pants to the patrol the tiny reptiles have a greater chance of survival and more our hearts in than before the members of the team we touch on police receive training in total ecology and pass on their knowledge to the community. of seeing what their project has since 29000 not heard of any reports of anyone consuming tattoos or anyone killing or injuring titles so the number of titles that are dying has gone down and people have begun to understand that even out of the water. what woman's up well outside about it. only a few meters separate the baby turtles from the south those who make it will travel thousands of kilometers across the oceans and the famous i likely to return in a few years too late eggs of the. it's off to

russia now which has the largest dr of forest in the world but increasingly those would love to be destroyed by white fires and deforestation and i. took it upon us to replant cheese she says many others to do this say. what looks like random bunches of greenery are in fact pine tree saplings thousands of them already for planting marianna explains how it's done it's very simple you place the sampling in the hole then fill that with earth and check that the saplings firmly batted in check once more that it can't be pulled out yet. 8000

saplings are due to be planted today here on the outskirts of moscow marianna monty on to ask for help online and an army of volunteers as responded she regularly invites members of the public to help or. russia's forests of. beating the years. of fires pests like bark beetles pose a further challenge. country trees cover nearly half of this vast land. i think doing this since 2010 there were terrible wildfires back then throughout the whole of russia i saw a picture of huge well established trees being blown across the fields by the wind they were breaking off like matchsticks marianna monty arnold studied economics and and michelle he worked in finance but she quit her job to devote all her attention

to reforestation you can change the world one small step at a time and people will pull together for a good cause. everybody here wants to help people become more aware of nature again and to encourage them to do their bit to protect the environment. i want our planet to be as intact as possible so that we have healthy air to breathe and leave our children and grandchildren an environment in which they can live well our environment is sick i don't want to inflict further injuries on the natural world. was 7 years ago marianna maggio moved to moscow to build up her own environmental organization but she's still not a lover of the city her childhood of the countryside very much sheep who she is.

but i love nature i love the forest as a child i always spend the summers with my grandmother in the village and. that's her house right next to the forest we would go out several times a week picking berries or mushrooms. back in her moscow apartment she's able to relax after all the hard work but she never loses sight of her goal i didn't see a change in my earth and this is my mission in life i want to achieve great things for the benefit of society of the planet and nature the planet looked at ord good afternoon my name is mario monti and i'm president of the russian climate fund. was the good. work has long since expanded beyond planting trees together with other environmental activists she puts out her own podcast to get the message out to more people but she's also developed a mobile game app called plant the forest the aim is to promote interest in the

well being of trees income from the goes to plant new saplings. and you plenty more on the gamer has to collect points which then allow him to plant trees the idea is to inspire users so that they stop being indifferent towards our trees and so that they want to help with reforestation. with nothing. back to the forest on the outskirts of moscow it's time for lunch in the past 10 years marianna and her helpers have planted more than a 1000000 trees that's the equivalent of around 1300 soccer fields a large number of volunteers of all ages have helped to make it possible last year she was selected by the united nations for the young champion of the earth award right nearby she shows us some other young trees from her project that have had

a chance to get established. this tree was planted just 7 years ago and as you can see it's already bigger than me soon and this area should once again be a strong healthy forest hopefully strong enough to withstand all the challenges of the future. on the report is also about wooded areas of the star in the western part of common room in central africa here you'll find that you both forest which has also been threatened by deforestation that is right creates after a lot of protests both in and out there the country the government health board its plants but for how long it will forest is home to quite a few species that aren't found anywhere else. in this huge forest hold special significance for the local community some 40 villages lined the edge of the wood

dig cam was grew up in one of them and is committed to preserving this natural habitat. in the forest area where the gorillas chimpanzees and other things our our ancestors lie buried we only came here because of the war during the struggle for independence we have our secret spots and places for rituals in the forest when there is an issue in the community we go there to pray so if the trees are removed without our consent that's not good . news there are some other but he just says about. the evil forest is about a 6 hour drive from cameron's most populous city to alma the vast amount of wood here has drawn the attention of logging companies valuable tropical woods make it especially attractive last year part of the forest was due to be cut down but after protests by local residents and many organizations cameroon's president paul vi

suspended the plans. dick now lives in de waal but meets regularly with the village elders today he is visiting believe the emmanuelle the village elders are furious the government never consulted them about the forest. we are the keepers of the forest and we are against the logging the people in your own day and might decide to take it but we are not happy at all. the forest is not only prized by local residents it also has huge ecological significance biologist way has been studying the eagle forest for more than 15 years he says the rich biodiversity here is unique. camera traps revealed footage of rare primates including a species of gorilla only found here funding for research even comes from the us all of this makes it really really diverse in terms of primates but also how forest

elephants which makes it really an outstanding place we have a whole wide range of. but biodiversity is not the only factor that gives this forest global significance. as far as extends for more than $1000.00 limit our square it is made up of montane to. the program which means it has all these vegetation classes and. it's really important in terms of the fact that these forests things are life to the mill 35000000 tonnes of carbon which is really really important global the. environmental organization greenpeace is seeking to exert pressure on the cameroon government they say suspending plans to destroy part of the forest is not enough we continue to call on to come more on government and especially to the prison and of the ability to take

the necessary action comes. a project i'm not so does to some sort of funding to create the council the decree decision we contacted cameron's ministry for forestry and wildlife but they were unable to grant us an interview environmentalist's and locals are urging the government to let communities manage the forests natural resources in a sustainable way not only for the sake of wildlife and places of spiritual significance but also for the entire valuable rain forest. that's it for today we hope you found today stories inspiring if you're doing something to protect the environment would love to hear about it you can get in touch with us through also should be the channels i'm chris electives signing off from bagels larger thank you crease and do join us again for another edition of eco africa next week from a sunday at 3 no good income for the uganda it is a good buy and take care. of

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