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the significant risk of human extinction from advancing our system. our series continues to dw the i look over and there's a man wearing a sleeveless shirt and he's got a side shirt on over it. and he rolls up his bod shared, and he shows me his swastika and his assess folds. and he points out divided states in the usa, a culture war is raging as a trends, right? the destructive forces, power, nature can protect us from flooding, the and invisible danger at pollution as an occupational hazards.
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the transgender writes are running topic of debates in the us. around 1600000 people in the country identify us trends. while many republican controlled states the settle them restricting trends rights more liberal ones such as minnesota provide a safe haven for many here trends. people find the legal and medical support that's often denied them elsewhere. minneapolis in the state of minnesota, in the us, the transgender people, people who don't identify with the sex they were assigned to birth or increasing the ponds in a bitter culture. war, many republic and run states across the us are passing and to trans laws. the liberal state of minnesota, meanwhile, has declared itself
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a legal refuge for transgender people. sam, ruler moved here precisely because of such a protective laws. she and other trans people here wants transgender rights to be in trained in the minnesota constitution. guilty, edwards is 14 and was able to start treatment before puberty. no one sees her as a boy. now. she's a passionate activist for trends, right? legislation is running across the country like wildfire, and i feel like a lot of children feel like they have no power in this kind of kind of here today to show the trans you were here because we have transferred beauties and this new place and we have an obligation to make our voices heard. sam
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roller fled to minnesota from the republican state of indiana. together with her partner katy, she had to leave her beloved home pc themselves as political refugees in their own country. sam roller feels safe here. no one stares as she walks by. her family is run a farm in india and for 200 years, sam herself was a farmer in a tight knit community until she came out as trends. her friends deserted her. she was laughed at even threatening. then one day, while el shopping, a truck parked up in front of her. i look over and there's a man wearing a sleeveless shirt and he's got a applied shirt on over it and he rolls up his blood shirt and he shows me his swastika and his sports. and he points out that the message to me was not settled that, you know, was the final stop, you know, we,
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we just refused to live in here. we threw our hands up and we said it's time to go . in minnesota trends, people are also able to access the medical care. they need to easily say critics and too young to be edward streams of becoming an actress. she never felt like a boy at 5, she told her parents she was a good heart. well i always knew i was kind of a girl. i mean, i was very like fun presenting it as a child. i used to wrap a blanket around my head and pretend it was my hair. but yeah, it was very early on. i was very like a very feminine just support her follow her lead. maybe she's trans and maybe not. maybe she's just considering things,
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but it became pretty clear. but when she became very persistent, you know, i'm a girl. i am not your son. i'm your daughter. to the edwards and her parents talk to doctors early on and here in minnesota were given the support they needed. he'll, he was prescribed puberty blockers to prevent her voice from breaking and just stop her developing facial hair careful about for some time now. she's been taking female hormones. dr. angela gepford specializes in the treatment of trans children . many republicans criticize gender affirming health care for minors, citing the need to protect them. but angela gepford believes such criticism has a political motivation. louis miners, she says, own the receive reversible treatment is a common misconception that essential health care for transgender diversity this fast or quick or easy to obtain. and none of those things are true and there as long waits to get in, which by the nature gives more waiting time for young people. and parents to think
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through decisions doesn't assessments and intake with a young person prior to making decisions like masculine eyes. and you're from amazing hormones that would have some long term impacts. and for some young people, they may pursue additional interventions beyond that, which may include surgical procedures. those are almost always done in adulthood. just the edwards wants to show your true self to the outside world. she's relieved that human liberal, minnesota, she's allowed access to hormone treatment. so it's definitely feels good to just be like growing up like a normal child. and for people who don't, it's very like scary inside because they're gonna have to grow up without to see looking in the mirror and seeing themselves that is how life was for sam roller in her republican home state of indiana. and the trends laws are institutionalizing
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hate. she says, and deepening the divide between democratic and republican state. you know, this division is real. you have one group that wants to fundamentally give dignity and life, and opportunities to people. and another group that wants to take it away. and as we enter this world, the very stark part as decisions. and i just pray that we find a way out of it. many americans like sam roller and her partner katie, are moving to where they feel best, ideologically, far from united. the us is becoming ever more divided. the floods of the world's most common natural disaster. they expecting no certainly
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coastal regions, but also river basins, uncombed to untold damage. but nature offers a solution rivers and suppose to neglect us today. many of them must straight, narrow, deep, defeated and surrounded by concrete. that's because humans have a long history of changing. griffith enter landscapes so they can use them for farming, industry, transportation and to this house was close to the edge. this river here is a great example of how we have mess, but our landscape as a can see it's been straightened, regulated, and died. also pods if it's flat planes on inside, which would usually provide space for over for and water has been drained and filled the rivers and suck lanes in this area. so it's an important function though, across the seed is a flap sake market back and guidance, and as opposed to storing so k water to one of the largest urban slept in forest and central europe. it is home to many animals and plants beach. but from the middle of the 19th century, dance and bridges for railroads were built to your right to the forest. and during
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that process phone over the course of this area of a cut off and an outline drive. and all this means they can no longer supply water to deflect in forest, and that's not just happening here. around 2 thirds of the flood plains along germany, 79 major rivers can no longer serve the original purpose of storing excess of water because of the dikes. bitterest of water from beating them once throwed up, the remaining slept in areas are covered by fields and houses. and what's happening across europe were 70 to 90. percent of luck plans have been environmental, need a great it is on the americans are also struggling with the pita truck plains. so why is that a problem? floor plans are not only important ecosystems. they also absorb and store carbon from the atmosphere, helping take a climate change. and maybe most importantly for the people who live along the rivers, they keep flat from check, forcing into holding the functioning flood plain far as it's a very important because they keep water in the landscape longer. they soak up water and provide the crucial sponge function to get some food soon. that's my tsr
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. it's a flat plane ecologist. he's been studying the role of rivers and coastal wetlands for decades. then the kind of own now i'm kind of old that flood plains in floodplain far since water flows out of the landscape, very quickly leading to large flood waves that cause a lot of damage. and the cost is enormously high for society. so you can say soft in normal. that's why shots together with a seed is applied seconds, guidance. the university of flats and the environmental association novel decided to give the flux and landscape here i'm a natural face again for fits. and what about 1st 40 years ago, we realized this floodplain far as it was undergoing a process of expansion license, many trees development here that were not flood resistance and which displaced the trees. b, she's the typical of a flood plain virus to edition paul mocking at the thing is like this one and elm trees like this one that does the die off. what other specie is that a lot less people into flooding like maple sided to spread video hose. good. when the floodplain dries out along, come to maple trees. and here's
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a good example. scans of them is it seems that they have a white look. you sat, the other species, find it difficult to compete with them. you know, not being proficient use die to complete the and then, and those are the species to protect us against flooding. know, can all of a decent members can be exactly because those species are highly resistant to flooding. uh, because a send to you will present. ready that's because those species can handle being shredded better than others. they can also handle drives better, and they sec moisture out of the site which decreases the amount of water contribution to flesh setting events. so the research has had an idea. they started purposefully flooding a small area of the forest every spring for decades and watched what happened confessed, strengthen disability by monitoring a face to face. we found out that that allowed the forest to stay moist for up to 3 months longer, even during drought periods. and that this flood plain forest was able to adapt to these weather more dynamic conditions under the social species that don't belong
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here, receded, leaving space and light for the tree and animal and plant species that are typical of the floodplain far all talking with your phone so i can even move, they literally train to for us to be able to soak up my water again and find the offensive. fruit also has a sense even with flood resistant trees. if they don't experience flooding for a long time, they may forget how to cope with it or how to adapt to it in an come chart says the data they collected over 30 years tells the story of an ecosystem going back to its natural state. this was a 3 d model of a 7 have to forest area that they flooded. and so they'd for 3 decades. just look at how many veterans that were before they started flooding the area. those on typical, sometimes invasive species that are not so resilient to flats and drought. and now look how many green these came back once they started flooding the area. those are typical native slept injuries, what type of system to flats and drops to sigma. and here you can clearly see that
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the maple is dying. this area husband under water for several weeks. and right next to it is the flood color into europe and ash for which looks very healthy. so you have you tied all a seat. they were surprised by how fast the force went back to its natural state. once you set it, adjusting the water levels are full instant us for us. these are nature based solutions, which will help mitigate the extreme events we expect from climate change up to move on. so how exactly the flat, the area which divides ended on the end of the 199, i use the city of leipzig began reconnecting old channels systems and the flood plain like this one here, the book own box to the main watercourses, so that the forest could access water again. on the multiply, reconnected the old historical channel systems that were still in place and this ditch was partly restored by hand. and his stomach, we thought, hawkish, dead,
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the channel systems were connected. and then an intake structure was built in the dyke, which fed water back into the channel systems. we thought these are things as dana highlighted, they've been cut out several paths of the diag on the river side so that the water can naturally overflow into the flat plane in order to afford to buy them. and we're seeing a clear and measurable rise in ground water levels even within a very short space of time. and even with such a small water body, there were visible, measurable results of and then it was easy to get a permit for an undertaking like that light is supposed to day. it's far more complicated. there are new guidelines you regulations, which have to be followed. more evidence is needed more calculations. it's not as simple as it used to be as well. so i'm probably tolmas, but that, that and stuff the cd from doing more at brought together scientists and deos and local officials in 2018 to come up with a concept to rejuvenate the entire content over the next 30 years. and they just
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finished a fest project, they restored this to our group at here and design in a way what can overflow more naturally regularly and productively like it did in the past before we also drove us to home human feet testing. as you can see here, we've move the fields relatively far away from the edge of the forest, from creating a large car. it will and which the voltage can be on to freely, which is all quite implies and gas. that's cool down a fullback was responsible for revitalizing this old river bed. we hadn't even done and we have several outlets through which when the flood comes, the rising goal is to can fly in cheap. i'm start, it flows over this very low bank, directly into the forest and invitees, because this means that with the 5.5 kilometers of new will to way which we recently finished building. we can float around $45.00 hacked as a floodplain forest several times a yeah, through on gas mamma. and yet that's roughly the size of 80 for football fields. and that's also good news for the animals to live here. fish and various species of
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insects have already set it in, but it was easy to get to this point. it's a tricky process to find the balance between flooding the forest and ask them so it really are. and so just like i from a water and not over flooding it, otherwise the water could permanently stay there like in a bath tub, which would change and tire ecosystem. and you have to consider a different interest unless you were in a big city. so there are many different views on how the forest should be used, and recreational uses, particularly important that so you, instead of we flood certain areas and then some paths become inaccessible in spring . as a result, we need to explain this and provide information. so we're offer alternatives. so actually we found that there was a very high level of acceptance and that people often find very creative solutions . it's quite the same. i'm so happy right now. yeah, right. because it really was years of talking to people every day, making sure that they weren't afraid of the voice of coming in
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a problem and here on this investment. and it's just wonderful to see that we now have water in this small river. despite that size, has a big impact upon the closer the closer vehicle. i think it's not just people using deforest, recreational purposes, who needed to be convinced about the flooding plants. locals thomas had to be on board as well so that they can to expropriate people without offering alternatives, bringing more watering to the landscape doesn't mean giving up agricultural use. you just have to adapt the agricultural practices like turning once arable land into a wild meadow. and then of course, has to be appropriately compensated. that means instead of planting corn and grapes eat on all of their nan thomas with 10 grass in some areas and sell the hands that they would also receive a compensation payment. so that's, that's the goal for the next 10 to 15 years is to revive less more than 16 kilometers for my arms along the river. do you want to reconnect drive that river on an internet at least 30 percent of the left hand area by the new river. so that
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instead of this, the area will look like this? and here they already started turning from a farmland into a fucking forest. they planted species resilient to flooding so that future floodwaters can be sucked up by the plants like a sponge that way. shots, as they can also get more water to stay in the ground. of course, projects like this come with a half the price tack. the city of flats already spend 6500000 years, logically funded by the gym, the state to buy the land and build new bridges and good ways for crossing the newly restored river. this the, the top of the crate will require a great deal of effort to get this project approved here in the region and by the authorities. so that the further steps can be taken to preserve the flood plain forest. and so that funding in the 10s of millions can be put in place. i said as me own device, it sounds like a lot of flooding is actually the most expensive natural has it in europe. with one study, estimating the river based flood risk could increase 74 to 6800000000 jurist by the
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end of the century. most lots you can see these are situated on functions. these other ones that are predicted to suffer a lot of got damage in the future. and the changes we've made to most of our waterways adding to the fact risk not detracting from it. that's why you environmental ministers recently approved the contests of nature restoration law that seeks to recruit far as re when people and, and which one drove us to the natural freestone states move the child's welcomes as each of us, it seemed like yourself. so when we consider the monetary damage that extreme events can cause to our society, and the long term effects required to address them, as it's clear that putting money into ecosystem restoration is a future proof investment invest. it's a reason to isn't so called to shop. that's why one more european cities situated in fact, plants experimenting with nature based approaches like this. and the project in lights like has become a blueprint fathers. charles has been cooperating was cutting some stone. yes. span
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unfortunate both to share knowledge and best practices, such as how to retain water in an area as long as possible. and as a lot of other countries can learn from that success, finding the item to move than anything, it's important to get the landowners and tenants the farm is in the forest as on board and to make decisions together with them on site. and not just with planners at the drawing board waistcoat dundee, the tor, when nature functions properly, it works for us and we can benefit from all that it offers us. then that's an insurance policy for the future. the physician over 50 to cool. the cat pollution is a sign in kilo almost the entire global population breeds uh the succeeds w h o at quality limits at dispos. that makes things much worse table is bought of
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a group of fuck the women who have been learning about this issue. and the reasons for the has problems they're planning to reach out to the thousands of other women who do similar work. the group meets regularly with local rep as natives and conducts public hearings and social medical and environment. police who was think this is extremely important to have this kind of community level engagement because typically what happens is that, you know, people are not aware of that is they are unwillingly exposed to high level of air pollution, heat both outdoor indoor. uh. so the 1st step definitely is that uh, you know, 15 hour notice among them. and you know, some of these, our newest programs i am aware of are also providing some individually i live in, you know, a strategy to really add up to the situations. you'll be but i'm more of it of the need for the strategies been looks on. she grew up in a family of ways because it has fullest hand experience of the health problems
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these by the women, things that are such as also seen in medical test. the in these vs, this is it sells repository functions. this, we found that this big of a main road about 3.6 times more likely to have to listen long conditions and stuff like, um, charities will 6 times likely to have worse and long functions as compared to mid and because the cooking indoors and the cooking on bio biomass, fluids or to we highs is equal, it looks on a and the team. the tools and environmental action and research group has set up a quality monitoring devices across the neighborhood. this has local them and land . they walk and daily activities. they avoid working in the waste time when the monitor flashes, red. i'm fig. precautions like reading box, even outside of book. back at home. the women have taken steps to cope with mr.
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newton fuels. jessica or this up to the women here use bio mass jobs. but then be heard about the government program to provide for you guys to lenders. we looked into how to access the scheme of part of the v had details to do to 35 people in the calling me update and gas and interest gas bill. idea in 2022, the was air quality to both designed debbie ford in a list of the boys 15 most when you did cities. all the evolution affects. everyone woke up in the informal sector suffered the most major in perspective, projects and construction sites rely on no big workers who have literally to no protection for pollution on the job. this homes that are also near the construction site. so they get little respite from the pollution that's a good little pouring cement, always created a lot of dust under the effect of them. went into a mountain like that. we had no choice to move on to the. the construction sector. workers here are also organizing. i'm returning to work and see for jobs. many
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