discovery. subscribe to the documentary to. have you ever wondered how or why it is going to be like in 20 to 50 years now that the things on how you choose to treat it now and in the future i am some good to know good from kampala and a welcome to this new edition of africa environment to showboat you from uganda nigeria and gemini joining me today is michael screen in nigeria.

hi sun dried nice to see you again once again we've got a lot of interest and reports in the show today let's take a quick look at what's coming up. in south africa where love the ball how was small victories maybe make a local copy. in germany would visit the restaurant try and successfully produce absolutely no garbage. and i could offer guy reports from rundown of all small creepy bats and why we shouldn't be scared of them. as we all know the world the threesome the number provided makes the crisis we can't afford to waste anymore time when it comes to finding solutions to these problems now one major challenge will be ensuring food security in the decades to come what to do that we have to be able to grow food but that's getting harder all the time they're salut that's. some of the fact that.

a single handful of healthy soil is home to more organisms than there are human beings on the entire planet soil supplies plans with nutrients stores water and c o 2 it provides the basis for practically all the food we need every day. but the world's healthy farmland is disappearing around a furred is already degraded and that leads to crop failures food shortages landslides and flooding. one 5th of the world's population now live and work in areas where farmland is degraded. the biggest threat to the soil ecosystem is a roshan fertile topsoil is carried away by wind and rain and human activity has made it much worse desert if it cation is increasing every 5 seconds soil is lost

on an area the size of a soccer pitch. in parts of subsaharan africa erosion already accounts for 80 percent of land degradation. farming accounts for the largest share of the land we use agricultural land covers $5000000000.00 hector's or 37 percent of the world's total land surface. modern agricultural methods damage the land intensive farming monocultures at industrial livestock production causing nutrient depletion in a soil and thus its degradation. crop yields are decreasing while the use of chemical fertilizers and the clearing of land for fields and pastures are increasing creating a vicious circle by 2050 the global population is set to rise to around 10000000000 to feed all those people a lot more fertile land will have to be farmed. people are

realizing that healthy soil helps protect the climate. sustainable farming prevents a revolution and keeps nutrients in the soil. the un's food and agriculture organization says we could increase crop yields by 58 percent by founding the land more sustainably that would help ensure food security for future generations. soil erosion on this indeed a topic worthy of our attention after the causes are many but here. we are interested in finding solutions to the problems that report africa we approach it is working with communities to cobble large areas with common obvious succulents that has. many benefits.

this area in south africa's clane karoo was bombed an important grazing source for wild and domestic animals due to over grazing in the roge and the semi arid landscape has become severely degraded yani kurta and this team of landscape restorers want to change that they are planting spectrum here are hardy shrub that's native to the region. bloom is perfect for us and for the atmosphere so. spectrum removes carbon dioxide from the air and stores it in its leaves it's a wonderful plant it can withstand long periods of drought. and stand in the worst clear terrorist chain work for jobs for carbon and initiative launched in the village of fun big store 7 years ago with the help of seed funding from private donors and government entities. today the initiative combines job

creation with conservation in the region and as john flock works with a project which aims to plant spec bomb and 20000 hectors in the region the indigenous shrub will help restore local biodiversity and the soils ability to sustain other plants in the vicinity. is a plan but he has a plan with the ability to raise old relatively large amounts of carbon when needing a minimum of water. from an early age children and fun bake stop learn about the benefits of spec bottom jobs for carbon runs an environmental education program in 10 primary schools in the area the young students learn about the unique system of the clean car roof one of the most species rich semi arid landscapes on the planet project manager believes it's vital to invest in the future of local children i need. you know the youth of autumn this obsolete nature

conservation is critical it's the legacy we leave our children you know they can take ownership of the project and help conserve and protect nature. if we can take care of our environment what kind of message are we giving to these children as they head out into the world. to fight the battle jobs for carbon has already provided work for 60 people and replanted 510 hector's many private landowners have made a portion of their land available to the project and a growing number of farmers are willing to sign a contract stating they will refrain from grazing on replanted land for at least 20 years the farmer peter could see has taken it a step further removing cattle and small livestock from 150 hectors to accommodate more spec bomb the project helps provide local people with a secure livelihood and over a longer term his farm will benefit. we fully realise that with the drive on.

clément you know. we're not going to have a happy society and that's important to us we we want to make sure that this little village becomes a role model to the rest of africa as to how commercial agriculture and interact with local communities to my going to better society for all. for many people and from basic start poverty is still a daily reality jobs for carbon is already making a difference yani clear to didn't finish school and was out of work for years after joining jobs for carbon he was able to pay the fees for his 2 daughters to attend high school and university and he's happy that his work is benefiting the environment. it is hidden who would miss i can already see a big difference in the felde where we've already done some planting 3 years later there's already a big difference shrug grows and another plant start growing nearby and soon the field looks beautiful again in areas that would dry it helps bring life back to the

felt. pretty clear to planting specter is a way to restore the natural environment while providing a better life for his family and as the humble speck bomb is restored to the area the local community will continue to reap the benefits. it's always encouraging to see projects draw on the power of nature itself there is still so much of the damage done to it providing a helping hand is the least we can do. that is right righting the wrongs we feel connected an uphill battle in russia for example why it's regions. changable disaster but took place 3 decades ago but that's not the only. thing the health of the country's citizens were paid a visit to. village you know russia's capital. the fumes from the

landfill stink terribly your eyes burn your throat hurts and you feel sick. or you are walking a new frontier that is if somebody is pouring water down my throat and makes me cough and i can hardly breathe nothing i say everything's fine but emergency services have detected levels 25 times over the limit for us up with it's all because of the dump here. by here you have fed us a year means about 500 meters from the house where she was born the un exists the landfill near the village of nova shop overall is one of dozens around moscow it's 32 hector's all the size of about $45.00 soccer fields. only a few years ago the pit was some 30 meters deep say local residents now it's a hill about 20 meters above ground and it keeps growing as do the populations

health problems. you have it has to give us says that some days it stunk so bad she couldn't open her windows. her children 8 year old ilya and 7 year old jaroslava started getting sick more often. the point came when you couldn't take it anymore. she moved 7 kilometers away from her home village to the town of clean well you. wouldn't trust the little ones always had something wrong with that one day the pediatrician told me their lungs were making rattling noises i didn't have to think about it long and started looking for an apartment here and claim later after the move we went back to the same doctor and oh what a miracle the noises in their lungs were gone how come very simple we've moved away from the landfill. her case is not an isolated one waste disposal is one of russia's most pressing issues greenpeace numbers show less than

4 percent of waste is processed and only 2 percent goes to incineration plants the rest lands and dumps ironically the country with the largest land area on earth can't find enough space for the estimated 70000000 tons of waste its population produces annually moscow's landfills in particular the ticking time bombs many of them fail to meet official safety standards contaminating soil ground and air over and over and local residents have protested like here. but they rarely see any results. if it was a year has joined the fight for teen and her neighborhood she and her fellow activists pooled their funds and bought a gauge that measures radioactivity chlorine hydrogen sulfide ammonia and other pollutants. grew out of the rebels we use this data to compile what we call

a map of the stench for the whole area and then decide if we can go outside with the kids or not. their results are alarming. the activists report them to environmental thora sees regularly. in 2017 the state emergency services finally had to react and measured levels of hydrogen sulfide 25 times the limits allowed activists took the matter to court but nothing happened our reporter contacted the landfill manager and the city of claimed but received no response and so if it is to give has to consult her gauge before she takes her children outside. we analyzed the air today right now it looks good so we can go visit grandma in over. his 67 year old mother valentina who still lives in their village. from the get go you can be here have some tea and sausage with the.

grandchildren like to come and visit even if only briefly her house is perilously close to the landfill but she has no plans to move. or would i go who could i sell my house to with all that stench out there that not exactly lining up early and how could i live in the city i only get a pension of around 190 euro's and not have to pay $130.00 euros to rent a one room apartment. they visit with grandma for a couple of hours as you would if it is a year shows the kids where they used to live before the wind changes and the smell becomes some bearable again all her efforts to change things have been for nothing so far but that's what's at the i don't know how long we can keep on fighting the system there's not enough of us and we're starting to feel helpless and desperate or that. the mountain of garbage keeps on growing there are even plans to

now expand the alexander landfill. well the simplest way to reduce the problem of garbage is just talk producing it it may seem like an impossible dream but perhaps all the it takes is a bit of imagination aren't a lot of determination in this week's doing good deed we visit a restaurant in berlin the point is there west are the center of it's concept. fancy some vegan sushi made from pearl barley or ravioli stuffed with mashed potato . the freer restaurant in berlin is regan and organic. and it keeps waste to an absolute minimum it's a combination that makes it the 1st restaurant of its current anywhere. all of this and. it was a bit of a challenge for us producing everything ourselves in-house and we also had to find

the right partners to deliver what we make with 0 plastic packaging. every year people in germany throw away almost 40 kilos of plastic packaging each and only 15 percent is recycled. the only plastic you'll find in freya is a work of art on the wall. the lot shades are made from mushroom fibers. vegetable scraps go into a big pot and are made into broth then it's used as the basis for a sauce served with a variety of dishes. potatoes kids make great chips. for dessert sorbate made from celeriac a root vegetable. and give us discovering all kinds of new possibilities i think i don't need this but on the edge of the compost i'll find something else

and say wait i could do something with them both ofter all. you would do. anything that really can't be eaten ends up in a compost or where it's turned into organic fertilizer. this reagan restaurant committed to sustainability really does live up to its motto full taste 0 waste. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories. about food and delicious this if you're up on time to africa. on the continent under it. is shared by pena to sanya and uganda is too often used as

a dumping area for garbage plastic waste on the sea which an oil from water board would be to the problem but i think kenya is hoping to make a splash by getting more people to provide it to be a more eco friendly. thousands of fishing boats head out onto kenya's like victoria every day fuelled by expensive and environmentalists damaging gasoline. no german dutch startup a suburb has come up with an electric alternative that is cheaper and causes less staff and water pollution. we are barred like i said the larger global. electric. and. it's a no brainer because we as humans we need to take much more about our natural environment resources. natural resources. sunlight for an unlimited.

local fisherman can rent the electric engines for a monthly fee which includes training mental illness and a solid part judging service a civil says the running costs are 25 percent lower than what it cost for fisherman to run caspar mottos the startup offers the fisherman and a truck to deal. and here it's easy and cheap for me because even on a bad day when we get a small catch or no catch at all a simple still gives us the engine and batteries and we can pay later that it. does start up aims to help massively reduce the negative effects of fossil fuel emissions on the world's 2nd largest freshwater body is stuff because like victoria which borders kenya uganda and tanzania is home to more than 200 plant and. animal species but 76 percent of endemic fish species are at risk of extinction

this also threatens the survival of some 50000000 people directly or in directly depend on like victoria. no less said to a neighboring country run by environmentalist they're all worried about the decline of boxing moving in next she will region this caring little creatures hunted a new small and we're all going natural habitats. through sandra he will be back maybe making negative headlines out the moment as a result of the coronavirus but derek and diseases they can carry the play an important part. which is why we run the wildlife conservation association share that message with schoolkids and local communities he. she may be one. of the hunger. creatures are

far from popular here many residents are afraid of them and believe me being. this street is being cut down to deprive them of a place to the action the support of many local fish. go into our fans for food damaging what we have grown up you can start in this woodland and see what condition it's in. so it's better not to see them there with in demand will not. change. it's. take it's different here they say bats play an important ecological role by spreading seeds in the piece that is home to this tree colored fish and species and outrage. 17.

yes he. did he. had been. cutting down trees. only as for example someone they are cutting down a tree so if they cut down trees. to go outside of this colony the total dead population in london is. spread across different colonies one of them is into some cave some 60 kilometers outside the capital. the site is located near water in the difficulty to access. even in times you have to win mosques here to protect yourself from the virus and bats carry. the cave is home to the best you specially to that night their diet consists mainly of an examination of their droppings you

information. is. just a lot to other cultures so it does well destroying. for example your mr over and we found that thinks that the death of this fish is. the story of a culture 1st back to hunger in the song of the country at this school 2 days biology class has a special focus merry clayton is explaining how important beds are for people. many of the pupils appear surprised still some well founded here's where it is partially when they get close to people feel. good idea that we understand bets. a very important in nature but how can

we live with them in our homes. now knowing that they carry viruses is the often come to live. in the roofs of all homes in the uk i don't think the kind enough. to do everything possible and let it go peacefully and then you have to check if you'd have left anything somewhere then kene without touching it. this hugo's wiki to protect the badge used to collect shaken changed the scene healing the research and insight into the plants in trees the only ones i especially fond of. these i've been cultivated in tree me series to be replanted later in the region around lake keevil. some of these

trees are evie's out of seeds that came from back to full. we thank them because they want to contribute the best the bad for the deal sites and both sides the idea is to. believe. may. be. huge each when we come to the end of this edition of equal africa we hope you found today's stories inspiring and of course we're looking forward to having the on again next week i am sunday at 3 nokia signing up from kampala in uganda and it's also time for me to say so long but don't forget you can always get in touch with us on op so if you read the channels were you enjoy hearing from you and you be sure to join us again next week then i'm chris saying goodbye from lagos nigeria. come.

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