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change where the i'm something of a welcome to india. let's stop to be as short among the forest welling tribes of the chop for generations the state's forests have been there and primary source of livelihood yet without a legal claim of ownership a 2006 indian law could wreck to decide to a ship but 15 years on many of them are still struggling to pull on the ship and organization in the not in the district is helping them navigate the bureaucracy and substantiate their claims. and. since time immemorial the family of gold in the behind us has lived near the daily but up artist in goes out they belong to an ancient tribal community the forest is their livelihood and source of food they live without reliable roads electricity also. things have changed for gold in the 5 us hour and it's family now in the past

it was often difficult. in a thread about our borders department would harass us a lot the game and to cover a siege when we tried to cultivate the land they would not allow us to cultivate it was really difficult but leave a lot of it. in the days of colonial rule the british nationalized india as far as transferring 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 in nearly 2000000 claims have been rejected citing lack of evidence a huge challenge for the village councils all grams of ours who make the claims on behalf of the community. most of the authorities mistaken submitters know a lot of it is insist for documentary evidence in the form of what is an apartment or something like that when 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. think statements these things and most of the people have not been here well with. one with reshma there is

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 is going to be. a part of the part of me in the past people who are too scared to approach forest department officers to speak up in front of them like. when the forest 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. if they got a. 27 year old. has learned how to use g.p.s.

with the help of a g.p.s. tracker he can calculate exact flocks of land and produce an accurate map of the g.p.s. findings are then 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 me because most of the groups feel that this would be this is a making process away from the ground. somebody sitting far away and listen officer offices to comment it is themselves they start using this technology they can most of the play they saw that very demonstrative use. not just by what they were but they have seen the console and they can use it not only for in support of that they can use it to win challenge or wrongful use of

technology where the goal 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 ground somehow or some 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 home neighborhood that us a lot of or since 2016 we have been selling bamboo to a paper mill. around 6000 euros for the dried bamboo. we use that money to pay 25023000 your 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 will it can already be seen in good or out. 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. the far you probably remember is not only beneficial for bribery well for bribery. it is also good if you sell for a moment. like other community projects around the world working with the grams of our council of cigar 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 forests 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. whether beech trees maples

or estens jeanette and aebischer are always glad to see a new member of the family arrive about 12 months ago the 2 researchers began documenting changes big and small to this section of a forest ravaged by fire. we got what we hoped for i mean 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 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 the trees 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. for me so i can i 1st wanted to see which species of tree i could use and how old they needed 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 that humans 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 them 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 than is common in conventional forest management they're barely accessible by car and he's a wreck did a fence around the forest to keep the larger animals at bay he left

a number of dead trees standing leaves have also been spread to keep the soil moist and protected 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. and that's why researchers in that blue murder 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 it was filed in year bilin but it happened habits like that. data shows that natural reach even nation far exceeds the number of trees planted. by humans. we've seen up to 3 times the amount of naturally resettling compared to the oak trees that were planted on the area.

and 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 when people are also the lying on the environment for their livelihoods fishing and aquaculture for example employed almost 60000000 520000 according to the un's food and agriculture organization as an island nation it's an industry that. lives 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. in a calm or 2 silences. 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. but we fishermen have observed how the weather has changed the strong easterly winds that we see right now should have passed by no one would know. but it's possible they'll continue until notch one that's when they stopped last year the weather no longer follows the usual pattern. 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 in deviation. colin sarah nina has 4 children 2 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 we'll have more on. that that's what we get from the season. and a source of income. that we were able to send our children to schools and i'm so you know. and i'm very proud of that that 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 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 want to share while the savings club is like a bank for us what we bungled it is that we don't have a bank on our island but when the savings so we came up with this. so that people

can learn how to save money not me but. most people in 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. we meet once a week. and that's when our members bring their money. some deposit 20 pesos others 40 a few even 50. pieces 20 pesos is a 3rd of a euro you know buy 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 marines 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. and. he's protected areas have made a big difference. for stocks we're doing doing here but since 2005 they've been increasing. these areas have really improved the situation for the fishermen but. the german environment ministries international climate initiative is supporting the fishing communities efforts to help themselves. suzanne yo heads the municipalities disaster relief unit she helped set up the

protected area. n.p.r. . so many changes may be that's the. cost of climate change like sea labor the ariz extreme heat. long drought and heavy rain fall and the chorus of frequent occurrence for. its 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 in it. when i add the vegetables. and then the fish. i let it cook for a while. but i don't let it come. that.

the 2 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 what's so hard out there on the water and many might not even catch a single fish i feel sorry for him he works really hard yeah but still sometimes comes home empty handed. thanks. the searing eunice could only hope for good weather and calm seas life is tough and getting tougher on the commodious. the call the 900 pandemic has been devastating for people and industries only over the world in india it's created

a dire situation for farmers who've seen a decrease in demand and in some cases have been unable to access their land but in made a big stick 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 weeds 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 gordon 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 lending money in and out

of it. unlike many across the world she has remained unfazed by the pandemic even the historic flood last october that flood and thousands of acres of farmland and the land gone i stayed could not better over the last 7 years she has been growing crowd missional millet and it's served over. it in my. daily lesson got one day of those who abundant food crops and grew something else ended up with losses and it didn't lose out at all those who grow cotton and sold it all at once ended up with nothing to eat anyway but we had no such problems in a little mind on the market and a bunch of. them unlike most have traditionally been marginalized both as women and because of their cost but mobile lumber has managed to break out of the more she decides to crop she grows and even owns the land she builds a departure from india's social norms it is largely thanks to the beck and

development society a larger movement of which spot the grassroots organization set up in the mid 1980 s. and got just women to form sangam of groups for organic community farming. financial support comes from international funding agencies and the government the women here only grow dryland crops which are not affected by climate change as one of the society's founders explains and that is not all. the number to the growing crops we do not need to read. from the society and there are lead they hear me but i don't want to nutrition not of papers because i want crops. and i really nutrition. labels and therefore there. people can buy them traditional

seed varieties are key in achieving food security and. 65 year old is in charge of a community seed bank can he village she carefully cvs the seeds to remove the storms 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 through the organization. suddenly these historically marginalized women also run a community radio station in the pandemic it has become an important channel for raising awareness and spreading information. or general not as she is known presents and produces the daily program which also reports on traditional farming practices she has many listeners. i played a big you know what i mean he used to read you to educate the younger ones on

different crops how to sew food crops and safe seats we interview older people and broadcasters to educate the younger generation of that need to. be reluctant to face them down one way. and the other women of song ready district don't start off when the markets were closed during the log in est they were able to help others when i gave them an income that. we all have food in our homes so from each will be collected grains bagged and distributed them and even able to give nutritious military to pregnant women and new mothers in each village we got a minister you know she never left the local while it was. inspired by how the very men have bettered the prices of the farmers in the region have not begun to follow their lead. among the 70 religious currently 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 but slowly the most out of increasing . post along 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 traveling from village to village to spread the message the society has helped them to grow strong and develop farming practices that are both organic and resistant to climate change. it takes some gumption to be the 1st mover to bring about change i hope to be is ever so inspired you can be that change you want to see in the world to take your 1st step towards a cleaner planet i'll see you again next week with many. provoking stories from our

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odd. injustices. threaten social harmony to fight society. but our sense of justice is inherent. and it's strong. when equal opportunities disappear and disenfranchisement. society torn apart.

they've been robbed of their soul that's what a people experiences when their heritage 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 wounds that have yet to feel. what should be done with the stone or from africa. this is being hotly debated on both continents. stolen soul starts people 13 on g.w. . the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing. what measures are being taken.

what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus of data the code a special monday to friday on d w. in many countries education is still a privilege poverty is one of the main causes some young children working mine shafts instead of going to class and do just can attend classes after they finish and again. millions of children all over the world have to go to school. we ask why. because an education makes the world more just. make up your own mind. w. meet for minds.

this is the doubly news live from berlin germany's locked down extended in the battle against the 3rd wave of coronavirus chancellor angela merkel says the british variant has pushed germany into a new pandemic leaders strike a deal in the early hours of the morning a strict 5 day shutdown will be in force over easter also coming up. at least 10 people including a police officer are killed in the latest mass shooting in the u.s. and injured suspect is being held in custody following the incident at a supermarket.