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to are rich. why would i was these areas of life depend on the reservation of that biodiversity, even if we aren't aware of the key role, that it hello, i'm sorry and your watching the coin the are. and today we will explore hidden pockets of biodiversity in the city, in the national capital, where one can, i was looking to forget what a forest looks like. in the 100 of the city. the clouded highway is the die buildings in the criss crossing, fly over here the secret they do exist. and today, my colleague and fellow in moment unbiased and journalist behind that will take us through these hidden almost unbelievably biodiversity that pockets in the city and big us with these forests and make us feel breathe and days them, and the magic that the legally it's the national capital of india, the seat of all,

to follow home to more than 20000000 people. daily's environmental indices have been plummeting for a while. and yet biodiversity still exists. in all corners. do 50 species of native trees, 70 species of butterflies, and a 190 species of birds are found in the city. as it environment journalists, i'm curious how all these pockets of biodiversity surviving and how can we protect them better on this quest, i'll take part in the big butterfly golf. i looked while side in a mini forest that was once a garbage dump assist in a bio fencing project one restored reckless, and meet the people who are helping restore the greenland of the most polluted city . it was

easy about connor was just 16 when he noticed a garbage dump close to his home. he is the bride to me for a walk in the mini forest he created from scratch. welcome to the many forest are flooding the bud. so this is the little forest that we have managed to create that is like good ne, till wonderland. yeah. it was once a garbage yard. yeah. the children took upon the challenge and i've created a beautiful thought on the spectrum. quite honestly, what i was expecting was a 20 batch of land with some trees. but as we walk around, i realize some art has done so much more. i can see that you have all mares understand the good you have to use which are you know, knowing so on it's time to get a taste of the forest it has. whoops. michelle, i did. why we can try it. okay, let's see how it is this, and it has

a beautiful day that also comes out of it. if it does seem like a little bit better, but it's not yet ripened. ok, it's, it's, it's yet, do you know that i haven't been, but the birds don't spirit if you see it on the brand new? it's not like i leave her lovely purple melanie buffalo under surprises on every corner. and what is written and clean? it's crystal clear and that because of the aquatic lady hungry from that, all right, that's all for babies and a lot of fish with get into biking patients, head on going to be less, but in the city will land comes to premiums. how can we design our cities for these dying creatures? a little too, engine design. when we design with benita, we do have a walking truck and the mini forest, but it's a walking truck that absorbs water. it's a walking block that allows middle ford but a place like peddling and it a lot of the water to see down. so maybe if you can design with anita, you know,

with the little chain in the designs, we can still have the green, the around us. we can still have the parts for cycling and hoods and bots for walking me. some us dream is to create many forest across india and his only just begun. ringback to you with my lungs, the 1st i now headed to me by ologist, i ask, what would be walking wickedly to remind the flood plains on the river yamuna. i don't look at anybody on our best heavens about save 40 to 45 kilometers from bilateral club. the moment it causes was it our bod? quickly it even become a seabrook? then your system is almost did not providing any college cars services. then what is the answer? the answer comes through signs, and that says that a college kelly's tradition is the only way to restore these systems. as a city of delhi grew, so did the pressures on the devil. the floodplain was destroyed over time and it's

for his grass lids. wetlands and wildlife was all lost daddy in neil guide for yours and esteem. wanted to change that. a parson of nearly 457 acres of land was handed over to his team, lead by professor c. r barble, by the deli development authority that manages the land. degraded rickland was the 1st task, be, this'll be area, and now the see 100 acres of land it. he targeting the ground water boatright down to $100.00 eco, revitalized wetland is in stark contrast to the brown yamuna. just outside of the park. we'll try done. it's time to get our hands dirty. says going to be a day of ha, ha ha. oh, what it basically time to norway here is with her for hours and wednesday missio is threatened by offense. so as also as a de,

securing this as you can see, look at the shop pullman's. and imagine if you had a hobby wall, the still coming here to have a juicy bite on this plan. you want to want to stay away. and now you're going to do is just take a be so stream and buy it all it own to secure it. so we put a good brand and built a girl in a go, oh, i know that he talked for a 1000000 until by the success of the biodiversity far the government gave for yards and his team more land. he's now managing 7 such box across nellie that are now precious nevada trees of the cities bachelor. when my last stop is at a private resort, i'm going to meet each other educate on. so here my dog. ringback it's the dine when delhi is a bus, a pride in eco tourism. the thought has invited volunteers to come and count

butterflies on the property. before we start, the big butterfly count some instructions from here on the ruins of the game. we important things is one your location, and 2nd, you're starting and ending instructions complete. we find out to not as many species as we can under the able guidance of. so he'll the butterflies keep us in the tizzy as the frolic around us. i'm curious to know from the or not a schwinney why this initiative is important to him. like the for forest zones here are supported completely by recycled water. so 1st we're going to plato, ground water. second, be put to use recycled water, which people called waste water. i kind of liquid good. and this is how we are putting these various forest sooner together. and the resort the golf course. the homes are incident to do for us and not the other way around. and it's time for so

he'll to reveal the final count. we have about 22 species of butterflies and 76 individuals. wow. that we have done. we actually got some data so he'll, with the citizen signs initiated some out with his mini forest for us with his passion for the biodiversity box. we seem like a handful of people in the city riddled with problems but they've left me with so many ideas on how biodiversity can be better protected in our city . for more st ends. i mother, grandmother and i really have something that comes from their back yard or their kids in that fixes almost everything. ah, you have bad kill,

applies on your garden, honey. your skin is a decent and them both apply some nimbus from lemon to geometry. that is always something that comes to the rescue, but it doesn't end this, you will, the stores and medical stores across the world have brought up that i believe from nita. but often these all ingredients are considered to be free for the thinking, but either cosmetic fuel, the power of real cold bread, all gonna pharmaceuticals, nationally developed to help soothe and relax, uni, cleaning, product, remove health days. i can't, i thought many of them contain ingredients originally derived from nature. and why not? i mean, there's a lot we can learn from the environment. it's not that simple. over the last decades, companies and institutions have claimed natural compounds and substances of their own and hijacked the knowledge of how to use them. they have profited some think to

the tune of billions of dollars, who's paying the price. welcome to the world of bio, piracy bio prospecting is defined in the united nations document as the exploration of plant and animal species for the utilization of their genetic resources. it basically describes companies and institutions looking for new natural substances to use in their product. then in recent decades it's, it's pharmaceutical companies. it's buying to companies regard recalled through companies can or chemical companies as well, or claiming intellectual property rights relating to lourdes. the research and development that they've been doing and they're doing that through payton's. the idea is that new inventions cost companies, time and money and research to help them make that back. payton's,

give them exclusive, right? so for that innovation, for a set period of time, the bottom that we should have about investor mode. so did the industries, i'd appreciate it for debbie set, but it becomes more problematic when traditional knowledge of communities is involved. take the name tree known as the tree of life. in india. it has vast medicinal and healing properties. and it can also be used to make organic pesticides and fungicides. in 1995 u. f. multinational w r. grace was granted a european patent for name oil used as part of it, so gannet fungicide, mnemic for a brand worth over $60000000.00 per year. according to a 2008 report indigenous communities in india had already been using name oil as a fungicide for centuries. but others profited from their knowledge. the appropriation and commercialization of genetic resources like planting strikes and

indigenous knowledge for profit. this is whereby a prospecting can turn into bio piracy. companies use patents to protect innovations without fair compensation for communities where the genetic material and knowledge comes from. there should be a balance between the advancement in technology and also what is entre if noted on it should be preserved. it should not be misappropriated. it took 10 years for the european patent on the use of the name compound to be overturned. but this is far from a typical outcome for indigenous communities. they often lack the funds and support to fight payton. and there are other problems too. it can also be harmful to buy a diversity. hootie a gordon. i is a plant fountain, south africa. it's like a cactus, essentially, it doesn't look appetizing, which is pretty fitting because he is

a natural appetite suppressant. the sand people of the region used the plant to keep them going while hunting. but its properties made it very attractive. the business research south africa's count for for scientific and industrial research, c, f i r, use the plan to extract to formulate the molecule p 57 as a hunger suppressant for treating obesity in the 19 ninety's. the center patented the molecule and licensed it to multinational farmer company pfizer. and then you k based biotech fighter farm no credit was given to the sun people. and there was so much interest and hi about this on the parents. in the research, it was in newspapers, it's reported globally on that it was decimated by opportunity. so people came out and sort of decided they were going to make money off of on the removal of this plan. the sale of this plan,

hernia has had to be protected and south africa. namibia, illegal harvesting is one of the main threats against the plant. it took until the early 2, thousands for the sand people to become aware of the c s i a patent. with help from n g o's, the community successfully campaigned for the role of their traditional knowledge to be acknowledged under a benefit sharing agreement, they were to receive milestone of royalty payments. it's not clear how many cases of buy a piracy there have been. the united nations has tried to instigate a solution under its convention on biological diversity. the aim of the nagoya protocol is to shad benefits from bio prospecting with indigenous communities. there's a growing recognition in general that the whole issue of nature and by the versity

is important. and it's important because consumers are more, more interested in a more aware and asking questions. nuts, rick coach la ganga, executive director of the union are unethical by trade. it's a membership based organization that helps companies comply with the protocol and awards them with a certification on that product. if they do, all these regulations are still, you are still available and sometimes only clear. still on land. there is a framework one that extends around 200 nautical miles from a nation's border into the ocean. beyond the new frontier for exploration and potential exploitation, the high seas offer an abundance of possibilities. marine organisms can live in extreme pressure temperatures, darkness, animals like sponges, produce chemicals that have the potential to treat cancer. the global market

projected for marine biotechnology by 2025 is $6400000000.00 with a potential for use in pharmaceuticals, chemical and biofuel industries. nations are currently trying to figure out how to share the oceans, resources, equitably. countries in the global south don't want to be left behind by discovery by prospecting. however you want to call it to make scientific and technological advancements. well, it's clear that we need it. it has very, very significantly contributed to kind of human human well being. and if you look at all kind of medicines, they're based on natural remedies. they're based on bio prospecting. so by prospecting is perfect is important. bill remain very important in the future. but it has to be done in a way that is fair to the biodiversity rich nations, where the solutions are found. one way is by creating guidelines on what can be

patented and how companies and research institutions should work with indigenous and local researchers, developers and marketing. working together gifts, both local communities and companies, the like the opportunity to profit. it also ensures the protection of the species providing us with the means to make advancements in technology, health, food security, and beyond. anybody who has a small house plant knows that even a tiny blind needs some external dns and some for delays or the every once in a while to stay happy and healthy. ah, so it would only make sense that farmers would need to use for delays us to enhance the productivity off that crop up. but in the longer run over using these chemical fertilizers can not only damage the soil, but it can also to do the fertility of the soil. but nature has its own way of

creating an ideal thought. eliza, we had to with the, for the to find out life for generations because things family has been growing weed. buddy on sugar can on this 30th or foam in the northern state of looked up for dish india, so called green revolution in the 19 sixty's brought how you grow varieties to the country. other sins, farmers have increasingly relied on chemical fertilizers, like dime, william foster and julia to squeeze productivity from the soil. thing farm was no exception, but in recent years he has seen clear signs that the soil here is reaching a breaking point was said to have had lagers at the head. hey, damien major and then get in. newark with lord ame fertilizers had robbed the soil offers moisture. it is becoming less burnett. new and needs more water every season . yeah, that bonnie theme that are you, are you what fietta you from the more we use, fertilizers, them, auto, vignette, our union, a thief with an idea that bonnie me of melana bertha eager to bring this vicious

cycle he took bought in a book shop at a nearby combust factory. undiscovered remy come, boston a natural way to encourage blonde growth by using earth to lumps. i mean i'm forcing egg bio and glenn me. composting is a biological process. it creates didi and crop released as food for ortho and sad i or crops here or not one on just am i already did the bl substances and digest it my or to gum was ever you go in just it's i go to have certain my cool mills and james and the be, it is such a good the fall on it excrete lake and it's costumes. i any god, let me composed what exclude i run me, them boys can only i get. i had one of the others working to spread the word on the benefits that at vons had been performing. the callers of long been recognized as the living, breathing engineers of the underworld and play a key role in our soil ecosystems. there castings contain a range of vital nutrients that blondes need, including nitrogen, phosphorus,

and potassium. how gay, organic minority i've i me composed as good because it makes the soil crumbly. damn by increasing its moisture holding capacity over time. it okay. why? so the holding up as a gift from what i did, one of the people she has won over to the cause of the me combusting is entrepreneurial critique, but judge will he get a little bit alien with his amy, i have always been drawn to me that i used to love playing with home as a kid, but i never imagined that as well would one day lead me to start my own business amazon. he began his business with one aim to develop a viable competitor to chemical fertilizers, that costs half the price of most women come forced bronze in the indian market league. there's a little cost one and a half yellow, fixed admission to find that i processes i tried out different techniques to work. this problems which know what me composting men will seem to are days like how

should you save the what me compose from been fall and it's harmful effects on the compost. and then we had to leave all the little nonsense to such problems. we had many failures along the way, but we also had many successes, any successes that resulted in a product bryce to compete with chemical fertilizers at but jobs composed production facility. they begin by collecting cow dung from near by day funds. this dung is laid down and shallow. done me to long pits where it rests for about 10 days. the spirit of pre composter kills parasites and releases most of the heat that the organic material carries. at the end of this period at once added into the pauses of pre composter dung, the earth warmth, eat their way through the pile and excrete material is devonne me come fast. that is the end product of the process. light and temperature have to be kept to a minimum throughout the treatments. it usually takes for the bombs to eat through the entirety of a pile, such as this. the bombs are separated out and the moist will become posted then

dried and prepared for packing. after testing the quality of the contents, it is sealed and sent off to customers. i scan his on her teeth, may chemical effect, lay that he was kara, the one we can push up with that he has on him to do the seed. that farmers are using chemical fertilizers. every berries isn't. so shifting to what me composed might take some time, but if we broke this, as we have been, we will get there sooner rather than later on. it has many benefits for farm us in deducing cost and increasing productivity. and the end consumer, whether of lead or patty would get better quality food, go again, hoko was go kani via cheating, milling critique also, trends farms and helps them make the switch to when we combusting, he has done workshops for over a 1000 farmers until now farmers like mun, briette sing, who recently decided to replace chemical fertilizers on his sugar ken farm actually a veto log, right. know people see what we are drink and marketing that they see. we are need

deep in dung all day. yeah. why, but we don't care. or, i mean, we are focused on the results, how we can make sure that what we consume, he can't eat bread pulses and tries our is chemical from your banana. he was, he's got an indian companies of long been exporting for me can post. but farmers at home have been slow to embrace the method. the hesitation likely stems from the fact that it takes 3 to 5 years for the soil to adopt and deliver the same productivity as with chemical fertilizers. okay, amadi. so i still have or have any feeling helene gave eyeglasses, scissors, soil is accustomed to, and heavily dependent on fertilizers. initially there is a deduction in that is why there should not be a sudden switch to what me composed. the doors of chemicals should be induced, gradually reduce the amount of what eliza and increase the doors of. let me come

paused, are organic menu. i got the how about best buy thank gaming value and i'm a present, orderly. farmers in this region have begun recognizing the need to see of this soil from the damage caused by chemicals. they are confident that when he composed will ensure that their farms is stay productive while saving water sauces and putting healthier produce on people's plates. ah, i had a lot of fun on today's episode in our journey to farms and for these reports, gave me more insight into the need for preserving our natural heritage that gives us the ingredients that underpin on health and wellbeing. but you let me know what did you like most about these episode, and what would you like to see more or you can write to us at e, going to add that a d, w dot com. keep coming back every week as we explore more about our environment until

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