the fragile ecosystem under posing a risk to their livelihood. focus on europe. in 60 minutes on d, w. o, what people have to say matters to us for me, that's why we listen to their stories. reporter, every weekend or on d w. thing . read aloud. i love that in our life, all, maybe in the school before boys, the seeds, the micro agreed that a whole bunch of other natural ingredients that we have time to are rich

biodiversity. these areas of life depend on the reservation of that biodiversity, even if we aren't aware of the kito that it hello, i'm father of ari and you all watching coin the act. 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 hundreds of the city, the clouded highway as the dog buildings in the criss crossing fire was let go the secret the do exist. and today mike wiley, the ad fellow moment and busiest and journalist the hardest, wednesday costs are these hidden, almost unbelievably biodiversity, this buckets 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 political 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. jonas, i'm curious how all these pockets of biodiversity surviving and how can we protect them better long on this quest. i'll take part in the big butterfly called a while side in a mini forest that was once a garbage dump assist in a bio fencing project wanted restored when i meet the people who are helping restore the green lawns of the most polluted city, it would be

about cornell was just 16 when he noticed a garbage dump close to his home. he is at right at me for a walk in the mini forest he created from scratch. merican so that many forests are flooded. the man said this is the little fathers that we have managed to create that is like go and need till one delay. yeah. it was once a garbage yard. yeah. when the children took upon the challenge and i've created a beautiful thought on the spectrum, quite honestly, what i was expecting was attorney batch of land with some trees. but as we walk around, i realize some art has done so much more. and i can see that you have all met them, the canopy, hilda, the unlimited. you have to use it as, you know, knowing so honest time to get a taste of the forest. it has, whoops, miss shalay. that way we can try it. okay. is this and it has

a beautiful dye that also comes out of it. if it is, see here, let the, the total is not yet ripened. okay? it's, it's, it's yet, do you know that i haven't been, but the birds don't spirits if you sleep on the brand new, it's not like to leave her lovely purple, lovely purple color under surprises on every corner in bodies wetland clean. it's crystal clear and that is because of the medical id to 100 from that. right. that's all for babies. and a lot of fish with get into biking. fishing had on the less, but in the city will land comes to premiums. how can we design our cities or the dying creatures for a little children design? when we design with benita, we do have a walking tracking them in the forest, but it's a walking track that absorbs water. it's a walking tract that allows mental thought, but the flesh luma paddling and it's a close of the water to see down. so maybe if you can design with the nature, 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 roads and bots for walking clean. some us dream is to create many forests across india and his only just begun. ringback you want my love for 1st i'm now headed to meet biologist finance could be working with his team to revise the flood plains on the river yamuna. i don't know anybody on our restaurants about save 40 to 45 kilometers from palatable club. the moment it causes was here, i bought quickly, 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 science. and that says that ecological is tradition, is the only way to restore these systems. as the city of delhi grew. so did the pressures on the devil, the floodplain was destroyed over time, and it's forest,

grasslands, wetlands and wildlife was all lost yardie indigo for yours and his team wanted to change that. a parcel 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, wickland was the 1st task, be busy area, and now we see 100 acres of bit land it. he targeting the ground water all tried 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. so it's going to be a day of ha ah, what it basically timed in over here with her for hours and wednesday mid seal is threatened by offense. so as i say, i don't just securing this as you can see,

look at the shop pullman's and imagine if you're a hobby wall, they're still coming here to have a juicy bite on this plan. you want to want to stay away and now you're going to know if just take a piece of string and tie it all around to secure it. so be perfect with brand and build a girl. a girl. oh, i know that he took for a meal gun induced by the success of the biodiversity farm. the government gave for yours and his team moorland. ringback is now managing 7 such box across nellie that are now precious upon the trees of the cities naturally when ah, my last stop is that a private thought? i'm going to meet each other educate on saw him my dog. ringback it's the time when delhi is a bus, a private eco tourism resort has invited volunteers to come and count butterflies

on the property. before we start to be butterfly, count some instructions on the rules of the game. the important things is one, your location and 2nd, your 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, to the of 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 the cycle water. so 1st we don't to plato, ground water. second, be put to use recycled water, which people called waste water. i called it liquid good. and this is how we are putting these various forest songs together and the resort the golf course. the homes are incidental to do for this 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. and we actually got something doth. so he'll with the citizen science initiative samarc with his mini forest for us with his passion for the biodiversity box. we seem like a handful of people in a city riddled with problems but they've left me with so many ideas on how biodiversity can be better protected in our city. for most indians i mothers, grandmothers, old aunts always have something that comes from their back yard or their kitten that fixes almost everything up. you have bad skin applies on your garden,

honey. your skin in addition and been both apply some nimbus from lemon pasha medic . that is always something that comes to the rescue, but it doesn't end there. you the stores and medical stores across the world have brought up that, i believe from nikita. like often these all ingredients are considered to be free for the taking but either cosmetic fuel, the power of real cold bread, all gonna pharmaceuticals, nationally developed to help soothe and relax, uni, cleaning, product, remove tough 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 something 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 to 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 binds that companies regard recall through companies can we're chemical companies as well are 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 peyton's give them

exclusive, right? so for that innovation, for a set period of time is important that we should have a bad system mode. so did the industries are appreciated for their research, 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 fungus sites. in 1995 us multinational w r. grace was granted a european patent bernini 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 fungus site for centuries. but others profited from then knowledge the appropriation and commercialization of genetic resources like plaintext 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, whether genetic material and knowledge comes from. there should be a balance between the advancement in technology and also what is entre if not, 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 patents. 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 son people of the region used the plant to keep

them going well, hunting, but its properties made it very attractive. the business research south africa's counsel 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 patent at the molecule and licensed it to multinational pharma 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 and the researchers 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 off on the removal of this plan. the sale of this plan who dea has had to be protected in

south africa and namibia, illegal harvesting is one of the main threats against the plant. it took until the early 2, thousands for the fan people to become aware of the cfo patent. with help from n g o is 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 bio 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 the certification on their product. if they do more of these regulations are still you are still at the relevant sometimes very 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, produced chemicals that have the potential to treat cancer. the global market

projected for marine biotechnology by 2025 is $6400000000.00 with the potential for use in pharmaceuticals, chemical and biofuel industries. nations the currently trying to figure out how to share the oceans, resources, equitably. countries in the global south don't want to be left behind bio discovery by a prospecting. however you want to call it to make scientific and technological advancements. well, it's clear that we needed. it has very, very significantly contributed to kind of human human well being. if you look at all kinds of medicines, they're based on natural remedies. they're based on bio prospecting. so by prospecting is perfect, it is important to bill remain very important in the future. but it has to be done in a way that is fair to the buyer. diversity 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 marketers. 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 and technology, health, food security and beyond. anybody who has a small house plant knows that even a tiny blond needs some external nutrients and some fertilizers every once in a while to stay happy and healthy. oh, so it would only make sense that farmers would need to use fertilizers to enhance the productivity of their crop. ah, but in the longer run over using these chemical fertilizers can not only damage the soil, but it can also reduce the fertility of the site. but nature has its own way of creating an ideal fertilizer. we had to with of relief to find out why

for generations, because things family has been growing wheat body on sugar can on this 30 acre farm in the northern state of the upper dish. india. so called green revolution in the 19 sixty's brought how you grow varieties to the country ever since farmers have increasingly relied on chemical fertilizers. like done millennium, fostering and julia to squeeze productivity from the soil. sing, 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 at legacy at the head reg, yameen radio and then get in. newark, with lord ame fertilizers, had robbed the soil of its moisture. it is becoming less productive and needs more water every season. gather up on easy matter. are you how your, what fietta you from the more reuse? fertilizers, the more auto vignette. are you the anesthesia with an idea of wanting me of melana bertha eager to bring this vicious cycle, he took part in a workshop at

a nearby compassed factory. undiscovered room come boston, a natural way to encourage blonde group by using earth lumps? i mean i'm forcing egg bio and glenn me. composting is a biological process. it creates didi and cropped vs as 4th one. on one side i will crops in osgood one i'm just am i already did the bell substances and i just did it by her to come was able to you or in just it's i good to have certain my cool me what and then james and the be it is such how glad to fall on it excludes lake and it's costumes. i any god, let me come post. what exclude i have on me them boys can only i get i had one of the others working to spread the word on the benefits that advance 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 blond sneed, including nitrogen, phosphorus,

and potassium to have a baby organic manually. i've i me composed as good because it makes the soil crumbly, thereby increasing its moisture holding capacity over time it okay, why? so holding messages from godaddy, one of the people she has won over to the cause of them come posting is entrepreneurial critique. but judge, will he go just a little bit? i mean, we should as amy, i have always been drawn to nita, i used to love playing with bumps as a kid, but i never imagined that outward. would one day lead me to start my own business. amazon. he began his business with one aim to develop a viable competitor or to chemical fertilizes that cost. half the price of most women composed bronze in the indian market league. there's a little cut, one and a half, yet fixed admission to find that i'd processes i tried out different techniques to have this problem, which nobody composting men will seem to address. like,

how should you save the what me compose from been fall and it's harmful effects on the compost. we had to leave all the little nonsense to such problems. we had many failures along the way, but we also had many successes is getting 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 forms it their way through the pile and excrete material is devonie composed. 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 when we combust is 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 hearted man, chemical effort, lay that he was kara, the one we can push up when he that he gets an employee. the seed that farmers are using chemical fertilizers, every berries is so shifting to what me composed might take some time. but if it progress as we have been, we will get there sooner rather than later on. it has many benefits for farmers in deducing cost and increasing productivity. and the end consumer vendor of lead of paddy would get better quality food, go tailgate hoko was go canoe 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 montreal sing, who recently decided to replace chemical fertilizers on his sugar again, farm. actually evito. log, right. know people see what we are doing and markers hadn't got the see. we are

need deep in dung all day. yeah. well, but we don't care or, i mean, we're focused on the results. how we can make sure that what we consume, he can beat bread pulses, and dry sal is chemical for m b or banana equals. 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 delivered the same productivity as with chemical fertilizers. gear muddy sized, so have or have any feeling helene gave right laser scissors liz, 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 we composed the doors of chemicals should be induced, gradually reduce the amount of eliza and increase the doors of. let me come paused,

bought again menu. good. how about best buy? thank emily. i love my present. orderly. farmers in this region have begun recognizing the need to see of this soil from the damage caused by chemicals. the confident that let me composed will ensure that their farms a stay productive while selling water sources and putting healthier produce on people's plates. lou, i had a lot of fun on today's episode in our journey to farms and forest. these reports gave me more insight into the need for preserving our natural heritage that gives us the ingredients that under been not health and wellbeing. but you will let me know what did you like the most about these episode, and what would you like to see more or you can read to us at eco, in the ad that a d, w dot com. keep coming back every week as we explore more about our environment until

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