>> global 3000 travels to south africa this week, where onlyly w cheetahs remain in the wild. now, dogs are to ensure their survival. in greece, we go to a refugee camp whose residents find a new purpose in life by doing things themselves. but first, we head for thailand's beaches. in the past few years, they've been discovered by chinese tourists. tourism is one of the most important industries worldwide: the number of people who travel every year, has risen from 25 million in 1950, to over 1.2 billion today.

every 11th job in the world depends on tourism. most holiday makers stay within their own region. only every 5th travels abroad. in china too, more and more people have been bitten by the travel bug - last year, it was 137 million. a particularly popular destination is thailand. almost 9 million chinese went there in 2016. this is what rush hour in paradise can look like. at ten in the morning, the first speedboats from phuket arrive, brimming with chinese tourists. this beach was once a jewel empty and prisistine. but that time is long gone. jarereed takuathung seems to e the only one tasked with tempering tourists' activities here. he is the head ranger of maya

bay. but his task is not easy. >> there are some areas here that should be off-limits, to protect nature. but the chinese just go right in. i then tell them, 'hey, don't do that.' but they can't understand me. sometimes they just laugh at me, as if i had told a joke. >> maya bay is part of ko phi phi leh. the islaland used to be consided the crown jejewel of the andamn sea. thailand's s tourism indusy calllls it a p place of "untaid beauty". but others say phi phi leh is becoming a bit uglier every year. prasert wongna grew up on the island, and he says a lot has changed. >> phi phi leh was the perfect place when i was a child. the foforest was green and fertile. the beach was a dream. and in the bay, the corals were so beautiful. and there was plenty of fish.

>> thihis is howow phi phi leh lookeded thirty years ago coved with jungle. but in the 1980's and 90's, the building boom began. then came the disastrous tsunami tsunami ten years ago, and another catastrophe rampant, unplanned reconstruction. almost two hundred hotels have been built on this tiny island since then, and there are countless construction sites -- and ever more visitors. >> two kinds of tourists comoe here. some stay on the island for a couple of days. but the biggest problem are the day-trippers. they are brought here by boat, picnic on the beach, then disappear and leave their garbage behind. the island just can't handle it. >> tour operators bring ever more tourists from phuket to phi phi leh, regardless of nautical conditions. it's all about money. but damage to the ecosystem is already dramatic, both on land and underwater. a local diving school is doing its best to protect the threatened underwater life from

the effects of mass tourism. they're now preparing to make a special dive. >> the film, 'the beach' brought phi phi leh worldwide fame. we earn our living from tourism, and that's good. but there are just too many tourists. the island is dying. hollywood made maya bay famous, and thailand's tourism industry is capitalising on this. there are still swarms of fish here, and striking colours. the underwater world still shows signs of incredible beauty. but marine biologists say that the corals around maya bay are almostst all dead, kililled by speedboats' anchors dragging on the seabed, sewage from hotels, and illegal waste disposal. and d with coral b bleaching cd by climate chahange, the seaed itseself has become e a new kif battleleground. hehere is an attttempt to savea

coral nunursery. itit's a privatete initiative a coconcerned divever. one daday, the youngng corals d become a new, man-made coral reef. > we saw a lolot of fisheh. i'i'm always so hahappy to seet the corals are growing. one day, they will become a new home for the fish. >> around midday, maya bay slowly fills up. sometimes it's 'standing-room only' on the fine sand. between 5,000 to 7,000 tourists come every day. some of them are european, but most are chinese day-trippers, who are taking a break from their mega-cities back home. >> here we have beach, and sea, and fish, mountains, and blue skies. it's very beautiful. >> and to top it off, this entire scenario is happening in a national park - a protected area.

the rangers here feel that the government in bangkok has failed them. so they have come up with some beach rules, including do not feed the fish, do not tread on the corals, and do not throw waste in the water. they want to try to preserve whatever they still can. >> in less than ten years, maybe even five, if nothing is done, all the corals will have died. phi phi is like a bebeautiful woman - if one neglects her, at some point she is no longer beautiful, and at some point she completely disappears. >> in the evening, all of ko phi phi leh basks in the light of sunset. the sky is radiant, and the sea reflects its rosy tones. this island dream is one that thailand's tourism industry is set to continue promoting. lots of people means lots of trash. the plastic waste that ends up in the sea poses a huge problem, and every year, about 8 million more tons of plastic is dumped

into the water. according to the environmental protection group oceans conservancncy, only 5 %can be detected on the surface, the rest floats around in enormous clusters further down. there are huge amounts of plastic waste spiraling around in the pacific and north atlantic. the mediterranean is also full of it. but the concentration of plastic waste is particularly bad in the indian ocean, off asia's densely populated coastal regions. mumbai is situated on the indian ocean. kilometers of sandy beach line its shores. but it's not as idyllic as it looks from a distance. afroz shah is a lawyer. two years ago, he fulfilled a lifelong dream and bought an apartment with an ocean view. but the view wasn't quite what he expected. i looked out of my window and i

saw so much plastic on the beach. it didn't look ninice. it's like a sore to your eyes. being a lawyer you file a petition to the court, y you complain to the bmc, the local municipality saying something is wrong. or being a citizen, someone who lives along the coastline, saying there is a problem and i'll do it. >> afroz shah set about cleaning the beach himself. every weekend, he spends a few hours excavating garbage with the help of some of his neighbors. in the first two-three months it was difficult. i used to work with four or five people. there were days when i worked all alone. but then, for me it was not about creating a movement. >> it may not have been his goal, but as many as a hundred volunteers were soon following his example, joining forces to manually clean up versova beach. even a few bollywood stars are pitching in. >> seventy weeks, this is my 70th week. my house doesn't begin only from the door. it begins from the city itself, from the country itself.

that vision one should have. that is the difference. >> slowly but surely, the volunteers are nearing their target to clean up all 3 kilometers of versova beach. mumbai is home to lots of beaches -- and litter is a problem on all of them. the city's rivers are also teeming with waste, anand this o gets discharged onto the beaches and into the ocean. mumbai generates over 10 thousand tonnenes of wasaste a. but itit has a shortrtage of ruh dudumps and landfill s site. the city is located on a a peninsula, and is fast running out of space. the waste problem is starting to affect tourism. this tour operator says it's putting visitors off. >> it is a mixture of people, and the attitude of the government. i would say it's pathetical from

the government's angle. people will change when the goverment is promoting to change. >> but how likely is it that will happen? so-called 'waste pickers' earn their living collecting and recycling mumbai's mountains of trash. traditionally, these waste pickers are so-called 'dalits' -- that means they're at the bottom of the hindu caste system. >> i collect between 150 and 200 kilos of trash per day. i separate the paper and plastic and sell it on. >> we can't accompany her any further, because the police intervene and stop us filming. the city authorities are well aware that the existence of the waste pickers is bad for mumbai's image. tackling mumbai's garbage

problem with education - that's the mission of natasha d'costa. she buys up reusuable waste - and takes it into schools to teach children about recycling. >> that's awesome about india. everything gets reused. that's just ingrained in our culture. but somewhere we became very -- i don't know -- we just started producing too much waste. so now we're starting to understand the values of waste. >> plastic and paper waste is one part of the problem. another is that mumbai's beaches are used as huge outdoor toilets. by people without one at home. improving public toilet facilities is the next challenge afroz shah is planning to tackle. there's no choice because the loos are so dirty. what should i do - should i stop them there, call the local

municipality, fine them. i said, no, no, get the loo clean. for the past three months i've been working on cleaning the loo. >> but today's goal is to clear up as much plastic waste as possible and have it transported to a landfill site. the volunteers pose for a group photo. today they've enjoyed themselves, but cleaning beaches is hard work and the weather doesn't always help. even when it's pouring, afroz and his team of volunteers are undeterred. come rain or shine, they mean business. every person who gets involved in a cause can make a difference. sometimes even between life and death. take, for example, the volunteers on ththe mediterrane, who save refugees from drowning. of the displaced persons who have come to europe so far, more than 60,000 are currently living in greece. the country is one of the main entry points for refugees in europe. but because of its heavy debts, many claim that the country is

overstraineded, and ththat the conditions i in the camps e inhumane. yet here too, one can see the difference that it makes, when individuals get involved. an industry is developing at the oinofyta camp, slowly, but surely. around 600 people have been living and working here for 9 months. here they're not called 'refugees', they're 'residents'. oinofyta is like a little village. adam land has come from the uk to teach carpentry to the people here. but he says they're already better at it than he is. >> people have been building stuff for their food distribution, for their tailor's room, for the sewing room. people have been building things for their own rooms. so i try to encourage people to improve their own space rather than relying on buying things. then we meet nesar radin. the trained microbiologist fled afghanistan with his wife and four children after they were threatened and persecuted.

he's been here for half a year. his wife and two of his children managed to get to germany recently. nesar works as a coordinator and interpreter at oinofyta. he proudly shows us the camp's 100 hens. >> it's raining. they are maybe in their home. they are laying eggs when n te weather is warm. whether it's looking after the chickens or distributing food, the residents look after themselves. everyone here is expected to assume some responsibility. nesar says it gives them a sense of purpose. >> when they come and give their papers to be registered in the camp, we ask them what did you do? what's your profession? what's your job. >> this old factory has been divided into small living spaces. at the end of the hall is the sewing room. itit's run by y a young afghan. niaomh convery, from the uk, is just helping with the

coordination. >> but when we started to work on them people's attitudes completely changed. i mean, we just love doing it. i love working with them and everyone's really enthusiastic. at the moment we're, like, working too much and we're like come on everyone, it's time to go home. so it's a really great feeling, yeah. >> these young men hope e that e skills they're e employing hee will help them create new lives elsewhere. ka-ees from afghanistan says that he's happy just to have something sensible to do with his time. >> because the countries need tailors, doctors, and -- >> they've e even built a schol for the children. if qualifieded teachers become residents here, they'll be expected to give instruction themselves. two of nesar's sons are pupils here. he's considering teaching farsi himself. >> he knows the value of a good education -- and tries to

convince others. >> i advise them, i tell them that you should send your children to school. but it's -- >> so there are parents who don't want to let them -- >> they want, but some parents in every country they are a little bit lazy. >> oinofyta is co-managed by american non-profit organization "do your part". lisa campbell, one of its founders, is in charge of fundraising. the group aims to help people here retain their dignity and become self-sufficient again. >> it's a concept that i've tried to spread to other areas, but you know bureacracy and people's ideas. they want to build camps. and, for me, i want to build a community. >> nesar's work day is done. he lives here with his sons said and sohail. many things in this room remind him of his wife. for the past few weeks she's been living with the couple's two youngest children in trier. because nesar, said and sohail dream of joiningng them in germany, they're diligently learning german.

nesar radin likes the way oinofyta is run. he enjoys being a role model and assuming responsibility -- in the camp and for his two sons. but sometimes he still fears for his family's future. >> i'm afraid if they return my family back to greece, i don't know what to do. if i go back to afghanistan, it's impossible. i mean, i can't go. my parents, friends. >> are your parents still in afghanistan? >> yes.

>> and now on to our series global ideas, which features people who fight to protect the environment. this time we're in south africa at a cheetah centre. our reporter louise osborne took a closer look at the cheetah outreach project near cape town. the animals that live in cacaptivity there, could helelo save theheir counterparts in te wild. >> normally, cheetahs can reach speeds of up to 110 kilometers an hour. here, they barely break a sweat. but then, here, they're only chasing a toy. in the wild, even then they won't necessarily run everyday. if they get a springbok and eat all of a good solid, they might

not hunt until 4-5 days later. if they have their choice, they'll be asleep 16-18 hours per day - it's a natural instinct for them, unless there's a very, very good reason to run, which is why we say we offer them the opportunity to run and it's's their decision,s you can see, whether they choose to run or not. romeo, you've been fed already. >> dawn glover is manager at cheetah outreach in cape town. the center homes 11 cheetahs. they were all born in captivity. ththe center brings in the cas from ethical breeding programs where they are handraised. atmo: hey magic, look at you gorgeous. >> but it means they've never learned to hunt. instead they serve as ambassadors for their wild cousins. it gives visitors the chance to build a bond with the predators. cheetahs especially, they're

non-agressive. >> they're a runner, not a fifighter. and for r us, to show that you n have this amazing relationship and bond with a wild predator and if they can learn to trust us and live in harmony with us, we should be able to show the same emotional maturity and learn to live with them as well. >> they might actually be natural enemies, but anatolian guarding dog juliet and cheetah romeo have been been brought up together here. they are the furry faces of a project being funded by the cape town center to protect wild cheetahs. cheetah numbers have fallen drastically in just over a century from around 100,000 to just over seven thousand one hundred. one of the biggest threats to the big cats are farmers.

almost two thousand kilometers away, farmer morne brummer prepares to release his flock for the day. it's not always been easy letting them roam. in the past, animals have been lost. >> we chose the area, or the area chose us, which is quite difficult to farm in. we've got cheetah, we've got lions coming through occasionally, leopard, caracol, jackal -- there's numerous predators in this area. >> many farmers, use lethal methods - shooting predators or using poison -- to protect their livestock. but brummer was offered another choice. cheetah outreach gave him his dog. now she goes out with the goats. >> it's definitely a benefit to not have to go out and kill certain animals toto protect yr income, your bread and butter. seeing the cheetahs, the leopard in their natural environment is lovely - not having to go out

with a gun and prosecute them. >> unlike most big predators, cheetahs hunt during the day. and so are blamed for much of the lost livestock. the guarding dog program was designed to try to combat the problem. on his farm, brummer's wife rosamund runs the dog breeding center. project manager, deon cilliers has come to see how the dogs are doing. the program provides farmers with a dog for free and pays for its upkeep for one year. now there's even a waiting list for the animals. the anatolian shepherd is quite a huge dog. >> he's quite bold and he stands back from nothing. they are not attack dogs, they are not aggressive at all. they will just start barking when the predator is around and usually that's enough to scare predators away. >> almost 250 dogs have been placed with farmers in northern

south africa. anatolian guarding dogs first have to be integrated as puppies with their flock -- from then on they are fiercely protective. >> in a situation where there's been a lot of rain, for example, the goats might stay out and then we've had times where the dogs will stay out with them. they'll never leave them, evevn if they're hungry, they won't come back. they'll stay out with the goats no matter what. >> back in cape town, schools often visit to learn about the organisation's activities and the dog project. education plays a big role in the work of cheetah outreach. children are also able to learn about some of south africa's other native species, like this jackal.

most children in this part of south africa will never get to see a cheetah in the wild. the big can be found in the nothern provinces, but not this far south. for these children it's a big moment -- the chance to actually touch one of the predators. a keeper keeps the cheetah relaxed as they get close. and cheetah outreach gets exactly the kind of emotion it hopes for. >> i touched a cheetah! >> the organization needs this kind of attention to get financial support to carry on with it's work in cape town and its conservation project in the north. them being in captivity is a very important role to play in terms of the preservation ofof theieir wild cousins, through e awareness, the education, conservation of ththe genetic pl of cheetahs because there are so few of them left in the wild.

>> cheetahs are already recorded as 'vulnerable' on the iucn's red list. and for a species coming ever closer to the brink - wild cheetahs need all the help they can get to ensure they have a future in south africa and beyond. >> there's a new global 3000 show evevery week - but if thats not enough for you, we have e en more! you can interact with h us liven our facebook global sociciety page, watch gripping web-videos or listen to exciting radio repoports. all of this and more, if you follow us on dw global society. and you can find all of these reports in our media centre at dw.com. we'll be back next week. see you then!

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