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all nature and the environment i'm krista lengths in lagos nigeria is going to be with you all want to take it on in depth look at sustainable see it is but that's not all also coming up on the show. why cocoa farmers need to dump to blow sustainable methods. how good's can help prevent forest fires. and. can generate electricity. just 3 to 6 percent of the price of a chocolate bar actually goes to those who grow the cocoa least that's is the case for cocoa farmers in ivory coast to boost their harvest and our incomes they have been using more and more chemical fertilizers and cultivated more and more lent

both us just the sustainable the soil is depleted on the road in fost more than 2000000 cocoa farmers in ivory coast office in a really. but what if there were to adopt more eco friendly farming practices. much of ivory coast interior looks like this cocoa plantations as far as the eye can see the western african country is one of the world's largest cocoa producers and its economy is heavily dependent on earnings from cocoa exports so a man who has been a cocoa farmer all his life like many generations of his family before he had in recent years the ground has become dry and dry in the cow fruits have grown smaller he used to use chemicals on his land now he is trying to farm without them you know

i'm growing i don't want to part there pesticides make you sick my partner when i use them they stayed in the soil and destroyed it people get ill here no i mean if you go to the hospital they tell you the chemical fertilisers made you sick. to say a boy now makes his own organic fertilizer with soil organic waste many all and ashes he finds right here i'll save told him how to do it as social enterprise helps cocoa farmers switch to organic methods 150 families 2 pots in the 1st trial. all gannett 1st lies are costs 3 euros to make it costs 30 to buy the chemical kind is my take a while but it's worth it says of all you save instructor. what you will and he's exhausted icon is based on our ecology if you talk about funding you have to talk about the soil we need to use organic fertilizer and develop all the methods so we can add generates the soil would foster father south the damage is even more

evidence the farms here were babbage by cocoa slowly in shoots virus disease droughts and rising temperatures have made the. plantations more vulnerable to the virus which is transferred by needy bugs the land is considered on the usable. now scientists and susan said if 1000000 smart farming techniques to survive it's biodiversity. it's part of a research project on the the auspices of what style of the climate services body funded by germany that helps farmers in west africa adapt to climate change plans physiologist albans and ballcock to inspect seedlings planted in the shade of a banana tree. where the voice is committing us all this is the regressions system . trunk of this moment was fitted with water. on the water last up to 2 weeks a different. sauce decentralize reserves of water help young fans growth

even when there is no rain. deploying new techniques the farmers here should be able to revive their damaged land in the nearby village found was attending a training walk. when the stakes are high for the country's 2000000 farmers. who are providing from especially negative technologies were allowed communities to sustain their farming identities. as well as any bit more money which they can put toward their children's education. 2 days nurses are practical how to install the bamboo tube and deficit organic fertiliser. farmers have to be won over with cereals need to be readily available and cheap and it has to work. out in a what's we've been doing doesn't work anymore if there is an alternative i am happy to test it. when i see the results and know it's working then i'll be

convinced of among. the. since joined the bio science department of the university of aboriginal office studies and global climate change students in this mass this program may go on to help transform the country's agriculture sector making it more efficient sustainable and eco friendly. beyond their studies here they face major challenges. they include raising awareness about climate change and creating the legal and it ministry to framework so we can effectively implement solutions. back to central ivory coast aiming to help farmers switch to more natural methods bio safe has developed a mobile app to share information such as recipes for organic fertilizer so as many

farmers as possible in the region the instructions are given in the 3 main languages spoken here. all the villages have to do is take and listen everything to 40 to improve but to mobile phones are everywhere maybe even in a very remote villages people are access to a phone book so why not invent something that people can i have with them at all times. and i used to good effect when they need to just. say. i want to see. the need is real the future of farming families in farming in ivory coast hangs in the balance some experts say cocoa farming will have disappeared by 2050 and that's pharma succeeds in adapting to changing conditions. in our doing your segment we look at the exciting projects and ideas that make life

that's up protective garbage or use their sources more wisely this week when it's about the sylvia who is caught up with the oh really bright idea you could even call it electrified. there's something special about this camp it has a built in solar panels so you'll never be left in the dark blue book it was invented by dinner say to come to studying to become an electrician and southern ethiopia. what inspired me to create these products was the problem of power shortages and especially the ones that occur in rural areas not to go to the summer panel on the cap collect some light and converted into solar power you can even use it to charge your cell phone it comes with a memory card flashlight and radio. douras

a has previously designed other clothing items and accessories this women's bank can also generate power from the sun which means you can always have an eco friendly power source close at hand. and how about you if you'll also doing your bit tell us about 6 visit our web sites so send us a tweet. hash tag doing your best. when jackie o. still rings. what's a cool idea my phone would never be outof you know projects would have to be complicated to be really useful on that story shows another example of that we all know by now how important forest for the global eco system and ask the climate. well here. in portugal.

here in the portuguese mountains nico remember these goats are playing a vital part in preventing forest fires. the 80 animals feed on greenery to create natural fire breaks by eating away the brush which catches fire easily. i'm proud of their job and the job are there to the live them and the i think that they can be part of the solution for the the forest fires. he remembers the last big blaze in 2017 the flames destroyed vast areas of local forest and half a 1000000 hectares across the country more than ever before. back then luis was

working as a building contractor after losing his warehouse and machines to the flames he reinvented his life. today the 40 year old is a goat herder just like his grandfather before him. because most local landowners have moved away there's nobody to clear away grass and shrubbery which act as a fire excel and in the summer until now fire breaks had been maintained using expensive machines. with a go through can actually do the same job and. bring some some value and some occupation back to to the country to be in the desert. for a few decades. avellino ray go to has switched careers to help prevent forest fires he quit his job as an i.t. specialist and moved back to his parents in the mountains today the 35 year old

works as a cattle farmer. more what are. all my time used to criticize what we do what we don't do for nature conservation and when i realized that i didn't do anything as well. i decided no i need. to try to do the things i am calm playings that others aren't doing. he aims to show that merrill needs a traditional domestic breed of mountain cattle can also prevent fires because they too eat grass and shrubs. montas and nature conservation association which avellino rego belongs to because even purchased land itself pruning should help these young open trees to grow big and strong. less grass will

grow under the shade they'll provide meaning less flammable material they know that they will not take any money from the from the land but they are ready to adopt another management model so we are trying to demonstrate that with small money we can have a fire that's true but with a lot less damage. portugal is the european country most affected by forest fires in cooperation with fire department scientists at the university of koa are researching the causes of such fires. they say the country's climate monoculture tree plantations and rural depopulation all play a major role. if we don't manager for a spell we're likely to suffer even bigger fires in extreme weather conditions. particularly. portugal is searching for strategies to prevent wildfires from

spreading in some cases that means returning to age old methods luis frontin year and his goats just the beginning. there is a lot going on in the tunisian capital today's but controlled growth was disposal of the stride much of it for people living nearby it's become a nightmare of flooding and mosquitoes the authorities have a plan to remedy the situation but at least i'm not entirely convinced. a place of natural beauty and a dump site this it to me live in tunis is both buildings have gone up around much of it including 2 entire new commercial districts on adjacent marshes. the wetlands risk being swallowed up by the city. see to me is also being devastated by sewage and the vast amounts of waste dumped in the water. not a day airheads

a government project to restore and develop the lake and people deposit stuff in the lagoon all the time so it's shrinking construction rubble while dumping if we do nothing it will disappear on the site. that would be a disaster because the lagoon is needed to help prevent flooding because more than 100000 migrate tree birds spend the winter there environmentalists say the government plan is float in detail if not in general. these are association friends of birds is not against the development project in principle but we are against the particular plan that has been accepted by the authorities it doesn't take into account the specific ecological features of the site. the plan involves deepening the lagoon. conservationists say that is problematic because it would put some resident animals at a disadvantage. she give up. this will allow certain ducks to feed the ones that

can dive. but the ones that remain on the surface will no longer be able to find food. so they won't stay here in the wetlands nor will waiters such as pink flamingos but dare points out that only one 3rd of the lagoon will be deep and that. we are working on a long term project. so we take an environmental impact studies into consideration as well as the hydrological aquatic environmental and ecological aspects. the lagoon is important for a range of reasons it is one of the few bodies of water here that doesn't dry out in summer so it's a refuge for wildlife. to reduce the risk of flooding it needs to be cleared of trash if not expanded. wakens can lessen the impact of climatic events such as

floods droughts and storms on play that one says is best left by preserving wetlands we will minimize the severity of these phenomena in the future. and in that way we will not only protect the wetlands but also the people living around them to. see jimmy is considered one of the most important wetlands in north africa action must be taken soon if it is not to be lost to the people and wildlife of the area. cities are awful cold cold. we need more lakes parks and sees the boost our quality of life and they can benefit the environment now ready urban planners are saying to realize we have to read. more sustainable. city technology tends to get a lot of attention. construction would not rule the materials and also

have also wrote play less bits of the basic architect who is championing just that . i'm not handing out and i want to change the world with architecture for this on a reliance on tatchell building materials like clay which creates a pleasant indoor climate all year round. in germany clay is more expensive than conventional building materials and it has a bad reputation but clay offers many advantages it stores heat absorbs harmful substances and is environmentally friendly. is also loosely in addition clay is water soluble and that's a very important quality because that makes. it's easy to recycle and clean simple to repair if an edge breaks off you just let it not and press it back on where it fell off it looks just the same. mankind's oldest building material has another advantage it can be worked by hand without any expensive machinery on

a happening that discovered her passion for clay and other local resources at the age of 19 during a year abroad in bangladesh she returned a few years later to carry out her 1st construction project there. she won her 1st award for a school in a photo op or that she designed in 2004 for her final design thesis. since then ana has been building with clay and a clear conscience 1st projects took her to asia and africa. in 2013 construction began in china on these hostels made of rammed earth stones and bamboo this was on a heavy guys contribution to the long kwan international be an olive the design is reminiscent of chinese lanterns. she built this stunning daycare center in zimbabwe in 2014 on a having goes 1st building to be made of clay in europe went up in 2016 birthing

room and austria's for outback state. she practices the architecture she preaches in her own home as well as a remodeled by 100 year old farmhouse with offices downstairs and family space up stairs she and her daughter miriam came up with the idea for this reading cave with some of the neighborhood children. is what the parish and. building it was such a great experience each day we dig into some wet clay and add a bit more to the construction that's the kind of thing you learn when you work in places like bangladesh or ghana or zimbabwe where you can get everyone big and small to pull together. once this project and the various completed move on to the next construction site and ghana. native often is the thing i think i want to use architecture to improve living conditions bolster social justice and cultural

diversity and preserve this planet for future generations it's a bit unfair to comment you can atone for and with each new design on a comes a step closer to achieving this. it's also need to build sustainable homes what's another so big and tie a city's eco friendly it's a problem other challenge for us here after the. climate change is thriving ever more people from the countryside to the cities in search of better life the publisher for example is slower in. the city or the site it's because greta generally a nicer place to the all kinds of interesting projects are on the way. cleaning up the mayor will be revived in the shockey memorial park. slowly but surely white life is returning. and share. spare

sweet city dwellers who can finally enjoy nature again. created from land once used for illegal dumping this park in the center of nairobi fast opened in 2008 but due to neglect it was later closed for several years now after restriction walk the puck recently reopened about a 90 tree species grow in the truck a memorial park more than 4000 some planes have been newly planted. kenya's capital is going rapidly nairobi's repeal ation is expected to hit 10000000 by 2040 inches like this that if occasion a compelling group villagers to move to the up and center today 60 percent of cities inhabitants live in informal settlements when it's polities recognize the added need for more responses.

but we're going beyond just. the green spaces that famous we're also dealing with green spaces within neighborhoods and more importantly green spaces within informal settings. kibera the largest settlement has direct access to the needle the river the government owns much of the land but has been reluctant to provide basic services such as sanitation of waste management so residents are taking things into their own hands. or guiding principle is quite simple you have to build with the programs in the communities fast because all this only berthold they need to do with all the human with comes from the community nori of upolu to itself. the cleanup work is mostly being done by local young people their main focus is removing west from him and out on the roof he beera generates around 200 tons of trash probably. a menu for asia i am happy because. it's

clean unlike before when one couldn't even stop and rest by the side of the never got back on brady was after clearing the snow but. they couldn't get near the food but now you can because it's clean and you can dress or even here. after the garbage is removed a sewage system was installed so the worst water can run off. government funds were provided for public toilets that maintained by a local in g o p and drinking water is also now available. to believe that they would be not only do it in very much when you construct the garbage collection on disposal center we believe that most of the boost would get into into the area of us again who are near repair they threw away north you were a leak into very very close system. tattoo c.t.

is an urban development in the north of nairobi with housing schools offices green areas and manufacturing districts it helps to ease the burden on the crowded country to. such a city is mixed use and there mixed income development and so we'll have a residential properties available for different levels of income so we'll have a lot of affordable housing middle income as well as their high end developments the 1st 48 affordable apartment units completed solar energy systems have just been finished by 2050 it's expected that over a 1000000 people will be a tome in this modern community. that's all from a co-operative the start i hope you've enjoyed the show if you have any coverage or want to find out what water garbage issues check out also should be the channels as

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