we live in a competitive disco it's cool it's cool cool. to be free to change your most important. peace treaty. decision or commodity starts march 22nd on d w. welcome to global 3 thousands. this week we had to panama to find out how the tropical timber trade can actually protect the rain forests. in south africa and what white expanses of crossland have to do with the health of local rivers. and in afghanistan the islamist taliban has its sights set on returning to power.

the german military has been deployed in afghanistan for almost 20 years more than 100000 german soldiers have served there and the military says 59 of them have lost their lives. has it been worth it. the taliban now has more than half the country under its control afghanistan's central government is seen as incompetent and corrupt peace talks have stalled germany's military has expanded its presence in the country by a year meanwhile the taliban makes regular threats of attacks it's planning to seize control of the country once again. we're heading down highway one my colleague nessa phasey has an appointment with the taliban in the province of god. it's a dangerous trip right outside kabul the main. road to the south resembles

a battlefield. to taliban fighters lead the way journalists can only travel here with permission and an escort from the taliban. we months or set up the appointment is the taliban's media spokesman was district. they issued the invitation but for us danding face to face with members of the taliban is an unsettling experience. the west considers them one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world normally its members would never gather out in the open like this and risk ass trikes by government forces. but the taliban appreciate the power of media coverage and improvise a jihadist military parade for all the world to see. they also want to tell vast story the taliban district commander has come in person for an interview. with why

god is under the control of the taliban it's an islamic emirate we have an official in charge of the military another for health care we have a judge on a government commission. life hasn't changed much for men and boys since the taliban took control here women and girls however are nowhere in sight. people here have never trusted the government in kabul. most live off farming but hardly make enough to get by harvests a poor. malawi months or lets us watch him prepare for prayers he's from what god himself. has faces weatherbeaten but he's only 30 years old. in the west maybe far away but he understands what propaganda is all about.

our message to nato and its members is this. country want your children to grow up in peace if you want peace to reign in your countries and i must leave our country and end the occupation i'm going to do well you know what then they hide it it's got to fight their way to say. there's no sign of a taliban headquarters around here they keep moving flitting about on their motorbikes. but fighters are posted everywhere even at the entrance to the school. more than 60 boys of various ages are together in one class the only subject is the koran their teacher is a mullah. me how many uncles do the prophets have. some say for others 7 the boys don't seem sure of the answer schooled by the taliban this is a generation that seems to be out of reach of the central government. of the taliban

ruled much of the country from kabul until the u.s. led coalition and afghan insurgents drove them out in late 2001. despite massive international military assistance to subsequent governments in kabul the taliban were never vanquished and have bounced back they now control almost half of the country. they collect taxes and give land to people they favor to finance their military operations. a prosperous farmer hosts months ago and his associates for a meal with as fighters for islam there in no doubt they have the backing of the people. that did buy stuff. i joined the taliban because infidels had occupied our country. that's why we have to pursue a holy war. jihad and. jihad is as important as prayer.

the infidels were brutal. they installed a puppet regime in kabul and threw the taliban in jail and in other words. but now the taliban are back as month so is keen to point out they've evidently set up some functioning institutions in caused me province anybody can apply to this court for assistance for a nominal fee equivalent to 8 cents. judge fuck you know is a koran scholar and bases his rulings on sharia law he says bribery and other forms of corruption have been rooted out here but it is with us the kindest. people don't turn to the government because it doesn't follow sharia law. somebody from a village near here wanted to help solving a problem. the government people said pay is 25000 afghan ie as a bribe and then we'll solve your problem that we don't do that kind of thing. move the kardashian it. was amicable 2 men have come to fuck you lola to resolve

a dispute the one says he sold a plot of land to the other his neighbor who still hasn't paid the full price because he can't farm the land and has no money left for. the other man affirms he has no money and says the deal is off but he wants to resolve the conflict with his neighbor so they can live in peace no more than mark latham the judge doesn't offer a ruling but says that to have to bring witnesses he gives them a document with the taliban stamp. one of these 3 days in gaza he may have been the last opportunity for quite a while for a german broadcaster to report on the taliban up close they've issued an ultimatum if foreign troops don't leave afghanistan by may there will be war and nato troops will be in the firing line.

over the past 30 years in brazil alone 400000 square kilometers of rain forest have been destroyed much of it has been turned over to crops and grazing land for cattle but the tropical timber trade is also responsible for massive damage tropical were distil popular furniture and in the construction trade it mainly hails from the forests of central africa south america and southeast asia china is the world's biggest buyer thanks to tougher regulations exports to the u. shrank by 2 thirds between 20082018 though it still clocked up 850000 tons the worldwide fund for nature says that up to 20 percent of the e.u. used him but imports come from illegal logging and yet the trade in tropical timber can replenish the rain forest as one co-operative in panama proofs. its early in the morning in last left in southwestern panama but me and is already

hard at work doing what she loves growing trees and creating forests. it's wonderful how something as tiny as a sage can turn into a giant of the forest watching trees grow you just saying wow what a marvel. for decades now the forestry engineer has been selecting the best seals to cultivate strong tropical trees because so many have been cut down. iana and meehan and his german partner and here's acre of pursuing the vision to plant huge forests. economy has achieved a lot at a cost to nature that is too high it's not sustainable it can't continue like this . 70 percent of panama's forests have been cleared a lot of that land has gone to cattle ranching. robinson through he'll help his

grandparents and parents on their farm from when he was a little boy to wear more through i will now i love it it makes me happy to see the little cards grow as my pride and joy when all will but i will. back the nations and branding on the agenda today through he has started out with full head of cattle now here's 250 his operation is doing well he says and will provide a future for his children and grandchildren he has cut down many hector's of forest and plans to clear 50 more he doesn't understand why there's such an outcry about deforestation. the forest behind me doesn't owe me any money. i have little no nothing. but my cattle do myself 15 i make 3 or $4000.00 or that i mean. but forestry could become a good source of income for him says and he has and ileana i'm ian. they want

to persuade him to grow valuable hardwood that they can help in markets. if you have ever see certified tropical timber to sell your forest becomes worth something people won't be chopping down all their trees if they can make a living harvesting some of them. after decades of reforestation work in 2016 the 2 also set up a co-operative based in hamburg called the generation forest a share costs less than $1400.00 euros with that money $500.00 square metres of forest will be planted the cooperative buys seeds and degraded pasture land and helps create stable and fair jobs for local people replanting forests. in a moment of a moment of planting determines the fate of the train it's like a baby it needs to be well fed it barefoot otherwise that wind achieve its potential. rosewood spanish cedar tropical wise oak almond

a mix of native species should ensure a healthy mixed forest it's an investment in the future and the environment this stretch of forest was planted just 12 years ago. it's time for its 1st sinning removing some trees to promote the strongest ones investors will get their 1st dividend when the timber result. is about making money or saving the world the great thing is it doesn't matter it's both your money is by dues i mean and it could don't create conventional tree plantations but mixed forests intended as permanent features of the landscape like this one now almost 20 years old it's not just a collection of valuable timber but a rich and varied forest habitat and overhead but when you say all this after 2 decades of work it's just wonderful and inspires you to carry on and i want. what i

was suggesting that. nature has been allowed to work it's one day where there are trees there's water and animals settle birds rabbits and bats dispersed seeds so more trees will grow this was desolate empty ground now monkeys frolic in the crowns of the trees ready. if you will but it's a source of great satisfaction this proves it can be done we can restore to nature what has been taken from us was it enough to overcome them. after 30 years selective felling of tropical hardwoods begins that's worth $500.00. as trees are felled new ones are planted the generation forest co-operative now has 1500 members in 18 countries the project has inspired some people working on reforesting to follow suit on their own property so it's been very important for me in there and

now i'm planting valuable trees on my land because of climate change and it's helping the planet. i mean is also advising a community of the indigenous people they use forest fruits as pigments for their ceremonial bodypainting but they are in short supply here the government forced them to move from their original forest home to mainly cleared area. but there's no wood to build our traditional kind of house here and there are no medicinal plants. a lumber company had felt the trees here i mean is helping the community plant a new forest their approach of selective felling while maintaining the bulk of the trees corresponds to the ended up people's traditional values. we learn from our grandparents that we should only take what we really need from the forest and nothing more. will commercial farmers also be convinced the

co-operative says that after 30 years ahead to a forest will yield a dividend of $1000.00 a year robinson to feel owns $300.00 hector's that's obvious. you can earn money that way in future and enhance the value of your farm if people do incremental. it's all about making a profit if the yield is right it could be worth it perhaps selling timber is better than raising cattle over there. there's still a long way to go but the seeds have been sown ecology and the economy can go hand in hand. there are more than 2000000000 children and young people on our planet we met one in brazil i have and. i'm going to change.

my name is pedro the next go i'm 18 years old and i live in the city of socorro in brazil. the thing all i have a twin sister on an older sister that. you . know if i agree my dad is a farmer and my mom is a driving instructor and she'll call. me.

how do you in my free time i like to take pictures walk around in the wilderness and play soccer along the. bar. because that's all my taste in. music is really diverse i listen to everything from music to rock you know. the place where i live. with the biggest global problems or social inequality and the lack of equal opportunities for everyone working by the quest busy for gold.

definitely everything i have today the place where i live the things that i have thanks to them they worked hard so that i could be where i am today. in south africa's cake region is one of the world's hot spots when it comes to plant biodiversity many of our planet's flowering plants found only here in this week's global ideas we had to mark at the foot of the dragon's bag mountain range where over grazing is playing havoc with the area's unique. but there's hope. for you and i think anybody. is happy she just sold 3 of her cars for the equivalent of $1000.00 euros she's a single mother and the mobile phones organized by environmental and rural solutions are a godsend the options that get it out for us and very right time for us because we

don't hire transport to take it up to the site they come to us and some sometimes we do negotiated the price if one looks at this fight in the past small holders in south africa's grasslands could only buy from and sell to their neighbors. the big cattle auctions were held much too far away. for many around here the mobile auctions have been the only source of income during the pandemic i think are there not about. people not organized grazing dissociation and we offer the auctions as one of the incentives to belong to the association you get a far reduced rate and people also want to make cash from the cattle their source of the bank they have a cash cow there the local economy there the local trading widget so people people love coming to these auctions the environmental and rural solutions arrest organization launched the auctions in 2014 since then 3000 $800.00 cattle have gone

under the hammer for a total of $1700000.00 euros that's benefited more than $500.00 families. the cattle bred here on the grasslands are renowned for their excellent quality. we commercial farmers. but unity for us and for them to get the cattle sold for us to bar good careful and to make some money. environmental scientist nicky macleod and soil scientist lipolysis you see my tele founded e.r.'s 20 years ago. and how the cattle auctions are just one part of a wider scheme to promote sustainable practices in rural areas. much of the grasslands has been badly degraded. the fragile ecosystem has been jeopardized by overgrazing and mismanagement. the grasslands cover 10

percent of south africa but supply 60 percent of the drought stricken countries water needs. against a backdrop of global warming and climate change problems such as overgrazing soil erosion and water security have become more urgent than ever to keeping this beautiful grassland intact as a water absorber it's basically the skin on the ground the skin on the giving is grass then attacked is so important for a punishing a water source here in rio also near the headwaters of the great river which is one of the very few still free flowing river as in south africa supplying water to over 1000000 people from these mountains these mountains are around as all the way to the indian ocean so it's a very important and scape not just for as that live near the herd what has but

everybody that does and long veterans of assisting. the greater the biodiversity the healthier the soil find him work informs robust grass cover helps prevent water from evaporating and protects against erosion. but tackling the issue of. grazing in a region that depends on livestock farming is a challenge. one solution involves reviving an age old herding tradition. started long time ago with our forefathers. the way they used to do it was to pile up some stones and paint them. that way the community knew which side was follow and which side was for grazing there would be a big record or 2 on our market that were to start

a long time ago but then it got lost. so each year a different part of the pasture land would be left fallow this traditional system of land rotation had been used for a very long time but as more and more people left the area to find work in the cities the practice died out. a lot of fat they let that peeper didn't and best ended but if they talked to the address off the computer then he trusts easy to have the system. accepted that the challenge that we have that is major around here and livestock theft. here in the grasslands 47 percent of young people are unemployed and crime rates are soaring. but the r.s.s. found a solution to that problem as well. in the village of sheep are being to

toot so it's clear who they belong to that makes stealing them pointless. the branding is done by eco chaps young people trained by the ers team as a veteran repairing medics. they work by themselves distributing medicine and vaccinating livestock on remote funniest. thing on really when i didn't realise it's a very successful project. you know i used to have 12 kegel 5 sheep but now drew to this are still seated helping us with the. facts in asian and other media says well i may have been now 30. sheep i'm having going to get will do to this. and they came a cloud have convinced many people here in eastern cape province that living in

harmony with nature benefits them to help secure their livelihoods. they're now keen to protect resources and conserve biodiversity in the unique landscape of the grasslands. so. all our kids about grass. bring healthy girl strength bit-o. water absorption and soil moisture more productive range less happy fat cattle happy healthy people to all the draw money at the my kids if you serve the cattle you know and that we love all cattle not just the bulk cash. cow for. environmental protection and sustainable development even after 2 decades the 2 are as committed as ever.

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