an easier and more affordable way. one of the things we see now is everybody is becoming more africa next on d w. m. what secrets lie behind these walls? discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d w world heritage 360. get the app now. ah ah, a hello welcome to echo africa. i am chris, the lamps and ogen state nigeria. resources and our planets are becoming scarcer.

hobby term for wild animals is disappearing. an access to water becoming more difficult, but there are promising solutions. joining me for this show will be sandra. it is very to crease that sometimes we can achieve a lot with very, very little. i am so good. we nobody else here in counsellor uganda. and she was told today an initiative when they will be living, connecting people to clean sheets water, how santas in france, you invented long songs and how a primary school teacher is fighting to erosion in clinical according to a human report, human share over half of the global on area with other animals, especially in the poor region over the world. people and animals are at all when it

comes to vital resources such as food, water. for many lions polar bears seals on elephants. the struggle to secure the basic need ends up costing them to be alive. now, the human wildlife conflicts in danger, the preservation of fishes in the bone, atom on now the med, to find a fair resolution. both sides. me in the dense cover of the rain forest difficult to find what you might spot, the traces in the mud and branches some times tusk. marks on a tree trunk. then suddenly, in front of you, a group of forest elephants and pawn, gar national park in gabon central africa, the rain forest, their home protected national parks covered 10 percent of the country,

but hungry elephants of venturing beyond the boundaries, plundering nearby fields, echoes problems cause villages field themselves from those plantations. and when the elephants, it's all this, something you have been for months and that will give me food for my children and all this the elephant in one day, only one day. he destroys it. something that could last me and my parents, maybe one year it's just vanish in one day. she how people get mad and sometimes killed the elephant. i don't let people hear venting their anger in other ways to farmers recently. stage protests as well as having less to eat. they're worried about rising food prices. the government has responded by providing $4500000.00 to farmers was filled up and destroyed by elephant.

authorities are also erecting electric fences to scare elephants away from the fields. some people cannot harm any more. the elephants are eating so much of their crops. and and so if we cannot provide protection to those people in the form of electric fences, we have the technology just a matter now of money to build the electric fences to protect people's crops. more than 50 electric fences have been installed, some of them a solar powered liquor, bosh. as soon as i connected, you should hear a sound. that means it's on these vents is a being seen as an important 1st step as well. it seems like they see it working of procedure. it's early days because elephants are smart and you know what might kick them out of offense now as they get shot,

they can eventually learn to get around if they really want to. so i, i think that there is a great promise, but at the same time, you know, needs to be followed over time, and we need to be pretty careful about that. so the government is also planning to gather data on the roots, the elephants are taking. so they can better anticipate potential conflict exec. okay, got to go around 95000 forest, elephants living good born. the species is critically endangered. the environment ministry says around 50 elephants are killed every year and acts of self defense or revenge. well, 10 people have been killed by elephant for the past 2 and a half years. it's hope the electric fences will help ease this conflict with as long as more and more habits and has been cleared for farming. it will be tough to find workable, long term solutions and the type of vital for i knew most of my

home in europe. there are many instances where the hospital, especially on phoebe's aunt retina, is being lost. but today we have some wards over hunt wanting story about 2 people who care deeply about protecting species in the region. does right, sandra, while in recent years the u. k. has increased its amounts of protected areas. this hasn't been able to provide any help to a lot of smaller animals. what initiatives like vis worn in england run by a hobby tweets and tom, why 1st could help the non venomous ask a lapierre snake. the more frog and the european pond turtle. 3 species that are nearly extinct in great britain, 18 year old harvey tweets wants to change that on a strip of previously derelict. landon staffordshire, near manchester, he breeds endangered reptiles and amphibians. basically,

you've got these lodge out dover variance and they are open adding closures in which the habitat, the animal which lives in them is recreated. so they fail right at home. we got the more frog in here. we've got sal as is a nasa jack toads here. we've got about 20 species in about 200 individuals within those species. so it's one of the largest collections you're going to find in europe. in 2020 harvey tweets and tom whitehurst, leased land and began constructing the facility to their aim is to conserve breed and ultimately reintroduce creatures that were once familiar sights and britons countryside. they obtained their 1st reptiles from private breeders and breeding remains. one of the biggest challenges they face, there's nothing more awarding. i mean, it's amazing to say when you know, when it, when that snake hutches in the egg 1st. so of cracks and you say the head, comma in a, it's amazing in the eve. so fame. you spend all year in building 2 in,

i seen that name. it says really. it makes you feel more human in it makes you feel alive. the to 18 year olds regularly post their progress on youtube. so join us ha, journey with over 2000 subscribers. this project is part of the growing re wilding movement, the goal of which is to restore the natural habitats of plants and animals. this practical knowledge, there's academic knowledge, and then there's just know how and i think that, you know, with this will a thing. passion drives what, you know, you know, and if you have a passion, you are willing to learn you read, you know, you talk to people, you network and it's those things which allow you to be calm, you know, good at what you, dave. one animal that clearly shows just how urgently action is needed is the slow worm. this used to be wide spread throughout central england and the

local area around here. they've gone extinct originally extinct due to the fact that you know, the type of agriculture we have, it doesn't provide enough habitat, you know, for them. and especially when there's deep plowing. so when you know the, so that's plowed, so seeds can be planted and that just kills the harvey tweets is always on the lookout for suitable locations to re wild, slow worms. and from a distance, this green landscape looks like a perfect habitat for his reptiles. but upon closer inspection, he noticed that signs of farming activity, which in its modern form, has harmed biodiversity. it would be completely unethical to release these species into habitats which are not suitable. and that's especially why we're picking areas, which i'll be actively re wilding, because the habitat is only going to get bigger and better. the re wilding location gun more near the small town of leak will provide such a habitat. environmental activists ran

a crowd funding campaign to purchase the area about the size of a $110.00 soccer fields. they currently have 5 re wilding projects being assessed for approval. the 2 teenagers will hopefully be able to begin re introducing animal soon. but it will take years to see whether the restoration is successful and the species are back in the while. we've often reported on echo africa about the damage dawned by invasive plants, such as what a high since in france, japanese not weed is also famous for displacing native plant species. scientists are the university of mon paulia, have not discovered a surprising feature of the invader in this week's doing your bits. ha,

every country helps to heal the japanese, not we'd have spread all along the a little river in southern france. b invasive species has displaced many native plants here and it's shallow roots are putting the river banks at risk of erosion. researchers at montpellier university are clearing a lot. we've been discovered. it has surprising properties. crushed dried and ground into powder. it can dramatically speed up chemical processes whether i assume it's either the roots or the leaves, which are rich and minerals, metallic minerals of interest, it, they'll be thermally treated to obtain this vegetable powder, put the vegetable powder is already itself an eco catalyst. that is to say, a reaction booster, which will allow us to transform a simple molecule into a more complex molecule. plex. the researchers save is so called eco catalyst,

could make the manufacturer of products like face creamed, more environmentally friendly under indicates the field of cosmetics today, still uses mineral, or petrochemical catalyzed. yeah. this idea of plant base catalysts has never been developed before jamie to develop the of the researchers have already developed at least 60 plant based catalysts. they're now being marketed by your start up at the university of more videos. and how about you, if you are also doing your bit, tell us about his visits l websites. oh, send us the tweet hash tag doing jo, base we share your stories back to africa. now,

the ongoing climate crisis is forcing us to be more frugal with our most important resources. you guess it water in legos, less than 40 percent of people have access to clean drinking water. the situation is similar in chaos. capital nairobi where the poorest residents leave in terrible conditions. now, a private sector initiative is introducing innovative technical solutions to help them just one touch of the sensor and clean water flows from the machine is changed marilyn gee's life. my did not breath any therapy, the water we get is clean, affordable, and easily accessible them. berella congee has looked all her life in monterey. one of the biggest slums in nairobi. those 22 years have been governed by a daily struggle for clean water. she had to walk long distances to walk or to

point in constant fear of being attacked or getting sick from the water to go mad. what by matter, the dirty water gives people diarrhea. they drink it when they did it because they have no other option. i like to do what they, you're maybe half a 1000000 people living metering in very close quarters. settlements like this one, keep growing. and so does the need for water. the cities are exploding, we are and planned that you have more and more people coming from the countryside, settling down in the cities in slams that are not on the map of her work, her provider. so we are not getting water and boost gay from un habitat sees another problem. there is a backlog of infrastructure development over the years of a cut were whether companies or government, i've not invested enough to maintain with pipes, so we have very old. so what they'll networks that are leaking. and on top of that,

coll towels often controlled the taps. they may charge extortionate prices or sexually exploit young women for water barrel akin g. feel safe now that she can get her water from the machine is charged at a fixed rate and she doesn't need to carry cash yet. then if i have 10 canyon shillings on my chip, that was that last me up to 3 days, right? before i could only get 3 jerry kinds of water for that money that the users receive about 10 times as much water for their money. now, kenneth window from the supplier much malawi, had his work cut out trying to convince water companies under 30 to back the idea when we got to them, mister waller, you are not very popular. so i think one of the biggest impact is to get organized and to do is to think about technology. do you think acknowledge is being 2nd are

very good. one of the things we see now is that notion of the prepaid, what a p m. so we have is anybody is becoming more efficient, low operating costs. so one of windows main arguments staff, the only required for maintenance. and this is actually helped to defeat conflicts in some places. areas where labeled 50 help you more than if you are, let's say from time you cannot bridgewater for me, because then that event you for reaching that water. now this doesn't happen. people out of indiscriminate. the, the technology comes from enter a day in the netherlands. i'm tom lay, palo was working in africa for an 8 project when he came up with an idea to better regulate the water supply on sir joseph consensus? stole coroner fell so open in the floor. material measured the amount of water either, sir, g, a sham modem. his chart and as the car to store older transactions,

the machines sunday to run consumption to the cloud. this allows supply and demand to be regulated. they see all the systems in my power. and, and here are you crunchy to revenue for one water point. there are already around $800.00 of these pay as you go water dispenses in kenya and some neighboring countries. fortunately, that's been very little vandalism so far. barely kenji comes her several times a day. she says that with this new clean water supply stomach upsets or thing of the past. bellas head from the crowded cities to the contra sites. what if you assume gilby cleaner water on more feet away from the cities? you'd been mistaken. absolutely right, crease installed and african countries in particular the what the situation has

wasn't considerably due to increasing periods of drought in is invalid. people are frank was found on the stock pile. want only to water louise room in the morning. shabba and gara steps out of her house to fetch water from the tank in her yard. she's only had the sister and for 5 years, it's a life saver for the single mother who like all the families in broadway races, increasing challenges because of climate change. she about and gara grows, everything she needs to sustain her family on a small plot of land. scoffed out from great o'clock. but i don't, i haven't produced much these past seasons and what i can we either get too little or too much rain warm fine. the sense of uncertainty has made it hard for the chilled to concentrate on their schoolwork, underscore, before i had this water harvester, when the rains came, the water would just run off and waste away. we had no idea what to do with it. we can also go to and get the thing that sometimes we collected

a little in small tins and bucket. so my dish, apple was all my dish is now bass i. but that didn't help you're in dry spells for years. in babylon, drought serve increased in frequency and duration. the consequences are dramatic. it's favors. victoria falls, where reduced to a relative trickle in 2019 making international headlines. this year hasn't seen enough rain either. the corn in the fields is in grow in properly. harvest yields a shrinking year by year. the un says almost half of zimbabwe population of some $15000000.00 is now dependent on food aid. people with no access to a well as to get their water from rivers that are also drying up. the 8 agency care has helped solve the water shortage and chevron garage village. the country south east. it's supplied 50 families with water tanks and together, the community has built

a damn that holds 45000 cubic meters of water. the water flows along the terrains natural slopes to irrigate the fills, eliminating the need for climate damage in tom. 12 m, valera when award brody as long as we have several options to store rainwater efficiently. we stand a chance of survival even through the dry season, one medication. we can afford to grow food for our families, whether there is rain or not during any given year grant, actually i want, i don't addition, the farmers have another pressing problem that still needs to be solved. the water from the reservoir is safe to drink. that there are already a few ideas on our care, has drilled 12 wells in the region. some i, equipped with solar pumps, that saves money and protects the climate. every well should be able to supply 500 people along with their gardens. there's a designated repair team to make sure everything stays in good working order. that

creates jobs. include in for women like precautions, katie, who is a mechanic. what i'm a ball hole can't be inoperable for more than a day to ensure the availability of clean water. if it's out of service for several days and left unattended, become become a target of vandalism, and some individuals might end up messing around with the parts. but in many areas of zimbabwe, even the ground water is being defeated by drought. that's why, regardless of where the water comes from, priority should be given to conserve in it. a water shortage ink is in by way, but so much water in a cynical, in our next story is not about drinking water. but about the salt water in our themes, the atlantic ocean east eroding the course of west africa, an unstoppable phenomenon. now, residents of young in the fall than cynical have reversed the trend, and we wanted to take

a look. trees no longer grow here. and nobody can live here anymore. on the island of deer, gay and southern synagogue, the atlantic waves are eating away the shoreline. it's happening on the whole west african coast. the reason rising sea levels, a consequence of human induced global warming. jude thereby st, is in elementary school teacher in d o j. he says in the 6 years that he's lived here, the situation has become much worse. well that other than your love larger, but for the sea, the sea levels have been rising, taken over the beach. remember that when i arrived in 2016 just here, then you can see coconut trees all along the beach. yeah, the member even had houses just here that were about 20 meters from the sea theater . but now the seas with advancing with the land that nobody is on tomorrow. roku, yell on there. he lost himself city. the chief now she was there by sand is

fighting against the destructive force of the waves. joining him in the fight is patrick, shout ye a retired business professor. he's brought a new idea to deal gay, which has given the people fresh hope. structures made of wooden posts and palm fronds hold the sand in place and bring back the beaches. curious, children gathered to watch the work. this red string shows by sin and chevalier how much sand has accumulated red thing. look at all. would you be? the stick came up here before um, where the string is. one week later we can see about 25 centimeters of sand as accumulate up. they've been thinking about the semi permeable barriers are arranged in right angles on the beach. as the sea carries in sand. the side arms catch it, unlike less permeable defences made of stone or concrete. they also don't drastically change the currents along the shore which could cause erosion elsewhere

. the proven effective sheila and ketone met sang upon a stretch of beach measuring 1.5 kilometers, which we call the fishing talk. it will likely gain at least 30 meters on the entire stretched met. so and also these are the results we saw in the 2 previous places we worked on windows on the wall. so we think it will have the same effect here or ball school. remember if, if i had talked to you. but despite the proven success of the method, some locals are skeptical that what the sea has destroyed over years could ever be restored until i got a new you can exit your property, deduce i could go imagine it's not easy to admit, but one day the village will have to move and it's not easy to leave the place where you were born apart and set up a different place is dedicated. it's not easy. carla. loyalty in but one day it's going to happen. i own uncle or not. maybe i'll be there to witness it or not. but

one of my sons will witness you, relax yourself. what may lender map his wife as his wife? however, judge verbosity is certain that the erosion of d, o g is shoreline can be reversed and that it can be done without waiting for help from the state. the gray one in lean, i felt would need a lot of resources to slow down rising sea level. but with a little that we have on it, we can achieve extraordinary work. right? because with this, we can gain up to a 100 meters at santa, in santa method, it bundle salvage. but despite these successes, many west african countries are seeing increased coastal erosion and better coastal management is needed on a regional level. well, we'll come to the end of this week's program. thank you for watching and don't forget to be careful with on natural resources because we don't have an unlimited amount of them for now. it is a good buy from compiler,

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