this is the 77 percent the platform with, you know, or this channel. we are not afraid to. catherine delicate topic. african population is growing fast. and young people clearly have the solution to future loans. the 77 percent every weekend on d. w here watching d w. news, asia coming up today. taiwan is diminishing diplomatic ties on doris is now saying it wants to ditch tie, pay and open formal relations with b ging. does taiwan have to pay to play when it comes to international diplomacy?

also coming up thailand has turned its ferocious crocodiles into farm animals. the population is booming in breeding ponds. but is there still a place for them in the wild and saving forest to protect against floods? how environmentalists are fighting land degradation in the philippines? ah, my name is melissa chan, thanks for joining us. taiwan is set to lose yet another diplomatic ally, bringing the number of states that recognize it down to 13. and doris announced the decision with a tweet on social media saying it would establish new ties with the people's republic of china aging. welcome to the move. the chinese communist party has sought to isolate taiwan by convincing countries to switch allegiance. this is

a 100, an ambassador to taiwan being summoned to explain the gigantic step. the tongue juris has just taken. the president announced in a tweet that the central american country was ditching taiwan for china. taiwan says honduras is making a big mistake and that bay jing is not to be trusted or the war. you were. the only motivation for china to develop ties with honduras is to limit ty, ones, international space. they have no intention of implementing any partnership that could be beneficial to the people of honduras on juris should seriously reconsider and not fall into china's trap or making wrong decisions and damaging the long standing friendship between our 2 countries. but on your essays, it's decision was motivated by economics rather than ideology. the foreign minister says the country is drowning in debt that taiwan has refused to increase financial aid, something taiwan denies. but with nearly 3 quarters of hunger and living in poverty,

the government says it needs to boost investment urgently and brave evidence bow and arc the country is facing a very complex crisis in several areas. and therefore, after a year of being in these talks with taiwan, the president has not received the expected answers. but therefore, she is decided to establish relations with mainland china. and is that a federal of unit 1291 to member honduras in taiwan have maintained diplomatic ties for more than 80 years. but this move puts both countries on a new path. joining us as dw, chattering year in tie, pay our chat line, it sounds as if honduras was engaging and hostage diplomacy basically demanding more money from ty wide. and when they didn't get it, they cut loose a well, you know, to be honest,

many town these people to share similar feelings. i've talked to some taiwanese here in taipei and the internet pause made by local media shows similar results that most time when these people feel numb or even unhappy. and i think it's unworthy of spending so much money just to, you know, whole tied to these countries. and it's also worth noting that tie was for a minister joseph, who he said today that taiwan is goggling, is still trying heart to maintain its ties with honduras. but he also stressed that time one will not beat for him money with china in this kind of diplomacy. but you know, from the perspective of honduras that's of course a different thing. and since the whole thing is still the val open, now we still need to keep an eye on well, when do risk? well, really switch from tie. one to china for financial reasons. is this how

the other countries that recognize taiwan approach the relationship, treat taiwan like a bank 1st, the way that tie one next friends with allies would be different from that of china on the way tiwana supports them. it's not just about money, both like sending medical teams, agriculture teams or so. so different from china, strategy of invest in infrastructure with large amounts of money. but it's not difficult for them to imagine how hard it is to say no to the wards, 2nd largest economy. that sailor cas of paraguay. it's anti ones only ally in latin america and it's still going to on the, you know, have a presidential election next month. the candidate only opposition party has already vowed to switch from taiwan to china. and that mer rasan is also about money and

the benefits lay could get from china. yeah, it will be very interesting to see what happens with paraguay. why are diplomatic relations important? i mean, the u. s. technically doesn't have relations with taiwan, but the to work very well together. why does taiwanda need this? yeah, that's also a debate hearing time was, well, how i really relies on the u. s. are you know, to plead for sure. and the bilateral relations kept happening in the past year, but some local export was a war that how it still needs france to speak up for it on international or caches, especially those country that recognize, ty, one or a, you know, we say republic of china is a sovereign, an independent country, for example, taiwan has no seats in the united nations. even though you know, those france of taiwan or not very powerful countries. they are still members of

the you, an anti one needs still help you know, to push and to take part in the international community. like to join the dumb ha, ward health assembly or other international organizations. and for him. so it's still important for taiwan, you know, to have as many friends as possible as china ties to squeeze it's international space. d w's, charter and year in taipei. thank you so much for joining us. ah, thailand is home to one point. 2000000 crocodiles kept on more than a 1000 farms, used for meat and leather out in the wild. however, what's known as the siamese crocodile faces extinction. now conservationists are working to rebuild that natural population. he w, gary, baptists, and rebecca not be to pollute report. a

simon crocodile is a rear sight. only about 100 a left into wild and high lag. but in this brooding pot alone, there are 5000. tylen is one of the world's largest producers for crocodile skin. and because the wild population is endangered, the industrial husband hit with tough export bents. now there is a push to boost a number of crocodiles in the wild. men of the co is the habitat thailand is very small country and a protected area. it's only 3 percent of the country. so and the water are also used by i'd activate this, we cannot make sure that we have the map habitat for them. this juveniles are among the lucky 5 per cent of farm crocodiles that are raised to be released. that what makes thousands such animals a year, according to the tie, a crocodile farm association, only of the number of crocodiles in

a while rises. can farmers sell their skins to top labels under world market, but returning crocodiles to their natural habitat, is nearly as hard as catching one of them. who lives the fermi governor. we can tell from their prison of the p o born 123, and this guy already tested. blood is appeal, bring the farms need to train the animals to catch their own food, which is just one of many requirements. crocodile expert did come wall tanner sack is convinced it will take years to ring the numbers and a while back up la la la la cake and my to return crocodiles back to the wild. you must select the healthy ones, raise them to be free of diseases. you can't say oh, the due date for the convention on international trade in endangered species is

coming soon. got away, let's release some of them from our farm where my dad went to hacking. amy di and in, in 60 years ago farms capture time is crocodiles in the wild pushing the spaces to the brink of extinction. but to day, the breeding is so efficient that there is no longer attractive. moreover, farmers argue that the fashion market has actually no interest in such catches. when they are baby, they can live together. yes. but once they get into the supper doll or 2, and now we have to separate them. otherwise, to be put into miss pond, the skin you be having so much, so many scar, so many marks. crocodile me is also salt, and demand, particularly in china, is growing but relaxing regulations on cross border trade off the skins from a protected species is still a long way off. thailand's crocodile farms 1st need to prove that the industry can

help bring back the while population. the philippines, capital manila, faces annual typhoons and floods which are only going to get worse. but it's not just climate change. environmental degradation in the forests around the city is causing more intense flooding and the environmental us working to protect the land are facing big challenges and dangers. ah, every time it rains, rowena jimenez says her hot pounds, her neighbourhood on the outskirts of manila floods each year say experienced calling all the worst flooding i've experienced a happened during typhoon kit santa. it reached as high as 7 meters here. and then the monsoon brought more flooding in our heavy thunder. she blames environmental damage up stream for the floods. the marchina river basin works as a catchment area regulating water flow down to manila. logging mining and urban

development has encroached on the basin, leaving only patches of forest martino ought to show this loosing grounds for absorbing green water. so what happens is that when it drains more, much of the rainwater now cannot penetrate the soil the accumulate on the surface of the ground and that they flow very fast. dr. cruz says the projected impacts of climate change will make this even worse as heavier and more frequent rain has nowhere to go. for the people working to protect the forest, the conflict between development and conservation interests can spill over into violence. cook and mass is a forest ranger in the basin global. he says he faces almost daily harassment and threats to his life. and okay, gonna, okay, gun apple. i was lying in bed with someone began throwing rocks at arm barracks and

ending. i told my colleague to get down and turn off the lights, lubbock up i, they mean you know, an equal when that one come up by a while on. the next thing to hit us was no longer just rocks, but bullets as i was about to duck down a gun fired and i was hit in the now man, up a league. the philippines is the deadliest country in asia for environmental activists . despite the danger, the ranger says his dream is still to see the damaged land return to forest. thanks for watching and have a good weekend with any issues with all se gray, he will be interested

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