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to the north east hook up provincial library the and yeah, you can see the proposed colorado linking the to protected the crew region of south africa is home to more than 5000 species of plants and some 40 percent of them can only be found here once upon a time this area was farmland due to global warming and the rifle diminished quite a bit and it just became impossible for these people to, to make a living with kettle and agriculture and eventually there to sell. and that's why we bought into folks for conservation with climate change, threatening bio diversity. candice stevens has not found it. difficult to persuade other landowners to follow suit doesn't have signed up to the scheme. her 1st experience of implementing the program was in the quad zulu natal province in
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order to protect the land. locals introduced a herd of cattle the animals serve an important function. keeping the ground shored helps prevent wildfires in the dry season. but it's just the start. we'll slowly introduce game starting with the planes game, which will be zebra, spring book, eland. yes, and those type of animals. and then once they are established slowly, the capital will be removed. the animals will be free to run on the whole nature of the tax rebates. that can, to stevens has been promoting, have gone some way towards addressing the shortage of funding for environmental protection in south africa the way you are and in the future. she's hopeful of further progress in this development.
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it's an old problem. farmers, especially in africa, are all too familiar with predictors attack in the livestock and but so on the concentration and you will trans dogs to god farm animals. they can be very good at it. and that means farmers are less reason to hunt and kill more road in wide life . so dangerous species such as teeter, are also protected. it looks like a win win situation. from us in western was one. i have to be vigilant and cheated would be lacking somewhere in the grass. every year. farmers like just a more loser on 2 percent of their lives. stokes predators was 100 is who can't afford security fencing the figure even higher you as if it was i last around 50 on of course the key not
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only 11 time it only provides you does it, but it can kill 7 it on what just to to protect the livestock many good. how does short on poison, prentice says? but now some of them have started keeping dogs with their hard to keep the because the way they farmers keep a local mixed re dog, which is well suited to the hash environment. when i stoke god in the program is supported by the environment organization, shita conservation, fun, rural training facility. pony more decent looks after parties and raises them to become part of the heart. the dogs then stay with livestock, day and night to protect them against 36050 dog so far
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in this area. we intend to fit please more dogs and turn to help from us. consider their livelihoods and in their hands. on the other hand, protecting our she doesn't was 3 or 4 trained dogs protect a flock. the presence and backing alone is often enough to keep fridges at the initiative leg. these are part of a leisure strategy to keep livestock from being hummed by wild animals. the conservation organization also conducts research mission. crowley is the coordinator. she uses come in a traps to learn more about cheaters and develop solutions for human. when they have conflict. the greatest numbers of cheaters can be found in southern spots of
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africa. these skilled predators can reach speed, so 400 kilometers per hour, making them the fastest land animals in the world. and this days, their natural range is severely reduced. the destruction of the habitat, targeted killings by farmers and the hand for the far has brought them to the brink of extinction. creditors, such as teeter, there form a couple of the ecosystem. nicky, metro pray, uncontrolled and metro praise course. also chips dissertation on the control. soon, the guiding building program was launched in 2015. many farmers house to talk to killing cheated for jeffery moore. your program has been a success. things to his dogs. he hasn't lost a single god in the last 5 years. many species in africa still survive and
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co exist in then protected wild life areas, ensuring humans and animals can leave side by side remains, challenge things to conservation efforts. researches estimates that today. there are some 7000 cheaters living in the wild and some of them all the allies to the dogs that watch over the floor in the gallery. from but saw that to sandra's home. uganda. it since farmers, they're upset. asleep bank. can you tell us more about that, sandra? yes, a concrete bin bunks are unimportant re tool for preserving the different strings and for breathing new ones that are better suited to the change conditions. this is climate change. you're going to pay a visit to a project run and stopped by a women. joined makisha is explaining how to catch banana weevils.
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she's giving a training session to women farmers in western uganda. this is the so listen over what is sort of stand what's to keep that, but i know he was here. she demonstrates another method. put parts of a dead banana tree stump in front of the tree. you're trying to protect and the wheels will be drawn to that instead, we usually peach or for muslim to use can record because it to destroy was so years you know, that said or has the micro organism that can quinn to use breaking cause. so it, it kills michael organism which is too bad through our, our environment. joy makisha has been trained by the organisation alliance, bio versity. the n g o supports food security projects with evidence based research, especially for crops like bananas and beans. some traditional being varieties can no longer grow here. the farmers say it's because of climate change. the n g o has
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helped them to set up their own cooperative and develop a seed bank. which now has more than 60 varieties of being in stock using the planting season. our farmers have an opportunity to accept heat from here. the the, the if you for, from a he or she thinks one kilogram. he has to have to have this t, he or she has to be paid back twice as much. the national seed bank of uganda provided the initial investment of seeds. scientists made them available to the n g o. the researchers have given the farmers improved seeds of been varieties. the cross breeding to create these new strands can take several years. a scientist gloria aquino, explains so we find means we can z means we can cause him means maybe that origin
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selenium read us, can access those materials and improve on them in terms of yield or disease management or even nutrition. so those traditional varieties hold a lot of traits in genetic diversity that we need for for breeding. the national feed bank estimates that every year uganda is losing around 10 percent of its bio diversity implants that are important for agriculture, nutrition like beans, peanuts and wild rice. so if we lose that variation within each of those crops, then we'll have we have nothing because we will not be able to use that my to use to engage the challenges that you have in the production systems, countries. they're going to look off gaps. the resources, he's a country that he's in trouble for the future. joy makisha has in the meantime,
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set up her own seed bank for 4 years, she's been setting aside. part of her harvest proceed. she's employed a number of women to help with the seed selection process. she not only paid them, but also passes on her, been growing knowledge, the get the money from this community on the line from this community and go on the beach on the farm of the idea of starting up community feedback is catching on a total of a cooperative gander have now joined the initiative about that. so fidel, we hope you found to be still resist fiery. if you do something to protect the environment would love to hear about it. you can get in touch with us on our social media channel. i crystal lead finding of from lagos, nigeria. thank you. please do change us again for another edition of africa next
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the news . this is the w news lies from the e. u unveils its most ambitious plan. yet to taco climate change policy makers sets out how the blocks and flash carbon emissions within a decade hoping to turn green goals into concrete actions. also coming up fear is a growing of a food shortages in south africa has the unrest that rage.
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