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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. ty, wine is said 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. beijing, welcome to the move. the chinese communist party has sought to isolate taiwan by convincing countries to switch allegiance. this is the honduran 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 b ging is not to be trusted. all you were was the only motivation for china to develop ties with honduras is to limit tie one's international space. they have no intention of implementing any partnership that could be beneficial to the people of on jurors or jurors 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 juris say's its 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 honduras, living in poverty,

the government says it needs to boost investment urgently it by even forever when are the countries facing a very complex crisis in several areas. 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 with argument bel, 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 taipei, a chat when 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 while, you're not to be honest,

manny town, these people to assure similar felons. i've talked to some taiwanese here in taipei, and the internet. pause made by local media shows similar results that most taiwanese people feel nom 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 foreign minister joseph, who he said today that taiwan is goggling, is still trying hard to maintain its ties with honduras. but he also stressed that taiwan will not bait for him money with china in this kind of diplomacy. but you know, from the perspective of honduras, that 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 as well really switch from taiwan to china for financial reasons.

is this how the other countries that recognise taiwan approach the relationship, treat taiwan like a bank 1st, the way that tie one next friends with the allies would be different from that of china on the way i want to 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 towards 2nd largest economy. that sailor cas of paraguay, 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 of li opposition party has already vowed to switch from taiwan to china. and that my reason 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 i hearing time was, well, how i really relies on the us or you know, to plead for sure. and the bilateral relations kept depending in the past year, but some local expert, i was a war that i was still needs friends to speak up for it on international occassions, especially those country that recognized 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 i, you know, those france of taiwan or not very powerful countries. they are still members of

the you an anti one neat steer help you know, to push and to take part in the international community. like to join the dung, h a 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 in 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 psy

must crocodile is a rear sight. only about 100 a left into wild and higher land. but in this brooding pot alone, there are 5000 tylen is one of the world's largest producers for a crocodile skin. and because the wall 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 can not made sure that we have the map habitat for them. this juveniles are among the lucky 5 percent of farm crocodiles that are raised to be released that would make thousands such animals a year, according to the tire crocodile farm association. only of the number of crocodiles

in a while rises. can farmers sell their skins to top labels under world market by returning car could ask to their natural habitat is nearly as hard as catching one of them for the visitor families, governor. we can tell from der kristen of the p. o bourne and to 3. and this guy already tested it, blood is the puberty. 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 bring the numbers and a while back up. live looked a location 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,

let's release some of them from our farm where my dad went to hacking amy di and in 60 years ago farms capture time has crocodiles in the wild pushing the spaces to the brink of extinction. but to day, the breeding is so efficient that this 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 archer and now we have to separate them. otherwise, to be put in the mix pond, the skin you be having so much, so many scar, so many marks. crocodile me is also sold and demand, particularly in china, is growing by relaxing regulations on cross border trade of 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 wall 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 is 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, sykes perience 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 savvy 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 mckee, nor the show, this losing grounds for absorbing green water. so what happens is that when it drains more much of the rainwater, now can i 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 no where 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 gravel. he says he faces almost daily harassment and threats to his life. and okay, gonna knock a gun. apple. i was lying in bed with someone began throwing rocks at our 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 the one come up by a while and 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 as 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 returned to forest. thanks for watching and have a good weekend with . oh, i've been like african taking a that's i have decided, you know, and i'm going to be original. i'm gonna tell an african story through jewelry keeps

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