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yes. the industry is controlling your thoughts. 20th century. present day hoaxes. greeting them are you. sure you can arrange for a 3rd. of the. hello and welcome to another edition of africa i am sundered 3 no video coming to you from kampala here in uganda well it has we nearly 5 years since this show focusing on environmental issues foster went on air and we're looking forward to reporting on more and more amazing projects and great ideas for protecting and
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improving the walled we all leave it as well as drawing attention to the problems that i gently need solving well here are some of the topics coming up on the program. eco friendly transportation diploma gene made in africa an example from kenya. popcorn and why it's not just for eating as scientists lean germany will be. on to the next of course of a shift in south africa sparing young people to protect white life. but post a whip heads to namibia more than 20 percent of the country is on the course of asian management it is home to incredible variety over a rare and endangered species of animal including the cheetahs the superfast cards need a very specific kind of environment to breed can't unmaintained the aborted temperature when it gets a very high. the trouble is that they often leave india rural communities and cause
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problems for people and their livestock now restarted away for farmers to drastically of course reduce their livestock losses without killing the beautiful be caught. in. a recitation of wild t.t.'s in namibia. the country has the largest free range in population of cheetahs in the world but according to recent research still the numbers are little. you know the population is threatened because it doesn't occur inside of national parks but on commercially used farmland there's obviously leads to conflict is the truth ok finally prey on livestock of the farms. teeters population numbers across africa have dropped to less than $7000.00 worldwide as a habitat it's lost to farmland and how some core structure portion and illegal
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trading cops pause a federal challenge and because she tests livestock they also get killed by farmers . scientists from germany's life in its institute have found a way to reduce that conflict to spend more than a decade studying cheetahs in namibia part of their study involves putting radio collars on the animals and monitor indian movements the team not to study the cheetahs always for $10.00 to $7.00 areas of practice passed on from one generation to the next they visit these territories and mark read in the territory so we call this centers of the territories not a marquee trees are called a communication hops because territorial males they used these trees and also the oldest in the region around so these territories. stable you know always
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there and even if the territory hold us disappear die then the new territory hold us up all day exactly the same place this allows the scientists to identify areas where cheaters congregate the den of vice the farmers not to put our life stock in those places it's about 10 percent of the area that is highly dangerous because concentrations of to cheetos is very high and about 90 percent that is much less risky for the harmers and that. the farm is that i've moved out of harm's way now there was far fewer i knew most to the big cuts. this simple adjustment reduced the livestock losses by more than 80 percent and that's off the conflict for the farmers and for the truth is in many cases. reducing the conflict between humans
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and money mouse means more to survive and that other benefits to these powerful pre-dates has helped keep the populations of grass in the most under control thus preserve in a montagne india political balance of disadvantage. what incredible creatures and what a great idea to promote a peaceful coexistence between the well and the most and the humans on this report is about a really interesting bit in south africa it aims to help communities live alongside animals in the wild as well as offer professional opportunities it is called the truck a company and as the name suggests it trains disadvantaged rural people in the traditional skills of way of life trucking. as it is sunny and. looking for this special friends in the day. it's bushland of the level of north of
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johannesburg. a group of rhinos is hidden somewhere here. this is their front 2 pens. and. spurs on the ground twisted twigs and droppings lead them to the animals. they're professional trackers. they were doing with tracking the police for meat from there with their hunting they do it they did they try they started we were just carrying on when they offered back in a different way because then they would be we need for food we we have we need for the for the well not to not to kill or to protect well track is play a critical role in keeping the animals in the reserves safe. so that frick as
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nearly 80 percent of the world's rhino population and has been hardest hit by poaching but since 2014 thanks to strict security measures reserves have hard drive killings from 1200 animals to about 600 in 29000 ticket is that a ml's safe conservation manager had money does not only rely on devices. but they really do a lot of monitoring work especially on. conservation important species like. some of the big cats and so on we will utilize various forms of technology to try and track these animals and keep tabs on these animals but technology fell on you from time to time. and then we have to revert back to the basic tracking skills. this m r i reserve is part of the great career a semi desert region with characteristic wildlife vegetation soil and climate
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conditions the reserve is also one of 3 training grounds for a very unusual track record to me today is examination day little hunger to buddha has to show his instructors he can track an antelope in the semi arrid career. it's a different one because even when richard is in front of a big plant. it could track reads the environment and develops an intuitive feeling for the ways and habits of animals droppings are just one of many signs they read. just finally labor hung my tip finds his target hidden in the bushes. grew up in. riyadh at night and one on the floor hours. in the most annoyed this morning is the ones who and then you know that the biggest in the moniker i know everything the inside out is over so i was getting that motivation
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of i want to go to the to to learn about those in the money everything the academy is an injury that office free training to $24.00 young rural people from various african countries each year realizing that only a few traditional trackers remained in southern africa onyx when he 1st started this school 10 years ago with the help of a private sponsor meanwhile the academy gets thousands of applications paid here. because to do for the benefit of conservation and for the benefit of an ancient culture and to improve the lives of the students that come through our program in those tickets and yet and it is proving successful reign was 94 percent of all graduates are employed and the track is on need it many iconic animals like crocodiles leopards and cheetahs remain critically endangered. after a long day of working and learning in the felt the pupils returned to the boarding house was softer for many of them heard of the tracker cademy 3 people from their
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villages who went through the program and subsequently found work in the reserves they hope that they too will one day be a role model for their peers back home. the one who'll be on the voyage home in solar energy in 2018 accounted for 2 percent of one white and 50 use it and its share is growing fast experts say solar and wind are said to be the most sustainable sources of renewable energy in the solvent hemisphere the international renewable energy agency says that over the past because it costs for solar have dropped by 80 percent let us now go visit an energy provider that is building the biggest solar power in germany. these panels are pretty easy to install but there are thousands of them still to go. in
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the countryside near berlin germany's biggest solar park is taking shape. half a 1000000 modules built on metal frame. 100. posts. 250 kilometers of cable. 156 years working on behalf of one of germany's biggest energy companies. we definitely have the potential to complete projects of this scale but rather than size it's the viability of the project that counts. this solar park is the size of 225 soccer pitches facilities in europe tend to be smaller because they compete with agriculture. but solar parts alone aren't enough here in germany there are 19000000 apartment buildings and houses the loss of roof
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space. and an ideal place for solar panels. an entire industry has been built around installing. now adays the systems are very affordable and economical to run since you basically don't have any maintenance costs. have become so affordable to install that they quickly pay for themselves. out. mux of our phones a house with a rooftop solar system in many cases the system actually produces more energy than a household needs. as one of the things that makes it financially worthwhile is that the cost of heating your house or heating your water are pretty low.
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the equipment paid for itself in just a few years. after that the electricity produced is essentially free. boxes energy needs do exceed 40 produces though that is because his family have 2 electric cars that need to be recharged. off. solar energy is expected to see significant growth in germany. by the time the last coal fired power station is switched off and 2038 there would have to be 5 times as many rooftop solar systems and parks as there are now to cover energy needs. solar energy would then account for a quarter of the country's power i would push. back to germany's biggest solar park
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project 10 years ago the operating company was one of the biggest nuclear power producers in the country. they still run several coal fired plants but that will soon be a thing of the past. these new energy sources will have to fill the gap they've become a central pillar in our portfolio. 2012 we've seen growth in. all new and renewable segments including wind both offshore and onshore as well as solar. and these technologies will account for about half of our output by 2025 i mean. the solar panels just keep on coming day in and day as. talks of sustainable mobility tend to focus on the big cities in ways to reduce
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traffic congestion and pollution and of course make life better on you give me banks's on protecting you and what if you get off because well if not they can do a lot of the optical you know they since it was developed in take. place handcuffs off in a way several 100 kilos and here in kenya's capital nairobi exhaustions noise are another problem for day laborers. kenneth one time his invention could make life easier it's an electric powered cars that goes faster and can carry more heat build in a system that. is the card you say will be charged where you wish to commit that if you get more people the more is equal to each other just so leaving you doesn't
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use doesn't put you very well on the surface. in addition to sparing the environment a new vehicle can move it up to 7 kilometers an hour without using much manpower its ability to power itself it's kinetic energy at its best and a big help for use this. month in the us there's only one buy you are working. and everything is quiet then vital meant to be put out. claim to achieve this one try develop his electric brick short unlike noisy diesel cars trucks this version rolls through nairobi almost silently and without emissions it also carries 5 instead of 3 people you want to diversify to. utilize what they cannot and immediately be needed to be in buses while. one of them electric more beautiful company. on top of that it's produced
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sustainably since components of the electric vehicles come from the region. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website oh send us a tweet. hash tag doing your best. we share your story. a lot of the things we use in our day to day life are made from oil wealth and you will cause you feel was modelled and this is one of the empire exhaust fumes from the cars and plastic for us in the real sense opining none of those are just examples it is a terrible problem scientists are looking for alternatives and sometimes come up with great ideas for that there was a professor at mit was doing. much of the things we've called.
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this building is getting added thermal insulation and damp roofing from polystyrene for every year over 10000000 tons of the synthetic material are turned into everything from facade cladding to disposable bowls and cups and packaging. but one extremely useful the downside of the material is that it is essentially non-biodegradable and takes centuries to break down. and as it does it releases miniscule particles into the ground and our water supplies. this man has a plan to replace the plastic pollutant since 2008. poor and his team have been looking into an environmentally friendly alternative pop corn. similar to polystyrene phone. consists of a mass of cavities filled with air. i can see them when you go to piece of popcorn
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and examine it under the microscope that's what makes it so light. like the market research and his team have already used popcorn to create kitchen furniture they're saying many factories the range of potential applications for popcorn the 1st step is to turn it into a massive granules all the same size the original maize is grown in germany well that is land intensive on the plus side the material will help to reduce fossil fuel consumption. and you can read it and it tastes a lot like popcorn except there's no sugar or salt or chop wood of course so the taste is a bit boring. the granules of them pressed together to form sheets or panels with plant proceeding providing the bonding agent as opposed to synthetic chemicals this makes the material compostable and even
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suitable as animal fodder. the team are pioneers in the field. they also use a hot air gun to compare the thermal conductivity of polystyrene foam to that of popcorn and then measure the heat that penetrates through to the back in the case of polystyrene foam the sensor reads 28 degrees celsius while the popcorn board is even better at absorbing the heat here the reading is under $25.00 degrees. houses with the panels in the walls or on the facades. or you can also use them as insulation for solid wall building. demarc. tiriel also performs better in the flammability test the polystyrene burns up at a frightening speed immediately beginning to melt and release toxic gases.
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subjected to the same flame the panel of popcorn barely catches fire. only reason the poor is happy to pass on the fruits of years of research on the material. or he hopes to see environmentally friendly products made from popcorn replacing polystyrene foam on a large scale and the sooner the better. the 1st popcorn packaging is due to go on the market in the fall of 2021 and will hopefully help to reduce the world's growing mountains of plastic waste. and new technologies can certainly make our lives easier when the internal combustion engine was developed in the 19th century no one in the air pollution on serious
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health issues it will be later that his white many you know they just call me to the finding it will be a waste pouring machine. when these innovations help to counteract climate change then wait to see for yourself. we that corn husks aren't uncommon in round of these days the current drought has lasted months and they increasingly extreme weather threatens the likelihoods of local farmers especially those in the eastern part of the country or not quote could be treated it's apparent that climate change is real and increasingly dangerous the farming seasons that people are used to are not longer predictable at times it trains will one expected drought route instead of rain and it's confusing you can just farm and have hope over having harvest i worked a little over an issue and when you aren't paying a couple to lie you to is one family who has been fortunate during these hard times have filled me a roof so she's been able to come sufficient water to her crops. but the desire you
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needed to power the pumps is expensive and the exhaust that is a meter the sends out contributes to a greenhouse effect the researchers and technology experts from a random start up have developed a solar powered irrigation system that they had to project was financed by a u.s. aid organization and they run the government they knew irrigation plants came at just the right time for 40 families from a parity in the district that god made agricultural more difficult and the cost of renting the diesel pumps nearly consumed the mirror on his face. with his arm as it today we ended up spending much of what awnings on buying field while using the fuel pump into narrators ira with those little left for our livelihood now we have gotten great of all those expenses we only need to deplete
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someone to water the plants. of the kurdish just. due to the more affordable. edition promised cannot attend a larger areas of land and keep farming they yield a much higher some result. i did call a hole i was only how this thing 50 kilograms of beans in 2 bags of saddam 8 seas on now with so let irrigation the yield volume has multiplied by 3 when i am considering expanding my farming even on that one i'll be focused on the solar powered it a geisha system should be up and running in all of the party districts in the country by the end over 2020 this tucked up the bills the sort that you would guess in system has also developed a system to make sure the temperature and moisture of the site sensors calculate the exact amount of water needed by the plants. farmers i've been
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notified by and up about when and how much they should water their crops the plants need to get the optimal or what they mean that's why we believe when they use this new technology to improve their production. and it does been tested to be a success in the play which is why been doing. these pilot system is powered by solar energy us well now the farmers know exactly which plants need water and how much they need for the time being they improvising with plastic bottles which will soon be replaced by what to horses. it looks like technological advances will be key to all future that is all for today's show thank you all for being with us hope to see you again i think we'll be back with more exciting stories about the nature and of course of a ship i understand a 3 nokia signing off from compiler here in uganda.
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