the save 40 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the human serum why the fools who have decided to put their trust in us. may name is jenny harrison a word or deed w. . they are part of every society yet they needs are often overlooked. worldwide there are more than 1000000000 people with a physical or mental disability. what scientific developments might improve their lives. we're taking a look in this edition of tomorrow today the science show on d w. it's

great to have you with us welcome to the show. our 1st because it is about hands or rather if we lose them how we can replace them it's not so easy because with our hands we can grasp tightly move smoothly and work with great precision. it takes children several years to learn to grip properly. this only works thanks to coordination of the brain nerves and muscles. and how does that work. when a movement is to be performed the brain sends commands to the muscles via the spinal cord. the signal arrives and the young is rain just.

the nerve cells in the spinal cord also conduct stimuli back to the brain the impulses flow in both directions. and that's at the core of modern press that a technology. this robotic hand can learn to cooperate with its wearer thanks to artificial intelligence. 'd is its teacher and also its owner today but i can use his robotic arm to carry out amazingly precise and fluid movements for him the ai based technology has opened up a new realm of possibilities. and reason for an interesting one huge advantage of the system is the fact that is adapts to me instead of me having to adapt to the system. it's a game changer i don't have to think about what i want my robot arm to do. it just does it automatically of the matter.

is a farmer who lives in bavaria in southeastern germany tending to his crop and livestock is all he's ever wanted to do 2. but after an accident involving a crop chopper blade his lower arm had to be amputated to continue farming he needed an artificial limb. and the worst part was pulling out the arm and seen the open bones muscles and fibers that were covered in blood it was a terrible sight. despite surgery bowers arm couldn't be saved to avoid having to give up his dream of being a farmer he urgently needed to replace the hand he lost his search led him to the prosthetics manufacturer audiobook in due to start. their therapist daniela's this defiled teaches patients like hour how to use their ai based robotic limbs the initial training process takes several weeks. this specially designed cuff is

fitted with 8 pairs of electrodes. they recognise tiny movements in the muscles of the upper arm and apple visualizes these tiny movements and stores them as movement patterns. as. the cuff and connected by plea to exist in them and inside the cuff there are lots of electrodes. those tiny impulses and both guns muscles will be transferred onto the. bar is learning how to use his robotic limbs. it's crucial that the tiny muscle impulses he's learning are as distinct as possible that way the prosthetic can link each impulse to a specific movement. he's not starting from scratch even after an amputation the brain remembers the patterns of movement needed to do things like open or close at hand. once muscle impulses become associated with specific movements

the robotic limb will use ai to learn specific movement patterns the electrodes inside the robotic limb register the muscle impulses from the upper arm. the up matches these muscle patterns to specific movements and stores them. while vulcan bower spent weeks learning the basics the company's engineers were building his robotic limb now it's ready to learn and adapt to bowers movement patterns. 'd 'd and all the patient has to do is imagine carrying out movements with the missing hand this is them can distinguish among those imagined movements and then carry them out. for about hour his robotic limb means a major increase in quality of life for them and then controlling the movements is just amazing that all you have to do is imagine an opening in your hand and the robot hand opens imagine closing it and it can. as with the same rotation the

president arm just carries out these movements as. german prosthetics manufacturer auto bach is charting new territory currently the technology only works on form prosthetics but that might change soon other intelligent systems that control other lambs could soon follow. researchers are working on these and other developments. but right now we're working on systems that could provide tactile signals to their wearers to that extent can actually feel at some point i'm sure we'll be able to provide feedback on temperature or the information about the surface of the object being touched the shelf not just gotten engaged on. that will help the researchers emulate a real hand as accurately as possible. what prosthetics have already made possible is on display at events like this i both won in zurich it's a sporting event where people with physical disabilities from all over the world

come together every 4 years to compete in different disciplines the competitors demonstrate what today's prosthetics are capable of. our will need many months and there be sessions to continue refining his work with his intelligent self learning prosthesis he's making progress quickly. but even with the help of artificial intelligence he needs a lot of patients and stamina to get used to living with his ai prosthesis. you just have to keep playing with it when something doesn't work you just have to keep trying it some movements work right away while others require more time and more practice and for type after and for us like many things practice makes perfect that's the only way the intelligent prosthesis can continue learning including therapy the cuff in fine tuning the devices cost around $60.00. 1000 euros which

are covered by his professional accident insurance. and. quite honestly i can't imagine my life without this presley says i use it all day long depending on what i'm currently doing that. i used to produces for everyday purposes at home too for things like eating there are so many things i use it for. thanks to his prosthetic arm power can continue to follow his dream. contrasts to purely physical disability there are developmental disorders that are not immediately apparent and often go unrecognized. some spectrum disorder for example is usually only noticed when it child as a toddler but the earlier it's detected the better the chances of it being managed and treated. researchers at frankfurt university hospital are trying to find out.

what is autism interpreting the symptoms correctly is quite a challenge even for experts. 2 and a half year old lucas is taking part in a study by frankfurt university's academic teaching hospital he's not affected and is being used as a control subject so far he's been developing quite normally. so what are the 1st signs of autism in a toddler. to find that out scientists at the hospitals autism therapy and research center truck children's i movements they want to find out it artistic children see their world through different eyes so what we're trying to find out is how the eye moves list seems to be certain differences between children with autism and those without trying to stop them we know for instance that children with autism. pay

much less attention to social stimulus like emotional faces or biological movements we know that only too well. but we don't know is why that's the case. in the sky so their father has. time for an experiment using an eye tracker. while lucas follows the images on the screen in front of him the eye tracker logs how long his gaze rests on the various figures and faces shown. how quickly do his eyes respond what holds his attention longest and which emotions appealed to him. initial results indicate that children with autism stare at certain images longer and they have difficulty refocusing their attention they lack a broader view. of what we're hoping to achieve is to get a better insight into it to perhaps detect autism earlier. so that we can say we

found a marker of the eye movements and continues the diagnosis from that. right now we can only reliably make a diagnosis on the basis of behavior in the 3rd year of life. the earlier autism can be diagnosed earlier with medial therapy can be applied besides i movements the frankfurt team has found other signs in the brain clinical director christine of high tech manages the autism research center. her team uses brain scans to investigate the cerebral anatomy of people affected by autism it seems that there are no ronal networks are woven differently could early diagnosis improve life for those affected completely what is the if there is a hypothesis that the earlier support begins the more elastic the brain is and that up to a point can compensate. a little bit. but recognizing the minimal differences in

brain structure is not easy to do it neuroscientist christina eka uses a software which recognizes patterns it's algorithms compare hundreds of brain scans to calculate the probabilities of accurately predicting autism before her 4 hears that early prognosis is especially important for instance when someone in the family is already affected that increases the probability many times over and it would be an interesting scenario if a sibling had autism then you can start scanning very early on and make a forecast based on our models. bozza stanwood their lives on the 4 years ago. but for now computer diagnosis is just a pipe dream and i movement analysis requires a lot more intensive research as well but the sooner the early signs of autism can be deciphered the faster therapies can be developed to help the children affected.

the majority of people with disabilities live in developing countries often in poverty. nutrition a lack of sanitation and poor medical care often lead to disabilities that could be avoided. it is estimated that 2 thirds of visually impaired people could actually regained their eyesight using simple measures as this report from rwanda. it's 9 in the morning in the cup clinic in rwanda as usual the waiting room is already teeming with people. little angelos waiting with his mother. the 2 year old has already undergone his 1st operation that was 2 months ago when doctors had to remove his cancer stricken

left eye. but ghani eye clinic is an oasis of hope for patients across the country it attracts large numbers up to 170 people can gather here as they wait to be examined the treatment cabins are all occupied staff work around the clock there are only $7000.00 doctors in all of rwanda compared bad with $8000.00 in germany now it's a little angelos turn doctoral koori studied medicine in germany he removes the child's dressing carefully the wound from the operation is healed well doctor wants to try and save the angelos other eye he examines it closely and discovers a tumor is already growing here as well unfortunately angela was initially taken to a so-called miracle healer for treatment a custom that is widespread in rwanda valuable time was lost as

a result. it's. the 1st sign of an unusual white reflection on the eye or luko korea was it 6 months old now he's 2 and a half months meaning they came here 2 years too late after the i had already grown out and was being pressed out the mother only brought the child to us when the same thing happened with the other eye cancer of the retina or retinoblastoma is curable but 70 percent of african children will contract it because they're diagnosed too late for effective treatment doctorow corey uses a special found scope to examine angelos retina it allows him to see how far the disease has progressed he decides to treat the right eye with chemotherapy. believes public health education is required to prevent suffering of this kind.

we have to raise awareness about it and get treatment closer to the patients localities because of a patient comes to us too late the tumour can be deadly if they come here early enough we can save the eye and possibly their vision as well. that's why dr corey and his colleagues regularly visit the country's more remote villages. he's seen a lot of the world born in levanon he grew up in tubing and in germany and worked in paris he arrived in rwanda in early 2019 once a year he comes to this outreach clinic where he performs operations for days on end here he comes across patients who can't afford a trip to a city i hospital over half the people here live in extreme poverty there's no expensive laser technology in this operating theater every move has to sit perfectly corey can treat 50 to 60 patients a day here a mere drop in the ocean

a day later in the cup guy i clinic. the operating team works relentlessly 12 hour days are the norm almost 80 percent of the country's eye surgery is carried out here. in the meantime angelos mother neal get go prepares for food in the hospital kitchen. mother and son have been here for 8 weeks now but nearly draco hasn't given up hope. going to visit because i knew i believe the doctors here can help my son was. the problem is red white are very glad i made it. do you have a science question you'd like us to answer. them given as

a video text ovoid well if we featured on the show and you look at a little surprise from us as a thank you come on just ask. you'll find us on our web site oh on twitter. now here's a question from a viewer in nigeria. how do you fish sea and mortar. underwater everything looks blurry to humans that's because water has a higher density than at say lightweights band as they pass from at a water and the slow down that means an image isn't focused exactly on the retina as is the case out of water but behind it hence the blur diving goggles compensate for that. fish by contrast have almost spera cold hard lenses and can see everything up to a distance of one meter clearly. like. to look

further away you. they're just focused by moving the lens closer to the retina. they still can't really see far but usually they don't need to. they have a wide panoramic view because of their side facing eyes. and. ultra wide angle camera lenses called fisheye lenses mimic this effect. fish see more colors than we can they have receptor is not only for red green and blue light but also for ultraviolet. all in the dark depths that helps them locate prey that sport brilliant colors fisherman use colorful bait to exploit this ability in fish. something shit turns out to can distinguish different human faces. as a study of archer fish found. they shoot down prey by spitting

a jet of water. in the experiment they were trained to hit a picture of a particular face in most cases they succeeded. fish vision is far better adapted to water than ours otherwise they wouldn't survive. most of our planet is covered with water. and makes up only about a 3rd of the area and of that only about a 3rd is covered with forest. in most forests humans have encroached hunting felling trees and clearing arable land. in africa and south america in particular the forested area has declined significantly over the past 30 years. in asia and europe on the other hand some last forest has been regained through the forest station example of the varian forest national. shows how it can be done.

for 150 years the glass industry and forestry methods have shaped a very in forest. what was once wild mountain mixed forest has become a spruce monoculture and it was here of all places that germany's 1st national park was created a wager with an unknown outcome because nobody knew how to turn this kind of a commercial forest back into a primeval forest. mikail held was deputy head of the national park for many years and he knows the forest intimately but he still poking around here. as a forest scientist and local he followed the beginnings of the national park very closely. in the one finds the early years of the national park no one really

knew what national park actually meant and you made clear is among the spruce trees for example and then planted furred trees because you wanted to make it more natural it was hard to imagine that in your natural forest would develop in the direction of a primeval forest without human influence without forestry interventions in question. but 2 years after the national parks inauguration a storm fell to 3000 spruce trees the park's manager at the time dr hans the bullied decided to try an experiment. against massive resistance from the national park forestry office which was still responsible for the care of the forest at that time he made sure that a few 100 trees weren't removed from the forest and were simply left where they fell ringback ringback. then a process began around the dead trees that hardly anyone had previously thought possible within 10 years a new species of rich and near natural forest would grow in the nutrient in real.

soil where the trees had fallen. so could it be possible that humans don't have to interfere in order to regenerate and natural forests. in 1983 a violent thunderstorm provided an opportunity to test that hypothesis the storm flattened spruce trees on about 90 heck cares. the. park manager hons people the wanted to leave the trees in the heart of the national park and the ministry of forestry gave him the green light. it was a revolution against prevailing nature conservation ideas. the same tried to always follow and you know you with this decision there was also a new nature conservation strategy in germany process protection as the scientists called it or wilderness as the tourism experts called it and then later people i

took coined the term let nature be nature for this type of conservation where instead of humans acting they just let nature get on with it you know to archaea. as hoped the forest also regenerated itself on the large when throw areas without human intervention. but the biggest disaster and with it the biggest test for the national park was still to come. in the 1990 s. the park was to be expanded that led to heated exchanges with private forest owners and the population. then in the high areas between hospital and lives and an area of around 70 square kilometers of spruce trees fell victim to the bark beetle in the noise in the ninety's the national park with its principle of letting nature to be was on the brink of fail by the nutters with even the nature conservation association.

suddenly had doubts as to whether this principle was really right for the national parks thank god politics remain steadfast on toast. because even in the tough climate of the high country between a hostile and loosen the forest regenerated itself within a very short time today it's growing with a level of density and biodiversity that humans could have never created and with the new wilderness long lost residents are also coming back. links roam the national park again. and 2 wolf packs. primeval forest relics species find habitat again in the diverse leashes of the ecosystem. in 50 years the national park has become a hotspot of biodiversity with its new near natural forests. mikail head is grateful that he was allowed to be

a part of this development. the bavarian forest national park venture paid off and today the concept of letting nature be nature is applied in national parks worldwide. that's it for this week's edition of tomorrow today. more news from the world of science and research next time until then stay safe and stay curious.

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a reversing of back in. so lock down the only fish the 3rd wave of clone of ours actions turns on the american one still pulled back recently eased restrictions but then through radio too many small businesses already about to go bust. where the market you very much for your company everyone always start off with a new standoff between the european union and china with both sides slapping sanctions on each other you foreign ministers agreed to blacklist high ranking officials in china's jang a poor region for human rights offenses against the weaker muslim minority there well they are the 1st e.u. they are of rather use 1st sanctions against china says the block's arms embargo

back in 1989 following the to them in the square or a crackdown in a response as blacklisted 10 e.u. individuals and 4 entities claiming they maliciously spread lies and deceit from asian let's get more on this tit for tat. is in our brussels studio and he is the following developments there for you brant good to see you fill us in on the details if you will who is is china targeting with these retaliatory sanctions. they're very quickly after the imposed its measure as the chinese foreign ministry came up with its own list of counter measures and on this list 10 individuals and 4 entities in europe and 5 of these persons are members of the european parliament and 2 of these entities are 2 committees of the european parliament so it's clearly that clear that china targets the european institution the only elected democratic

institution the parliament and one of these piece is that i had beautiful of a german green a very vocal critic of the communist dictatorship in china he already said here in brussels that these countermeasures are ridiculous and annoying and china would only harm itself now where does the e.u. go from here barents in terms of what does it want to achieve with the sanctions it has imposed today but the actual impact on the 4 person sanctioned in china and one entity a minimal because yes it's freezing and travel ban will not in a personal way but it is a signal that the e.u. wants to send to be jing a political signal after 32 years of no sanction they say this is enough human rights violations have to be punished somehow but on the other hand it's clear that the u. does not want to endanger the economic ties to china because of these ties much

too important for the common in the economies here in europe parents every good reporting from brussels thank you for that let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. canada is accusing beijing of hostage diplomacy over its treatment of a canadian citizen accused of spying ex diplomat michael or co rate go was arrested back in 2018 and is now awaiting a verdict after a short trial canada maintains that mr coverts trial and another case are in retaliation for its arrest of a top wow way executive a group of a ton kong pro-democracy activists released from jail in china have been detained on their were turned home they were arrested at sea last year on charges of illegal border crossing it's believed they were trying to flee to taiwan to escape prosecution for their involvement in anti-government protests in hong kong.

a fire has swept through a were handled refugee camp in southern bangladesh thousands have been left homeless and without health facilities all deaths and injuries are feared and over 1000000 ring a live in camps in the region most fled myanmar in 2017 after a military crackdown. well we're going to pick up where that story left off when speaking out about her his country director at save the children on a man and he is in cox's bizarre which is where the camp is situated a very good day mr from anna what is the situation right now in the camp what can you tell us. thank you. right now we're still trying to do assess the situation what we what we do know is that this fire has affected most allsopp camps where the total population of our approximately 150000 people

and directly affected nearly 10000 households who. have lost their shelter and basically the roof over there over their heads you have to imagine that this is an extremely crowded and confined space. and any outbreak any fire like this is extremely risky unfortunately we're already getting reports that there are that there have been casualties including children and of course that's that's a tragedy for people that have already gone through. such an ordeal and in the past years there is an immediate need for for shelter and medical support as you mentioned do we know what caused the fire at this point it's it's too early to say anything but like i mentioned before in these crowded conditions

extremely dense densely populated areas at a time where. the dry dry season has lasted for quite a long time and there haven't been many rank the risk is extremely high risk is extremely high specially the way we illustrated of course a densely populated area thousands of makeshift but destroyed what will happen to these people now i mean will they be sheltered elsewhere. so of course where where are collectively looking with the the humanitarian community together with the government officials to see what we can do and we'll be using any any alternative shelter or whether it's learning centers or medical clinics or other facilities. to support these people but it is a it's a huge challenge especially at this time in the at the night because it's 10 o'clock here right at night there is well well talk to us about the bell of the

above authorities are they providing any help so they are like i said together with with the humanitarian actors in the camp. the overall humanitarian response as is it is a joint effort that the only way that is going to work with this many people in such a such a crowded area on a from a bungler dishes country director at save the children thank you. thank you. we're going to pivot now back to this country germany because yours biggest economy is poised to reintroduce moderate coronavirus lockdown measures just weeks after easing them german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with regional leaders to discuss the options well that's amid growing evidence that a 3rd wave of the outbreak is well underway well the country has registered almost

8000 daily new cases in autumn last year a steep rise in cases was brought under control by a 2nd lockdown mostly targeting schools shops and restaurants but since some restrictions were eased at the start of march there has been another spike and scientists now fear cases could jump to a new high. and earlier i spoke to our political correspondent thomas spare and asked him with the objective of this meeting is the objective is to evaluate exactly what the situation is like in germany and what the next steps will be to expect if they will pull the handbrake if you will on those reopening steps cautious reopening steps that they had planned a few weeks ago when they had previously met they had actually elaborated on a plan to reopen germany but the situation is now so complicated germany is now seeing again exponential rise in cases and increasing coronavirus hotspots and this

is basically leading authorities including german chancellor angela merkel to think about pulling that hung brake and that the reason behind that is that germany is now beyond a very important threshold the threshold is 100 new infections per 100000 cases in 7 days and germany as i said is now beyond that so that is probably leading authorities to make sure that all those courses reopening steps are no 9 now being pulled back obviously as you can imagine a lot not everyone in the country is happy about those steps. thomas there reporting there earlier now the party is over in miami for thousands of revelers who had flocked to the beach resort for spring break while the annual university holiday is often iraq us but a myth the current pandemic authorities said crouse had gone out of control they've imposed a nighttime curfew which could last until after easter. thousands of people flock to southern florida every year for spring break this time they have

a target of an emergency crackdown. crowds have brought chaos and disorder as a miami beach the authorities response the posses of. people like you know i don't know i don't know if anybody learned from last year's experience we did in a sense that we know younger people are going to not wear masks i'm hoping they did but i think a lot of younger people are feeling like they want to get out and go crazy and we're trying to let them know don't do that don't come here to do that to. a coffee from a 1000 evening until 6 in the morning aims to put a stop to the hot pot that has seen restaurants trashed and fighting break out in the streets. visitors have mixed views on the site not down.

for. those doing a they but is out here enjoying the beach and you know it's a good vibe but they want to shut it down at a quiet people go somewhere else and take their money somewhere else and it is what it is that people live i think it is a good idea even though it's fine out here like we want to be out here not fun i think it's a good idea or everyone should be like you know i guess in their own places yes i mean it kind of sucks but at same time there's been so much fun out here and you know like get out the warm weather. at the beach this night. tourism is florida's highest standing industry last spring break was one of the 1st major casualties of the pandemic. beaches with plays as america went into lockdown. a year on even stricter measures are in place to remind gravitas that the pandemic is far from over and.

we're missing a football now and a big day for 2 teams hoping to escape relegation both her to berlin and mines posted upsets heritage pulled off the biggest surprise a victory over labor coups. that the berlin coach paul darvill you knew he had to win lose this one and it would slowly become mission impossible for his team to survive in the big league so i had to push forward like shoulder before totally overwhelming leverkusen right from the start and that paid off they scored in the 4th minute with a rocket of a goal courtesy of de or vice your site point with an excellent set up by midfield dynamo matteo gone dizzy and dirty look at bucky one nil for hair though. the berliners kept pouring it on and in the 26 minute one back what looked like a last ball to set up much criticised brazilian striker but they wish. and he

smelled goal. to neil for hair to and coutinho was back on the scoreboard after more than a 1000 minutes of play without a goal. and it wasn't over yet just 7 minutes later colombian john cordova made it 3 no. and that's how it ended with no goals in the 2nd half. really for hair but they also know they have a long road ahead and labor crews and have some work to do also. now this is nature at its nose down as ling and it's most dangerous the messner rising spectacle close to the icelandic capital reykjavik is drawing the owls swell the eruption that started on friday is the 1st in the area of course of 900 years as well as intrigue sightseers cooking up a storm on the hot lava the site is also attracting scientists hungry for data kane no one just say the majestic display could go on for weeks.

amazing seriously has all your business news up next on my last rock n roll and will be back at the top of the hour with the world headlines for now thanks march. they've been robbed of their soul that's what a people experiences when their religion is taken from them. countless cultural riches were brutally stolen from africa and carted off to europe by colonialists. each artifact has blood on it from the kids who feel.

what should be done with the stone or from africa. this is being hotly debated on both continents. stolen soul starts april 13th on d. w. . bush e.u. sanctions china over humans rights abuses just months after the 2 sides agreed to a major investment deal in principle and the political and business interests of 2 of the world's biggest economies still co-exist. also on the show today as the united nations world water day look at agriculture and one thirsty plan to particular avocado testbench farmers looking for creative sources of irrigation. load welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley and berlin could have you with us. if

foreign ministers have imposed sanctions against china for the 1st time since 1989 response to the chinese internment and oppression of the weaker muslim minority the move comes as trade relations between the 2 economies grow and both pursue broadening their investments in the other not just last year china rose to become the e.u.'s most important trading partner goods and services between the 2 sides totaling nearly 600000000000 euros in 2020 a direct investment has meanwhile grown over the decades china surpassing 140000000000 euros or the last 20 years much of it and high tech acquisitions on the other side of the ledger 120000000000 euros of direct investment going from china to the e.u. most of it most of it companies founding founding rather new subsidiaries now today's decision comes a few months after members linked a draft agreements on investment with china and that deal which had eluded both sides for years seeks among other things wider market openings in china for

european businesses such as manufacturers the promise of clear rules from beijing for foreign businesses and transparency from chinese authorities and how they treat foreign businesses. that agreement with china has touted as a big political win and the e.u. as a win for its companies still needs to be ratified by both sides the sanctions announced today are just playing in the background histories of found the center for russia europe asia studies and brussels i think the biggest fear for china is that the companies have agreement an investment might not be ratified and they are also warning the public about sanctions there the language has been extremely strong from the chinese ambassador here in brussels very very negative towards germany which actually initiated this narrative about the sanctions so the global times of course it's a newspaper but was extremely critical of germany so i think they're trying to scare everyone to prevent them from having any form of sanctions but i think they

in their mind say that the agreement should not be politicized and it's gone this far and i think that they are extremely fearful it would make china look even worse if the agreement is not ratified. there at the center for russia europe asian studies shifting it seems today is the un's world water day growing demands and a warming planet are stoking concerns that our most precious resource may eventually run dry food and agriculture are the biggest drivers of water consumption and some crops need water more than others in spain avocado business is flourishing but water supply is now becoming an issue. the farmers in our car having another abundant avocado harvest the buckets are practically filling themselves still fruit crowe is like you walk in montana make the demand he's already expanded his small plantation where he grows cellino your fruit.

on demand for avocados has increased a lot by 100 percent we now plant more of a cattle. around $700000.00 tons of avocados are consumed in europe every year business is booming and 45 minute drive away in valleys malika areas have been transformed into avocado plantations they consume a lot of water which is becoming scarce farmers use the local reservoir for irrigation some of them illegally the reservoir is now only 30 percent full and the more cultivation would be harmful to the area. and they are more and more droughts maybe because of climate change. and so the water is decreasing drastically on the one hand much more is used than is needed when the other water reserves don't get replenished because of the lack of rain.

and lack of water might cause the lucrative avocado business to dry up that's why you walk in montana says gradually turning to drip irrigation are you going to look a lot onto your remains. irrigation. we used to bring the water from the well here to our home an irrigation ditch that covered the entire ground nothing got in the flue a month. envelops month ago one organic avocado plantation hopes to grow more frugal varieties for 6 months they fused senses to measure how deep the water sinks into the soil and when they need to water the trees. this time on it up. somewhat on the level of this is how we give the avocados just the right amount of water they need at any given moment not too much but also not too little we believe we can maintain the protective adidas way while reducing about 30 percent of the water needed system all time all the lack of it will make or break spain's avocado

trade. or a kit lamb as the global director of water security for environmental consulting firm c.d.p. just released its annual report on global water kate thank you for joining me water scarcity is your focus the focus of your report how critical is agriculture as a driver of the problem that's a really great question and a fact a very important one a foot cell of the global water crisis agriculture in its current form accounts around 75 percent of all fresh water use and pollution well white so how that will say is used in agricultural processes will ultimately as the previous correspondent said make or break our ability not only to thrive in various industries but ultimately to thrive as societies has the trend been going towards more sustainability in irrigation for example as we've seen there are a shift or at least

a shift in efforts to become more sustainable or has it moved towards more waste. we are seeing some promising green shoots of innovation and such as the ones outlined in the report but it's safe to say that that is far from the norm and what we're calling on at all reports is that for those large corporations that have such a huge influence over agricultural supply chains whether that is in the food and beverage industry or in the apparel sector for example which grows a few jim out of cotton that we want those companies to play their role in incentivizing and driving this level of innovation the solutions exist the technologies exist sustainable agricultural practices have been practiced for ever and ever we just need the right types of signals coming from the markets and the support required to enable farmers to practice these new and existing techniques have you seen meaningful action so far from these companies. we have we have there

are companies such as. a apparel company that a way to improve the quality of the water and the quantity of water required to grow their cotton for their products but before they even get to the core to the farm they're also looking at ways in which they can reuse existing fabric in cotton preventing a little off a lot of it going to landfill practicing secular economy techniques so that a whole range of activities that a company can engage in trump traditional farming practices and from traditional engagement with supply is through to these innovative reuse of existing materials particularly plant based materials that will turn ultimately mean that we're having to grow less or at least what we are growing is going towards more productive and sustainable uses good very briefly climate change is only making things worse. absolutely it's certainly one of the dominant fact is in driving the global water crisis but excitingly water plays

a fundamental role in tackling the global climate crisis we have a saying it's c.d.p. if climate change is a shock that water is its teeth many of the effects of climate change will be felt through water but if we're able to secure the resources that we have if we're able to harness the energy the new tree and city exists in wastewater they're not safe to play a fundamental role in achieving our missions or say there's a lot of opportunity still to. thank you very much can land with environmental consulting firm c.d.p. great to have you thank you let's go now to some of the other global business stories making headlines turkey's lira plunged to near to its all time to near its all time low rather following president wants decision to oust the hawkish central bank governor and install a like minded critic of high interest rates it's the 3rd time since mid 2019 the area one has abruptly fired a central bank chief. energy giant saudi aramco saw its 2020 profit tumble by more

than 40 percent crude prices have been under pressure with the coronavirus pandemic weighing heavily on global demands around cause over all earnings nevertheless stood at 49 $1000000000.00. over south africa now where there's plenty of trash and not much recycling and that creates a market for so-called waste pickers the men and women who search through the rubbish to find the recyclable materials that can earn them cash it is a hard life for someways pickers and rolled her new program there's hope there will still pay off. david economy works for 12 hours a day as a waste picker in johannesburg eking out a living in a country with an unemployment rate of 30 percent. i have a hard life to every day i collect hundreds of kilograms of rubbish off the street . but while the majority of south africa's waste pickers fight to survive he has

hopes of a better future. cannot have been rolled in a program that empowers waste pickers green deeds is a social enterprise that brings waste pickers into the formal economy while fighting climate change by building south africa's recycling sector do you think all of those are bought teaching our clients what is recycling what i think they should bring serious cycle in order to make the most amount of money what equipment they should wait in order to protect themselves so that they're in full sake and it is their source of income and hard to manage their income and many of the big kids of the recycling normally waste pickers scrape by on little more than 40 euros a month but with green deeds kana and others like him can now earn that amount in an average week i did this project has really changed my life i used to work in construction and i didn't earn the money i'm making now i can help my family more. that work was also seasonal but now i'm busy from generally to december. to do the

. studies show that only 10 percent of the 95000000 tons of waste produced in south africa annually is recycled millions of tons of recyclable material ends up in landfills damaging the environment. so that because it will develop to the 2nd super tanker it's made up of both formal and informal ways could it does increase a class a plane is sent over all in the economy in that they contribute to waste minimization we sort of covered each of material that would have normally been disk. but it means processes $800.00 tons of recyclable waste each month and it has provided a critical lifeline turn more than $300.00 waste pickers since $29000.00. to tell you we've got to move towards being a governor i'm really happy with this work i carry on working like this i know things will only get better maybe one day i'll be able to afford

a van and collect even more recycling to sell it is this not. ok connors life may still be a struggle for now because outlook for the future is brighter. and that's it for me and indeed a business scene here below and as always you can find out more about these and other business stories online dot com slash business that's what. i'm scared that volume or that's hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. new smugglers we're alliance and. what's your story. 'd on what numbers of women especially of victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture.

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