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there are some glimmers of hope on the horizon. for example, in some african countries, elephant populations growing again. more on that later. i am thunder tween over you . greetings from uganda, and i increase the loans coming to you from nigeria. we've got a bunch of interesting stories for you on today's program. so let's get started with a look at what's coming up. how plastic is getting up, psychos in egypt. all volunteer divers in spain are removing metals from the ocean and why forest and kenya, our service providers. with here in africa, we often hear balt elephant po, chain, and the climbing elephant populations. these are ongoing problems in some countries, but not in botswana, which is home to the world's largest elephant population. this old,

an african country is seen as a role model in africa in many respects. good governance, a fair distribution of the wealth and also conservation rethink decades have seen elephant numbers grow, but sometimes they come into conflict with local communities. ah ah, for most of human history we. ready lived with and in then nature, we've always coexisted with nature. this has allowed us like the environment to be able to sustain us to where we are currently. and as soon as we start sort of picking like a pot environment to say, you know, i don't want this, i don't want that. we are breaking down the cohesion of the environment. so that ecosystems, they work fundamentally well together. and just sort of elephants are very important pillars them closest them just as humans, all while on

a salary knows what he is talking about. born and raised here in the ark of anger, delta region, the passionate conservationist is now the community outreach and education coordinator for elephant. for africa. the charity which is committed to protecting the endangered african elephant, is pleased to see elephant numbers growing. but this hasn't been without problems. locals all have stores to tell about close encounters with these wild animals. the community and their fields are situated in an elephant corridor, a migration route for elephants on their way to watering holes. it our la honey, we are right by the river. when elephants come there to drink, depending how the winds blowing, they sometimes smell the crops, then they come and eat them. in the past, the villages used to burn chillies to ward off the elephants, even sleeping in the fields to keep the fires going during the harvest time to lie like

a little no one ever got raggedy. it was around 35 years ago that i saw the 1st elephant here, and the number of elephants has constantly increased since that time, more and more year after year t. but farming is our main source of income and it's also our passion. so it just keep adding more, we didn't give up despite the conflicts with the elephant soon to douglas legacy like a guy. but since elephants for africa erected a massive electric fence around the fields a few months ago, locals have noticed a vast improvement ever since they have been no reported instances of elephants making, impromptu visits. being able to provide them with mitigation that keep elephant and other animals away from the fields, it means they don't have to worry about elephants to shrink the feels. and then they can take the time to start considering elephant as something other than a threat. what swan as aka vanguard, delta is one of africa's last great natural sanctuaries, the vast areas,

swamps and flooded grass lands a teeming with wild life that conservationists are keen to see protected as leader of the community co existence program while or not say who la road helps locals recognize that living in harmony with nature can have a number of benefits orders. i am afraid of the elephants, but they help generate income for the people here. thanks to them. some villages have jobs and lodges, so i don't want them to disappear. tourism is the 2nd largest contribute to botswana as g d p off the diamonds, and there is a push to see more growth in the sector. many locals find work in logic and camps and increasing number of which are focusing on sustainability. botswana is taking a progressive approach to conservation building materials like concrete are not permitted anywhere in this area. everything must be in harmony with nature. if we

don't conserve this and if and working close to the community, and if they then buy into it and they weren't the wildlife to which case the coming to see yes to foster passion for conservation in children, well known as a hulu, often visit school. he also says tips on how to behave around wild animals. first look around, make sure you're not in the middle of a group of elephants. next animal is a hippo, never get in between a head board and water. the water is the safe place. so give those space in order for them to go back into the water and they won't bother you. less than i'm all as a lion lines or visual hunters. if you give them your back, they will take that as a cue to go hunting. for a large part of wal own, i say,

who lara's job involves community outreach. but he also spends time out in the field. more elephants can be found in botswana than in any other country in the world. around $130000.00 in total, elephants are social animals. but how do they interact? say who laroe? it takes a very 21st century approach to researching the topic. so essentially we're trying to build a like a database to try and help us analyze the social networks between the elephants. essentially the same. and you would have in like social media to see or this person is kills friends with these people, but they have a larger quinton cycle which includes this person, this person and that person, given the social similarities between elephant and humans. peaceful coexistence seems like an achievable goal, and one with pursuing for all the inhabitants of the of angle delta.

what a wonderful project that is time now for a very different topic. we're heading to europe. did you know vet dancing the night away? can be good for the empire, make a club in scotland as found a way to hon as but the heat to generate clean energy. so what are you waiting for? get your body, move it here. clubs help save the environment. one dance move at a time. the s w g 3 club and glasgow stores, party goers, body heat for re use because these days people want things to be more sustainable. even going out make you feel like when you can contribute to help in lake environment and stuff that yell to do. you want to proceed like building i remember he needs to be a part of i think we'll,

we'll be raven a 70, that the plan is on fire. this system is called body heat and it turns dance floors into many power plants. each person provide some 150 to 450 watts, and since 2020 to the club has been using that energy throughout its venue. even during the day, the aim is to cut fossil fuel use to 0. we're trying to capture and harness the energy created by heat and gigs or clubs. i'm returning store that and usa to a heat and cool spaces are in the vanier either at that time or a later time. and we're doing that so that we can reduce our energy footprint, an electricity consumption, and then remove gas completely from the venue. ventilators on the ceiling, absorb the warm air from the 3 dance floors. heat pumps then convey the energy into the yard using a carrier fluid. there it stored in 200 meter deep holes to be re used during the

day. the innovative system is one of a kind david townsend is an entrepreneur in the energy sector and he spent 3 years developing it. the he comes from the boxes in the ceiling all way to the boar holes in, you know, a minute or less. but the amount of time you can store the heat in the rock is, is very flexible. so we can, we can put heat in there during the night and take it out during the day. but we can also put lots of heat in there during the summer. and take it out in the winter . so we knew multiple different lengths of storage. but how much c o 2? does the system cut? and is it really sustainable? so heat pumps operate really efficiently. and so you only need a little bit of electrical energy to do a lot of heating and equally on the cooling site. so by removing the gas boilers from the heating system, we're saving 70 tons of c o 2 per year. so the electricity comes from the grid,

but the venue has signed up to a 100 percent renewable energy, electricity tariff. so the electricity is full coming from renewable sources, which means in scotland, especially on a rainy day like this is coming from wind energy with, with a price tag of $700000.00 euros. installing body heat isn't cheap, but other clubs are still looking to follow suit. sustainability is really important to everyone just there and there for just the, for the sustainability of the industry or people really need to be looking at a higher they can survive in the future. we need to reduce sprint when you go forward us. so beautiful. think of a body heat as it invites the customer into that and they don't need to do anything different. they need to show up and they need a dance and have fun. and they're actively contributing to the reduction of energy and those environments where this club in scotland is paving the way and showing that protecting the environment can be a lot of fun. here. excess is good. the wilder, the dancing,

the more it helps the planet. wow, that's amazing. stayed in you rope all makes reports exhaust. do the mediterranean, this inland sea that divides, sold on here. rope and north africa has become littered with debris and that doesn't just disgust cerebus. oh no, chris, it is also very bad for marine life and the entire ecosystem, mrs. why divers in spain are teaming up to fish toxic west out of the water equal africa paid them a visit. oh, good shorts now did see horses, soft corals, neptune grass grow, purse and a wide variety of seaweed inhabit the mediterranean waters off more. seattle in southeastern spain,

with 73 kilometers of coast and the biggest salt water lagoon in europe. it's a paradise for recreational fishing, but many fishermen use lead thinkers. they can end up on the see bed where they pose a threat to marine life long i'm afraid castle them base. let's take the case of a fish feeding on algae growing on a piece of lead. when that fish approaches and begins eating the algae. it also ingest sledge meant it, it becomes part of the marine food chain. the small fish me eaten by the bigger fish and so on. fee not the lead is passed from one to the other more until finally we as sea food consumers wind up with that lead on our plate. ah, north plateau. some fishers are starting to use alternative thinkers made of ceramic or zinc, but the w. w. f estimates between 500001 1000000 tons of fishing gear,

including hazardous metals still ends up in our oceans each year. to combat the problem, volunteers from hipaa campus, an organization focused on the conservation of shorts. now did c, horses have launched the plume boom project brumbalow ish or ny there. boom, boom is a project born after so many dive stillness, where we saw so much rubbish made from metal whip as if he got from lead me to houston sport fishing and professional fishing. they bought the way big ha nets loaded with lead sinkers, for example. it hadn't got a team or they, they broke to re of the metals from the see. the project relies on a vast network of volunteer divers like fail x r a us haddocks. today he's joining a cleaning expedition, a couple of the puzzles, a seaside village in one of the most bio diverse areas in the mediterranean basin, balsamic. okay, are you in europe?

we're going to collect lead from the sea floor. it may marine weighed cent hooks from fishing. here you only wanna weigh lot small pieces that settle on the bottom and get half buried there. let's see if we get lucky. with the help of metal detectors, divers can collect between $4.45 kilos of lead at each cleaning. the results are registered on a website that monitors their efforts. since 2017, more than 15600 metal thinkers equivalent to 1.2 tons of lead have been removed from the mediterranean. but plumed doesn't just remove the metal. it also contributes to the circular economy by giving it a 2nd life. thanks to public funds and private contributions, more than 200 containers have been distributed at diving sinners and yet clubs along the coast. here, all divers can deposit pieces they've salvaged. yeah, give

a label to them was a global. we put the lead here government that them you association collects it and takes it to the companies. we have an agreement with that they can recycle the metal so it can be used again in batteries. for example, hydro rollover. i know what that is at the death. once the containers are full, the project coordinators bring them back to the heavy metals recovery center. to date, they've delivered more than 1100 kilos for recycling. apart from lead other garbage such as plastic cans and glass is harming the marine ecosystem. normally only divers see the damage 1st hand. so plumber members also organized photo exhibitions to raise awareness and reveal the underwater reality. it can all, they're not shabby sheet. people who don't dive can imagine what is under water on

it, but they don't really know leaks. so if we show them photos and explain to them the consequences of having garbage in the sea, they become more aware. he dumped it. a shake on cynthia must in addition to encouraging the use of sustainable sinkers boom boom is working with governments to implement eco friendly marine policies. and it's appealing to all people to stop throwing trash into the c. ah, we're now crossing the mediterranean now heading phone spanked, ancient. the north african country has a big west wanted problem. every single yell it produces a $100000000.00 tons of trash. a lot of that is plastic. so why not use it to make something useful? here is basically doing a bit bah,

plastic plastic and more plastic. as far as the i can see, and much of it consists of single use bags. here in egypt, around 7000000000 of them last bill produced every year. if you live in cairo, then you would find definitely plastic rags flying, and then the sky, more than more than birds. most of the waist ends up here. in months she at nasa also known as gaap, without the so called garbage people, cairo would drown in refuse. the metropolis produces more than 7000 tons of waste every day. 85 percent of that gets sorted and recycled. here. it's a situation that one start up is taking advantage of. 10 years ago to young design, students founded the company up fuse. they began manufacturing in 2018. the company's workspace is also in man. she at nasa working here enables locals to earn

much more than they could just recycling trash. the main purpose of our brand is actually to create a purposeful product and product that serves communities that are in need and for jobs. and at the same time reduce that solid waste of plastics while raising environment it when every hand bag, every note book, every backpack is unique. so some of called the brand trashy business is brisk, both online and in upscale boutiques. the products are reaching an international audience up since 2018 up fuses given more than 1000000 plastic bags, 400000 plastic bottles and 400 car tires a 2nd life. and how about you? if you are also doing your bit, tell us about it. this is l web site. both send us a tweet. hash tag doing your base.

we shaft, your stories. forests are all huge and very faint for many things, including climate regulation. providing water seemed their energy via a rusty and so much more. but as we speak, they and disappearing art. and along the great, over the last 10 years, chaos forrest cover has dropped from 10 percent to just a 6 percent of the country's surface area. but very so good news. over the past few years, more than 5000 people would illegally and crew, stung as settled in some parts of carriers. kerisha forest voluntarily move dealt. this has paved the way for natural forest regeneration. strong hands, fertile soil, and water. from this simple starter kit,

many trees will grow. here at the edge of the korzy of forest in central kenya, some bureau women grow seedlings by the hundreds in a community on nursery. once the siblings were sure they are put into the ground, the women receive funding from the government and various and g o's. 80000 seedlings have been planted so far. says i am yes and i said to keep on the tree. nurseries have been a real benefit to us. thank you as a thing, if we can earn money. but that said that so we can pay school fees for our children that were actually laughing at that more. we can start up businesses in mom when i'm sick too. but that's a recent development until 2020 few. some borrow gave much thought to reforestation, to make charcoal many chopped down trees and the korea forest covering $92000.00 hectares. this forest reserve feeds many large rivers and is an important source of water in otherwise arid symbol, rou county, over the decades,

thousands of people settled in or near the forest and let their cattle grains their this unregulated use of the forest and its resources eventually destroyed one 3rd of its total area, the sum borrowed, then realized that the over exploitation of the forests natural resources was putting their future at risk random. but we were having to track 5 kilometers to fetch water of the mud. the forest was clearly dine provoking, regular conflicts with other tribes over water and land. so in late 2019 the somber decided to leave the forest. kenya's national broadcaster k, b. c picked up on the story. some of the families have already left the forest with others, demolishing the houses of the repair to leave the forest. those affected see the one not forced out of the forest, but of what kicked in. baldwin, torrini. what could have been a source of conflict between the government and the local community?

was resolved peacefully. i think moving away he does without force from the government. oh, the forest. it is something unique in the world, though i, i think we but we would know what it was us and nobody we just saw our problem. we saw that the, our animals, i bang you and without foster or we also losing life. when we go to look for says romera and our neighbors. so we've seen our programs and we see the best way to solve this program is to move out of the forest. and we, we take care of what is sort of out of what has come to care was much once the decision had been made to someone were offered support from various groups, including the un food and agriculture organization which served as an intermediary . we then defied together the capacity needs of the key stakeholders to, to identify, for instance,

what were the needs in managing the forest and ensuring that the if what it is control. and the also ensuring access. and the really sustainable use offer the affordable resources, such as making honey after being trained in sustainable be keeping by local and international n g o's, honey production has really taken off. the community earns nearly $30000.00 heroes a year from the harvest, most dilute, ghetto up to one time. maybe in 2 months, or at least these are some of the benefits that they are getting. because before they didn't have these things, the wound chris and does he, on the outskirts of the korea forest, the some bureau are building a future for themselves. that doesn't come at the expense of the environment. slowly but surely, the flora and fauna are starting to flourish again. as the vegetation and soil

recover the ecosystem is retaining more water again to after we, we move out of the forest, we volunteer removal to to 4. if we find some very unique things happening in this forest because one is like this one, that is water. now, do we find is domino is full of water and dead. the level of water now is gone even up to a homestead and the sample are noticing that here, the effects of kenya's nationwide drought aren't quite as dramatic as they were just a few years ago. that brings this week's show to a close. i hope you enjoyed the program. i will look forward to seeing you again next week until then take care. i'm chris alonza, nigeria, signing off time to say good bye as well from uganda. be sure to check us out on all our social media platforms. so that we can all stay in touch. that's open now i

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