got to security question mark in isolation. or not has been achieved so much more needs to be done and i think people have to be a solution my name is on the fact sheet on and i will accurately just you. do you love coral and fascinating underwater worlds then you've come to the right place welcome to echo africa there vironment show produced by m.t.v. in uganda china's t.v. in large area and in germany i am priscilla sat with me today as always is why co-host sounds out you know we'll hi sandra and how are you today very well crease

thank you and a big hello to all of you all of us out there coral is not the only thing we'll be talking about today let's take a quick look at what else we have coming up we'll visit a company up so you can go into astonished. we would learn how an entire region is fighting over a national park and a woman hear how her 1st station could bring times on your island back to life. grows on vivid and colorful when they're healthy but these small marine on the most the lived together in corporate colonies are not only beautiful to look at they play on it's important role in the marine ecosystem something born in coral reefs and it is also where they find food now scientists on the coast of kenya are taking a closer look at the different ways that these marine creatures call exist.

the reflux to great it was at least there are still fishes here. joe and kalac and her colleague peter hamby visit them some way need coral reef every 2 years to check up on this fragile ecosystem the coral reef is a fascinating object of study for the to marry biologists. that is where they live. so that is where you find the. money like. a lovely feeding area. and most of the body doubles by a day so these are. used in the like. we have before for decline in fish tractors in the last. 2 or 3 decades and that is a problem. as local fishermen know all too well the maya

has son was born and bred in some way in the fishing has been his main source of income for years. not only wants to get the catch was still good when i started but over the past 4 years the number of fish has been declining i mean. the kenyan coast is lined with 620 square kilometers of coral reefs an area only slightly smaller than the capital nairobi in some way nice taking part in a project overseen by the research organization called you which monitors coral bleaching and mortality the causes of coral reef degradation are all manmade such as rising water temperatures. there. is plenty of change. we're also seeing.

and then we have. another threat that is coming from. these overfishing the marine biologists have enlisted the support of locals in their efforts to protect the coral reefs they've taught fishermen how to count fish stocks and species in marine conservation zones and how to interpret their findings for example high numbers of clown fish in the coral reefs is a sign that the habitat is doing well. they've also taught them a simple method of keeping juvenile fish out of their nets the fisherman still use their traditional basket traps but now use different mash. we were ensuring that the kind of mesh size that is being used is big and that is 3 inches sizes and that

is the thinking at all that is just to ensure that the kind of fish that is being captured by the basket i've not been a part of the reef is also been declared a conservation zone it covers 18 hexes an area equivalent to $25.00 football piccies. fishing is prohibited there and together the fisherman make sure the band is respected maya has done has been using the new kind of mesh in his traps for 2 years now. and that idea about you. i hope i'll be able to catch more fish in the future and so take better care of my family my parents. zedillo. considering the challenges we now face i also wonder if this dream will ever come true. the scientist estimates that it will take up to 20 years for fish stocks to recover completely but at least children who might

benefit. now what thing incentives a doing in the field the duchess said just trying to do it in a lump in ark of soup biologists a breeding coral in a giant r.e.m. and optimal conditions. like you know since are tons of like teeth and are used to put the spotlight. the real stars of the show. this research project and splashes of one just color unfolding here underwater bright green orange and yellow corals are striving here on europe's biggest artificial reef. marine biologist max yes and his team has created a sensation. but here it is just here we are doing the best we can to build for

corals the way using technology knowledge and scientific investigation to create the best habitat we can for the corals best who gave them so much to be. isolating them for example to date researchers don't even know the half. so exactly how corals function and this coral reef ecosystem is giving many scientists hopes he can discover much more. we can learn a lot about species with d.n.a. testing but it's not just about the coral itself there are many more factors and that makes it very very complex. the biologists in arnhem are trying to gain better understanding of the corals they want to find out how to help them survive long term in the wild. it's like a forest without animals if there's no forest then there's no forest animals it's the same with a coral reef if there are no corals then you don't have the other animals either

reefs or the nurseries of the sea. that's why they're the main attraction of the underwater world at birth to. the corals here grew more quickly and are healthier than in the wild. look i've got to go see a colony of corals actually thousands of animals living together in a kind of enormous sickly inside a common skeleton of this but no one really understands it because everyone looks for the eyes and mouths but you've got to explain these tiny animals which one are fast and little tentacles. there are more than 14 sows and species of corals in the world's most of them are threatened with extinction nevertheless fans still kidnap and smuggle them customs officials from all over europe bring confiscated animals to max you answer like this rare soft corals must really push 1st had to go into quarantine. i was shocked

a shame that we still receive carl's taken from natural environments because to some corals it's not a problem but there are other carl species that have a really tough time in nature. returning the painstakingly revised corals back to the sea isn't an option at the moment because the conditions of the oceans are too poor. to ever eventually become possible when the water quality improves. until then in our home we'll keep mixing 16 gradients to make artificial pacific watchers and that will continue to fascinate this ensures. it is a really amazing to be able to mine such beauty without getting it all in its report is also a bold muti on the environmental protection that's right sandra but it'll copely different fashion in egypt a start up but fall away or. would interview furniture of the results give no

indication of the awful beginnings. furniture making in egypt is expensive. the country has no wood resources. everything has to be importers. normally scrap would get thrown away but that's changed and shereef al qa leaders workshop. together with architects. he founded the movement start up. to make luxury sustainable furnishings using scrap board. on him again then i have to step up side it's very important that the upcycling i'm not only recycle we've we use and refurbish the scrap wood and incorporate it into a new product that also helps raise people's awareness of these products are made without any treatment and without any harmful chemicals. we have no right to make

the left. they've made more than $120.00 pieces since moved and opened a year ago selling them in egypt and as far afield as paris and london. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about science visit our website also send us a tweet. hash tag doing your best. and your story. will go from egypt to europe north macedonia in the balkans to be precise this is a location where the iron curtain used to divide east from west these days there is a green belt running along the form of the vision this corridor is supposed to be on later reserve but as our report from the sharm mountains shows this intuition is

not that simple. shop la nina lives near what was once the iron curtain of the ribbon of land in some areas nearby have been designated the european green belt by an association of the same name its mission is to protect the natural landscapes there which have been shielded for decades from major developments such as farming and construction. the association promotes eco tourism renovating mountain huts and building new ones should entice more hikers to come and explore. the association also seeks to counter illegal logging which is a serious problem here the timber mafia has carved this track through the forest without permission it extends for several kilometers and s.u.v. blocks the path behind it heavy equipment they're often armed and it would not be wise to go any further with a camera rolling normal for the conservationists monitor changes in the forest with

the help of an app and satellite imagery your job on balls and off ski is a mountain guide and also active in friends of shark to go with them he says the timber thieves sometimes felled trees so that if they want a bit of money or visual and they just leave them lying around in the forest. there was a lot of. shepherds are natural allies of the conservationists as they have a vital interest in preserving the forests and meadows and keeping an eye on illegal logging. the friends of sharp platform emphasizes the importance of monitoring. miley is a sheep farmer. and. he used to take visitors on hikes. until the pandemic hit. on the terrain up here 4 wheel drive vehicles are of no use . friends of great potential in gentle tourism.

and his brother have 5000 sheep. the use milk cheese they make is famous throughout the region. their entire business depends on the preservation of the natural habitat. i would totally welcome a national park and. that's why i support the initiative. and his brother inherited the farm from their parents and have since expanded its operations. they employed 25 shepherds during the season they spent 2 weeks at a time up in the mountains living in huts like this. with. the only source of power here are small solar panels enough to light the hut with a new hydro power plant that would change the shepherd explains. it would be good

little villages would finally have electricity. these small minds commented as agreement with the group for people involved. in the remember. the leader. of this system. the conservationists promote traditional ways of life but most people want at least a few modern conveniences. leads us down into a valley. because. this is where one of the new hydro plans is to be located. it's a plan to build 11. not everybody in the villages of shoplifting that is concerned about protecting the environment. and finding an alternative to improvised rubbish dumps.

construction of the hydro power plants up in the mountains is well underway they use so much water that downstream in the valley the water levels in the river are getting low. so the balkans still feel very remote and left behind but even here there seem to be more cars. friends of shah has several members of its team out and about in the area including voice. michael there is still a lot of work to be done and that includes explaining the issues to people and telling them about the rules on how to behave in a national park. and. it now looks as if the sharp plan in the national park will finally be established next year on paper that is but that is at least a start.

a valve back to africa many people travel long distances by bike here it's not only a cheap way of getting a road it is also really environmentally friendly many families are happy when they receive a bike us of thieves are able to leave one like in south africa where small angio is provided bikes for children it. is the child who starts the day with a very long walk to school it takes almost an hour to get that. she lives in kwazulu-natal province in south africa and if the east coast. i have to get early. to long the ways are in the wrong. there's no public transport around her children often a rifle late to school or just don't go and this problem of late coming as it is

all too often does and that is the issue that driving and they said that he was walking one the road with you there is this programme of crime nor the crime in south africa is very odd days the programme was. a few kilometers away is the base of an ngo that wants to solve the transportation problem for poor local children not iraq's most i am to my son gave me and some part of the team of sweet bike. there are loading 472nd hand bikes recently delivered from switzerland so basically when a new concern arrives it's very i feel like a small child who's about to open a like a park and it's this is the change that you bring into the country doesn't have the feeling that i get when that happens you know it's really good for. sweet bike got going last year and has already provided more than $1800.00 bicycles to schools each one 1st has to be assembled and tested at the sweet bike workshop the project depends on donations depending on how much money comes in something and the team

buy an import up to several containers full each year. because at 19 pandemic has meant delays and deliveries recently the workshop has 5 trainee mechanics. is in charge here. together they process about 40 bikes a day vocational training is another core element of sweet bikes mission the idea is at the end of the year to equip them we have enough skills so they can either open their own workshop or be placed in a drab but you can see in the field we try and teach not only to think of it as mechanics but also maybe selling bikes some of the trainees already have plans for when they complete the course in future would lead to. bicycles

and certainly to all out to all round areas because there's not much transport so they can use bicycles or. something or under yonder mass and gamey are coming to visit a friend and former trainee. he lives in a village a few kilometers away. superman close in armor completed the course a year ago. he now runs a bike workshop in his house. sweet bike gave him a starter set of tools. he thought a lot of schoolchildren would come to have their bikes looked at but the pandemic and lockdown meant schools were closed and few actually showed dark still businesses not bad. i'm going.

in town so obviously no one can come in and i just to fix their bicycles. the next morning back at sweet bike this time to distribute a bunch of newly assembled and tested bikes the children are excited about the bikes. especially as a child. for her it had been a long wait 500 came here i felt like help get a bike but i didn't get it i thought maybe if they come again when it happened. to happen. before the kids can set off on their bikes they get safety training for some riding a bike is an entirely new experience now i have my own transports can all but i won't call. it an easy. balancing

on 2 wheels takes a little practice but to seel a child who is keen to learn and would like nothing more than to cycle to school the very next day. or. keep the old such a life can be a way to help the environment that's also been practiced it on the report from some see. that as right crease these group of islands in the indian ocean is in jeopardy as a result of climate change on the depletion of natural resources bought by planting trees and changing the way they farm the 100 tonnes of a tiny island of cocoa to have witnessed impressive results. nowadays it's difficult to make your way through the dense woodland in cocoa turn

10 years ago this land used to be barren activist. and whose angio have brought it back to life from. the organization encourages local communities to plant trees install solar panels and build fuel efficient cooking studs and harvest rainwater. as a result the times and the island has witnessed a turnaround. and are going to bother with everybody who are now the community is very well versed in the issue of tree planting and as i hear him you know where they were. some years ago the people of cocoa to use slash and burn farming methods leading to massive deforestation. most rivers and the ground water brown and dry what was once 1st harvest soil turn to dust and people have to import food. the organization has planted over 680000 fruit trees and forest trees in cocoa. to make sure that the reforestation

a successful local communities regulate felling. among the people benefiting beekeepers the trees provide bees with a well protected and shady twining place and a source of food when they're flowering. 2 years ago saloon cassim had just to be hives now he has 75. because i can't do anything without a forest. and when you hang the hives like we've done here we get best quality honey it's clean and the bees can't be attacked by other insects. and we're going on a war. is now on the road to recovery. but the eyelet of new job just a couple of kilometers away is still in dire straits. like a quarter in the past has no clean drinking water and the land is degraded. this

tree planting apprentice designed to help the islanders understand the importance of trees. when it will encourage them and help them in planting as well then what then when the rains come we work together with the communities when we visit them and plant trees in their areas for the purpose of ongoing conservation. the organizations activities are funded by the european union the aim is to enable communities to become self-sufficient by means of our great business. and that's a hopeful look into the future brings also the visitation of echo africa i hope you enjoy the show don't forget you can always check in with us and it's on social media i'm krista lem's sino from lagos nigeria thank you greece it is also time for me to say farewell but do be sure to tune in again next week until then it is

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