and how does it taste? it's like the real thing. yes. will we all be beginning 50 years? i literally think that like, are the next generations. well, i'll look back and say that is crazy that we ever use animals to get a documentary series about the future of food. and there were complex relationship with animals with the great media debate this week on d. w or a hello and welcome to a new edition of echo africa. water is a key resource without clean fricken water,

which cannot survive. that's all of the topics coming up on the show. my name is chris ill mps and hello for me from uganda. my name is sandra 3, no video, and i'm pleased to be with you for the next 26 minutes for do stay with us because all have amazing stories just for you. how under water, helping with marine protection in cynical wine tourism in finland is getting more sustainable and how it bikes, reducing traffic congestion gun that starting the shore in my neighboring country kenya is suffering from the was dropped in over 40 years now from us of reported on the bore holes have dried up when others have requested the government to provide them with water instead of subsidized fun to laser. now we do ask how of

formulas cor pink and what has been done to support them. let's take a look. i do appreciate the scale of the drought in kenya, you only have to look at lake abala sat which has shrunk like never before. almost 90 percent of it has dried up climate scientists sworn that the situation could get even worse. most climate models predictor that extreme where the events such as drops are likely to become more frequent and more severe ah, lesser that is mainly owing to, due to the global warming and climate change. these images from june 2019 show the lake a few weeks after the rainy season. an important habitat for animals like the crone

crane. and the hippo. the drought is a problem to, for people who live in the area. many farmers fear for their livelihood. the persistent heat wave, a scene fields across the country set ablaze. it's actually very, very, very bad. we have not had read her for most her several years. we have had said it all in crop filiette ah glance. i really not doing well. ah, so we are really waiting for the readings. locals are desperate, extra prayers are offered, asking god to bless kenya with rain. the president and his wife are among the supplicants. we have played and we can see the clouds are formed. and we know that the rain, i can move lake or bullets years long decline is

a home made problem. local conservation groups say a lot of soil has been carried into the lake following deforestation, and construction work. on top of that, people often draw ground water from the area. maggie mckinney has the lady and i thought that part of the water in this lake comes from the hills behind me. i guess i'm not. i'm by on a particular chimney. hell's have a lot of underground water covina my get off work and awnings locally. there is no control or procedure that people very should follow to get their water getting mcqueen. but a much of it, it's vital that farmers use water in a more sustainable way. that's one of the goals of the nairobi, water fund, gutters and basins mean that water can be collected during the rainy season and then used to irrigate fields. when you have that or the water which come from

little pope or maybe from the ronald or causality, what happens that is one of the technologies. also, he showed the farmers how to pan out of the routes, especially the ones which are sloppy, and then sure that those classes are honestly obliged to either nip their glass golf so that they can be able to capture all the water. which adults the foil into that he was one of the fund is already working with a network of nearly 16000 farmers. there harvesting enough water to irrigate almost 2000 acres of horticultural crops over a 3 month period. david comma is among the farmers benefiting from the project. the new methods mean he has enough water to irrigate his crops, even in times of throat. like no. for the then i robi water project provided me with a water pen. mac, you might have all that they've already and i can irrigate by using gravity to come to the water and use a sprinkler been cra, his farm borders of river,

but can be used as a water upon a small reservoir to irrigate his field and save valuable water climate researchers say that sustainable farming techniques like these can help ease pressure on farmers even as we go into a possible field rainy season, we are not likely to miss out on rainfall, especially in the month of april and may for the course the region. so we advice or what so visual missions including what, how this thing and what and sustainable use of, what are the threat to the lake will only worsen if human activities don't change. but more sustainable water usage could help prevent it from drying up. ah, we are staying with

a toll peak of water, but heading now to the coast of cynical, the younger generation has a vested interest in environmental protection. it's obviously in the interest to look after the planet note was from docker students are carrying about ocean pollution by rusty loss and the associated hardships. with the help of high tech here is b switch doing a bit. ha nina. gold coast is more than 700 kilometers long. here about 600000 people, only living from catching fish. but a lot of marine live here is under threat from over fishing. to improve conservation, researchers need to find out more about the fish stocks. a new project at the deck, har, american university of science and technology aids to help. we come up with

a team that would use underwater drugs. these are drugs i would go under water just alike area of drugs. and they were equipped with cameras to be able to record things underneath the water. so we would take videos of fish that were in there and in the lagoon as well as in the seat as well as the floor. what are the different species are under ground? under the water students here develop the underwater trends, an innovation that has made many tasks, much simpler, maritime conservationists used to have to catch the creatures 1st to study them. but the technology performs this job now. and then once we get this data, we would come out and then we would use there was algorithm or software that allows us to classify the different fish that were there without having to thursday, where we had to take them out of the water at the same on nature reserve students

conduct regular tests with the drones. they want to use the data to help protect endangered species in a more targeted way. and how about you? if you're also doing your best, tell us about it, visit our website center, so to speak with the pastor doing your bit. we share your stories and made if these different packets might be handy, but they quickly land in the garbage bin and they don't roll in our web special. we chart the journey of such a sashay from the origins that the raw materials made from to its end on the rubbish heap. we find out why the number of shades is growing and why they're so lucrative for businesses and toes disastrous for all planets. find out more at d,

w dot com slash plastic in order to live green, we've got to keep blame vermin clean. could that be the key to happiness? well, according to the un sponsored wild happiness report, finland, ease of the happiest country, and it also cause high on rankings for sustainable development. wal, i'd love to know more about how this all ties together. so let's get inspired with a troop to these novel european winter bundle land. to find out how soft nobility can be incorporated into the tourism sector. need to work with nature, not against. that's something to learn from a young age here in finland far north lodge located not far from revenue. amy has belonged to his family for over 40 years. it was once the much loved holiday cottage. now they rented out the tourists who are looking for an authentic and

sustainable lapland experience. in 1st of all, we are using sustainable electricity. we can decide what kind of energy we are using and freelance. now we're in orlando, it's coming from the wind antenna. all you can see here, x rays, i got all kinds of materials samples. everything has been think about sustainability and all activities we are offering. there is no more rush there to our guests can go see animal footprints, snow showing ice fishing. i swimming spectacular natural phenomena like the northern lights at the arctic circle, as well as virtually untouched sparsely populated landscapes draw visitors from around the world to let land. the regions tourism industry registers up to

$3000000.00 over night stays per year and knows that this hinges on keeping its beautiful environment intact. here in finland, their biggest asset for the tourism is really nature as well as our lifestyle that it's very strongly rooted in the pure and pristine environment. so that the recent business is, are really interested in sustainability because they want to secure that long term business for their sales. ah, some go above and beyond like 2 or upper right. it be on dock dick. during the high season in winter, they offer excursions to see the northern lights, but in the long days of summer, they plant new trees. sustainable tourism is growing in importance. globally, it had a volume of around a 180000000000 euros in 2019. according to the world tourism organization and researches expect that to double by 2027. but even if tourist destinations

themselves operate sustainably, the question remains how to visitors get there without harming the environment. there with them can actually have even positive impact to environment. for example, we have gay says that's where the tourism has managed to protect the environment by, by making it a national park for instance. but you are very right about that, that it's the aviation and it transport in general that really like god, puts it off from that balance. this too much to be done to make tourism truly sustainable. but with their echo lodge, the poetry family is off to a good stop. they're convinced there's no other alternative wall bug near present. i'd love to travel there one day, but it might just be too good for me. but to africa now,

where we are heading into the concrete jungle of our crop, evelyn cruz and traffic congestion is foreseen canyons to ditch deer cause i'm flying new modes of transport. and some of the oscillations, a very effective indeed in garner capital aka, getting from a to b can be a nightmare. it's normally hot in distances of thought. and if you do drive or take public transport, you're stuck in traffic. rush hour can triple travel times. so canadians are increasingly switching to to wheel lawrence, a. j is a pro cyclist and has been building his own bikes for years with a twist. ah, what is pushing on by case i use was accurate budgets. secondly, i barely pointing to possible is then very strong and light is very strong. like on

that is times like i thought that was going on is i want to know young. i think it was like living yes and right. and this is in the do it so i wanted to credit for myself, and from then progressing to meet. is it like or by the 26 year old is self taught. he watches ready before we are almost every day and tinkers with his iep like lauren's orders, the remaining part through the internet. meanwhile, zillow russell men says sells a bikes from china. but those are performance issues. butree documents, initially were instead rather yet. so when it came, we didn't shut this thing. we got a lot of complaint from customers. russell believes guinea into increasingly keen

on the bikes, and he sells around 8 units a month. but the price is peep, 302-1000. $100.00 euro's for an e bike is a huge demand for the basic gun. the guns last thing is that nobody knows about you, but then the buy it became probably about 34 years for lawrence to it's not just about the joy of writing, but also traveling cheaply and quickly, especially as fuel prices. right. he's e bikes can cover up to 130 kilometers for charge. i wasn't because this sounds good to make it very far. so i thought i knew it. but enough i went on to do a lot of money. and you said, well, you can do something out depending on the performance of the battery, a customized warranty by cost between $6860.00 you. so far lawrence has sold 7 of

the bikes, but he's looking to supercharge his iep. i dream. ah, ah, traffic congestion is a growing problem in cities all over the world. what can we do to calculate? ok? we could all try moving around a bit less. but sometimes you have to move. we will have places we need to get to. well, we can learn a lot from the animal kingdom. scientists often use animal behavior as a reference when it comes to new development in medicine or bias technology. and movement, for example, could provide a blueprint for more efficient traffic management. bad traffic, bad vibes and highways are also super busy, but clearly run

a lot more smoothly. in the human world, congestion on the roads is a normal part of life. we even keep track of record breaking jams. when hurricane rita hit the southern united states in september 2005, 2 and a half 1000000 people fled houston or tried to the resulting tailback on interstate $45.00, heading inland towards dallas, reached a length of 160 kilometers for 48 hours in the run up to the 2014 world cup and brazil, the roads in and around sell. paolo will gridlocked, 340 kilometers of stationary traffic, almost equivalent to the distance from sao paulo to rio. moscow, november 2012. the notorious russian winter power lies much of the biggest country

on the planet. for 3 days and 3 nights, snow storms blocked the highway between saint petersburg and the capital. but how do traffic jams actually come about? the main reason is that you do not have enough capacity on of course, there are other reasons i'm but these reasons, reasons are not that they do not happen that often. um, dumb people sometimes make driving mistakes. of course, um, for instance they, they do not pay enough attention and then they have to break heart rate works then next is heavy weather conditions. but no. so then 60 percent 70 percent depends on the reason why against is mutual guardian lives really close to the same time with the same me

but the world runs differently when i met with the principal is one for all and all for one not hardly applies to motorists on the road, everyone's thinking, what's the quickest way of getting to my destination? individuals focus on themselves and don't care about the others. the drivers have a lot to learn from, and i know on the order on the roads and that is a big lynch, hinder to be effective. so we have different method, good maxima, that is if you use the optimum and

a system of dim and nominated for the user of the planes. so and cooperate and have a common goal. humans on the road do 2 in a way they each want to get from a to b. but the lack of cooperation results in countless people wasting vast amounts of time in traffic jams. how much time precisely, telemetry experts have the figures take, for example, germany's biggest city think come, tom had made this kind of from statistics and they, they have a number of days. how much more time have you invest in on your daily commute and for role in this number is about 30 percent in other cities. it's much, much worse. 3rd spot goes to book residence at the colombian capital, spend an average of 230 hours a year going nowhere fast. that's almost 10 full days. the frustration can

sometimes boil over ah, number to bring in $29.00 drivers in the indian mega city, spent an average of 243 hours stuck in trial. ah, but when it comes to rose beating congestion look no further than manila researchers worked out that in 2019 root users in the capital of the philippines. last 257 hours of their lives to the div commute to many self absorbed drivers with big egos crammed into narrow, spacious, anti waste by contrast are always busy, but never congested. how did they manage that? and coming to communicate via sense, they have plans to produce them various pheromones,

convey information such as danger, food, all this way. he has put a community, they want to have the system up to that one through a working or a flow which is not stopped by individuals. so we can run from the and i don't think that's going to teach the people to be like, oh, and depend on a communal effort and adapt as conditions change. humans communicate not so much with each other as against each other. and while costing us precious time that comes at a financial cost as well, if it didn't thank you to make this power. so we have highway and you say you have to pay for kilometer jen to remain for 3 hours and you can drive only 10 instead of 80. then you can calculate what is the last time for all the drivers

there and to end up with some being 510-0000 euro one today. and i believe it book, oh germany, for example. if you come up with 862100 1000000000, you rule for year english, $80000000000.00 euro. we lost just by standing still. and jeff, so you jumped only lose tire. ah, so what's left to the lessons can we learn from s a we can copy it and. ringback this is the hope that then at the end, we will have c working traffic system which has a much larger capacity as we have today. oh, insights from ants might soon be translated into better traffic routing and better

attitudes. it's ultimately up to us. we need less ego and more consideration for others. it's better to cruise at a moderate speed, for example, than speed and slam on the breaks. perhaps then we'll be able to see me ourselves a lot more time and money. and avoid seems like this. ready what an inspiring idea i'm afraid that's all we have time for today. thanks the joining us here on equal africa. and to be sure to come back again next week, until then it's good bye for me. chris elapse looking forward to seeing you again. next increase and that closely you of you as, as well. in the meantime, as you know, you can or is a chicken with us on all our social media platforms will always waiting to hear from you. so it is a good bye. i am sandra tina with you take care ah,

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