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which means our weekly environment show is no more important than ever. welcome to echo africa from oregon state nigeria. i am chris phillips. i was welcome from me too. i am sandra, twin over you, and am here in comfort, uganda. well, drought, and how people cope with it is only one aspect we're looking at in this fixture. also on the program, reviving an ancient irrigation method, him to museum. we show you how to better maintain the increasing number of wind turbines in europe's waters. and saving the rough, how in the media is protecting the walls, tallest land, and today we start our show in europe, where persistently hot temperatures have been causing major problems, including forest fires, crow failure out heat related to the world wildlife fund. it says its coach lesions

shown by 2050. the number of people facing extreme water shortages in europe will have risen by 50 percent. farmers are especially feeling it right now. most funding areas are at less than half their regular water capacities. so do we really have options for countering the water shortage? this plant is still something of a rarity on german farms. the chick pay, it's more commonly cultivated in the dryer regions of southern europe. the scientists have planted the legroom hair on a small organic farm to test it under these conditions. chick piece grow well in the chalky sandy loam soil found in the ok mark a region in northeastern germany damn circus in this year. we had

severe drought once again on the crop, developed rudy well and figured out here in this location it demonstrated a high tolerance for drought and on, on that will be very important in the future of it. here in one of the countries driest regions, the research as a testing 5 different types of chick p, and they're also collaborating with local organic farmers. the most productive chick p plants could boost their income. up to now chick peas, have mainly been imported, and demand for them is rising. and guns and shade and us one very decisive factor will be the extent to which we managed to create landscapes that retain water effectively in particularly in agriculture. leaned online is not enough to just switch to new cry like trivial. switched. it's as it somebody kisha, opposite water shortages are not just affecting farming. ground water levels have fallen throughout germany. the amount of water currently lacking as a whole year's worth of rain and say climate researchers from income finish. now

there is little coming from a book to replenish the large amounts of water evaporating from rivers, lakes and marshland yacht with less rainfall. the higher temperatures and more of operation of ideas means that we're facing critical situations more frequently. kritisha said, thought soon or common saving water would be one of the 1st steps to take but people are still filling their private pools or watering their gardens liberally. further depleting, ground water resources, stroudsburg, etna, a suburb of berlin, where a lot of new houses have pools, is one of the few municipalities in the region to take action. from now onwards, anyone using more than the average of a 105 cubic meters per day, we'll have to pay a fine add new construction has been put on hold. but water shortages are probably her to stay. climate researchers estimate that the state of

brandenburg will have to make due with 20 percent less water by 2045. there's already a low water management plan, but that won't be sufficient. d, a written tampa to one period because of water loss due to rising temperatures and subsequent evaporation of 100. when you cited that, we will take legal is that not to establish an official war to reserve for less, less one tasteless at apple. even the plan is to set aside 20 percent of available water as a precaution, meaning the local war, wax, and citizens would have less war to at their disposal. the german capital has its own experience of managing limited amounts of water balance. drinking water supplies come from ground water, which is largely fed by nearby lakes and rivers. but it's not enough. the city has been boosting ground water levels for a long time. now pre purified water from 2 rivers is pumped into pons,

which then seeps down into the ground water that provides around 10 percent more drinking water. and that's all recycle t. i'm shown on a warm summer's day, we use about 750000 cubic meters a day. and at the same time we put the same amount of waste water back into the system. possibly in the same way. you can see that more or less balance is out balance string or graphy with that kind of circular usage is less than the quantity should be adequate in dry years to google ya cam hi. but if levels continue to drop, then there may be less water in circulation. the water company's a cooling on the city to provide more spaces that are able to absorb rain water rather than the ever more impermeable surfaces. keeping water in the soil, that's an important aspect of organic farming yoke. usta had a good lupin harvest this year. it's a crop that can cope with modest rainfall. preparation of the soil also plays an

important role after the harvest. it's only lightly tailed and then come when you're a spread on top to create human up, you have your photo. we have a certain amount of water available for the year away. all the work we do on the fields has to be adapted to that. and so we try to work the sol as lightly as possible or to lucas flat, so we don't air ate too much soil wouldn't lift because then the water simply evaporates also to instance the cultivation of these protein. slick games is profitable because the crop can be turned into flour or used in beacon products. your usa is looking for other alternatives for the future. so perhaps along with white lupins chick peas will soon be harvested hair to well thing on the subject of waters casting. when i'll head to tenicia in northern africa, here farmers is up to 80 percent or, or what are used in the country. so they really need to change their behavior

moving forward. sometimes it is enough to take advantage of the old traditions. so take a look at these weeks doing gibbons, blah. ah, olive trees are hearty plans that you well and arid regions. up to a point in the past, there used to be adequate rainfall here in northern tunisia. but due to climate change, it's become a lot dryer. and now farmer mohammad been is maya transports water to the orchards from a well that is far away. water that's becoming increasingly scarce. so he's filling allah's clay pots that he's buried in the ground. the un glazed vessels have porous walls can are quite large. if the soil dries out the pots act as a reserve to keep the roots well supplied,

the trees just get the right amount of water pyramid. this methods better than direct watering, because when you pull water on to the ground, the water around the tree, a butter eggs, and better still with ancient method does the job using around 60 percent less water chemist. an olive tree expert, p monkwood lottie is carrying out tests on trees here and then it's my us orchard rosco, lip, lima jamita. when the weather is humid or when it rains up by, you know, water seats out of the vessels look lost can get luscious higher when it's dry and the trees need water there has their roots can absorb it directly from the supply in the buried part. as well, the bet i feel the low other a patio did, elijah and there is another advantage. these trees produce around 20 percent more olives. despite less water being used, the olla method dispenses water much more efficiently.

and tell about you, if you are also doing your bits, tell us about it. this is l websites both send us the tweets hash tag doing your base. ah, we share your story. the rings the re montes african largest mountain range, also known as the mountains of the moon. they struggled the body to uganda and the democratic republic of congo. they are a popular destination for climbers and wildlife tourism. absolutely, and it's one of the most beautiful places in your country, sandra, but sadly, here to climate change is having an impact. and the famed glazier saw a melted forest, could help to slow the process in the area. one man in uganda has used his own many

to do just that. here is our echo hero of the week. may just chorus. it's the sweet reward for nurturing and protecting the small forest, and allowing it to flourish. i've got a pattern with animals and bags, and the ecosystem. we must see it amazing cause the tranquillity you can have your peace of mind here. you can meditate. i'm lake that noise. in the city, tomba jenna's family once grew crops on this land. but decades ago, the former hotel manager, dedicated 5 hickory as of it's solely to trees. i've been to europe and out of these places and whatnot, says land geneva, zurich, in perry. and all these places his people have what the green

and trees and what if it is in the cities and i don't see why we can't to at least did some of those things and do it the same, you know, replicate them. we know our cities the small wooded area is close to the same terrace, foot, or 2. in western uganda, often referred to as they get in city. footer is a gateway to numerous national parks and safaris, but its popularity is both a blessing. and because this city of 50000 inhabitants is expanding and that has taken a toy on the local nature we used to have trees in town and we think that those trees are normally in the news have wetlands co solved by lewis. that's not the case here where this is

a wiring trend for the environmentalist foot pottery, surrounded by in number of precarious nature sites, including charlie national buck with its population of wild chimpanzees. and queen elizabeth national park on 2 great herds of elephants and on the horizon, the reins or re mountains africa's 3rd largest mountain range. here just as elsewhere around the globe, the glass see as at 5000 meters, a melting due to human given global warming. the fresh water that flows through the river a foot portal also comes from here. it's another part of the fragile ecosystem that more general wants to see protected now to river new. literally no. he's passes badly, resorted mountains and intensely care. but as the assembly cutover

and it goes through lake out, but comes out as the album to nail. and jane is the other the other you ethically given me? and off it goes to says gonna so leslie linking to reading the echo activist is so passionate about the environment is of unwilling to fight for routine. caught by janice, celebrated success at the foot of courthouse after swing a road construction company for polluting the air. and when the case that's when the whole country knew that even that the, that i'd go certain they need because it's whereby every citizen dated to clean and his environment from vain. now, these fellows cannot do a rod in any, in, in a community without sprinkled with the water mo,

war to pumps, whatever it is on the road, so that the de, madam becomes wait and doesn't have to meet the, that dest. but what will happen to me by jenna's little paradise when he's no longer around, he has rejected an offer of millions from a tourist group trustees at to ensure that the forest remains as it ease even after his death. when he passed away. you future? am people coming after me? don't destroy what have match it for all these years. oh, what to my grandmother? who can we in 1930 lift that legacy may mother followed it. i'll die neat and there aligned to the new future generation to do this im over the last 3 decades, uganda has lost more than half of its natural forests to encroachment according to

the conservationist. that alone should be enough incentive for the next generations to follow his example. now let's move to europe, the governments. they are searching for new sources of energy and not just because of the energy crisis caused by war in ukraine. so they switched to renewables. more and more big wind farms are been planned and constructed in the north sea. the problem is they also need a regular maintenance site is from the u. k. one to help facilitate that task in the future. offshore wind turbines. they produce a lot of electricity, but maintaining them is complex and costly. this tank at a scottish university can simulate conditions at see the scientists here, a testing, a remotely operated vehicle, or

r o v. designed to make the upkeep of offshore wind farms safer and cheaper if successful, the device could revolutionize the offshore wind industry. you have to imagine that in 1015 years time, they'll be unheard of windfalls. which means thousands of wind turbines all across the coast of the u. k. the also laughs or may be new i door, jen. technologies being developed and all of this will need to be maintained, inspected and serviced otherwise with using loss hip. we have lots of crew. this is not scalable. there are currently around $5500.00 offshore wind turbines in europe alone. like britain, many countries on the north and baltic seas want to expand their offshore production in the coming years. wind turbines becoming bigger and bigger, most the heavy steel structures anchored to the sea bed in deep water,

far off the coast. that puts them under a lot of strain. so the supports must be checked regularly for signs of damage. a typical mission would be to send the vehicle down typically in the nor see 4050 meters rarely more. but in other parts of the world, you're talking of hundreds of meters. i needed to equip the system with some autonomy. so the system of a set of cameras here are so in our sister, acoustic system to image light and or what the gum most maintenance work on wind turbines is done by industrial divers. but it's tough work and very expensive, not to mention extremely dangerous. in future, many task could be performed by our own. these typically you would have corrosion on the, on the system right off to turn evolve. you might have to correct the cable. you might have to change that. i node clean the surface if is too much by falling,

et cetera. so there's lots of lots of use cases for now, the robot is still connected to land by cable. later, it will be able to operate fully autonomously in the sea or if necessary, be controlled by a drone pilot. the system will work for inspection of anything that you can find under the water for pipelines, for c bed and for, for shipwrecks, anything that you would like to explore? anything that you would like to 3 d model test is still being conducted in the lab for now. but last spring, the underwater drone had its 1st field deployment, at an offshore wind farm of the northeast of england. it successfully recorded videos that allowed researches to assess the exterior condition of foundations from tables. we end up our show in the media for more than 5 years now,

giraffes are all the red list of fishes threatened with extinction. once common across the continent, there are less than $100000.00 of them, less war. what a shame. but there is hope. we went to the country in a very south west of africa, where santas from an inch or have been studying the rough population very closely. and they now see there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic. most people are familiar with giraffes, but far less is known about them than many realize what certain is that they are the world's tallest land, animals which enables them to reach lees high on trees in the african savannah. what's less anon, is that you rafts are incredibly fast in short, best they can run up to 60 kilometers in our beyond that they are still many unanswered questions about them. what are the different species? how many giraffes currently leave in the wild in namibia by

a luxurious blackland mac features, enjoyed the michelle more one to linmore, the photograph every year of the sea, so they can be identified later at a female, right? 8573 of so visual studies like these have concluded that they are currently only $117000.00 euros in africa. by comparison, we are nearly 4 times as many elephants. if you think about sammy locker and african elephant, there are no, you know, i ran at 400000 mark, i believe individual. so have you think back compared to 170000 individuals? and it's pretty incredible for such a, a large, a browser spaces that is kind of one of the, the most iconic space in africa. really, there's been very little work done on them. i suppose the priority in the past has been some of the more sexier species like elephant and lion and draft of sort of gone under the radar. and i think because they are quite wide spread throughout

africa, you feel like you see them everywhere. but that is deceptive. climate change in humans clearing land for settlements in agriculture has led to a substantial loss of happy 10th 40 wraps. in the past 30 years, the population of these graceful animals, his sank by about a 3rd waste in rivers, also threatened their drinking water. when tories numbers dropped you to the cove, it pandemic. these guys started picking up the trash instead, which will benefit the drug in the long tim, protecting these animals has a long history in the media. if i can tell you more little bit about the bushman, the they were not killing drop it or even boring their handing activities. they were not targeted to ross because they thought it was the tallest anymore. and they realized it killing a giraffe. you are cutting communication between yourself and the other system. this was once considered a 2nd sport,

3000 year old cave drawings prove how important giraffes where to the people leaving here they regarded is bring us off life. oh, we believe in the year of that. the mag extra extent they are neg, touch their clout and make it dream. so good. rain is a good. i have year for them. while giraffes in western and central africa as til under threat the numbers in namibia in its neighboring countries, are actually increasing. rising from 30000 to almost 50000, that's largely because they are better protected here in national parks. this is done vision game reserve located near the midday capitol hill dog. to day kids from the children's home are hoping to get the 1st clips of a real giraffe, a little edgy, rough skull like this one is very heavy. the animal sometimes used the born

projections, cold, or seconds in combat with other animals, all like all standing next to a lead bond. give the kids an interesting sense of proportion or on my leg dress. i love the colors and i lay it looked like i am dull, very strong. so draft kicks are very powerful. that's how they defend themselves from treated us. example. lions for the can keep delaying. the children won't have an easy time sporting the animals to day. giraffes, i shy miss turtle on the other hand, wasn't too hard to catch. you don't put your fingers next to them out. it's hoped that if children learn about the animals in the region, there will be more likely to fight to protect them in the future. and doesn't get a group of kids. and when they see animals, for example, if you are gonna tell you that elephant or defeat, oh, i'd be standard,

tell you it's a horse in that's surprising because we have so many wildlife in the country. that's why we think that if they're needing a mental education and that this program is actually making a change in difficult life, giraffes prefer leaves from bushes in trees or long river courses. akasha trees are among their favorites. biology is like landmark feature. see that as a result, they don't compete with lifestyle for food, making conflicts with farmers re sofa. the scientists have counted 450 giraffes here in northern namibia, and they are doing all they can to make sure these elegant creatures survive. wall, what beautiful creatures and what an amazing planet we have. certainly one was protected. well, i hope you enjoyed the show as much as i did. suddenly it's once again time to say good bye. from ogen state nigeria. see you next week. if you wanted to tell us your

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