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women in architecture. why are they so invisible to the larger public? we decided to ask them masses. what is the poetry the secret of the house? about their struggles and dreams for walkability is huge. they have so much to lose . shattering the glass ceiling women in architecture. this has to be really, really good. starts april 20th on d, w. ah . hello everybody and welcome to 1st new edition of eco africa. good to have you with us. i am chris alarms coming to you from oakland state in nigeria are with me today
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as always is my co host, then uganda. how you doing sandra? in just great crease. i am really looking forward to days. sure. we'll be covering a lot of interesting environmental topics from both africa and also europe. so let's go ahead and get started. a turkish artist immense portraits from beans of whist and white conservationists in symbolic wanted to predict wild dealt with a false report, takes a look of popular delicacy, edible crops. the global appetite for crops from canyon is huge. every month, around $10000.00 tons, a court of the countries cost on the exported around the world by now crop population bear under threats. so is there a way to fund the show fish sustainably? we paid a visit to a project striving to do just that. ah,
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whenever the tide is lo sidey google is out here hunting for mud crabs at the mitre creek in what tom? okay. leafy county. it has been his daily routine for the past 30 years. he used to cut about 10 crabs a day, but due to over fishing on a good day, he is glad to find 5 this time he'll have to make due with just one challenges on both of them have been flung in progress are these low yields. are the result of climate change, umbrella ones and he hardly i hear welcome about it and that's where most of the problems lie. good and i'm ready for your help was amani. the dry season is now much longer than it used to be. what can crab was prefer, rainy weather, our body. do or any or got one for wonder? well one i've been most of side. he go years catch ends up in restaurants like the
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che, charlie, which is renowned for its cry. justin, a near has been in charge here since 1999. over the years he noticed that the crab sold to his restaurant were declining in both size and number. so he started looking into breeding them. what i noticed is that m a lot of their mangrove areas and club areas where they have these grubs that are growing naturally were depleted. there was no more grub in these areas. and or even though you had very big farms for crab, but there was no more cra, crafts and mangrove forests share a symbiotic relationship. when disrupt it, it can have adverse ecological effects. crabs live and breed in the mangroves while digging their burrows. they helped to aerate the sediment. they also feed on
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mangrove leaves and other organic matter, which means the nutrients get recycled. the crabs i really would, in terms of the ecology core monitoring, because they tell you among, was completed the good. did you not find the crabs there? so they're an indicator of the mongrel of in waterman to help boost the dwindling crab stocks. just in a near decided to set up a hatchery in 2017. we see this grade. most of the worlds hatcheries are found in asia and ears. hatchery is one of the 1st to be established on the african continent. he believes it will provide an alternative for the fishing community. and that it will also have a ripple effect on mangrove conservation. what that does, is it, it stops on the harvesting of juvenile and wild club. therefore, the natural mangrove habitat stays natural. i will thrive. crab
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farming is very delicate process. while a single mud crab can lay approximately $6000000.00 eggs, only a few will survive to the juvenile stage. to give them a higher chance of survival just in an ear as currently experimenting with ocean water to replicate conditions in their natural breathing grounds. to make sure the program succeeds, he holds training sessions at his hatchery for local farmers. then learning the importance of conserving the mud crab and about their symbiotic relationship with the mangrove forests. once the program starts, they'll purchase baby crafts instead of fishing in the nearby creek slide. justin and ears hatchery will sell a killer of eggs to the farmers at about 2 heroes. 31 so mature into crabs. the farmers will release some into the bank, ro, forests,
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and sell some of them to restaurants. and waste water from the hatchery can also be used to help regenerate the mangrove forests. i collect mangrove seed. that washes up on our beach here. put them in this mud as that waste water because it is full of, of air over good stuff for mangroves, but bad stuff for crabs. the mangrove thrive from the bud, stuff from clubs. justin and ears. hatchery ha. sharla may not single handedly sold the issues of over fishing or mangrove conservation on the canyon coast, but it certainly one step in the right direction. annex report takes us to cologne, where we meet a young man that he's very concerned about the impact climate change. his having and he's home town and the entire world and is doing something about it was
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started as a bit of fun as not become much more than just a hobby. if you think teenagers are lazy, this guy will make you think again before gets into work. these kids how to wash their project supplies, which is a bit out of the ordinary. they're taking part in a workshop run by 17 year old. our sin, don't everything hastily from trash. the children will learn how to design and build their own models. city out of waste. actual among cost is all our marketing. we're building a model of the city of to morrow, with trees and renewable energy to combat global warming for multi multi it all started with an early passion for building. our sin was unhappy at a traditional school, so his parents sent him to a technical school instead. long senari local mom. he started to develop ideas
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there, to do drawings. he built little things out of stuff like cardboard. gradually he got to the level he's at to day and he had a talent. and as a mother, i wanted to encourage him to develop bids. he's now gaining and falling online. he gives most of his muddles away, but some he sells this stadium was quickly snapped up. isn't a positive morsel. i didn't just buy it for myself. i also bought it so that i could advertise for him, but if someone wants something built and they see this model and ask who built it, i'll tell them it's the design of a talented young architect. dribble sit in, ashi, dick o, pear. don't friends enough material where he lives in yolande, the capital of come room. he goes to businesses and homes to collect trash, especially cardboard and plastic. his helps to raise awareness about recycling. i
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found one clear panel we didn't recycle before kathy but awesome dung was initiative taught us how to systematically separate out trash. there's a local sanitation company, but it can only process limited amounts. only about 40 percent of the trash gets collected. the trucks only drive on big paved streets, but most residents live along small roofs. ah, oh, but i love when you walk through the city, you see garbage all over the place. most people just throw it anywhere. every community needs to develop a waste disposal strategy practitioners. his own industry in the same book area where i send lives, at least some of the trash gets picked up by him and he needs it for his weekly workshops. he doesn't, i can set up on the, i'll, is it a mac, it, it's my goal to teach as many kids as possible, how to build these models out of trash and how to separate trash room and the
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parents learn as well around 30 families are taking part an interest is growing, they just pay small fee for the tools. i've seen arsons models and they really interest me. that's all i find my son up so he can make them to give his so calmly . so i see he started giving workshops early this year. the children pay attention to him. one of his models haven't only inspired a love of building the workshops also make them more aware of the environment. even though the only building models are cheese on solar panels. they're learning more about environmental protection and acendo move hoops to inspire even more people. i dream of sharing my passion with the whole world and seeing one of my models being built in full scale, even if his dream isn't a reality yet,
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our sin dogma is tenacious and continues to forge his own class. his already created his green district. if only in model form was impressive on shore will be say, more of that young man in future people everywhere are taken waste materials and up cycling them into something new like an artist in turkey who makes portraits out of stuff that others have tossed out. oh, her portraits are put together from plastic, bottle tops, colored scraps of paper and fabric. and lots of cords. this turkish artist works and the medium of trash all the while following a mission. marvel are by no, i'm dennis savage. i'm trying to create a social consciousness by tuning all kinds of every day consumer items into works of ours and get up my toes should. she composes the portraits and her is don bull
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studio picking out interesting faces on the internet. first, she prints out photos of details and assembled them to form a template one meter 40 by one meter 40. that's when the creative work commences. owns immunization candidates in festival. my mind plays with the pfizer and i analyze this play. i met with yours before i designed the portrait, i go to works of black and white photography for inspiration and leave out the colored pieces for the time being is in the banking material. i actually, it was a bit like a puzzle. i watched him. i saw that in his grave. it's all mere puzzles. oh, then he sounded, stores her materials next door to her studio, piling up all kinds of scraps and bits and pieces, including cables, wires, leather, and aluminum cans. she gets her materials from the est on bull garbage collectors, and private companies parked the park. the mazda millard, while i look like
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a wide variety of materials, such as for instance, textiles scraps to damage. or these are plastic bottle cappy that we've collected over time live. oh, sorry, i missed that were gone. the hi. this is all electronic john marsh, electronic data that i actually found in one piece of literature pic. but we break them down into little competitive. we hans with and then all of these little pots can become a part miss. her works are displayed in public spaces like ist on bowl. therefore, here the artist reaches the broad international audience that she wants to sensitize to a more conscious use of resources. many of the travelers take the time to inspect any savages complex works close up to it, denied the asylum about when people see my words from a distance,
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they generally take them for oil painting sickness molden. when they come a little closer, they start to realize they're made up of household objects. sick unit sorta think right. then they can hardly believe what they're seeing and reflexively start touching my work. so that sometimes even that's not enough for them. you know, they might have picked something off and take it along as or 7 in throng still are currently the artist is working on a series of portraits consisting of lots of colored plastic bags. she fixes each disposable back to the board with a glue gun. she devotes around 3 to 6 weeks to works like this for them can i think you on time he showed that odd doesn't have to be made only using the classic methods of your son. i thought i'd like to develop a school of art that proves cooking can be art. it was on the holding a camera, his azure, and even how we act can be arch i. they did
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a academy academic expertise, isn't all that cal? is he me? i'd like to open a school where you can learn from practical experience school i to my castillo. oh, i catching worse with an agenda than he savage hopes her art can help make the world a slightly better place. south africa has undergone rapid development and wrists and decades with a g p over $400000000000.00. it's the 3rd largest economy on the african continent . it excellent universe, these huge reserves of raw materials and how you developed financial sector make south africa af, 4 runner in many areas. but in its drive to develop and modernize tradition of knowledge is at risk of being lost for the wind up people or south africa, trees are sacred. each and every one to day,
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vol. marcus, added joyce, and a group of students are planting 20 in nothin limpopo province. the organisation thorman lamar pool, or voice of nature, has planted over a 100 trees in the village of chins, even in the past few weeks. since 2000 import poor had lost 17 per cent of its indigenous forest cover, as trees were raised to make way for plantations and might be more no, no organization exist to give a voice to nature which cannot speak for itself. we believe it is our responsibility to protect the environment and its inhabitants as a child and i was taught to respect trees and not to cut them down indiscriminately color with trees. i like the elders of the living things. when will destroy them, will lose a part of our heritage in our connection to the natural world. li, i'm very, we met elders are highly respected in vendor culture,
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vol mac as that joyce is emma catchy, a female leader who upholds traditional knowledge of seeds, soil and nature, which she passes on to younger generations. hello, mother. good. the family, doctor, and emerson. he called them me, i love planting trees. not only do trees produce oxygen, they also help us in so many other ways. they provide as medicine, wood for furniture and delicious fruits to eat, planting cheese makes me feel good and where he had a family chair. some were lamar was mach hagey work closely with other communities to address issues such as food security, land, degredation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. this elders thick to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of their natural and cultural heritage as the voice of nature. they also defend their land against potential threats. and these wise elders are in big demand today the chief of chin,
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c. v. consult with the former cause that he joyce, regarding a proposed called mind development near the village. the mine needs their approval to go ahead. but the 2 leaders are skeptical rosalyn on with whom i mean, i won't allow mining here, mine workers will die. the gas as they breathe like poison the pollution makes the whole community sick. if the waters contaminated the trees re blanchard will die to it's like sitting on top of a bomber when the road unit. the chief's concerns are well founded in the neighboring province of m from a longer coal mines have caused massive environmental degradation and health problems. but the fear goes farther. vendor people believe nature is spiritually interconnected. trees, rivers and mountains are living beans with their own personalities. mining would destruct disconnection and endanger the traditional way of life. in order to protect it, a founding member of zone more law,
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more potent bartolini mccully promotes the cultivation of indigenous crops like finger millette and calabash, thus combining the preservation of cultural heritage with plant they bassetti. she is setting up a seed bank where farmers can land about overlooked crops. this was, was of this is the bank is in educational facility where from children yours a death famous there will come in the lin, he then knowledge around these seed into foot sister n b e. cause is there because i said to does not just be alone for does not be alone. it was his fame is needed for all this them to wait inch in fever walmack as i did, joyce is sharing her knowledge with the yet another group of children. the deep conviction that all things are part of a larger hall that connect humans, animals, and nature, is taught from a young age. to illustrate that better, she shows them
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a seasonal calendar based on traditional knowledge for hallmark as i d joyce culture and the stewardship of nature are one and the same thing i would like to do. we are teaching these children about the seasons in a way they can understand the traditional practices of their ancestors passed on through generations to ensure that our culture and we are not lost in a world where indigenous cultures an entire echo systems are under constant threat zone we're lamar pool is a bastion of hope for the preservation of both. do you have a dog in your life? dogs are conceded as good companions and fiercely loyal to the others. but somewhat surprising, people consider wild dogs then to roof an unpredictable. that may be true crease,
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but the 14th a wild dogs actually play an important part in the ecosystems in which they leave. so conservationists in by way of fighting hard to protect one especially beautifully species formed there. this pretty pop looks like a peaceful fellow. but these species bad reputation has letty it been one of the most endangered in the world. just 130 african painted dogs live in the valley national park in north west zimbabwe. here most people only view the animals as a threat to the cattle and otherwise useless. a local and julie's working to change the perception jam up near the landline would really david cover walker is a team. if you have to pay the docks in an ecosystem, it means that your pray base is good. if you have a good pray base,
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it also means you know, it means your, your, your, your, your, your, your produces, you know, your grass or trees and stuff. it means that there is something that the prey can fiddle. so once you find the docs in the system, it shows that there's enough space and there's enough, ah, wildlife in the spin assist him. the biggest threats to the wild dogs are trump set. my poachers, though the major targets of these traps are small animals, pursued for them. painted dogs frequently get entangled in them. they are known to cover great distances in the wild as the hunt. you might. the range as work would be insufficient without the support of local residence. once a month, hoover walker pays the visits to the my barley community where he meets with a village leader. they discussed their mutual efforts, knowing that collaboration is key to their success. $200.00 members of the
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community have organized and voluntary service scheme. how to protect the wild dogs . it's an undertaking for future generations. anyone does work together in nuclear or live nails, hillary, kimberly, to fill if we don't look after them, i take a wound the cake no more. i go on boy young that you do not know what a dog eat. in the past 2 decades, over 30000 snares have been relieved through such corporation between painted door conservation and community. but to make an even greater difference, the factors that often push people into poaching in the 1st reef need to be addressed. here at the eager yana otts on crowds center, collected wire snares find new life in the hands of over 30 artists who are employed to make different artifacts. mainly for the european markets, a 3rd of the profits around $50000.00
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a year goes to the artisans. the rest supports of that conservation efforts for the painted dogs with making animals through at so we can look up our parents who can look up our friends who can look after our children saw that they go to school, they go to wiggs and in the make it a living, the improving livelihood is essential for conservation efforts. but so his education painted doll conservation is to the hosting a class from one of the 21 schools in wiley for a week on program called ega. yana boucher. it's an opportunity for kids around the age of 11 to learn more about the printer, dogs, and the environment. and what i would do is legitimate of an opportunity that otherwise limited as part of the camps activities. david cova walker is given the children a tour of the angels rehabilitation center injured dogs and nursed back to health
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here and then released over 80 have already been rehabilitated and sent back into the wild. said gun yenny ever, yvonne bye in yarmouth. i have learned that when painted dogs are in the wild, they mostly hunt down weaker or diseased animals do america and if they become extinct. so there will be a lot of spread of disease among animals which will see them dying. nazena says guys are all who let us see for all the efforts going on here. i have in the meaningful impact, but there is still a need for longer term measures to prevent species like the african painter dog from dying out. well we've run out of time for this week. we hope you like to show and that it's given you something to think about. i am chris alone signed off from
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nigeria. see you again. next time in berlin. you sure will chris and next week we'll be presenting it africa on location in the showman capital. so do be sure to tuning into that very special edition. i do look forward to seeing you then for now, so long for me, sandra to we know video here income for la, uganda, a, a. ah, with
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