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she survived al schmidt's thanks to music. ah, he was the nazi's favorite conductor. heat is morally degenerate to musicians under the swastika, a documentary about the sounds of power, inspiring story about survival at home and go get the tennis. i was the only one what lies and look music in nazi germany. watch now on youtube. d. w documentary. i hello everyone. wonderful that you've joined us today for classical welcome. i am sandra tino real here in comply uganda. and with me is my colleague in nigeria. hi,
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chris. hi, sandra. hello everyone. i am chris alarms coming to you from a go state in nigeria to the on the show will look at why wetlands are unimportant echo system for flora and for that or the coming up or the program today. ah, one initiative is trying to make the if tom meal to re run down more sustainable out german high school students have come up with environmentally friendly snacks and how a climate activist is working in a troubled region of distant conduct. but 1st, we're going to head nearly 2000 kilometers west from here to syrians, atlantic coast, your re bay south of the capitol. free town is one of the many heavens for migratory birds arriving from europe. the area also supports and damage bird species and offers
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a livelihood to local fishermen to. but climate change is put an enormous pressure on this coast to region. deforestation and erosion of the land are a real threat to the areas reach bio diversity. but one local initiative is seeking to persuade residents to do more to protect the environment, a long civilians coast to light village weavers, thingies, and pelicans. are just a few of the bird species found in your e. b. on the west coast of cyril, you. the best place for birds sporting is out on the water. it's a veritable paradise says up delight. doda yorba is very more beautiful. it hobbles lot of biodiversity especially and then it brought species on. it is one of the most important loses for birds conservation in certain e. your e bay is home to thousands of hector's of title mudflats. a man grew forests that
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cover an area larger than $46000.00 football fields. these wetlands are a habitat for migratory birds such as heroines and waders. your re bays popular with local burden clubs, founded by the conservation society of sir leone, and the african bird club. the aim is to raise awareness among the locals and whose protection efforts the bird club members collect important information about the countries many native bird species in the more remote parts of saloon. these have never been properly studied by ornithologist. information on the birds they managed to spot is entered into an app. this also helps them recognize species. in their january 2023 sensors. they've identified $44.00 species and counted a total of more than $22000.00 birds. the puppy is important because through the
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app you will be able to see so many bad so many species of den dufresne, especially the my good see birds, the forest birds, how they are flying their sounds. your re bay is an important but fragile habit for birds, even though it's a marine protected area, some of the mangrove forests have been cleared to make way for farming. what use the wood to make charcoal? the conservation is one the area to be designated around a site, a wetland of international importance. the data collected by the only ologist and the bird club members helps the a key for a site for me to be qualified as a, from the site. one of the criteria states that the list should be about an area the, the bud proposition that the ross should at least represents one percent of the puts up a leash on worldwide on reading research. it was done by the 5th. it was midnight
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for us that we have more than one percent will than the course that's required by drums are. so that drums are the arch to declare that this to be rooms for and it's all just a moment to see an official ram. so certification would not only help boost conservation in the country, but also to or is it burning tours or a small but increase in the significant aspect of the country's tourism sector? thoroughly own is attracting, growing numbers of enthusiastic bird watchers above the 20. that's all green, but towards ensure you got a lot of budd company on top or towards what could be interview, especially like international i was coming to see where you guys are totally do, especially in but choice, which i'm using to stay in my family for the quite way. so now
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much of the area is completely unspoilt. the man grew forest and the mudflats which boarded them and which regularly overflow a home to come and species such as gray herons, but also endangered species. the conservation society hopes, the growing popularity of bird clubs will help protection efforts. why the bearers globe. i important is to expound knowledge of far the young once citizen scientists who are coming up in the open. your mind said in terms of are about conservation and ways important to consol birds and read across the country. we have our 4 bark lot in the regions. we'd about 40 members. and of course the visions was i'd australian, we are trench when power is burglar members. are give them the awareness, bring them on board, and see the needs of bad protection in the country. the coastal echo system of your ebay is home to some of west africa as richest bio diversity. the local bird clubs,
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a helping to raise its profile, increasing the chances that this natural habitat will remain intact. ramadan is the muslim holy month of fasting. an almost 2000000000 muslims worldwide are observing it in one way or another. after brick in the fast at sunset, cities come to live as people who are free to drink and eat. many dinos take place outside or warm evenings and consequently, pocket in and garbage is left often on the street. now on the different initiative in alexandria has come up with an environmentally friendly solution. i preparations are in full swing for tonight's the start. the fast breaking meal taken by muslims during ramadan
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volunteers from the community initiative omega leo royal work hard to ensure it's already by sunset during the month of fasting and reflection. the group makes free meals for the needy nathan i live at the last year. we provided to $4800.00 meals this year we hoped to distribute around. $7000.00 many charities in alexandria, give out free food during ramadan, but most serve the meals and single use plastic. over 30 days, that creates mountains of additional plastic waste. safe ahmed finds that totally unnecessary. so he looked around for alternatives. gotten to kind of a lead. i found eco friendly containers on a website of a company called ban stick. they were bit expensive, i own. i reached out to see if they could reduce the price in certain areas. they love my idea and help us a lot last year again. and then this year they provided the containers for free local level from he's called the initiative might voc eco or eagle quizzing. the
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food containers are made of sugar cane fibers, a sturdy material that allows none of the liquid to see through. they cost $5.00 euro cents apiece, making them more expensive than plastic. around a 150 volunteers take turns working in the kitchen. many heard about it through instagram on campus. i, you know, i've never seen an organizational colliding if to me and, and using recyclable packaging. at the same time that got my attention, i think it's exciting so that the moving out of ahmed's goal was to draw attention to the problem of plastic waste. he's delighted to be getting so much support to more local associations are now also participating in his equal cuisine initiative . and how about you? if you are also doing your best, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bid. we
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share your stories. we'll stay with the same at visit 3 high school students from jenn me, mel. during the stress would buries of the pandemic. candy bars were walled of your favorite snacks, which of course, and not very healthy. that is white crease and a bodies white. they decided to come up with a more or see or it's on the teeth. the global market for health and wellness food was, was, is $150000000000.00 in 2022. so it offers good prospects. that probably wasn't what motivated them bought. the initiative proves you are never too young to have clever and green ideas. the 3 students from western germany might be young, but that doesn't mean they can't also be entrepreneurs. developing a healthy and sustainable snack was the goal on lena shina leon, gil guess, and christiane spin hot set themselves during the 1st cove at lockdown in 2020. as
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alice forgot to like a what it all started with the pandemic when the school was closed during the locked down again. and now all of us on the team have always enjoyed snack and we used to go shopping together to head with a guy one day we looked at the shelf and wondered, what can we try this time at a finger? we bought some snack bars, but they weren't very tasty and were full of chemical attitudes. so that's when we decided to hit the kitchen ourselves on along. so from nutrition preferred with some help from salinas, grandmother elisa bent, they started mixing up different ingredients, all homemade at 1st in a family kitchen. in just a few weeks, the friends created a coconut date bar coded and vacant chocolate, with no artificial flavors or added refined sugar. alina, leon and christiane, were determined to turn their lockdown project named moon bar into a business. even though they were only 15 at the time, so they began selling the bars online and promoting them via social media. i
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touched on our parents actively supported us packed. we founded a limited liability company to be extra safe as high as well. and so being so young coping with, with the pressure is really hard. and as i had vocational disability and dork austin saw it. not long after founding the company by chance, the students heard a tv show was looking for start ups down hung up if, if they were, we actually applied ourselves thinking that even though our product still wasn't super developed yet, we might have a chance. some of i will and we were accepted. moon bar was chosen from 3000 applicants on the show, the students pitched against other food startups, making it to the finals, the prize. their bar is now stockton, an online shop of a major german supermarket chain. and a professional food production company helps make $15000.00 of them each week, but a bar made with dates and coconut and vague and chocolate. how sustainable can it be? void you made so be we want to be as green as possible out of we're working on packaging
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that you can compost that home and there be a network of suppliers. we're trying to transport it in as environmentally friendly away as possible. they shouldn't be movies to transportation. the young founders invest a lot of time and running their business. and there is a lot to do. 3 regional supermarkets have already added the bars to their shelves. but fame and fortune haven't really entered the picture yet. long tongues or we have broken even, and as slowly beginning to turn a profit. and of course that feels good. all the moon bar team aim to encourage other young entrepreneurs, but they also want people to know what it takes, mumble for you really need dedication. you need hash and you need to be enthusiastic about your product. so you can make others enthusiastic to, than anyone can do it. even young people have, they've strong. so what comes next? the trio is already at work developing new recipes. but for now to those are being
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kept under wraps, it's really impressive how dedicated they are. are they young age? it just goes to show how anyone can bring about change if they are committed. that is also the theme of a next report from the democratic republic of congo for dickens. the city of go, my husband plagued the war and crisis. and yet it's right there that we formed our equal africa hero of the week. oh, good. he doesn't take joseph single long to attract a crowd. here. the northern part of the goma refugee camp is home to over half a 1000000 internally displaced people. many have lost everything, which sancho has in mind when he explains how important nature easter, there will be. laws in popular soy sauce in law, most of these people can't read or write all. oh,
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but it's very important that everyone who is struggling with hard shibley's understand these problems and knows how to respond. it is so how to make good decisions, won't. this is your past, this is all i wanted for my shop are both, they understand environmental issues, sally and the role of trees, a lot of waiting. then they can change their behavior. your sue is the whole point . can't control, you know, is actually the biggest threat to the environment in the region. these deforestation from 1500 trees are filled here every day. the refugees mainly use the wood to cook with almost no one here has work, nor do they received any state benefits. some of them make a modest living, producing chuckle out of wood. skip away. de leon was what you see behind me is a fire where wood is being burned and turned in a charcoal. ah, but there's a risk that we end up with poor air quality because there aren't enough trees purifying the air and producing oxygen was a d. i would yield, he looks, he,
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gen logging is a problem not just single mother the across the country, according to the n g o global forest ward from 475000 hexes of primary forest were lost in the democratic republic of congo in 2019 alone for several years in a row, the d r. c had been losing more old growth when forest than any other country, except for brazil. the civil war and high numbers of internally displaced, people exacerbate the problem. last year, fighting once again fled up between the congolese government forces and the m. 23 rebel group. what 5700000 people have been displeased by the conflict in january 2022. joseph songs was a long voice forced to flee. he's home, he's been in goma ever since. his conservation work is not without risk because the rebels use the funds gained from illegal tree felling to finance their fight.
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before villages catch him while m is all you is all van that he think came to my house and vandalized that a she on to god. they told everyone they were looking for me. is your feet madame or fuss? e book, goods activity i and many of the activists fizzle, faster face, a lot of security threats. you know, to sure. listen, it because we're harming the interests of people who benefit from destroying the environment which your the love you on mark. but he seemed the devastating impact of deforestation that is what drives him forward. despite the ris, he's managed to galvanize some 3000 people, bold locals and refugees, to plant trees in an effort to reverse the effects of deforestation. pharma, my pandora, for rehire is one of them. the men, the misery i've learned how important it is i to protect trees, unity equal, they play a crucial role in protecting the environment to them in given a cartucker many people i continue to fell tree has happened that in england don't
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plant new ones in there. malays, none, but i share what i've learned with others. i want them to realize how important it is to plant trees and the nitty sasaki love near the we know that the future of our forest depends mainly on women do from they're the ones who are in charge of our families and what they keep everything going enough, i mean, joseph sancho has his own garden where he grows a range of vegetables, including spinach. he's also planted on of a cuddled tree. he does a little bit of work here every day. he's also committed to teaching his children about the environment he uses, taught them as a way of teaching them it was the illinois secondary man to present it showed the not every day i give them a drawing exercise. so monday this year,
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i asked them to think of something to do with the environment to decide with nature, all the pictures dollar naturally to is is it helps them develop a mindset, do a mental, social and emotional capacity too. so that will make them more likely to protect the environment when they grow up. so we'll have luck with the actual younger them all joseph's song go see education as a key to ensuring the environment is protected in this way, he hopes all those around him will get the message including the next generation in gama. the many thousands of displaced people are pretty much left to fend for themselves, which is very problematic, but perhaps was, is when the state utsa guest, the interests of each residents. let's take a look at missile. very true. sondra lesotho is water reach, which is good. but to feel the state coffers, the government is a sporting water to it's pushed may bust south africa. not only do li,
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so those villages suffer. so does it's environment water, richly soto is keeping thirsty south africa alive. but the tiny, landlocked country is paying a high price for it. we didn't anticipate that damn c a in the so to wendy did misery. that is bringing perhaps worn will to the law. i see nothing of the better life that they promised us was that if it were up to me, i would decide against building the damn that is needful water. i saw that she got grades high, and the souls of such water remains the little islands. what a project we have been able to divert water at was how africa, but we are limited by the quality of our environment. phase
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2 of the la soto highlands water project started 3 years ago. one of 5 dms is being built here to supply water to neighboring south africa. the entire village has been moved to another location. yes ma'am. how the construction work hit us hard. they had promised us jobs. our children are supposed to be earning something from this, but instead they're out of work for about a while. other people in south africans get the jobs we go hungry. one and they also took our fields till another about gas in the corn fields and grazing land. now, how's construction workers? far from leading to greater prosperity, the dam has brought misery for residence. driving 8000 people from their homes. the water will flow to south africa's financial hub, johannesburg,
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400 kilometers away. for the 16000000 people in the city and surrounding province, la, so toes dams a vital and already provide 60 percent of their water. since the project is financed with south african taxpayers money, eula, kline hans has been monitoring it for a long time. he works for the organisation outer, which seeks to expose corruption and mismanagement, urbanized ations taking place and future development and expansion of business needs more water. and the problem is we are only very limited to the water that we have in south africa, and we don't have innovative technologies and circulated infrastructure yet to recycle water. and currently we highly rely on the las joslyn's face to scheme to provide future demands. it's one of the largest infrastructure projects in africa and is supposed to benefit both sides. south africa, paisley soto,
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nearly 70000000 euros a year for the water under soto uses the dams to generate electricity for its population of the local project manager from the la soto highlands authority, tulsa, let him 5 years time. the dumb wool bull stand right here. $5000.00 hectares of land will them be flooded as we are all away, this kind of projects would have social impact and environmental impacts. and so we as the project template number of fi programs, which had been there, discussed mac lead with the communities are as ways and means of ha ha, mitigating against the laws of land that the laws over there, grazing, we have been patched but to see sick we heard exactly the same promises 24 years ago when the cancer down was built. all of the dams feet that water into
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this reservoir, from where it's pipe to south africa. sick, we works for the say, i know the legal center. the project was conceived. georgia by 2 undemocratic governments of south africa, apathy, the regime and the military. it there at the gym in mistletoe. those governments did not have mandate from the people. they did it and they said need for the review or basically to the project is also threatened by massive soil erosion. the construction of the dams, along with overgrazing and climate change mean more and more soil is being eroded by the rain and ends up in rivers. settlement in many places, only by rock remains totally to say, lay as a consultant for
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a national project. the aims to protect the photos, rivers, work as hair rebuilding low walls into the hillside to reduce the speed and force of rain water run off and prevent erosion. they also remove invasive shrubs that would otherwise whitehouse endemic clones. his roots help to keep the soil in place with the current erosion the life of such dems would be fairly compromised the lifetime, because in no time there will be more full of sediment done water. so this would be last investment. in my opinion, i read the rings of saving this for letting once again, a weave thing to day, how the dedication of individuals or small goods can really make a difference if you are actively involved in protecting the environment. do let us
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