ah, ah, humanity marked a mild storm recently, when the global population hit 8000000000, or the presence of ever more people on earth is a stream on nature, as communities compete with wild life for food, water, and space. but maybe consider the advantages of preserving animal habitats and the dangers we face. if we don't. hello and welcome to eco, india. i'm son of that a group. every day, there are fewer places left for why life to call home, even in places where they're emblematic of a whole region. take the northern indian state of the british for years. it's

official bird. the sawdust screen has been under intense pressure. now an extensive outreach program that's been wetland conservation front and center with the local farming community is seeing population numbers take off. ah it's 6 am on a monday morning and farmers in a cedar than ali and ged are looking for nesting, cyrus greens. they are part of a conservation organization and have been working to protect the clean population for over 10 years. cyrus screens are the only resident reading koreans in india and the world's tallest flying bird. knocked in the irish dark licky. i get a torch in the night to check on the nurse and eggs i protect them and make sure nobody hans these birds or tries to kill them. i take care of the tags and nest. so

the birds are safe. i like their presence here. walter taylor sat sightings used to be read even here in that radish which is home to nearly 70 percent of india solder screens. and in a decade ago, if farmer saw the birds on their farm land, they would shoot them away. take their eggs or even kill them. sometimes our lie explained to other farmers that this is our state, but they don't cause us any harm. they don't eat much just a little to feed themselves on it, but it is no major lost to us. i was little tippy, well let them live in the redlands and co executive colored will have one ransom, the red headed cider screen, which is all 150 centimeters stall on average. usually nests in natural inland wetlands or in fatty fields where the tall rice crop in short,

that its eggs remain protected. using straws and grass from their surroundings, the birds build big nests that can be 2 meters wide. it's one reason why they're unpopular with farmers who worry their craft will be destroyed. the contract helps explain why the thought a screen is categorized as one of the booth on the international union for conservation of nature. lift off, stretch and species, according to the w, w, f. they are now only 15 to 20000 side of screens in india to date. some of the biggest threats. and therefore, not surprisingly are because of the way in which human beings are using the landscape and how to change the use of the landscape. so in my, the british for example, when, right, and we was replaced by the cash crops. so you've been, we see that the number of cranes that exist in the, in that entire state in the area that has been, had it, has it used quite

a lot the cranes preferred habitat is that land for the she's home to some 2200 square meters of wetlands and area twice the size of hong kong. but now some of these valuable ecosystems are being destroyed to make way for so i feel according to the non profit red lines international, india has lost one 3rd of natural wetlands over the last decade. and if lines disappear, the greens will do. i shall hussein from the life of india points out another problem, garbage problem. ya, big sickle cell. the problem is that this very land was in its natural estate a few years ago, but in the meantime, it has been leave. the laser has converted direct land into smaller bonds, as you see because he lives on a scope on scope neutral ship,

which is currently several years ago. the vine life just of india launched a special conservation project to protect the greens habitat. those one of the aims of the project is to register unprotected wetlands as the wetlands funds of ation and management rules in order to protect them from exploitation. so far, the project has just stood. $37.00 of the $51.00 identified wetlands in the region . meanwhile, a group of more than 151 and years act as far as the mythos or friends of the scientists, including jedi aniseed denali. the local community has also invested in protecting the board and its dad. as part of a state wide project. i'm going to go down galia was invited screens and indicate that also because if they're outside of screens, it means there's water over at lance. and if there is water, then it said it's not. so it's an indicator of agriculture. so weak on with the

local community to join us. and they did a lot of since 2013, more than 20000 pharma, one and 2 years across stan districts of the for these have joined the project. they meet up regularly to monitor water quality in the red lines from i think it's on the checks appear temperature level, high chlorine ammonia fluoride. what sort of an hard now is asking a little funny why whether sunny joined the wetlands projects 8 years ago and has witnessed a change not just in human behavior, but also cleans with other other service k. it's aren't threaten here anymore. they're still at risk from cheaters and jackals, but not from the birth of the since the 1st census in 2013, when 600 cider screens were counted in easton, author produce

a region where conservation efforts are still a relatively new development. the population has more than quadrupled the saddest green has also adapted. so the evidence seems to suggest that the greens have learned, do figured out that delicate is, does not have enough support for 2 birds to feed the chicks. and so they need a 3rd blood of the headboard. it's adaptive behavior. there stood the resilience of the bird and tanks to therefore the from growing number of dedicated, wollen, dears, but halves, it won't be long before the cause of the side. a screen will be heard more often. the fresh water boil muscle is a globally endangered species. priced for the delicate gym. populations have been decimated by hunters, agriculture, and water pollution. conservationists in germany are working to boost their numbers

. and that this next report from southern bavaria shows that can involve some pretty heavy machinery. the restoring this stream, the pastime in southern germany, requires a 20 ton excavator with 150 horsepower. but something a stream runs through meadows before eventually feeding into the danube. one of the longest rivers in germany. biologist, marco done. it has been working in the region for several years. many of the various waterways abruptly degraded as a yonder and give us ox smith. thea, this stretch of water has no structural variation. the tunic of you can see that it doesn't vary. the water flows at a uniform speed, and the bed consists of only sand and small pebbles. were there aren't any largest

stones or boulders on the golden stein in the face walking? de, basically there aren't any naturally occurring structures in the stream that provide variety and help stabilize bed is longer involved in. so does kate's streams like this one were adjusted to suit agricultural needs? for example, by making sure the water flowed faster to make it easier to drain meadows and farm land in wet weather. can audi almost on this sort of situation is not good for wildlife vinegar? because a lack of structural diversity in nature, leaves wildlife with less scope to find a suitable habitat when so frankly, the excavator is helping to re introduce that structural diversity. distributing boulders, stones, and tree roots, and leveling the banks, flew the olive, lead, vivian, you get some ideal habitat. it's when the material that's being re introduced gets mixed with the fine of pebbles and big rocks if like this one that protect against

and stronger currently wash dock restroom. all would of good tribe portraits and now and then nature itself gives the restoration efforts an unexpected boost. he is a man mister beaver dam. we are obviously not the only ones trying to reshape the stream. will aquatic plants, insects, fish, crayfish. they will return to the stream which was restored several years ago. but according to marco done it there still no sign of any fresh water pole muscles. it's an endangered species and nearly extinct due to harvesting and pollution. the muscles play a key role in the ecosystem because they help purify the water. they filter out tiny organic particles from the water. they taken this benefits of a species big and small, but also inhabit the waters. a perfect food chain. germany streams were once home to thriving, fresh water poll muscle populations,

unless it is here soon. you can see the difference in size between a muscle that's at least 50 years old. and a young one that's about 8 years old from a breeding project. in recent years, they've both made their home here in the area said i need young yet. so i was like a 4th non captive breeding programs. a currently the best way of boosting fresh water pal muscle populations. since most river habitats a to degraded conditions in the breeding stations are ideal, and the muscle can flourish. the thick is the 11th for the trick in the breeding program is to replicate the life cycle of the river pearl muscle, which is a bit complicated. it's got lockers, we keep mature muscles and wait for them to release their larvae into the water. the water in the crate, them flows into the container with the host fish as well. the brook trout lived there life on the river foot in berry. i'm at the ritz mission within buffalo.

hundreds of brook trout live in the tanks, and they need the muscles to successfully complete their reproduction cycle. these, settling mcgill's for about 9 months before falling off. they're not yet ready to be released into the wild. they spent the next few years in boxes with water flowing through them in a stream next to the breeding station and a regularly monitored he hung vis. yeah. good and tickled these have developed. well, they're cindy. we'll be releasing them quite soon. the next on the most important is the shell. lang, sean langer. it should be about one and a half to 2 centimeters long, because then they've survived the critical juvenile stage, which i spend in the crevices in the gravel has been bubbling and can then cope well. with the conditions in the water, the thing when you get a social cons, hopefully, but before that can happen, more streams need to be restored and then muscle bads can play their part in

repairing the ecosystem. staying under water and to an invisible problem that severely impacts my life in all of our oceans under water noise. ever since the industrial revolution, human activity in and around marine involvement has lombardo, the seas with salt. as we discovered, the effect of creatures, large and small is disorienting and destructive. 2 2 2 ah, the ocean is a symphony of sounds well, at least where they can still be heard. we humans have made the sea noisier than ever before. and the way things are going, the underwater world is set to become one thing. even louder with devastating

effects on marine life. oh kidding tis creditor lloyd incense in their environment . so really finding that actually holding let's explore some smart ways of turning down the volume in the ocean and find out why this might also be good for the climate o. underwater sound waves traveled extremely fast and up to thousands of kilometers. sound is essential for almost all marine animals from whales to jellyfish. animals you sound to communicate, to navigate and define mating partners or pray. but hearing what those creatures need to hear is getting increasingly difficult. summary life is currently exposed to noise levels that can destroy their sense of

hearing, literally render them deaf or kill them. it's like you're logging around in a fog. that's a pretty serious effect to for animals that depend on sound so much. so why are the oceans becoming so noisy? one factor is offshore wind farms, and when energy is generally a good thing. but installing offshore turbines creates a great deal of noise in the north sea. it damage the hearing of porpoises driving them away from their feeding and breeding grounds. you can perform entrance and most likely exceed pilots and they have to drive into the steep it by hammering or impact pile driving. and this course on the water noise, which is smallest comparable essence stopping aircraft. the sounds emitted by the pile structural elements smashing into the sea floor travel several kilometers from the source. but help is on the way compressed air

flowing through tubes on the ocean floor round the piles creates bubbles that rise to the surface, forming a tight insulation curtain. fewer sound waves managed to penetrate the barrier leading to a 90 percent reduction in volume. this is how things sound without an air bubble curtain and this is with an air bubble curtain. challenging issues that if to, to lift with feel sure, conditions, wind waves, weather conditions, currents and so on. but thanks to tighter regulations, the curtains are now almost standard for construction off germany's north sea coast . and interest is also picking up in the us, the netherlands, and taiwan implementing bubble curtains cost just one percent or less of the total investment for an offshore wind farm. music loud,

we're going in. so wind turbines are one thing, but there's a bigger problem. container ships international shipping is by far the main source of noise pollution in our oceans. the culprit and the potential solution is the ship's propeller. domestic pressure cooker is work by controlling the steam pressure inside them, pushing up the temperature at which water boils. the resulting higher heat means faster cooking. i ships propeller the opposite happens, not with food, but with water and effect called cavitation. so it, due to the fast motion of that propeller through the water. locally, the pressure is extremely low so that ambient temperature, the water boys and creates them bubbles, creates a vapor bubbles. and these bubbles grow. and these bubbles shrink and collapse. this generates noise levels comparable to

a rock concert on dry land. the solution has the potential to be good news for the climate. and the profit margins of big shipping companies, essentially, fewer bubbles can mean lower fuel consumption. in 2017 denmark based mask retrofitted, the propellers and engines of 5 vessels, primarily to say fuel. but their sound emissions also dropped by 75 percent. this add on device improves a vessels flow in the water, which according to its maker means less cavitation and fuel savings of up to 8 percent. but installation isn't cheap. and shipping, firms are rarely obliged to make. the changes with cargo price is currently very high. they prefer to keep ships in operation, rather than investing in a retrofit for many ships. that could be savings possible, especially due to the fact that each ship needs to go to dr. dropping each say, each a 4 to 5 years to incentivize ship operators. the port of vancouver has cut port

charges for certified quieter vessels by as much as half but the loudest defenders are seismic air guns. the fossil fuel industry uses them to locate new oil and gas fields in the ocean. their sound waves are as loud as a spacecraft and can be heard hundreds of kilometers from the source. for days, sometimes even weeks or months, these tubes fire out compressed air every 10 seconds. with every blast, 2 thirds of alls, all plankton larva within a kilometer of the explosion, dropped dead. they insure the health of the ecosystem. iran go credibly wasteful. they are way too loud for what they need to do. i rightly the fossil fuel industry is itself conducting research on more environmentally friendly methods for its

surveys. one technique is called marine viber size, which generates the required signals via vibration instead of an explosion. the result is more of a constant hom, rather than a big sudden blast and air gun. so strong a buffet could rip your arm off, whereas a virus eyes on land, you can put an egg underneath and, and it won't break. initial models suggested the impact on marine life would be just 10 percent of that of an air gone. the likes of exxon mobil total energies and shell may have their eye on another advantage. however, marine viber size can also map oil and gas in shallow waters. but doesn't this sound paradoxical, more sustainable methods to find more fossil fuels? we really should not be, we just should not be searching for oil and gas under the ocean anymore. we, you know, we really need to make the screen transition. that's the main solution. there are

plenty of options for reducing marine noise pollution, but more progress is needed on the regulatory front. in 2011 germany introduced one of the world's 1st noise limits in place to protect north sea marine life. air bubble curtains are now standard, there in the industry is doing fine. taiwan is introducing a similar regulation. quieter is better for the environment, but without incentives or new laws, the industry has few reason to change. the role of who's in conservation is controversial, but some argue they play a valuable role in educating the public about animals and help foster values about the need to protect species. we met a new application officer in chennai was committed to doing just that. i me see that the green iguana sealer 30 threshing splash of cool water. a

new born gavia was its mother and broke her heart global so that she can now madame crocodile bank sees the beat, allows web users to get up close and personal with all these animals that are in the southern indian state of not being them on line will encourage visitors to drop by in person and learn more or less when people come to the create, you gave them about the animals, how these animals live and eat, and what we give this information to the people of those who was founded in 1976 a time when crocodiles had almost gone extent in india, due to the trade in crocket, i led to the government place burton's disease under protection. and my dad's

crocodile bank was designed to help provide numbers with a breeding program at the beginning, the house, exclusively crocodiles nowadays its own too many other reptiles to like turtles equinox and snape, it snakes that people are particularly scared off. they are deemed to be dangerous fees on what clothes, leave it all the animal got them unless you don't mind, it's not like they do not bite. if they bite, we have to endure it. animals cannot talk and biting of how they express themselves . i think that was really a big role in steph. he's on educational. well, she wants people to understand them. no, no more in india, every year. 50260000 people die because of sneak bite. hans, it is very important to spread awareness about snakes. but they said, stephanie jones received a b, a in lodging in time. and afterwards she did

a masters in biology and conservation. in portland, she was recently elected to represent keisha in the international educators association, a role which puts her in dialogue with those ward. why? who actors who educate that my mean ambition and goal is to create a change in people's perspectives about animals. this exist because of that. so that people will get curious about animals and get to learn more about them, that they will also learn about how to build a better future, where people and animals can co exist harmoniously. they can also learn about the importance of animals. humans and animals are dependent on each other, setting the goal of as always, to make people understand how we can both going with that on the band. make blog down for then those who entered employs with many children do with visitors,

forced to stay home. the lag income, but that obstacle helped it in a way. now companies and individuals can adopt animals and help finance, they keep those social media, but then helps it to find the table sponsors and ensure the protection of india injured you into the future. our planet tribes on balance, as we've seen, to leave the alt belongs to every living organism, not just human beings. the movie embodied this, the movie ensure the security of photo and species. think about that and i'll see you again next week from all of us in india and germany. good bye. and thanks for watching with

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