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the slow back visitors are on their way to a cave. few tourists come here. the island is part of yemen, so it's not so surprising. but the civil war that has raged for years on the mainland is far away. the united arab emirates launched the 1st direct flights here in 2021. it's a 2 hour flight. so coach lies directly off the horn of africa, about 400 kilometers from the yemen. he mainland peter, our guide, he, he's having a travel agency and he's doing some podcast at all traveling. so he and he's from co worker talking about the contract. and when they prepare district, i decided that i really want to go because it's so strange destination. and because of the war in yemen, it's very that the chance that you come here again later it's very, very low. or if the situation will be better and more tourist will come,

the country will definitely change. so to, to see that at this moment, it's really amazing. right? so culture is really far away from almost everything. while war is raging in yemen, the island is a peaceful haven, a safe place to go on vacation. caves are not something completely new for the slovak tourists. slovakia has many of them, but the visitors are nevertheless deeply impressed. it's the biggest cave i've ever seen. it's really impressive. beautiful over style at night and stalagmites on a thing. very, very impressive. hawk a cave is 2.5 kilometers long. the many stalagmites and stalactites are not just beautiful. they are of great scientific interest. they are an index for climate

change. louis alice hawkins. it's even better as on the pictures of the imagined before coming here. the drivers, the guides and the cooks are very happy that tourists have returned to the island. for many years. the coach was practically cut off from the rest of the world because of the war in yemen. one of them, we're proud that tourists are coming here again, and that we have work men and we hope that more 2 groups will come

a lot more. we're of us, surprisingly, nature conservationist, ahmed, a div agrees it is okay. he says, as long as the tourists camp outdoors that minimizes their ecological footprint. what he doesn't agree with on the holiday homes that the emerald tie's a building in the middle of protected areas. for example, here by the coast close to the capital had the boot. he sees this as fraudulent on 2 accounts that only a mini gemini law dictates that you cannot build within 300 meters of the coast. and foreigners are not permitted to buy land. and the buyer is from here originally said bill it, but he has american citizenship. like i didn't see it. he used his brother to get around that orlando leave. and he now greed had that

and that is just one example. ahmed. a dave says that the purchases old follow the same pattern. there is a lot of demand for real estate by the see here, an entire vacation complex is springing up. the faces of immorality rulers are depicted at the entrance. the real estate investors do not attempt to hide what they're doing, legal among leslie and don't visit the people who are building here come from abroad. they are emerald, ease or psycho trees with m radi citizenship also leave it. there are also kuwaitis easterel. they buy via middleman nest said these people have all bought land through local inhabitants, and that the hint,

good luck that i don't think more than in scotland. the environmental activist is worried that the island is being bought out. he's particularly concerned by the growth of saudi arabia's influence in recent, he is a debut is the capital of the main island, dakota and the rest of the archipelago. here you can see how the u. a and saudi arabia of vying for influence. fighting to become the dominant power with displays of generosity, the emirates pay the salaries of the municipal officials while saudi arabia builds one school after the other. all of them identical this power game is even more apparent on the coast outside had dba. on the right, a yamini school funded by abu dhabi khalifa foundation and directly opposite on the

left. saudi arabia has also built a new school at this roadside checkpoint, there are 3 immorality flags, and only one jamini flag. the power relations a quite evidence in the foothills of the had g, a mountains which reach 1500 meters at their highest point. amid a d bronze a nursery. ha ha. given here, the environmental activists tries to care for the islands natural heritage, his son and his says to help him, daddy, daddy. but it's a herculean task that unique endemic species plants that a native only here are endangered

in it. this ain't it. since the 19 ninety's, but there's been a drop in rainfall called the climate here has changed. this should be the rainy season and that it was september is over on october is drawing to a close shot, but no rain has. com. you can the chat actually the have issues with the family don't receive any financial support for their endeavors and they are unlikely to get any in times of war. nature is not seen as a priority, save for his relatives. the conservationist is alone in his struggle to save the islands iconic, dragon's blood tree at what level would regulate the this is the dragon's blood tree and the circuitry language, what we call it, the tree of the blood of the 2 brothers for the man. if he hadn't,

we said how i'll it said bell me here we have planted 7000 dragons blood trees. we had the alesis and so the saplings can be planted out in thick some regions and reproduce the molecular and violet. he did so ah, ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah

ah. so coaches fine, sandy beaches, have a caribbean flay the white sands are a magnet for tourists island to save. you haven't been to kellen caea you haven't seen psychiatrist for people here this see with its plentiful fish stalks is the most important source of nutrition. the islands, 80000 inhabitants fish to meet their needs. international fish inflates, dont come here. not yet at least. i huh. with many fishing boats bear the inscription, the saudi development and reconstruction program for yemen. more proof of how the

rich neighboring states, a trying to win influence. fishing is closely bound up with local identity. instead of playing with toy cars, children here play with home made toys, boats, with the fishes take, turn, putting out to sea. 2 boats go out for 2 hours, and then they rotate the idea. everyone should equally benefit from the seas. riches fishes, solomon and mohammed are going fishing with

half way to the fishing grounds. they come across maison salon. he has set out without his father. mohammed isn't surprised the boys known throughout the village with that. i like working on bessy. i like catching fish. i live here. i live at the see with the boy is taking a big risk. the waters here are treacherous. thought that wasn't all that was needed. one boat has already sunk here, so i'm even died. we were able to save obama a with

solomon and aids just a few minutes to catch the 1st it is there is still enough to go round, even if silly man now faces more competition, orchestra decided to go with the saudis have brought us boats. anyone who didn't have a boat got one from them. another company. the immorality is held close to us and they brought us electricity, water, natural gas, and gasoline. and anyone who i think gets flown to the united arab emirates here. well, i love them both, but especially the moratti's because they work with us most i've got

a message thought of life is changing on to co tra some people are worried about these new forms of dependency, but no one is willing to speak openly about it. for the last few days, the sea has been stormy, and the fishes were unable to put out to sea. within seconds, his catch is snapped up. but whenever i got to go i know it's gone in the flesh. i wish that people take it out of my hands. we fish, they buy more than a snow. i was in far away from the beaches up in the mountains. you can find the coaches, iconic dragons, blood trees. oh

i hear the tree stands in the middle of a nameless village. the houses are in good condition. above them flies the flag of the united arab emirates with the village elder sod. mohammed is fine with that. a beaut. what is called good at the emerald to spilled the houses, spread them within as yet. we thank god for these houses, and we thank them too for the medical care. let's go, let's go long. you thank people who do good about the net. good, the net. good to was yet if you didn't know what would be an act of ingratitude to god the most quoted image but a message but a long life

has improved, says thought mohammed sous not again. as you know, i know we used to live here with the sheep and the counter. no, i don't as we sat and slaughtered our animals here, you know, can get it so, you know. yeah. you know, we did everything here. we do and now couldn't tell me, i'm the owner. no wonder that the u. a has won the hearts of the locals by donating these horns. that i don't have the hot ahmed idea is meeting friend and fellow activists. mohammed al capone to heard us sees a colleague far off but he doesn't reach for a phone line to tell them anything. oh. 2 2 2 2 2 2 yeah, yeah, i know that i got to read how yeah. yeah,

but. 6 i am jasmine. yeah. the goats are very far away there on the other side of the valley. oh, the goats are very, very far away. oh well, let's have lunch and then go look at it. no, we don't have time. we're in a hurry to get in my greetings still mohammed l k bonnie cause his 60 goats and 10 cows with particular sounds. c 6 motherhood is have their own specific calls all the animals would get mixed up otherwise. oh yeah. 000000000 yeah, i am here on this plateau. there are practically no dragon's blood trees left any

more. it used to look quite different. oh, with our grandfathers told us that there was an entire forest of dragons blood trees here. but that has gone. they have died or what now there's just one tree here. the other there, there are just a few dotted about. they are in danger of extinction. i was talking out loud and i la la la la la man, about scientists have told us that it's due to climate change healey. i'm going to tell them in now they're always used to be rain here. the demand and there were no go. it was it was a novice. 8 and i'm, and i'm the rain at all times of the year. i ha,

the goats are a problem into cobra. they eat the young, dragon's blood trees, causing them to die off. i only the older ones survives because their leaves are beyond the gods reach. people here say the trees can live for a 1000 years. in april or may, the harvest starts. the red resin from the trunks of the dragon's blood tree is used to produce cosmetics. the resin is used in nail polish and lipstick. reforestation is urgently needed. the dragon's blood tree is in danger of going extinct activist um, at a day, could use help above all money to help protect the trees. but he doesn't expect that from the u. a. l. l. my lead martine m. moratti's aren't up on this subject line as we need specialist said, business with business people aren't like scientists and emerald tce are business

people business? oh, i think it mohammed elk ebony knows that he and his gods are part of the problem. that's why the herder is trying to grow dragons blood trees with his son. is my ill. lou? ah, the idea that they know on the go or like chain smokers, 11 america madman, they're addicted to the tree. luckily i figured the i'm how many she at the amma haile darma gave we built a wall to keep them out now, but they just jump on to it and come inside and eat the plant lovable. i got them and we'll get to get out of the door. the garden without good in the future is may, you won't be tending the trees any more. he has received a stipend from the u. e. he's going to study computer science in the egyptian city

of alexandria. his view of the emirates involvement here is widely shed because he had the cannon government, fortunately before the emerald. he's came here sir. katra was a forgotten island. i guess i get 5 years have passed and we're now in a quite different position at glen or we can study abroad and we couldn't before last one. and now we have electricity. things are developing. there are roads and hospitals show florida facility. she had a give, it gives you 2 feet and me feet total court fees, as the huffy mr. viet ah, ah, for ton of selim new is the expert on the islands medicinal plants. he is also worried about the endangered species in global comparison,

so kosher it is recognized as being particularly rich in bio diversity. also in terms of medicinal plants, many are endemic to the archipelago. like you phobia are buskey law. for example, he is harvesting it's valuable sap to create a medicine for digestive problems. then the sick lanai would cut the arteries of the tree and create a problem voice, but a stone only creates a tiny wound that enables me to treat the tree sparingly for the sake of myself and others. and to protect nature will latavia this is another popular plant,

the healer says that it can even help couples to have children and that the algal element. and again, when we set this plant remedies in fertility in men and women who wanna help them and they said when men don't have enough sperm or their sperm are too weak. and when women have a problem with her ovaries or hormones, this plant is very effective. because at the shady kits are the eliminate a saudi, emma radi company offered me 63 percent of the profit to see what the rest for them . so what about it? i think, but they wanted that hatton writes too far. okay. math like elephant, i'm and i turned them down to chef. the stella here was not a fault, then a pharmaceutical company from the gulf clearly has dakota in its sides.

ah, it came up with a activist. i'm in a deep is accompanying his son, aysa to a soccer match in the islands youth league. the 17 year old is the coach of the tigers. i help you with along with the hello hello, who is welcome. i need to label the law. both players and audience are male. girls and women are not welcome. society here is conservative. the pitch is typical for the island, stony and dusty car. for many boys here, saki is all they have in terms of free time or entertainment. so cobra is still disconnected from the world at lodge. chavez, in the internet here isn't good what i need sick, much like in other countries. so people here are still just as addicted as people

brought along with the mean alan nessie butler the internet when it is working is so bad that they can't even watch a soccer match on youtube. it's no wonder that even a youth league game is a highlight of the week that i live in and visit any of tell them that the island doesn't have some things. will those things are on a basic like internet and a telephone network out of missouri. there are places that don't have any internet, it'll ask him what the hell of a lot in the yellow mit allowed them up in missouri. it's different in the capital than the neighboring villages in a remote places. that's why the t i just play specifically are law. that the gen you can only find insulated with capital. here we don't have any sort of they play, sports will hang out together for you have of, again, every allah began to be and it gives that to ship a via saudi arabia. and the united arab emirates are investing in the island,

but not in its internet. infrastructure, it is almost impossible for young people to get access to information or to communicate via social media. is that an oversight on the part of the gulf states, or intentional? ahmed a div believes the gulf states are acting out of strategic interests. the activist has arranged to meet up with his son aysa, to aid on the beach. he says, abu dhabi and re out both want to consolidate their influence in the waters off east africa. he's under no illusions. he knows he must pursue his projects himself . yet he sees no alternative to the current situation past and present governments in yemen have done almost nothing in comparison with the hen m. as in alan. emma, we are isolated from the rest of the world. we'll finish the honey but thank god,

the way he came to psychiatry in 2016 at fiscal dora we didn't have a government denies union and god sent us the moratti's lana been done. hm. well 1st of all, they built a hospital and helped people here with jeff. my son was sick when t something was wrong with his heart. he couldn't get up in the morning either. so they took him to the emory and cured him to come. medina, thank god. oh kind for somebody, make omen hanging. if the moratti's hadn't come here in what i thought we would have been worse off than the somalis, for example, moderates. i get the limit. no one can deny that things are better now. so again, imagine go to faith above all, it's quiet here, says the environmentalist, the war is far away and that's what matters most with

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