illusions of the right girl starts more. w. . this is d. w. news a live from berlin i like saying i've only loses 2 legal battles in one day a court upholds the russian opposition leader sentence for violating parole and finds him guilty of defamation involving will have to spend more than 2 years and he prison counts also coming up on the shuttle a boeing triple 7 jet suffered catastrophic engine failure shortly after takeoff sending debris on to the denver suburb below the pilots vanished it manages to land

the plane safely a few minutes later. and in the bundesliga a defeat for league leaders byron munich they go down to one against eintracht frankfurt as the fulness take a title race it heats up. hello and clay richardson welcome to the show more than 2 years in a penal colony that's the fate awaiting kremlin critic alex they know volley after he lost his appeal against a jail sentence in a separate judgment he was found guilty of defamation and fined and only says the charges are politically motivated and called the legal proceedings absurd will be construed. the judge's decision calmly he's frequently used humor. during the trial

to draw attention to the charges against him which he says are politically motivated. asked whether he understands the sentence he sarcastically expressed his gratitude to the judge for taking 6 weeks off his 2 and a half year sentence due to time spent under house arrest the failed appeal came as no surprise to no bellamy's lawyers. today's verdict was expected for us we consider it nothing has changed all the arguments made in this court in the 1st instance they were rejected then they are rejected now. to the kremlin critic violated parole conditions in an earlier criminal case he was recovering in germany after a poison attack in august and voluntarily return to russia in january. when she was discharged from the clinic in berlin in september. alexina valmy didn't inform the penal informant inspectorate about his location and didn't

register it for 3 months tonight vandar 2020. just a few hours after the 1st verdict he was back on trial and received another guilty verdict this time he was convicted of defamation and handed a fine of nearly 10000 euros. valmy is alleged to have insulted a 94 year old war veteran. nobody's lawyers fear that the kremlin critic will be transported to a prison camp in the west of the country as early as this weekend. and with alex ain of only heading to a prison colony just by outcry from the international community will there be repercussions for russia reporter joel dora has been following this story for us so what can we expect from european institutions in response to these court decisions many european leaders have already called for alexei novell news release and so too

has the european court of human rights which just days ago ordered russia to release the volley now russia has already said that it will not actually follow that order now russia is a member of that court and it is obliged to follow its orders but by saying that it will not do so it sets up a situation where it could potentially be expelled from the council of europe now the council of europe is a regional body in which russia sits alongside european countries and if russia were to leave that institution it really would mock one of the worst diplomatic crises between russia and europe even following the russia's annexation of crimea in 2014 and response to the jailing of alexina vali it seems that diplomatic and legal channels have not worked but what about economic pressure well european foreign ministers a jew to meet on monday in brussels to discuss potential sanctions against russian officials these could include travel bans and financial restrictions now ahead of that meeting some of those foreign ministers are also going to sit down with

supporters of alexina valley in brussels and those supporters will be urging the foreign ministers to go after the russian president vladimir putin's alleged wealth stored in europe some european countries want to go even further they want to target the big prestige project between russia and europe which is the north stream to gas pipeline which is currently being constructed under the baltic sea and is just a few pipelines away from being completed and landing on germany's shore that's meant to happen in april but at least one country lithuania is urging that the completion of that pipeline be to the. late until september which is when russia holds its parliamentary elections however germany is a really strong supporter of nordstrom to chancellor angela merkel has said she doesn't want to see the 2 issues conflated novelli and nord stream so we have a situation now where there are divisions between russia and europe and there are also divisions within europe itself on how to respond to the opposition leader is

now confirmed imprisonment will be interesting to see whether they do indeed decouple economic interests from diplomacy to the reporter john doerr i thank you so much for that. and if you're nervous flier you might want to look away for our next report because a united airlines jet with over 200 passengers on board has been forced to make an emergency landing after one of its engines caught fire the incident occurred shortly after takeoff from denver airport and aviation safety authorities have opened an investigation. passenger's worst nightmare discovering your flight is on fire. residents of the denver salt bloomfield watched in horror. as they heard a lot she explosion. something. that jet with 231 passengers and 10 crew was heading to hawaii when it suffered catastrophic engine failure shortly after takeoff. poxy of the damage engine rained

onto this residential neighborhood narrowly missing one of the homes luckily nobody was hurt but the united airlines plane landed safely back at. first. i did see some debris flying at us where we were. and i just i don't i don't know if i want to know how bad this is i just hope we get down. as we reported safe and rebooked on a new flight to hawaii. and u.s. president joe biden has declared a state of major disaster in texas following crippling winter weather at least a 2 dozen people died in the unusually cold snap which just rocked electricity and water supplies texas residents are still dealing with the consequences of the storm many people have been left homeless due to the damage from the extreme weather others spent days without power or water. and correspondent

and one of the worst affected areas she has been following the aftermath of the storm in houston texas don't let this sunshine deceive you and the crisis is a is no different if this was a power a crisis as you as he says is due to the winter storm but now we are experiencing a water and food crisis here in the state of. tech says and we have been seeing that there are mass distribution centers of water add of food because there's no drinking water and in some families there's not even water at all and that has you know at this can turn to a very very ugly situation for a lot of families special for the ones who are living in the suburbs and now the food banks are also struggling with this increasing demand for food because let's not forget we're in the middle of the pandemic that means there already families who have lost their jobs they were forced to go to the food banks and now what they

have happened for the. second time out with this everything that temperature is during the last days and now that water and food crisis here the state of texas carolyn reporting for us there from houston texas some global news now and the head of the international atomic energy agency has arrived in teheran to try to resume international inspections of nuclear facilities which iran has been blocking but as it comes as the new u.s. president joe biden is promising to reverse many of the trump administration's foreign policy decisions and one of the most significant came in 2018 when trying with a drove the u.s. from an international agreement with iran it designed to prevent it from building nuclear weapons now biden wants the u.s. back in and the accord back on track let's take a closer look at the deal the u.s. and iran say they're willing to negotiate terms if u.s. president biden told the munich security conference that communication should

extend beyond the u.p.a. agreement we need transparency we must also address u.s. destabilizing activities across the middle east. we're going to work in close cooperation with our european and other partners as we proceed. to ron has other ideas iranian president hassan rouhani insists sanctions on iran must be lifted before talks can begin rouhani has described the measures as an act of terror against the iranian people. under sanctions and we have to fight against the coronavirus because of the sanctions we've had many problems accessing vaccines and paying for them. for ordinary people in iran the nuclear agreement is the disaster thing on their mind. high prices combined with unemployment means the economic situation has been getting worse for years. nuclear energy is no use to us people are hungry and completely confused nuclear energy may help us in the future but the

project now is our livelihood. iran's government spokesperson says the government is confident it will soon be able to solve the political problems with the united states. now it's in get their stories making news around the world australia and new zealand have begun rolling out vaccinations against covert 19 using the biotech pfizer vaccine. the 1st shots to medical workers and order staff australia's 1st recipients included the prime minister and elderly citizens both countries have run stringent and largely successful prevention campaigns. far right activists rallied in paris to support a french anti immigrant group generation identity is fighting for survival after the government ordered it to dissolve a counter protest was also held later in the day. and a british a 21 year old has become the youngest woman to complete

a solo row across the atlantic ocean jasmine harrison arrived at and to go after rowing over 4800 kilometers shakily on to the dock following her 70 day in germany during which she suffered a several capsizes and slept for only 2 hours at a time. and in the bundesliga from for it have blown the title race wide open after beating league leaders of byron munich 21 while the defeat is byron's a 3rd of the season. ensure the punters leaguers most informed teen eintracht frankfurt haven't lost at home movie season facing them though robert levin doff ski the leeks top scorer fooling trumps goals that leon has by and undone down the left daiichi commodity product in after a pinpoint cross from philip cost it it was the 11th time this season by and of gone behind in the leak a sense of deja vu for coach hansie flick and the view soon go it's

a lot worse an absolute rockets are shot from i mean eunice doubles frankfurt's lead on the half hour mark completely out of reach of man well neuer. but leading against by and is one thing staying ahead quite another that 911 dusty pulled one back see enough to halftime the trysting and turning leroy's on a left the frankfurt defense feeling dizzy haven't done ski with his 26 goal of the season frankfurt may have been dazed but they stayed standing as by and failed to land a knockout blow. to one it finished the hosts extend their own decent streak by and drop yet more points in the title race. and by race and auckland and shelter renewed the bundesliga is fair says rivalry as they clashed in the revered derby and saturday's late game for his restart and 3 points were essential as they better for champions league qualification i shot i mean

while we're desperate for a when they would give them a chance of escaping relegation. newnan germany as the miners shell who would have to get their hands dirty if they were to be dortmund in their wasted this month moans and yelling holland who went into this one with as many league goals as the hosts entire squad. shellcode held out 42 minutes before caving electric englishman jade and son to 2 could vantage of sloppy defending to curl home. i 3 minutes later and a piece of holland magic extended to mislead the norwegians flying volley made it to nil going into the break. chalco were chasing shadows in the 2nd half. rafael guerrero site fitted home marco voices return pass to make it 3 nil. before jude telling him crossed for holland to score the 4th 11 minutes from the scoreline

was cruelly reflected in the numbers and shock has been adding extra shot in florida to go with the bragging rights for doughton funds the wind keeps their team in the hunt for champions league qualification. meanwhile you can creasing lee didn't. care at all for me for now stay tuned for more news at the top of the hour action and remember to check us out online dot com and carriages and by length i mean it seems. w.'s crime fighters are back with africa's most successful radio drama series continues all of this opens are available online and of course you can share and discuss on w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms crime fighters tune in now . comes to the drama competition rival marketing

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a 100 or more those childhood dream but he has made it thousands of young people come here from africa every year with the same dream. you have like 6000 kids coming from i've got. out of this 600 i can tell you maybe 4 or 5 with maybe what a more diverse. names there are no more than my kin and. i am a father of 2. and i also have a husband to a lovely wife and a philanthropist and. i have a fondness for him back home in kenya where i grew up where i try to help the kids to get what you need to give them hope. but then even. so what's it like to be one of the few african footballers who make it in europe john of them all is one of 2006 africans currently playing abroad the kenya

international left his home in 2007 but he hasn't forgotten where he came from. he has the same urge to give something back to the community as african superstars like didier drogba. summer eto. and sanyo money who became role models for every young african footballer. it was never easy for johanna the place he grew up in still haunts him today. during his eastern suburb of nairobi it's known for being the biggest dump site in kenya. and pretty difficult place i live pretty close to the dump site walking distance. so it was really really really. understand since.

unfortunately. you know a lot of fun is new and that's done right and that means education it's not so the only thing was more. quite. because i stuck to food. has been living in europe since 2007. 2 kids were born here in belgium and they called the country hope. just one example of how much has changed since you arrived in europe. more has turned out the 5 clubs in belgium most recently spent 4 years with the small of the to bruges based 1st division clubs. so keep it in mind and i be a place like this. now. you can come from training and just pick up. whatever

you choose you know and going there if we're not we played without shoes beginning one where no shoes even the boys you know. the boys the. boys told me. it was you know and it was just fun and just to distract from everything that's going on around you it was small. i mean skip. all of the trash from all of one it'll be you know everyone thought this trash into. we. just left through it so we used the plastic bags for example to make. my friends you know stopping for trying to do the

damn thing. so. it became part of our lives. there's a saying in kenya nothing good comes from dunder. what worries johanna is that kids like alice sundra are still facing the same problems a bit he faced as a youngster 20 years ago. you know life is hard in the gesso sometimes you go without food you get used to it sometimes you watch somebody get mugged they just want to feed their families therefore life here is very hard many have left football for crime we have buried a lot of them and life goes on.

johanna's parents don't live in dan door anymore with his help they were able to move to a wealthier safer part of nairobi. his parents were initially skeptical that football could provide a stable career when he was 13 his mother stopped him from going to norway for trials 2 years later he went and gave the money he earned to his mum. when he brought me the money i realised that even football can be benefits. oh no. his father had retired but i was still cutting people's here for money. by this time johanna had already entered the football academy of a belgian agent in kenya and aged 17 he signed his 1st contract in europe. so we're never. we're never.

give me. in 2017 johannah decided to do something for his community he set up his own foundation just 300 yards away from the dump site he established a soccer academy. asunder and teddy are enroll their 2 kids who dream of following in johanna's footsteps and becoming professional footballers. i would want to play in the english premier league league or all syria as long as i'm able to help the people back in the ghetto and get them out of the state they're in. we're compiling . a list sunderland 6 of the kids have a scholarship from the johanna molo foundation this is where they go to hone their

skills. compared to europe there are not enough quality academies here for players in the decisive age bracket between 12 and 16. our main objective is to have a lot. in kenya. and locally if going to have a very competitive league not only your success when you go to. so these young kids what we impart to them they can be poor when they're here in kenya. andrew juma is an example of a former academy player who made it in the kenyan premier league he pushes the boys to focus on soccer and education as not all of them will become pro footballers. they have got a medal mentality to see if would more lives are. when i was a kid. and around a $1000.00 approximately a mile under the law. doesn't call out now because i can't even pay my fees the

school fees name of allah to pay my mom my mom and i can't even buy it either boots was when i was in that other me some people bought me boots so now i can do the same. it's a tough tough to change the kids perspective and make them see the opportunities available in africa as most of them will always dream of making it in europe. my advice now unless specially now because i have a lot a lot of kids who look up in the foundation. to build a talked about home because if we do it there there is a big. part of the kids who will make it who will and they are living and it's easier than here but the difficulty is that when they see you here they think you know what you are there and you're reading this.

for african players coming it's really really important that they just some help to integrate and that. they cannot confront you there especially in belgium. it was something wrong something they don't and learn like they want to live in africa. they don't like something they'll tell you and then you have to deal with it. fortunately john hannah got plenty of advice from older african players helping him get used to european and challenging. football for. i gets to watch him do what's he allowed and it's a good thing to see someone doing what he wanted. throughout his career johannah

homeowner has never lost his love for the beautiful game. but he has had to make sacrifices to stay football in january 2021 he signed a contract in turkey's top division. of the world for my new home. as a room is in eastern anatolia 4000 kilometers away from his family in brooch. and from a professional point of view moving was a good decision. in that the new pope is more maybe that's a tactic or you know. it's basis of these. it's more physical more more more direct with work and i think that's right. for the player. if there's a room stays in the top flight johannah will stay in turkey and his family will join him in the summer. a new chapter of his life as an african football in europe . but the time to return home closer.

like other footballers worldwide who donate at least one percent of that johannah joined the common goal initiative to change things for the better however i want to me it really work i don't want to be having a foundation to help i want to grow up you know one of the all of these things of being are being kept informed of love or from work labs you know having a. good structure for the kids. i want to live life with my farm and just live like more people. but now it's more in both my heart that i don't need course it's. that means that this thing of a lot of work to get. the

expanding testing in a midi has changed is really ring. when we are in an ongoing race with the say an. environmental activist a local politician desperately trying to worsen the desert situation. isn't already too late. why gosh. landscape garber by. next w. . here you are. the only home i am at times i'm orthodox and i expect a time very crucial. and always much more a cancer and i can see my. 75. years of jewish life in germany.

the woman. in 60 minutes t w. bloodline to us is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener how can we protect habitats we can make a difference the only genius fundamental series again global city council on t.w. and all modern. romania's breadbasket is disappearing climate change and decades of overexploitation is resulting in the growth of a huge desert is it possible to stop the expansion of the sahara on the danube something like this for no reason to exist. for sure but what is now 15 may be 100 years or asked will also be covered with science.

can this still be prevented still there when we are in an ongoing race with the sand and climate change the marketing. octavian back channel is an environmental activist and opposition politician from bucharest his mission is to stymie the expansion of the desert and prevent his homeland from becoming desolate this forestry expert fights nonstop for his cause. sacrificing both his private life and his career he even confronts the mafia when

necessary. octavian is driven because around him the desert in romania is expanding and due to climate change the situation gets worse and worse every year there's a pick a shot across europe and europe doesn't mean only signs on the ground on the ground but only losing a patient trees and things like this behind you can see. the land fill the highest structure in bucharest and we lost our vegetation here it was a forest in the past now become a dancer with out 3 just groups and things like this octavian has identified 2 culprits that are responsible for turning the outskirts of book rest into sandy plains illegal garbage dumps and deforestation planting trees helps prevent the

sand from advancing further lots of trees gorilla planting is what our t.v. him and his helpers call what they do reforestation without official permission the work is arduous every time when i'm arriving here we are donkey hottest. i have to fight a lot to maintain biodiversity in this area. here because. we try to plant trees 10001000 of 3. garbage in this place to keep them bars together but possible way. the sand at this garbage dump has traveled 200 kilometers a desert is growing here that is already 800 square kilometers and size the sound travels as far as bucharest other european countries including spain portugal and greece have a problem with to certification to octavian is determined to find

a way to counteract it as a member of parliament for a main his 3rd strongest party save romania union octavian walks through the corridors of power he has far more influence now as an elected official than he did when he was soley an environmental activist today he's known far beyond bucharest. concerned citizens from all across the country sent him photos and videos that show the full extent of desert of the cation. this is not from the south of maine you know we saw this for hotter on the landscape actually this year i was there a new one but this is an ordinary landscape in the south of room when you know you see knock offs from weekend. bringing a lot of pollution. across the room and you know.

octavian sets out to the 2 main sources of encroaching sand to the region known as little one make here he has found people there who have taken up the fight to preserve nature he plans to meet them and later promote their cause in the capital octavian is doing pioneering work in small communities in the countryside ones that are often ignored by the authorities. i go exactly where to. go out or it is a state is dark and doing nothing i start looking on the satellite maps to see the origin of the ocean and i saw those points in the on the map and i realized that i have to go to find actually what happens in the field talk with the communities and. all the stakeholders. he doesn't

benefit financially from this on the contrary it costs him money i actually have a financial support for what i'm doing all the money from my pocket and my pocket is very small because i'm working for the state actually the state based me away if . you're a bad mother. today octavian is pinning his hopes on a forest owner named. dan has deeper pockets he earns his money by selling timber. but these trees have much more than just economic value for the entrepreneur. when i touch this tree i feel connected to my father he planted this forest and i

continue planting for him as he's no longer alive 1000 hectors were felt in the 1970 s. for large scale agricultural projects it was my father's dream to replant the forest not only do i want to fulfill my father's dream i want to plant even more trees to remove. this part of all a care has always been threatened by drought due to the sandy soil for centuries large forests prevented it from becoming a desert that wants to reverse the clear cutting of the past but climate change makes the struggle to rectify previous environmental missteps a race against time. reforestation not only offers protection from further devastation it is also a sustainable source of income these workers earn 18 year olds a day for their back breaking work that might not sound like much but it is enough

to live on in this region many of them previously went abroad as harvest and seasonal workers but now they are able to make a living here. than popescu plans to plant 100000 hectares an area larger than berlin germany. down popescu and need someone with influence in the capital who will campaign for his reforestation plan and ensure the land is his to use octavian not only has good contacts and politics as a former greenpeace member he is also well connected in europe's environmental protection movement. was. former mayor i like sundra do know you works on gaining the trust of small farmers. convincing them to give up their plots of land for the forestry project it's no easy feat at the start he had to push hard to win them over. the it was awful because we have 45

years of communism and cooperatives behind us and that people were dispossessed of their land and only had it returned a few years ago a lot so then we came along and asked them to make their pots available again. in the 1st villages we approached the people were very reluctant woman or for that we returned with the mayor and officials from the ministry of agriculture to show them we meant what we said we were there we didn't want to take their fields away from them we just wanted to work with that got off with 10 years later we gave them wood to sell what they gave us sand and we gave them back a forest and we kept our word. but you're just in time better money thank you we're always available to answer questions that are better landowners come to me and ask why is it like things how do you explain not why did it happen like this because how did your son come back that. aleksandra do know you also owns

a plot of land that he wants to offer to don for reforestation here down demonstrates how the forest affects the climate. it's relatively cool today only 30 degrees. let's see how hot the ground is 53 degrees normally at this time of year the air temperature is 40 degrees and the ground is 70 degrees chips. this summer it wasn't as hard and sunny as it usually. which is why alexandra do know you was able to grow watermelons in his field this year. this was an exception to the rule in the last 3 summers nothing grew on this desolate sand in the blazing heat it's just not possible in places where there are no trees and the land can't be arrogated.

by another temperature check this time in the shade of these fast growing acacia planted only a few years ago just a few meters from the fields. dropping to $27.00 degrees and is now at $23.00. a 30 degree difference between the forest floor and the open field after several hot summers the climate is relatively bearable this year is the soil always is wet. not usually this summer is different after many dry years it's a real exception as it's rained once almost every week everything is usually bare at this time of year normally this would all be parched dry and you'd see dunes bordering the forest with the. drought the same player is quite the cure isn't. the same as very deep i don't know how deep it goes we dug up 2 metres once and there was still sand we didn't reach any stone. at the end of

a long day octavian returns to his hotel deep in thought not only is he battling the. ever expanding desert he also has to deal with corrupt officials who do business with the waste mafia it all takes its toll. this the order is paid for force before because for a moment good thing that you have friends about the. things are going to be the march off the news really. really disappearing. it is more difficult to disappear in the middle of the not. sure sure location if something happens just follow the dislocation the search for my body and things like this. do my best with their lives of course bought for others 4 of my parents for my friend me for my girlfriend it's very difficult.

uncertain fate a little while a care propels him forward and the former bread basket of romania it is now so dry that the yields from wheat and corn harvests are very low a few fields are still tended to but only to collect e.u. subsidies farmers reveal privately was the small town of double ina is located in the center of desert of the cation in little. the only plant that still thrives here is the watermelon not only is the sandy soil ideal they also need surprisingly little water what bordeaux is to french wine double leaner is to remain ian melons but there is a limit to what they can withstand the entire harvests have withered under the blazing sun here too we can see the effects of climate change.

but octavian suspects that climate change is not the only reason for the devastation the cause of the desert if occasion goes back much further down introduces him to ian spirit the mayor of the small community of seeker who is at the forefront in the fight against the expanding desert. the mayor uses this map to explain to the tavi and how the sand spreads from west to east. in 50 to 100 years the sands will have taken over all of southern romania if the desert is not stopped bucharest will also be colored. large oak forests can still be seen on old maps from the 19th century they were planted by spirit and ancestors

to protect the soil the fear of the little while a clear being silted up is not new. the problem has existed here for centuries and centuries people say this was once a sea floor a body of water reached up to here leaving a long chain of jews. about 300 years ago when people noticed that the sandy soil was slippery and planted trees that. they created huge forests from us here in to the jew valley what happened to the force of the forests were cut down under communism and the land was used back recounts you know how it was back then in order to gain more farmland a whole lake was drained in this region and a complex irrigation system was created and really get.

how does the else already deal with the situation today the institute for agricultural research is run by the romanian state director our really idea cohen who understands that the climate is changing and is conducting research on fruits that can be grown in the sand. through a civilian. we are looking for alternatives aside from melons of course melons from doubling it are a trademark both in romania and abroad. but we also need to develop new trademarks for the region so that farmers have alternatives in the future for me a growing melons is a short term business. she's we are trying to teach the farmers to invest in long term enterprises for example in orchards or berry bush plantation at least escapade there are men who. it was from this very building that the state once dictated

to farmers what they should plant nowadays the emphasis is on teaching the. class 3 types of peas different types of peanuts we have cultivated all of these here. she and this is our traditional wine. this also grows in fairly dry conditions largest. the institute has many large fields which are regularly inspected by her. a wide variety of crops are grown and tested here under the hot sun for example chinese dates kiwis peanuts eden's raspberries black berries and several types of wine all part of the agricultural program that the institute runs as they try to

adapt to the new conditions more heat and less rain. who are in an ongoing race with the sand and climate change. that is why we are experimenting here with new irrigation technologies but above all with new plant species some of them are very promising we actually have good climatic conditions here comes very early in this area can plant seed potatoes in february and harvest new potatoes as early as april. for our really idea the expanding desert is actually more of a blessing than a curse properly harnessed sandy soils can yield exceptionally good produce. aroma of the fruits that grow in sand is stronger than in normal soils the sugar content is much higher due to the strong sunlight and high temperatures they give

the fruit its flavor color and quality who are there. in the region be saved by embracing climate change and making the best of the dessert if occasion up. vienna seriously considering this approach as well he wants to discuss it with experts from the world wildlife fund but one thing is certain growing other fruits will not improve the climate in the area and the devastation could continue. that's why you really are poor you and your assistant deanna played are from the w w f are focusing on the complete restoration of little lake. in addition to reforesting they plan to reestablish a huge lake one that was drained in the 1970 s. to make way for farmland. look that was

a lake it went on for kilometers in both directions if the danube were allowed to flow through its old flood plains again lake put tello would also fell appear within a few years. the w w f already revive this romanian lake large wetlands and the danube delta were successfully restored here to natural habitats were destroyed to create farmland today fishery and tourism are flourishing the combination of plants and humid conditions could secure the sand and lake patel low and keep the desert at bay. that is what it could look like here again octavian is campaigning for this in bucharest local authorities however do not support the project the state leases large areas of land here to international agricultural corporations octavian wants

to know who it is that profits from this he's determined to find out his activism is well known and romania he has tangled with the mafia and organized poachers as well as with corrupt politicians his projects receive a lot of attention. and approval which both protects him and amplifies his voice. octavian begins the last leg of his journey the worst is yet to come riven ari is the 2nd epicenter of remained he has deserted the cation an old coal fired power plant has supplied the grid for almost 50 years it's surrounded by refuse from coal mining and the toxic sand has spread far beyond the region climate change accelerates the consequences of this environmental pollution. but there is reason for hope. and his son catalin have been working for years to

turn these dead and landscapes into living ecosystems again the note headed the region's forestry office for many years and his son catalin has a doctorate in forestry both are researching plants that can bring the nature here back to life. or my gosh. barren desolate landscape as far as the eye can see octavian is speechless at 1st then angry you remind some self that this is exactly why he began this journey a manmade desert in the middle of an area that has already threatened by drought and no off already and the whole country seems to care. the adjacent land also looked that desolate once but with the help of dino and ca telly in dino nature has reclaimed the land so it is possible to revitalize the area.

on this great part we have been thorough and covered by a 100 thoughts both. on this side we have an example a very good example of how nature. could. this learned we've green. my mission how my mission is how to make people to understand the big picture how to involve them in the ecological reconcile action then to make them understand the 3rd which you go through the forest it is throwing our body and our allies through. our freshwater action. here to the dino cars had used occasions they are the 1st line of defense.

once a healthy layer of humus has formed on the ground in the forests native trees can be planted again. but how long does that take. a month or so just planting the acacia stabilize the soil. the fear article i wrote my doctoral thesis on planting in toxic soils. and i can choose i like medicine for these very cyclical phycological how after about 20 to 30 years you can then replace them with multiple charges they're in and nothing about all. the other don't go in that direction. you can see very well that actually does not exist. this is. the 3rd on top of. each ok and this is the 1st the those are the 1st family matters of poor food media matters there's

a 1st step to cover this before this his head now buzzing with new ideas and concrete solutions octavian heads back to the capitol back to the heart of politics he now needs to win over powerful supporters but it won't be easy because environmental protection projects are not money made. in the short term so why does he sacrifice so much of his time for the common good what drives tamir. i don't have a proper us i because the game is from inside me it doesn't mean there are a lot of if or when i'm doing something the buy like it and that i love it and i have 5 children solids it's a for filling me with a lot of energy and hope that some of the some of things bad things will be change in the next in the future in the close future. the desert is still advancing in romania. but it has for medical and creative opponents 1st and

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