hello. there you want to know what makes the german news just in the joy of the love and banning going away. i'm not even allowed to wash my own car and everyone was laid off wasn't everything. getting are you ready to meet the germans and join me right just do it under a w. a little. hello and welcome to another edition of africa i am sandra tween o. 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 improving the was we all needed 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. because friendly transportation diploma gene made in africa and example from kenya. popcorn and why it's not just for aid to scientists in germany will demonstrate was going. on to next of course of a shift in south africa sparing young people to protect white life. but post a will head to namibia more than 20 percent of the country is on the course of asian one isn't it is home to incredible variety over a rare and in danger species of animal including the cheaters the super fast cards you need a very specific kind of environ. meant to break it can't unmaintained the abortive

temperature when it gets very court the trouble is that they often leave me a rural communities and cause problems for people and their livestock now resort to support a way for farmers to drastically of course reduce their livestock losses without killing the beautiful big cards. a rare sight of wild chicest in the media. the country has the largest free range in population of cheaters in the world but according to recent research still 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 needs to conflict as the truth ok finally prey on livestock of the farmers. teeters population numbers across africa have dropped to less than $7000.00 worldwide as

the habitat is lost to farmland and how some core structure portion and illegal trading caps pause a federal challenge and because she tests attack livestock they also get killed by farmers. scientists from germany's like nets institute have found a way to reduce that conflict to spend more than a decade studying cheetahs in the may be part of their study involves putting radio collars on the animals and monitor indian movements the team study the cheetahs always return to certain 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 old. into region around so these territories very stable always

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 cheetahs congregate the den of vice the farmers not to put a life stalk 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 harvest and that. the farm is that i've moved out of harm's way now that was far fewer on the 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 as in many cases. reducing the conflict between humans 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 college called balance of disadvantage. what incredible preaches and what a great idea to promote a peaceful coexistence between the well animals and the humans and this report is about a really interesting venture 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 academy and as the name suggests it trains disadvantaged rural people in the traditional skills of way of life trucking. this it is sunny and.

looking for this special friends in the dense bushland of the level of north of johannesburg. a group of rhinos is hidden somewhere here. this is the front to pen. them spurs on the ground twisted twigs and droppings lead them to the animals. they're professional trackers. they were doing this wrecking for a living for meat for their with their hunting they do it they did they through they started we are just getting on when they offered back in a different way because then they would do we need for food we we have do we need for the for the well not to. not to kill or to protect will

track his play a critical role in keeping the animals in the reserves safe. so that frick as 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 2019 ticket is animals 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 were little our 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 reserve is part of the great career

a semi desert region with characteristic wildlife vegetation soil and climate conditions the reserve is also one of 3 training grounds for a very unusual tracker cademy today is examination day. has to show his instructors he can track an antelope in the semi arrid career by a. different one because even when richard is in front of. a good 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 label hunger to finds his target hidden in the bushes. grew up in the area that night and one long. hours see in the most annoyed the smallest ones who and then you know what

are the biggest in my leg or i know everything the inside that is over so i was getting that motivation of i want to go to to learn about those in the money and everything the academy is an entry over that offers 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 the school 10 years ago with the help of a private sponsor meanwhile the academy gets thousands of applications paid here. we are to. 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 the kids and yes and it is proving successful rain 94 percent of all graduates are employed and the trackers on needed 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 up for many of them heard of the tracker cademy 3 people from their 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 ones who'll be on the vonage boom in solar energy in 2018 accounted for 2 percent of one white in the christie usage and its share is growing fast experts say solar and wind are said to be the most sustainable sources of renewable energy in the southern hemisphere the international renewable energy agency sees that over the past decade it costs for solar have dropped by 80 percent let us now go visit an energy provider that is building the biggest solar park in germany. these panels are pretty easy to install but there are thousands of them still to go

. in the countryside near berlin germany's biggest solar park is taking shape. half a 1000000 modules built on metal frame. 119 posts . 250 kilometers of cable. 150 fisher is 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 for you. this solar park is the size of $225.00 soccer pitches facilities in europe tend to be smaller because they compete with agriculture for the land but solar parts alone

aren't enough here in germany there are 19000000 apartment buildings and houses a lot of roof space. and an ideal place for solar panels. and 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. the installations have become so affordable to install that they quickly pay for themselves what is your what. moxa owns 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 costs of heating your house or heating your water are pretty low.

the equipment paid for itself in just a few years. after that the alec tricity produced is essentially free. passes energy needs do exceed what he produces though that is because his family have 2 electric cars that need to be recharged. 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 on 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 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 need. this solar panels just keep on coming day in and day as.

talk so sustainable money tend to focus on the big cities on ways to reduce traffic congestion and pollution and of course make life better on you given any basis on protecting you and what if you get off because well it's not taken out of the optical innovation that was developed you take. these handcuffs off and why several 100 kilos and here in kenya's capital nairobi exhaustion is noise are another problem for day laborers. kenneth quantize invention could make life easier it's an electric powered cox that goes faster and can carry more if you build in a system. because you get to sail to charge where you wish to kill it

and that's it if you're lucky if you get more people below that is equal to each other just so you doesn't use well it doesn't but you might only see 50 people. 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 is kinetic energy at its best and the big help for users. by you are walking home and everything is quiet then vital meant to be thought out. karim to achieve this quantrill i developed an electric rickshaw unlike noisy diesel truck 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 on the minute and be needed to be in buses while. one of

the electric more beautiful company. on top of that it's produced sustainably since components of electric vehicles come from the region. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website all 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 i made my point of wealthy and you will you feel was modelled and this is one of the empire exhaust fumes from the cars and plastic for us in the real sense all piling high none of those are just examples it is a terrible problem scientists are looking for alternatives and sometimes come up

with great ideas on. the ways of the best and somebody who is doing. much of the things we've called. this building is getting added thermal insulation and done proofing 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 polluted since 2008. poor and his team have been looking into an environmentally friendly alternative pop corn. similar to

polystyrene phone if it consists of a mass of cavities filled with there are no poor. can see them when you dissect a piece of popcorn 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 are showing many factories the range of potential applications for popcorn the 1st step is to turn it into a massive granules all the same size as 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 chocolate of course so the taste is a bit boring. the granules have been pressed together to form sheets or panels with plum proceeding providing the bonding agent

as opposed to synthetic chemicals this makes the material compostable and even suitable as animal fodder. the team are pioneers in the field. but they also used 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. you can cripple 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. subjected to the same flame the panel a popcorn barely catches fire. only reason the poor is happy to pass on the fruits of years of research on the material. 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 suddenly make our lives easier when the internal combustion engine

was developed in the 19th century no one in watching the air pollution on serious health issues it will be later that his wife many you know waiters call me to finding eco friendly always pouring machines. when these innovations help to counteract climate change then wait to see for yourself. we that corn husks aren't uncommon in ground are these days the current drought has lasted months and the increasingly extreme weather threatens the libel hood's of local farmers especially those in the eastern part of the country or no 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 where one expected drought what route instead of rain and it's confusing you can just farm and have hope over having harvest and would remember an issue and when you aren't paying a couple. is one family who has been fortunate during these hard times have filled

me a roof so she's been able to pump sufficient water to her crops. but they do sell needed to power the pumps is expensive and the exhaust that is emitted as a result contributes to a greenhouse effect the researchers and technology experts from a random start up developed a solar powered irrigation system thinking they had to the project was financed by a us aid organisation and they run the government they knew irrigation plants came at just the right time for 40 families from authorities in the district that god made agricultural more difficult and the cost of renting the diesel pumps nearly consumed on his face. with his on was a 2 day sciences we ended up spending much of what awnings on buying film while using the fuel pump internet as a rock with those little left for our livelihood now we have gotten great of all

those expenses we only need to deplete 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 used a much higher a series of. what. i do call a hole i was only have a sting 50 kilograms of bugs each season now it would sorely irrigation the yield volume has multiplied by 3 when i am considering expanding my farming even though not when i'm in the focus 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. this tucked up that builds the sun that you would guess in system that's also developed a system to michele the temperature and moisture of the site since those calculate the exact amount of water needed by the plants. farmers of been

notified by and up about when and how much they should what the across the plants need to get the optimal or what they mean that's why we believe when they use this technology to improve their production. and it does been tested to be a success in the play which here's what i've been doing. these pilots system is poet based 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

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