because i'm no more there but now it's here so it's it's makes me it with with me not with me a lot so i like walking here i love with. my aim is to have as many as i can. here in captivity the animals don't have access to all the vegetation that would find in the wild that's why they're giving me traditional supplements known as winter cubes these special pellets i reach in protein and pride which grossed the antelopes immune system. the effort seems to be paying more into the kenyan wildlife on 70. the mountain bunghole nearly extinct in the wild in kenya and a few born and taken to the us is breeding and in pools of and 4 we received. from different in the us and for those in

a team we stopped in the breeding program one son and. 77. lost their youngest was born on the 7th of july and it is that is in the sort of the bungle. with the increase in numbers to conservancy plans to release 25 into the mount kenya forest where kenya for is so obvious. has and located about 800 acres for a protected century. this enclosed area at the foretold mount kenya is not just a sanctuary for mountain bungalows knows the rare white zebras and has of buffalo also plan protection here from porches and pretend we divide this bongos into different pockets because of the species that we have a moment. in the near future when we put them in the sanctuary this is problem

would be so they don't prevent so what you can see here is one of the breeding hunts. it's not just the pretense the reaction to lopes they also have to contend with the very rare diseases and the loss of natural habitat. so everything went to an avid animal keep looking for. forward to the coming weeks soon 5 new mountain bone will be born increasing the species chance of surviving. the i.o.c. and great list is the most important and most. even to your plants animals and fun by 30 and with extinction the international union for conservation of nature he's responsible for maintaining the database it contains more than $100000.00 species in categories ranging from the least cost to the extant we settled to us conservation expands how badly africa is affected by the disappearance of species

and how important the red mist is for the protection on the most and plants. by loss of. life. of diversity and when the species is lost it's. that balance. i think it's so important for us because no money. on. almost. species or our food. and. our environment and so on that's very important for human being to put it would have species is morally unacceptable that. it's not. because you know that the

extinction of species is an irreversible phenomena. under species. in the domain of conservation but however. you know some more you consider some are more important some are like what in it all was a commission is a. even boughts really because the bit in the process of the position of or the species but at the same time the produce. order of our species. i think in my opinion do most important cause of tension of species they have been lost. because most of this.

for example when you do for us is put asian you tend to transform the primary force in the country for it in that case the birds that used to nest on top of very big trees no more reproduce and that then. the population and finally lead to the loss of the species in order to hunt down a lot of lands that deficit. as well. i think it's. because you know it's just an open source of information but why did

it lot of wall behind. it's more for this you're making or if you're making. a very. why do you thank you. us you had the start of the program it's not just on the ones that are dying out in fact plant species even. but after the pointis ecosystems still tends to be overlooked did you know for instance wife like to do a theme and why we can't get here comes these weeks doing a beat we have some says. they're known as ocean rain forests large beds of sea grass provide a home and food for countless species they also produce oxygen and sequester carbon

dioxide for a long time. but scientists are warning that sea grasses under threat global warming is causing massive algal blooms that cut off the necessary light for sea grass to grow and that's not the only problem in portland so much good to see if husic ah there's lots of sea grass in the tropics but it's disappearing because dynamite is often used in fishing because trenches are being cut pipelines that creates corridors through the beds in the sea cross can't repopulate those areas. artificial sea grass could help provide a solution to universities and industry have been working together for 2 years on the sea project. just like its natural counterpart artificial sea grass would help dampen why even edgy and prevent seabed erosion providing the right conditions for natural sea grass to grow back. and

a recent study highlights another desperately needed service that sea grass provides. it appears to continuously filter plastic debris out of the ocean. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it this is how websites so send us a tweet. hash tag doing your best. we shatter your story. and staying in the what fishes and marine species are suffering from an increase in the sea of species that have no natural predators in the new environment we'll see how to new trying to get one such problem back under control and we all sing the same sort of things happening in many of the places sundra the wind the weather all ships and planes

and transport flora and fauna into eco systems where they don't belong awful think you're in a fight for survival between species impact and the devastated. fisherman outs before dawn their trade in the gulf of god is. the bay on tunisia's east coast is around 100 kilometers long. in recent times the fishermen have had to stray even further from the coast to catch fish bring it about to start and it's not that i've been a fisherman for 38 years and a lot has changed in that time for 20 years ago we used to catch loads of prawns but in recent years there have been repeated events that have reduced our catch the latest problem was the blue crab they wiped out everything with the grub and of course. the 1st blue crabs was sported here at the.