as we take on the world, our orders were all of our stories that matter to you. the policeman we are here is actually on fire. made for mines in the news trees relied essential services. she food habitat and also the lungs of the absorbing climate change inducing carbon dioxide with such an

important drawing. you think we take care of them, but the, disappearing at an alarming rate. not people, however, we're taking care of them and saving them will need them to be re, guardian from india and europe on this week's eco india. hello, welcome. i'm son. let's start with counting trees. what government would call a tree census? city authorities around the world have a plan in place to get this stuff in germany's capital berlin, for example. we know that there are more than 400000 trees lining the streets. but in delhi, the numbers not for clear. and because of this, it's not uncommon for trees to simply disappear the don't to protect the cities. trees. activists are picking pins, internet when hands. we met some of them for this report. fin before the call, the 1900 situation wilson did the city the 3 at last.

the roots of these urban trees in dead had long been buried in the concrete. but now the studio tardies busting the route out of dep. it later fresh topsoil replaced the cement on average, pud. my what the do very has to fight with the authorities for 2 years under the agree can be saved in this way. she loves the box of dandy. she is known as a tree guardian. when it chokes the trees with cement, the roots on top get burnt in the heat. you know, i, most of the roots are on the top one meter. so i guess it does take a huge towel on trees when you chose them because they're not the roots or not. and i did, they get burned under the heat. they cannot in the micro organisms, cannot exist in that soil and they don't get any water. the trees in india's capital are not doing with in the past 20 years,

around half of urban forest area has been lost to new buildings. the building, but it's easy to get from the authorities despite drilled, that say, cutting down trees should be avoided whenever possible. degrees also make convenient supports for illegal electricity and internet cables wrangle, decrease, and stop them from growing. people have lost connect to the wild trees, which they are titled them inferior. that inferior looking down upon the local part alarms the jung lee for the so they call it young your body and that's because we no longer depend on them for sac, for our needs. you know, there's a huge disconnect and the distance between them and i was because all of these are being made by products that come on. the shares in greece are important to cities for the resident. they are a natural air filter. they also provide habit dance for countless microorganisms. the small animals and bird, ah,

to preserve the greenery the ready has been organizing creek counts. but anyways, she involves that residence of several districts. but she also works with the number of colleges and schools where i wish to train, i hadn't got any place. i tell them 5 to take a rough data on the total number of trees. and then they are supposed to do what we walk so that you get the by enough, the people stakeholders then v awesome to start a walk subgroup and with a date saying that this is a day when we're going to start tree centers. i do the 1st workshop, so that includes numbering of the cheese and taking the circumstances a good to hide the condition of the ground. what is happening on the tree and the flogging because that's the appreciation ready also organize, re walk in. people who help nature love rediscover, indigenous plans like property barn and dove. the book meant and spy people to keep

an eye out for the crease around the homes in residential areas. i go back in the feeling that the trees around us are actually auditors for all the human race. and they deserve a respect that we get if on a station is a very, very important competent us our future. if you want to survive as a race, valerie, she learned the necessary skills to be agree, guardian from do ready. today's ukraine, students and young people in her neighborhood and organizing creek counter says they have to work for despite truth, they're called for the most crease to be replugged. there is little evidence that this actually happens in reality sheet, and that was why they discarded all

night on the move on the rules and this amanda who laid out so there's no evidence that existed. so even if i wanted to go to the authorities, i had no evidence. the only way to, you know, stop it was by building a database of trees. and once we have a database, once we have the trees number, once we have some photographs, you know, if something illegal has happened, we can approach fear, thought it these, but more, more than died, we can proactively prevent it. city officers designed with increase can be cut down to make a space for new buildings between 20152080. not a single telling application was rejected. more than 17000 trees. we've got down in this way. it seems like a res, with the authority valid sheila and her colleagues in delhi of recorded number 5 because increase the number of interest of city dwellers is growing among them.

it's ok. so he's a system analyst at a university and has been involved in some city trees have become part of his life . so next planning that the census of nearby locality, we will select the particular location for the reasons for along with weekly plantation and activities spending to damage the doing a door all ready repeatedly points out the importance of native trees. there are increasingly being displaced by invasive species like kelly under the coil bomb. but these non native species are more susceptible to the best than the look indigenous 1 may have evolved over millions of years. okay, so they have their own intelligence and their phone, their own reb, off community. it's like a way of into relationships with other flora and fauna. so the ecological services

that they offered, i've not, it's just, we have scratch the surface and studying lee in fact, sofa do ready. and her team have blonde it around 2000 native prison deck of more than 1000. 500 trees have been freed from the concrete domes when the work is far from old. ah, just outside the city of confidence in western spin, europe 2nd biggest lithium deposit is bedded mining. this valuable resource would give the entire continent the ability to power. it's all cars and other electronic devices, giving it independence from big manufacturers an easier and salt to medical. there's just one big problem. the, the deposit tracking the city's neighboring forest. time to change pastures will be wrapped lack marino sheep. life stock rotation keeps the soil healthy and by diversity rich gone. sallow palomo has revived this farmland,

just outside catheters in the south west of spain. they produce organic olive oil, meat and fabrics. this farm has the potential to be a farm of the 21st century, the way the european union once farming to be done in the future. a little bit. to get partners, he invested at least 60000 euros in the sustainable farm. but plans to open a lithium mind right here, a casting, a cloud over the future of the venture of growth we're standing in is located where they would store the waste of the mind. but it's incompatible, right? and not only during the time of extraction, but forever this when completely disappear, somebody one of your up to biggest lithium deposits has been found here in the seattle m. oscar. the natural area, just the stones for away from catherine is historic city center. you medical world heritage,

and now the place great tensions citizens are protesting against the planned open cast. mind the scene a bit if it's part of the big initiative that organizes the protest. no, my worst thing is that they will destroy a green space, which is the lung of costs or is because it is very close to the city. in reality, there are people who say it's 1.5 kilometers away from the center, but the water purification plant starts only 300 meters away. it's here and this is where they want to make the whole bar. barrick houses are not far and it's very close to the population the citizens are worried that the extraction of lithium could contaminate the air and the ground water. the mainly australian

own mining company presents a more futuristic approach in their corporate video and mining lithium in europe is also a key part of the use strategy to make batteries for electric cars. the move away from fossil fuels and to push for independence from resources overseas. for the company cost mine is a big opportunity. you can, this is in the end it's a necessary transition to adapt to the plans of c o 2 reduction. all the car manufacturers are opting for electric vehicles with lithium batteries or they could call it a deal. with this video, expedite my mining explain their project. they want to extract yearly 15000 tons of lithium hydrate seen in a sustainable way waste water would be used for the mining necessary explosions to extract what happened only a few times a week and woodland could be restored. they say the lithium

deposits cannot be moved in here, but what's important is the industrial development that comes with it. this is not about attracting lithium, bring me elsewhere to process it. we are building an industry and to produce lithium hydroxide. and right now that industry doesn't even exist in europe. lithia independent production could put spain and poll position in the lithium battery business, chris, but the company is also promising. 1000 jobs, 218 of them directly at the mine. even if unemployment is high in the region in cost, that is most people don't buy this promise. as you know, there are no specialists. you know how to run the machines, the laurie's or the explosives. there are also no specialists in chemistry who will work in reality, the people who are unemployed now will not work there. the workforce will come from

the outside. for many local the wells, the project plan. this is not tangible. manolo sanchez was off at 400 euros when he caught work of the mining company chopping down trees on his s date without permission. they wanted rock samples blevins, and i simply asked them to leave. i could easily have reported sanchez, his house would be next to the processing plant. he grew up here. nobody told him about the mining plans. he feels threatened me of it that this affects me because maybe they let me go kicked me out in the easy way or the hard way. me one the cells yet if you don't want to leave that, who knows? maybe they'll use the police force to kick me out a reminder on her way and then the machines come and demolish my house. i'm not going to see him at the that i'm just also minute. sanchez,

worries about environmental and health risks. mining experts say just emissions are risk for the ground water could be further reduced if the mind was planned completely on the ground. that is not the case at the moment, but they see extracting lithium in europe as a huge chance because we cannot say we want to do something for the environment and the climate keeping everything here in europe clean and then leave behind the lunar landscape somewhere in chile, for example, it's neither fair nor honest. it's got nothing to do with environmental protection or global responsibility. here in europe, there are enough experts. we can develop new methods of mining our intelligent ways to process these resources in a way that they don't contaminate the environment for. and these are also technologies that we can export to indian ex, procurement and opportunity. but one which catherine us don't want to explore at

the doorstep. industry that kitchen tammy, the water reserve, or the atmosphere that makes noise, that would destroy our heritage, this landscape in the gold by the mono bye. so it's just not compatible with our lives more than, you know, recently the regional government rejected the permission to extract here. but the extreme mining is ready to challenge this decision in court if needed. confront palomo and the other catherine years are wary of getting into a legal battle. deforestation is a bit of reality into the world, especially when it comes to making space for agriculture. in india, as western mateusz try region, a local organization has flipped the scenario that incentivizing farmers to plant trees and contribute to the local forest cover. let's see why.

these women are planting saplings of native trees in western hud austria. it's not just a reforestation project. they're planting trees on farm land, which otherwise stays barren. the idea of done abandoned land into forest came from the organisation farmers for forests. if you really think about forests, i think, you know, they're not just sort of, you know, carbon storage power houses, right. they provide a range of ecosystem benefits, you know, everything from being govern, sequestered to, you know, providing sound water to charge. you know, so in conservation, you know, habitats or bio diversity. are markets or i systems don't put a financial value yet on such you know, the, the services that these ecological systems provide. that's the market failure. that payment for ecosystem strikes to correct for most of the forest is approaching

small scale farmers. lego nation probably. he leased out to a cause of his unused land in 2022 the organization. they went on to plant 8000 sapling, setting the groundwork for growing a driving carbon sequestering forest. as the owner of the land probably will now be paid yearly cash transfers of just over a 100 euros for the next 5 years by farmers for forests, for ecosystem services. the trees will soon provide gun is heavily mainly runs a small garage business. the 23 year old belongs to a family of land holding farmers in western russia. but agriculture alone, he says, has become financially and viable to support his family of 6. and it was imperative that he find a means of livelihood should be at the very many, many people have great family. they have become industrial labors and some have

started their own businesses because farming is not the same anymore. and i think which is why i started my workshop that they get stuck in the farmers and now seeking a daily rains have become very erratic in the last year. if this continues from in the region will disappear when you pull the day in a, this is kanisha land. graham. oh, graham controlled land with farmers so far as has been piloting the payment for ecosystem services of p e. s. approach with due objectives in mind. to protect existing forests and grow new forests on degraded land through g b, s tags and satellite images, the team closely monitored the health of each tree after planting. the project also supports women, farmers, and labourers. today they're working on this 3.5 acre plot of land belonging to the

shindig when it was showing they currently work part time by the federal station. he holds the cash transfer from the p s. project will help him get back into farming. john nash and they need to have a hope. the investment will also benefit the next generation that have been a long while farmers before they landed all the the rights to the land are entirely over play. despite the 5 year rental agreement of the organization, everything that grows on the land is to sell the fruit that these trees will bed in the years to come. and that they will provide all belong to as a half later the even if the project ends in 5 years, farmer for forest wants to attract more donors in the near future. this will allow for a station in this region to keep progressing,

helping local farmers to become less vulnerable to the effects of climate change. schumann, the not the only creatures on earth who traveling the existence of trees, animals talk and do some damage. we know that for us and why life work in a delicate balance, how then can be controlled that damage without causing an imbalance for a stranger in germany already on their way to figure this out. sandra schmidt is delighted to finally be back in the chorus and hunting. she goes to hunting license 7 years ago. it's made her appreciate nature, the more giga link on their punches the recognizes conservationists in germany. these days, the training involved in getting a license includes a much bigger focus on ecology and nature conservation. and there's a lot more information on plants trades heads in 6 caterpillars and various and

phoebe and sick all you think it's only going to be about hunting game that is not the case. dim yard over the hunting is strictly regulated in germany and requires a license getting a license means undergoing training for several months and passing exams. in recent years, the number of women applying has gray. sandra schmidt goes hunting, just outside berlin, mainly on land, managed by forest. among the only works with hunters who are interested in protecting the forest rather than collecting trophies. they only get to hunt twice a year in the spring and in the autumn when the animals are particularly active and they only hunt certain species, the young reward and we hunt red and followed your age group one. and so that's last year's funds,

and i wish you all happy hunting and rich picking wild for and dia in particular, love, fresh shoots. they do a lot of damage to young trees. so the forest ends up with no new trees and the bushes at best. mark, illinois shows us some examples. he's even fence stuff. one area completely. animals have done a lot of damage to the saplings here where a number of years. nobody that is in read us the lights. you can see this rowan tree has had its head branch broken off and eaten by a red deer. i heard this is an oak. it must be at least 15 maybe 20 years old. but you see its new shoots have been nibbled off by wild animals every year as. but the fencing of areas is expensive and further restricts the animals in them. movements. germany is relatively rich in forest, about 30 percent of the country is covered with trees compared to just 12 percent

in india. but the forest tremendous acted by roads and fields so that the areas of uninterrupted forest are relatively small. animals congregate in those areas. red deer and wild boar have few natural predators, light bulbs, which are fairly rare here easily dear can find endless amounts of food. here. the farms provide plenty of grazing opportunities during the summer months. as far as separated by roads and fields and in some areas thinned out enough to provide grazing land for game that they wouldn't find in a large primeval forest course. and what is for common good, and most of the forest here is no longer primeval with a variety of tree species. after the 2nd world war evergreens were planted here on mass, but for many years now more to situate trees have been planted. we

manage 6500 hector's of farmers and heavily dominated by pine trees. it was 96 percent pine. when we took over we've now replaced half of that with new young trees. are you a pine tree monoculture causes the soil to dry out and become acidic. the trees are more vulnerable to pests. a mixed forest in shows the more human in the soil. the trees can better withstand insects and heat an important benefit in times of climate change. in the spring, many juvenile animals around in the forest mark a huge raised d, a stand when hunting to ensure he only hits his intended target. his main aim is to protect his young, deciduous trees, woman and be view devices head in the item. where do we have more biodiversity, pine forest where the ground is covered with grass and deer can grace. but there

are no butterflies because there are no flowers viewed item, not to do we have greater biodiversity in a far as that's more like a natural forest, with many different types of trees. shrubs in plants, of whole, different range of species. this happens is that somehow it's likely to be another 40 years before that kind of biodiversity can be restored here. but that's the long term goal that the hunters have set best lights on until one day hunting will no longer be needed. without trees. we don't really have a chance at survival. let's begin to accept this fact. now, let collectively urge policy makers to take better care of our trees. if you're already doing your best to protect trees in your neighborhood, let us know at equal india a d, w dot com. i'll see you again next week with many more inspiring stories until then

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the ah ah, this is the, the, the news of live from berlin bus 1st day of calm as the israel, her, my sci fi takes hold in guys, support as much to celebrate the end of 11 days of bombardment and left hundreds dad, in the worst fighting team in the region years. a g 20 health summit aimed at boosting access to corona virus. vaccines elicits pledges of billions of doses from vaccine

makers and bring on the summer fund, german amusement parks, restaurants, and even swimming goals reopen after lockdown. in many parts of the country, just in time for the holiday weekend. ah, i am told me on the phone. welcome to the program. residence in garza and israel, marking the 1st day of peace after an 11 day conflict that killed over 230 people in gather and 12. and israel. the si, fi, ideal broker, mostly by egypt carries no preconditions and leave the conflicts key disputes on resolve. however, fighting still broke out at the isle axemark in jerusalem. israeli police fights

done grenades and gas, while palestinians held rocks beside us. one of the flash points that triggered the recent hostilities between israel and mass. meanwhile, people in garza and israel are taking stock after the region, the worst conflict in years. the streets of gas i have come back to life. the cease fire has brought relief, but people here know just how fragile peace is, how you know life will return because this is not the 1st war and it will not be the last one of normal life will return with the will. it is true that our hearts are in pain. fee there were disasters left, entire families were wiped out. and that saddens us. but it is our fate in this land to be patient. and the truth was welcomed in jerusalem, where tension flared for weeks before fighting began. it has to be done,

to be honest with you because of the bloodshed that murdered the children that were killed and the innocent women, every one, every song has a value. so this has to be done, but in this is really watertown opinions were mixed. bad, hello. this is not a fire. they should not have stopped. what will a year and a half a year to year. so so finally there is a cease fire when they did here. hopefully there will be peace in the country quite a few months. i'm sick of this mass color, but i got the so israel and how mass are claiming victory in the conflict. the task of rebuilding now begins with hopes the truth will last go straight to

tanya, gramma dw respondent in gather city, tanya, is the sci fi holding? while at the moment, at least, the sci fi seems to be holding the gaza city. of course that's also on the minds of many people. they're worried about. you know what could happen if it doesn't hold. so at the moment it is quite in gaza, but it's a tense, quiet. how much of course portraying this as a victory will the ordinary people there and guys see it the same way? well, i think it's a bit of a strange atmosphere on the one hand, of course, and other minute to portray this other victory. but people here now are coming out of the 11 days of fighting from bartman and rock. it strikes into israel and they have to pick up then i said they left us 11 days ago. so it is not an easy said all

the devastation, you can see it in gaza. many thousands, tens of thousands of people have actually lost, have been displaced. so we saw some people know. so the going back and seeing what is left of the home. so it is not an easy atmosphere, and of course, there's also worry about whether i will hold quite a lot for people to take in. how long will it be for guys to recover from all of this devastation was very hard to estimate because the situation of cause it's not easy. it has been under located for almost 14 years. that means every building material is it's not easy to bring it in. either from israel or from egypt. so we know that several 1000 units at least have been destroyed or severely damaged for people to live. and so this will take time to rebuild,

of course. but i think at the moment the focus is on, you know, for those who have lost loved ones, you know, it's a morning period for those who are injured to, to take care of them. and also for, you know, the ordinary people are here somehow to pick up their lives. and that's going to be a difficult situation for these people to resume their lives. are we seeing any, any support or anything of percent of the thought that will come in the sense of that? well, several countries have already pledged you many tarion aid. and there was also today because for enjoyment, it's like we're not into gaza. another crossing, this is where the can salon crossing. also, as far as you know, opened for some humanitarian aid coming in. egypt has also pledged to health as another crossing with egypt and the south of casa. so i think the international community has also led to help rebuilding, but of course,

this is something that's in the future. so people, you know, for the moment they're here and they have to deal with what is said here on the ground. okay. you know me as tanya grandma and gather city. thank you for bringing us up to speed. leaders from the g. 20 group of industrial and emerging countries are holding a health summit. and boosting access to corona virus vaccines. host country italy hopes the summit will result in a new declaration for preventing future health crises. participants are expected to recommend voluntary licensing of vaccine patrons to allow more companies to produce the jobs that you announced. it will donate a $100000000.00 doses of the callbacks vaccine sharing to the callbacks vaccine sharing program by the end of the year. and this comes as vaccine producers, plants to donate over 1000000000 doses to low income countries. i'm now joined by

the w brussels bureau chief, alexandra for now men who is at the g 20 summit in rome for us. alexandra was the w h. i was chief scientist as urge producers to waive that pates and so that, so what have they agreed so far in this? any consensus on listing these payton protections? no, actually not. so according to the draft resolution, the draft declaration of from that i have seen leaders agree to and hands global access to the scenes and to lift the export restrictions on vaccines enroll materials. and there are also in favor also i know how and technology transfer however, as you said on a voluntary basis. and there is actually no mention of the waiver in this declaration. and we really have heard different takes on the topic president she of

china, for example, told the summit the china is very much in favor of a waiver. we heard from french president my little macros, who said that he is open to discussions, that they should be no to boost. but we also heard from the german chancellor anglo miracle, who made clear that she is not in favor of lifting the intellectual property rights on vaccines. instead, she said that what is key right now is for wealthy nations to donate more big scenes and to expand. they've seen production all over the world. and that is actually what the european union is planning to do. they want to do made at least $100000000.00 doses of exceeds until the and of this year. and they also want to invest 1000000000 euros in the expanding production capacity in africa. these pledges to share the vaccines with the low income countries. when can people in africa and latin america expect any of these to arrive

while what the european union has promised to donate those doses until the end of this year. however, we also have to say that that doesn't mean doesn't sound like a lot of dozes, right? but when we consider that the european union has been in talks with the exceed maker such a spy on tech, modern and johnson and johnson. and there are promising to produce 1300000000 doses until the end of this year. and to share those, those with low and middle income countries that could make a difference on the ground. and when we talk about the long term goal, i think it's important that you are p and union wants to invest money to the production capacity in africa when we consider that's currently africa could use is just one percent of the scenes. they need 909 percent of those exceeds have

to be imported, dw alexandra phenomena in rome. thank you. now here in germany locked down, restrictions are being used in many cities, leaving people free to visit restaurants, museums and swimming pools. health minister spon says the 3rd wave of infection has been broken though he's urging people to remain cautious. the relaxed restrictions come just in time for the long holiday weekend with many hotels and camp sites. also allowed to welcome guests who have had a negative cove in 1900 test or proof of vaccination. that's got more from d. w chief, political correspondent, melinda crane, who was standing by at a, be a garden for us in the heart of berlin. hello, melinda. now those people we see right there behind, you must be relieved to finally be back out again. absolutely. we've

been going around asking people how they feel and what we're hearing most often it's at last. finally, people are relieved. they feel free. they say they feel things are slowly getting back to normal. and the fact is that this is one of the most beloved to be gotten in berlin. it's, there's been a b r gotten on this site for nearly 200 years, and seldom has seen a period of such prolonged quiet as the past 12 months. seldom has it entirely missed the opening of the season on the 1st of april. so you can be sure that management is absolutely determined to remain vigilant. and in fact, there are a lot of rules in place. it may not look that crowded behind me because this is only half the normal number of tables that would be here outdoors. and there are still a lot of spacing, restrictions in place. also, there can't be more than 2 households at one table or 5 people. and everyone here

has submitted proof of a negative cast before they were allowed to enter class. if you see people getting up from their tables, mostly you'll see them putting on their masks that to one of the rules that are in place. so we asked and most people here are telling us they absolutely feel safe. and they just hope this new normal will continue. the gym and health minister says the 3rd waves has been broken. where does germany stand right now in this fight against cove in 1900? well, in fact, indeed, the rate of infection is significantly down. we're now seeing about $67.00 infections per 100000 residents and just 10 days ago that was close to $97.00. so a really major drop in a short amount of time. we're also seeing a very dramatic rise in the rate of vaccinations with over 40 percent of germans now vaccinated for the 1st time. 1000000 vaccinations occurring every week. so

definitely a turn from the better. but both the health minister and the head of the country center for disease control. we're warning today that people must remain careful. they need to respect the rules and they said, we don't want to see a boomerang or yo, yo effect where the 3rd wave then turns into a 4th wave. so in fact, they're going to be watching carefully before any further relaxation of the rules. and people here certainly hoping that things stay they as they are and they can enjoy this early summer. freedom of optimism, coupled with caution. thank you. melinda crane. d. w. chief political correspondent, performers from 39 countries have been competing this week in the eurovision song contest, including elaine sag reno rec were presenting cyprus. david,

gave me the l. b. o is about falling in love with the devil, and that's got some people in cyprus, pretty upset. dozens of also that christian protested against the lyrics base. they promote faith and worship. and despite the protest, elaina has now made it through to the euro vision final. this saturday in the netherlands watching t w the business and update the every day for us and for our planted global ideas, it is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities screener? how can we protect animals in their habitat?

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