it. from me. to we are here is actually on fire. just. recycling cycling instead of driving protesting for change this by all other for the it bob and sometimes it feels like we're fighting an uphill battle but does that mean we should stop trying i don't think so because even our small individual actions get made a big difference this week we need the people working against all odds to make

change where we are i'm something of a welcome. let's stop today's show among the forest welling tribes of woodshop for generations the state's forests have been there who and primary source of livelihood yet without to leave the plane or the ship a 2006 indian law could wreck to decide to a ship but 15 years on many of them are still struggling to pull all the ship and organization in the not district is helping them navigate the bureaucracy and substantiate their claims. and. since time immemorial the family of gold in the bible has lived many other duties but up honest in good out they belong to an ancient tribal community the forest is their livelihood and source of food they live without reliable roads electricity.

all schools things have changed or go in the virus are understandably now in the past it was often difficult. where jungle the jungle capital of the forest department would harass us a lot the game and to carry seeds when we tried to cultivate the land they would not allow us to cultivate it was very difficult but. in the days of colonial rule the british nationalized india's forest transporting ownership of the land to the government those who lived from the forest began to be seen as encroachers in the eyes of the law. in 2006 landmark legislation known as the forest rights act was finally passed in india following protests from tribal groups and activists the law states that tribal communities which make up 9 percent of india's population have a right to live from protected land where they have lived for generations under the law any individual or group from a tribal community can claim property rights over forest land if they can prove

that they've been living there and cultivating the land since before 2005. but providing that proof has been difficult as of august 20th nearly 2000000 claims had been rejected citing lack of evidence a huge challenge by the village councils all grams of ours who make the claims on behalf of the community. most of the authorities mistaken somebody was not a lot of it is insist for documentary evidence in the form of forest department receipt or something like that when in many of the places most of the grounds of us were not aware because this is very complicated in the past to be carried out by ground so by that also very complicated and unless we go in very figures on is what . not an easy job you go there according to big statements these things and most of the people have not been here well with. unreached many times

a local tribal rights activist whose organization has been supporting go in the bike and his village council as they tackle the problem of collecting evidence. they're able to produce detailed maps by overlapping satellite images and g.p.s. data. so far over 250 grams of our councils have been trained to better understand how to employ the forest rights act with. the sickest harmony a part of the part of in the past people who are too scared to approach forest department office or speak up in front of them. when the forest act was passed in 2006 people here felt confident that they would be able to get some right so that we could use our land and build this help we are now able to assert those rights. that they got a. 27 year old mucked up by us our man has learned how to use g.p.s.

with the help of a g.p.s. tracker he can calculate exact floats of land and produce an accurate map of the g.p.s. findings of an superimposed with satellite image data from 2005 and are used as evidence in the submission of. use of technology for verification of claims is a very controversial issue most of the groups are opposed to because most of the groups feel that this would be this is a meeting process away from the ground. somebody sitting far away and listen officer of his comment it is themselves they start using this technology they can most of the play that saw that very demonstrative use. not just by what they were but they have seen the console and they can use it not only forward in support of that they can use it to win challenge or wrongful use of

technology where the government and the method is clearly working out of the 120 individual claims submitted by the sa guy willage all have been verified and approved the grounds of out of sight guy was also successful in winning community forest rights which enabled them to collect and sell forest produce like mamdouh and medicine of plants this has opened up new sustainable ways of generating income for the community i'm never heard that i thought. or since 2016 we have been selling bamboo to a paper mill. around 6000 euros for the droid. we use that money to pay 2500 to 3000 years to community members will deliver in logan there was a man or woman been locked out of here they said they are. the ripple effect of what's happening inside i village can already be seen in a good or a. state level committee has selected this district as

a pilot project for verifying the claims of the forest rights act referred to here as f r a. that far you probably remember is not only beneficial for bribery well for bribery. but is also good if you sell for a moment. like other community projects around the world working with the grams of our council of sa guy he has shown that conservation efforts need to go hand in hand with local residents to be truly sustainable. storms drought beetle infestation and fire your hopes for this have taken a battering in recent years and wild replanting trees has been the go to solution for regenerating forests some scientists say it hasn't. sustainable looking instead other solutions to bring back the. weather beech trees maples

or estens jeannette and aebischer are always glad to see a new member of the family arrive about 12 months ago the 2 researches began documenting changes big and small to this section of a forest ravaged by fire. we got what we hoped for the ecosystem is starting to recover and certain species are quickly appearing and spreading such as these aspens they've now brought about changes to the area that are in turn helpful for other species. good 6 and in august 28th seen a forest fire raised almost 4 square kilometers of woodland outside the town of twine pleats in eastern germany an area larger than 500 soccer pitches the usual practice after a forest fire is to clear the entire area and replant trees as seen on this private land but not in this case thanks to

a government funded project here dead trees are left standing. local forest think it is testing an alternative solution removing most of the dead pine trees and planting other species in their place the idea is to create a mixed forest that's also home to oaks poplars and other deciduous trees. so i can i 1st wanted to see which species of tree i could use and how old they need to be before being transplanted carrying out tests is important to get the full picture. and that's when the forest abroad in the expertise of these researchers they're here to find out the best way for a forest to be able to regenerate and. become more climate resistant with or without human assistance. the researchers take a hands off approach limiting their work to observing which plants and animals

settle in the habitat it's a rare opportunity. it's now standard procedure to see to it that we repair the damage the documents have done all too frequently we do not give nature the time or space to do that itself and that deprives us of the chance to learn from nature to forgive him for all the false. among the things they have learned is that in addition to providing shade dead wood also in the hands of the soil when it falls to the ground it creates more humus which gives the soil more moisture the work is carried out on his test areas is on a smaller scale that is common in conventional forest management there billy accessible by car and he's a wreck did a fence around the forest to keep larger animals at bay he left

a number of dead trees standing leaves have also been spread to keep the soil moist and to protect it during drought. we're seeing large scale forest fires in the region and that's going to continue so we need to learn how to respond to. them and that's why researchers in it is here she's been collecting data on soil humidity and temperature which plants and animals settle there and how all these factors impact on the ecosystem 8 other research institutes are also involved in the project the data gathered over the project's 5 year time frame is being collected at her university and has filed a near bilin but it happened habits like death data shows that natural reach even nation far exceeds the number of trees planted. by humans. being up to 3 times the amount of naturally recession compared to the pine trees

that were planted on the area. after. a number of studies show is that even the remains of trees killed or damaged in severe fires the forest ecosystem rebound which supports the argument of letting nature be. as we've just seen it's often. but it's not always possible that people are also lying when the environment for their livelihoods. for example employed almost 6000000. in $20000.00 according to the un's food and agriculture organization as an island nation it's an industry that. on climate change and fishing are having a big impact have stepped in to help and the communities rely on it let's take a look.

around you know. ima come over to silence. i've been fishing for a long time for more than 25 years and. it's been raining since midnight it's too dangerous to take the boat out. we fishermen have observed how the weather has changed. the strong easterly winds that we see right now should have passed by no. but it's possible they'll continue until march 1 that's when they stopped last year the weather no longer follows the usual pattern of. the rainy season used to end in january and february used to be one of the driest months of the year climate change has changed all that fishermen have to be very attuned to the weather and notice

every shift and deviation. call in 7 you know has 4 children to have already left home his wife jocelyn tells us they have managed to raise a family even if food that is fish has sometimes been scarce. and i have. now got what we got from the sea is what we eat and a source of income. that we were able to send our children to schools that i was so you know like a new one on me and i'm very proud of that. by my husband and i never went to school but it just wasn't possible. later in the morning the weather improved. calling someone you know soon caught 2 large fish kill so the red snapper. headways managed to raise

a family even if food that is fish has sometimes been scarce. and we have. now got so what we got from the sea is what we and it's source of income. we were able to send our children to school that i was so you know like a new one on me and i'm very proud of that. by my husband and i never went to school but it just wasn't possible. most of more. later in the morning the weather improved. calling 7 you know soon caught 2 large fish he'll sell the red snapper. it weighs more than 5 kilos.

on a good day he catches 15 kilos of fish the family always keeps a portion and sells the rest to others in the neighborhood. before the pandemic he used to sell to a trader who supplied large markets it was profitable but the markets are closed for now his neighbors can't pay those kind of prices. just an uncertain you know does the bookkeeping. when they have money to spare she deposits it with the savings club. and the savings club someone what i should know the savings club is like a bank for us when we bungled it he said we don't have a bank on our island but when the savings you know so we came up with this. so that people can learn how to save money. most people when people are live from fishing. there's not much else to do here. the local

savings club was set up 4 years ago. and official from the municipality looks after the money the club has $400.00 members the deposits currently amount to the equivalent of about 8 and a half 1000 euros. a month if we meet once a week. and that's when our members bring their money. some deposit 20 pesos others 40 a few even 50. of these. 20 pesos is a 3rd of a euro you know by you a bottle of water and that's all some people can put aside after a week's work they would probably have even less were it not for efforts to protect the island's coastal waters from overfishing in 2005 marine protected areas were

established where no fishing is allowed and the fish can breed in peace. impede our volunteers patrol the coast around the clock. this is their guard post. these protected areas have made a big difference for stocks we're doing doing here but since 2005 they've been increasing. and i think these areas have really improved the situation for the fishermen but. the german environment industries international climate initiative is supporting the fishing communities efforts to help themselves. susanne heads the municipalities disaster relief unit she helped set up the protected area . n.p.r. we experienced so many changes may be that's the.

cost of climate change like the sea labor the ariz extreme heat. long drought and heavy rain fall and the a chorus of frequent occurrence forms it's evening and the 7 you know family are preparing supper. on the menu fish of course with lemon grass tomatoes and chili and rice. i boil some water. when i add the vegetables. and then the fish. and i let it cook for a while. but i don't let it come on that.

but you daughters who still live at home have been studying climate change at school. they understand how it's affecting life here. it's a big problem for my father well it makes me really sad that i hear about it so hard out there on the water and the many might not even catch a single fish that i feel sorry for him he works really hard but still sometimes comes home empty handed for trying. the searing images can only hope for good weather and calm seas life is tough and getting tougher on the commodious. the 19 pandemic has been devastating for people and industries only over the world in india it's created a situation for farmers who've seen a decrease in demand and in some cases have been unable to access their land but in

made of this strict a community organizer established to share information and solidarity with the changing involvement has become a lifeline. standing dawn in a few weeks going to start harvesting for the crops to remain healthy she needs to ensure the reeds are removed frequently 4 years ago she took on a lease for nearly 5 years for thailand thanks to help from a local initiative. and you know by the end i got rid of the money to when i was growing 15 to 25 about us i felt good and decided to stick to agriculture so my children could go to school my daughter did the job training and my son studied till he was 15 so i'm taking care of my kids it would be lovely what i mean and out of. unlike many across the world she has remained unfazed by the pandemic even the historic flood last october that flattened thousands of acres of farmland and the

land gone i stared could not better over the last 70 years she has been growing crowd missional millet and it's. if you. really love and value only those who abandon food crops and grow something else ended up with losses it would be to lose out at all those who grow cotton and sold it all at once ended up with nothing to eat but we have no such problems in a little mind on that model and. vim unlike most have traditionally been marginalized both as bowman and because of their cost but malema has managed to break out of the more she decides to grow up she grows and even owns the land she builds a departure from india's social norms it is largely thanks to the deck and development society a larger movement of which spot the grassroots organization set up in the mid 1980

s. encourages women to form sangomas groups for organic community family. financial support comes from international funding agencies and the government the veteran here only grow dryland crops which are not affected by climate change as one of the societies founders explains and that is not all. the numbers to the growing crops we do not need you read. from the society and their lead they hear me but i don't want to nutrition not have papers because i want gramps. i really nutrition. labels and therefore there. people can buy their traditional seed varieties are key in achieving food security and autonomy 65 year old is in charge of

a community seed bank at canyon village she carefully cvs the seeds to remove the stones before putting them in long term storage in the past the villain but treated as untouchable today they have better social standing because they have grown stronger to the organization. some of them do you know these historically marginalized them and also on a community radio station in the pandemic it has become an important channel for raising a venice and spreading information not a summer or general not a summer as she's known presents and produces the daily program which also reports on traditional farming practices she has many listeners. accolade a.d.n. just being you know what i do use the read you to educate the younger ones on different crops how to sew food crops and see if see we interview older people and

broadcasters to educate the younger generation of the need to attendees of m.t.a. t.v. let me appease them that one way. and the other women of song gravy district didn't start off when the markets were closed during the log in est they were able to help others when i gave them money in committee that money is going to get busy we all had food in our homes so from each will it be collected greens bagged and distributed them and we were able to give a nutritious millet drink to pregnant women and new mothers in each village we got to because the little she never left the little girl while i was. inspired by how the very men have bettered the crisis is of the farmers in the region have not begun to follow their lead. but then there is a lot of among the 70 religious going to be half of the farmers are doing organic farming like we do and up out of the community previously only a quarter of the farmers belong to the coming in but slowly the most out of

increasing. forced long down more than half of the farmers don't do organic farming and they're all growing traditional food crops. it gravely you've been given. nearly 4 decades of the movement 1st began members are now travelling from village to village. to spread the message the society has helped them to grow strong and develop farming practices that are bold and resistant to climate change. it takes the gumption to be the forced her book about change i hope of these episodes inspire you to see that change you want to see in the world take a step towards a clean a female planet i'll see you again next week with many more talk provoking stories from our entire team in india and germany the bag.

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this is date w. news live from both and then tempers flare as the u.s. and china face off for the 1st time under joe biden's presidency washington cold beijing a threat to global stability china in turn accuses the u.s. the same also coming out europe response and occupations with the now cleared astra zeneca vaccine german scientists say they found out more about the cause that caused the scare over the job. than germany almost a recent one of the researches here brought hope to the world wide developing the 1st code that 19 talks saying if i don't take fellows does nothing to richie and the best stock in lieu go down in history.

i'm rebecca riches thanks for joining us u.s. and chinese diplomats have clashed at their 1st mate exams president. biden took office the face to face talks in alaska got off to a confrontational start with 8 side attacking the other among the sticking points are human rights the pandemic and china's military build up washington accuses china of threatening global stability china says the u.s. is hypocritical if it's supposed to be a traditional photo op between 2 economic and military superpowers but instead a backroom brawl exploded on to the world stage as both sides launched scathing indictments also discuss our deep concerns with actions by china including actions wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward

our allies each of these actions threaten the rules based order that maintains will stability that's why they're not merely internal matters and why we feel an obligation to raise these issues here today chinese communist party foreign affairs chief yang a chief fired back by questioning america's status as a leader. so we hope that when talking about universal values or international public opinion on the part of the united states we hope the u.s. side will think about whether it feels reassured saying these things because the us does not represent the world it only represents the government of the united states . and the u.s. secretary of state reasserted america's leadership role i have to tell you what i'm hearing is very different from what you describe. i'm hearing deep satisfaction that the united states is back there were reengage with our allies and partners i'm

also hearing deep concern about some of the actions your government is taking but with the mutually agreed diplomatic protocol scrafton china's foreign affairs chief deflected criticism of its own human rights record by pointing back at the u.s. world. in regard to human rights. we hope the us can do a little better in this aspect. only with us as human rights issues are deeply rooted it didn't just exist during the past 10 years slaughter of african-americans has always been a problem. it's all those who went. with a chilly start to the new normal for relations between china and the u.s. the rest of the world is watching closely to understand where they fit in in this new balance between global powers. let's bring in u.s. policy analyst liz show to look at this closely why why do you think this meeting

started off with so much conflict wasn't it deliberate tactic do you think from one country or the other or did things simply get out of hand. i think you could probably say it was a deliberate tactic from both countries both countries this is a huge moment america has been positioning itself from long time as a global power right as the leading global power for the last 4 years america spent a little bit i think the word you could say is hampered it's been a little more hold back a little less able to kind of take up the space that it's taken up in the last decade at least china has been pushing right up against that so trying to was ready they were like we will not simply step aside because america has a new presidency i think at the same time goes blank and came in with mike you guys were seasoned we know what's out with you and we're not going to coming week and kind of expecting whatever you're giving us i think they both just started hugely

aggressive standpoints which doesn't i sponsor great conversation that i mean how much cooperation therefore and is going to be possible do you think between china and the u.s. with a new biden administration. it's possible what happened in the last meetings this is the 1st real. face to face and this might have some posturing i would love to be optimist and kind of see that is a posturing on both parts to kind of say i'm the big guy in the room i'm not going to be pushed around you have to treat me as an equal because i think both sides want to be viewed as a strong man or to get me out there i think it's part cooperation i've already heard rumors that there might be some kind of follow up in april and it might be a way to kind of save face and say we were strong and their side met us where we were and i think both places have tried to a little bit. you know that i think what's really important is to keep looking back

it was by lincoln i've repeatedly said which is at the end of the day this will be in the us own us american interests and i think china's going to come to the same table which just just makes cooperation so difficult now you've been involved with us china policy development what is your assessment what do you think would be the best way forward. i think recognizing that the other side. this is a new world order i think you know it's just sad this is a new form of world a clumsy that not your side has experience before what i think will be really interesting is i worked at the state department in an office of intergovernmental affairs and time when there was a lot of tension between for example u.s. and russia what we continue to see was cooperation at the sound national level you have governors from russia coming to america talking about trade talking about human rights talking about economics and i think you're still going to see those movements with chinese partners and u.s.

partners so maybe well on the federal and national levels there is this tension in this stalemate we might see a really great productive cooperation at the subnational level between governors and mayors across the 2 countries. as a shell k. u.s. policy analyst thanks very much for the analysis. thank you know. when i step out of balance of the other stories making news around the world this hour young environmental activists have staged protests in cities around the world as part of the 1st global global climate strike of 2021 swedish activists created to lead a demonstration in her hometown of stockholm she criticised world leaders for failing to treat climate change as a crisis. tanzania has its 1st female president some sort of her son took the oath as head of state following the sudden death of john mica footie she'll serve for the remaining 3 years of his term. french prime minister has

been inoculated with astra zeneca has a coronavirus back saying it's part of an effort to rebuild public confidence after france and other countries briefly paused vaccinations over blood coffee is on thursday the european medicines agency concluded the shot was safe and effective. as we just heard the a.m.a. has vouched for the safety of astra zeneca has shot but added it would continue to monitor rare cases of blood clotting a team of german scientists now say they found out more about the calls and how to possibly treat them. so joins me now from date of new science sophia what did this team of german scientists find out about the blood clots. so scientists from the university of cairo which is in northern germany got 6 blood samples from the polish institute which is the german federal agency for their prove a vaccine and they say that they studied these blood samples in great detail and

that they were able to connect the vaccine that shows any comic scene to a special form of immune response which leads to the formation of the blood clots that have been observed in these patients we have to keep in mind that they only looked at a very small number of samples only 6 not samples and that their results have not been approved by other scientists and they have not even been reviewed by the public alyque institute right what do we know yet who is at high risk of developing this i mean response. no i'm fortunately we don't know and we do know that in general young women and middle aged young to middle aged women are at the highest christe of developing this kind of from bose's but we don't even really know if there astra zeneca vaccine actually heightens the likelihood of developing this form of throws at all on the other hand the good news is that because the scientists were able to study the mechanism in such detail they're also pretty

convinced that they'll now be able to treat it very well if symptoms are cured while the european regulators said on thursday that b astra zeneca vaccine is safe and effective but of the link to red blood clots cannot be ruled out that's a bit contradictory is and i can you explain what they mean. yeah yeah i think it's a clear case of weighing the benefits against the risks so we do know that in general the risk to develop this special form of 3 of those is is really really though and so far only a very tiny fraction of the patients that have gotten the astra zeneca vaccine have developed this form of thrombosis on the other hand we do know that the astra zeneca vaccine is highly effective in preventing especially severe kovac 1000 cases so i think in this case the benefits clearly away the risks. so having a from day to reassign thanks very much for that update. and germany has on of the

scientists who won the rights to develop the world's 1st covert 9 tame vaccine the married founders of the drug maker violent tech have been awarded the order of merit they achieved their lifesaving breakthrough largely by starting work on a vaccine well before their rivals. it's an award for services to the nation and yet this couple's extraordinary achievement has global dimensions you are bound by your groundbreaking discovery is saving lives in life the hooks. it's ensuring our social economic and cultural survival. and you didn't get in future time a person is vaccinated and we take a small step back towards normal life and towards the life we miss and the people we love so don't mention. we believe in seizure of this i'm certain seldom has a scientific achievement of such existential importance being grech you can.

get certain it was. founded by on take in 2008 at their company's headquarters in mines they and their team had been working on the next generation cancer treatment for more than a decade using m r n a technology that was until news from china emerged about doctors discovering a mysterious new virus spreading rapidly in the city of. at 1st the world didn't pay much attention. to it she did even before the world health organization issued its 1st major warning the biotech team started working round the clock less than a year later there vaccine was approved in many countries around the world. that not only earned them one of germany's tires on us but also thank you letters from around the globe. we saw grandparents reunited with their grandchildren doctors and nurses that no longer needed to be worried about their relatives when i read

messages like these i can say the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. for tara. but to end the pandemic shine emphasizes one last big concerted effort is necessary he appealed to people to remain cautious. right through this 2 thirds of the way are already behind us one 3rd is ahead and i'm absolutely sure that if we can do this we will get the pandemic under control. like everyone else shine and to richie will then be able to return to normal everyday life and for them that means getting back to work on their own original mission of developing a new treatment for cancer. as a football now and a draw for the quarter finals of the champions league has been made and holders by munich faced tough opposition as they look to retain nick crown the varians a true big spending power a paris st germain and a repeat of last season's final the winner's league as other representatives

barassi adornment also face a financial powerhouse they play at manchester city with the 1st leg to be played in england in the other ties rael madrid play liverpool and porto take on chelsea the quarterfinals begin on a full 6. he's a reminder about top stories we're following this hour diplomats from the united states and china have traded jobs at their 1st meeting since president joe biden took office the u.s. called beijing a threat to global security china accuse the u.s. of hypocrisy. and germany has on of the scientists who won the rights to develop the world's 1st covered 19 fax saying the founders of the drug micro biome tech were awarded the order of merits. you're watching news from but end up next even busy as your business headlines are back at the top of the hour with more news and in between there's always our website dot com and you can follow us on social media as well at day w. news i'm rebecca racist thanks for joining us it was nice to.

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