ah, nothing can that is that you are right. i am actually the feeling founder. so probably take the job. yeah. this me her with this week i there is no getting around debts. the climate crisis is forcing those all to make changes. no matter where we leave in the world. hello and welcome to visit the addition of a co africa. thanks for joining us and a big hello to you to sandra. hi, crease. nice to see you. well,

it is true. temperatures are climbing all over the globe. and water levels are rising, falling in ways. we are clearly unprepared for germany brain and hockey us suffering from bias in italy local. so he's probably the introduced water russian emissions the whole continent. husband, heated by climate total, i guess recon helping no comparable drop situations in central europe in the last quarter century will be looking on how people are reacting and what they are doing to call but we thought oh sure. into museum a country in the middle east on the north africa region ecosystems, there are particularly vulnerable to climate change. extreme heat causes drugs and

this sort of vacation, which in turn is also reducing water availability, degrading soils on increasing food insecurity. now farmers entities are extremely worried about co pills or at least crumbled, to find ways of adjusting to the new conditions. once again, a wheat field near the city of gen, dubois stands in flames. the magenta valley in north western tunisia is among the country's most fertile regions, and wheat is one of the most important crops grown here. but blazes are occurring more and more frequently. the fire department often spends days fighting them. the flint spread quickly, due to extreme aridity, largely caused by a climate change. when we look on historical climate data,

we can clearly see that the temperature since the beginning up the 21st century has arrived, am and we are now. generally speaking, also on about 1.2 degrees above her at pre industrial level. and this is also the case for north africa and also what can you do? yeah. it's 45 degrees social's, just 50 kilometers away in l. crim. pharma up drove our folly, isn't willing to sit around and hope that his wheat won't also go up in flames. so he decided to harvest his crop in may, june, and in tables earlier than usual. with the moon and the farmers fear fires and monitor the land day at night, we must harvest now even if that reduces the weeds quantity and quality enough. so although he has less to sell his hobbies is assured better than everything going up

in smoke. environmental engineer hatchett has long been following the effect of climate change into nisha. but this is not the only problem or the north african country has to cope with. nissan. look at the ukranian russian conflict as well as climate change. i mean measures confronted with many challenges as it attempts to me, it's domestic grain needs, especially in a market where prices are increasing every day, and where grain is scarce and highly sought after denisia normally in ports, much of its lead from ukraine. should these impulse fail to materialize? tunisian farmers will need to supply more widow ready suffering from the heat in the long run strategies and needed to enable and maybe even increase great production these times of climate change. a many different approaches, adaptation measures that can be taken taken. i saw, for instance,

i could use water saving technologies when stuns drip irrigation. this is always also quite cost intense love, but i'm not even attorneys. yeah, that's a, this one is kind of on technologies. other ideas include, improving seeds or planning come across to prevent soil erosion. these idea are already being tested in tunisia. for ob, drove our folly. such changes can't come soon enough. there is not only for his own operations, but for his country's food security too. but for now, his just doing what he can justifiably hint moreover, if the heat within the region continues and temperatures go even higher, it could cause problems for the agriculture walkers, in bringing in the harvest,

even in europe, the so my heat waves have spread over the continent earlier than usual does right, sandra, people in france, spain and germany of all been preparing for torrid conditions in italy. drinking water is already been russians, and farmers are also facing the prospect of crop failures. rice farmer, ga, which a laterally is worried. he's come to measure the say line content of the water he uses for his crop. all the farmers in the region have the equipment needed to check that salt water isn't spoiling their fields. less selling it. that means the salt levels are too high. we keep an eye on that so we can immediately shut off the inlet if need be, then we get them it. in this region, more and more sea water seeping into the river po. if a rice farmer cannot flutter filled with fresh water, their entire harvest could be in danger. we stopped at uncle bar dish and everyone

is worried about this because of the rice shortage is a supplies run out. so it's becoming a problem for the whole supply chain. the programmable to daphne in the po, delta should be one of the most fertile regions in europe. usually it has plenty of fresh water. but since november it hasn't rained enough. and the po river is running dry. as water pressure decreases, see water seeps in land. it has already crept about 15 kilometers up stream, forcing farmers to abandon once abundant fields. now there is a plan to raise barriers since that will not help immediately residence in the lower reaches of the po river are demanding that more war to be drained from power, plant reservoirs in south to roll it dilutes on a legible but garrick, italy has a very clear law is the way when it comes to water use,

it says that people come 1st, then agriculture than the rest of the world. but the economic value of water is often so great that this is easier said than done the in the thought. but in south to roll, the situation is equally worrying a power plant at the zacalo reservoir and the ocean valley has come to a complete halt. the reservoirs only fill to 4 percent capacity. there were 2 thirds less rainfall than usual last winter with not much snow left on the peaks and glaciers that have long vanished there is little snow melt to be expected. when b r a d, so maybe if we were to continuously deliver the quantity that benito as requested, all the storage facilities and sell to roll and be completely empty within 20 days . and sonic doug completely assigned some people in northern italy already talking about a war for water and the summer hasn't even begun in the po, delta basins for retaining more fresh water. a currently under construction,

if rainfalls cause the river level to rise for a few hours, the basin fills with water. once the level falls again, the gates close to prevent salt, water from seeping in water and the lindsey levels have to be constantly monitored . so but appeal defeats elaine centreville, if it's becoming harder and harder. knuckles on up to this year, it became extremely difficult. i really went out again and if he got dice that i might say, we always have to be prepared or not only to protect the farmers here, a lot of political glory. the italian boise uses association has calculate that 10000 more such basins are needed in northern italy to ensure that fields can be irrigated in the future. but georgia would chill, our tory needs a solution. now, the salt content of the water is below critical levels to day, but he fears that he will have to give up rice farming soon. what would it look?

grandma been in oh, the, i'm in the i was born and raised here. this is my home, martha will try to stay here of possible hudson, what a possibly meant. whether for agriculture, electricity, or drinking water is a precious resource. and increasingly rare. the unprecedented heat woods heat in europe or live in people and animals searching for shades and farmers struggling to water. the crops, it's particularly hot in buildings. we are many people sit together. server skews and perry is a part of a project that set to benefit the french capital as a whole. let's take a closer look in this weeks doing your bits ha . ah, europe is experiencing especially high temperatures this summer with no relief in

sight. children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of heat that prompted a school in paris to transform its asphalt covered school yard into a cool and shady area more suitable for the warming climate. was it okay the so we wanted to create them able space is with permeable soil that can absorb water is which is also good for the trees. i think that allows them more direct access to water. no matter what chips was the bread on top of the soil along with other natural materials and vegetation, which will be enriched in the coming years, only show unimportant venue so far. 75 schools across the french capital have transformed their playgrounds, under the oasis project, which was co funded by the european union and the city of paris. your

move south and mom level certainly be fewer cases of heat stroke. fewer children troubled my high temperatures than before. i took a bath, they can go into the fort or sit by the wood chips, which are much cooler than stones reflect. they'll be comfortable and the elevated for the slack door which are open and ventilated, left, and they're shaded by the trees. the like, the more through that question is up. eventually all $700.00 public schools in the parish area marked to get a similar always to some green to the benefit of the children to which anybody with and how about you. if you are also doing your bit, tell us about is this is l websites. oh, send us a tweet. hash tag doing jo, base. we shack your stories. what do rockers, crew is, and sheila algae have in common. they are all in very suspicious,

transferred from their original habitat and introduce into do echo systems either and propose or by accident. we had to south africa, we are a water plant, little to south america of developed into od green plague. what the rees or remedy a green mass where open water should be for decades. the problem at how do baseboard down in northern south africa has been growing exponentially. the lake is overgrown with water hyacinth, a plant from south america. now clogging bodies of water throughout africa, the invasive plant grows extremely fast. the ecological consequences are dramatic, combating the plant has been difficult, despite intense research, whatever i say is one of the world's largest am problematic. quite sick leads. it's been present on how to pass, but damn, since the 1970s. and it's a massive problem,

and they've tried to remove it manually, do herbicide applications, but it stole a massive problem am and because it can cover up to 40 percent of the damn survey. researchers in south africa have been trying to control the invasive planned for years well sealed off from the environment. scientists are looking for the water hyacinth natural enemies. and they've made a big find that only 4 millimeters in size. the inconspicuous water hyacinth plant hopper is also a native of south america. the insect reproduce just as rapidly as the water hyacinth. and the little guys have a big appetite. in as much as is a challenge to read this a plant hopa. we have been successful. we keep every record of insects that is

coming out of this facility. just over 10 years, we have released over a 1000000 in states oh, in this vicinity. last year we have about over $200000.00 that we have released throughout the country. the procedure is not without its dangers. there are examples world wide of species used for this purpose becoming pests themselves. lengthy testing procedures are in place to prevent that. one of the major concerns we haven't, biological control is that in sick that me release could feed another plant species . so we mitigate that in this facility by testing these candidate insects on various plants, species including native species and cropped plants. and we need to do this testing to make sure that the insects that we released odd will be co host specific. this testing is very thorough and sometimes can take years. it's important for this because once it insect is released, we can get them back. the tests for the water hyacinth plant hopper are finally

complete. the bugs are now being collected and packed were transport together with a leaf of their favorite food. they're on their way to the hot to be sport dam. rosalie's smith of this center for biological control, sees to it herself that the insects reached their destination. the denser the water hyacinths scro, the better it is for their little enemy. they can multiply here quickly. o approach with releasing the plants up, it is using them as a green herbicide, sir, as many as releases as possible early in the summer. that allows their populations to build up quickly. and that also just allow same to damage the. * ponds as soon as possible, so that the plans die and expand their growth over the dam. water hyacinth form dense mats that drift across the lake. when they collide,

their underwater roots become entangled and block out any light. gradually, a huge dense carpet of plans forms. they can completely over gro bay areas, which is not only an ecological problem, but in economic one too many people at the damn live from tourism. each year columns of workers removed the plants from the water with long rakes. it's a slow and laborious process that only works on smaller waters in huge areas like this though, the tiny helpers have to step in. the traces of their work can be seen on the water hyacinths leaves. holes and brown areas testify to the success of the organic pest control. the nibbled on and dead plans dropped to the ground and slowly decompose under water. you can also see them from space. within 2 years, the growth on the dam has decreased from 40 to just 5 percent. this is

a site where we did frequence inundate of releases of the plans hopper am. and we know they're here in high numbers because they jump around as i pick up of plans. and what they damage look like is they caused the leaves to become brown. the leaves also, i'm recall on themselves. and so the plans in the sites is heavily damaged and that's basically what we would like for the rest of how to put them in the evening light. the success of the operation can be seen particularly well. swarms of plant hoppers flying over the water hyacinths. nevertheless, the plant will probably never really disappear. it spreads too quickly. even so large open water areas have re emerged on the heart of baseboard dam since their introduction. this promising result could lead to the plant hopper is being used on

other infested waters. from tiny creatures, curbing plants, the spread like wildfire to one of africa's big 5. the rhino whose numbers are perilously low. despite these namibia and south africa of mid legal to hunt rhinos in some areas. in other african countries, they are often haunted illegally, especially when people can earn money by selling the haunts. bought the rece hope, let us go to k a now where a private initiative is trying to protect the animals and involve the local community in their efforts. getting too close to a rhino can prove deadly. but for ranger salome, lemme last year. it's no problem. she raised though you pull from infancy feeding him with the milk bottle after his mother deserted him. that was 6 years ago. oh, san angelo. my relationship is like not of

a mother and her son and little so i treat him like my son and i taken care of him . i've raised him in this and i'm the one who understands all his problems. come last as confess. when he gets sick, i'm the 1st to know before any one else now to says mark, even the grass that we fat him, sometimes he reject the set and i have to look for something else to feed him nisha . i take care of everything that concerns him when i will, i will take who the sarah wildlife conservancy lies around 350 kilometers north of the canyon capital. my robi, the centerpiece is the sarah right? no sanctuary. a protected area covering arden 7 square kilometers for the critically endangered black rhino. he used to be more than a 100000 worldwide. now there are just 5500. the sanctuary is home to 20 of

them, including low jeep who is now been released into the wild. the area was once a hot spot for poachers, while they are now far fewer problems because ranges likes hello, mila melissa, petrol day and night. some ranges i haven't equipped with automatic rifles to day things are quiet. the radius focus instead of finding out where the ronald like together monitor how healthy they are us we'll get when you wake up in the morning, you have to look for them and account for their whereabouts course, making sure that they're all present and okay, as or the rings, his presence has fade off, since the system was set up in 2015, the sanctuary. he hasn't lost a single rhino to poachers and animals. a thriving sovereign are not on the set at a missa. we expect them to increase a number so that we can even provide other consultancies with roy knows because we

have so many offering that health is good and they will continue to grow even bigger within the local communities. also benefiting from the sanctuary. the thorough wildlife conservancy was founded in 2001 to resolve conflict between the acne groups by involving them in a joint project. i know the thorough, wonderful conspiracy. the cheryl wildlife conservancy was started. yeah, because this area was not just being used by local communities, but also herdsman from other communities who would graze their animals here. and i got that man. it was an area of contention where there were disputes. so we mainly began the conservancy to foster, so the land for the sanctuary was made available by 2 local ranches to day. the ranges are meeting with a group from one of the farms to update them on the latest developments. but farmers also involved in making decisions for the factory. 60 percent of the

revenue by the tourism, for example, goes to the community that i only got open to school. i belong the consultant sees are important because they've taught the community how important it is to protect wildlife. wow. the whole they were not to wear black. so my new line, but now they can see the importance and value of conservation now. so yeah, i'm regular without getting in near the, in the all the children from the community are benefiting as these wild animals are generating income and putting food on the table. all right, all right. you, are you universally. i go on youth. employment is also improved and you have a mother in how the one with because the majority of the locals are able to earn away. joe. and i yeah, the 11. and then we wanted to get animals that were not common in the nearby conservancy is either going unit families or nidia nidia. i'm one i go. i. so that's why we decided to start the rhino sanctuary. along willing, as well running the rhino sanctuary has been

a lonely experience for the ranges. the jeep who's a prime example. his mother deserted him because the ranges handled him shortly after he was born. so he lay eliza to me. what we learned was, once a calf is born, we should just monitor him from afar. he casala o 2 should not get close to call bali. and by a twist, gotta be a hour, wait and to we're able to learn more about in the camp. sags and other details and beat your 2nd hammer and kick out. so that's what we learned. you to just monitor from a distance and keep making sure that the cap and the mother are both well quirky. settle, of course, i'll buy them back. a jeep ooze, not finding it difficult to adjust to life in the wild. he'll have to cope with we lonely for a while, but i knew him better than now and then when he gets close to the other rhinos at night, he's often chased away because he has

a human cent on as well as her miracle. now, when he is chased away, he has nowhere else to run to. so he comes to my house and then it's difficult not to touch him. i'm gonna running an ant. i can pull more in bucklin. well. but sir lo milam alyssia has noticed that the jeep who is now coming to her less she is confident that it won't be long until he is able to manage on his own, in the wild. we certainly hope everything works out well for them. we've come to the end of this week's program. thanks for watching. and we look forward to seeing you again pretty soon for thou. it's a long for me, chris lamps in arbiter nigeria. and it is also time for me to sign off from compiler, here in uganda. but don't forget to share with us your thoughts and ideas with us and all our social media platforms. we always enjoy hearing from you. i am sorry to no video,

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