>> welcome to global 3000. in columbia, the indigenous misak people have set up a school to protect their traditions and their natural environment. in india, a village community plants 111 trees whenever a baby girl is born. a custom that benefits society and the planet. but first to new zealand, where sheep farmers are fed up with being blamed for climate change. the corona outbreak has reduced travel, and industrial production, and resulted in a dip in carbon emissions.

so in that sense it's actually improving the health of the planet. but the environmental impact of animal agriculture for example remains massive. in 2016, global greenhouse gas emissions totaled 51 gigatons, of which, more than seven gigatons were caused by meat and dairy companies. to meet the targets set by the paris climate agreement, global greenhouse gas emissions have to be reduced to 13 gigatons by 2050. but if the meat and dairy industry continues down its current path, its annual emissions are expected to exceed 10.5 gigatons, with devastating impact on the climate. in new zealand, sheep farmers are coming under increasing public and political pressure. >> sheeps far as t eye can e, and what looks like

boundless freedom for randall aspinall. he's the fourth generation of sheep farmers on new zealand's south island. farmers have always been valued new zeala. theyre the bacone ofhe country's economy. >> now, i think most people ill do appciate farms and preciateheep farrs and e it as ing partf a mo chatt arounsome but tti-farmi sentime.it >> climate change is shaking up this rural paradise. shp and cowsre major produ. they generate one third of allp greenhouse gas emissions in new zealand. suddenly, farmers are seen as environmental sinners. randall can see growing misunderanding beten people in. >> so, when i grow up there were most people in the cities knew had cousins that had a

farmr had frnds that had farm. so, mo people prably spe kholida on farms, schlhad a lidays a that. whereas te population is gring and it probab urbanizedore, that's gone away. >> he includes new zealand's center-left government in this. for example, sheep and cows wading through rivers and possib fouling the water doesn't fit with new zealand's thwarways their pperty.rs farmers ve becoma politilg pa, says ranll. >> so, in tes of how to actually run a country -- they'' been in oosition for nine yea -- so iterms of >how theyctually n a to thgs chang, there maybey busit noa lot ofxperiencin the. d so, itort of fls like therg do. the aspalls' fa is loted nearne of the in hiking.

it's a usco worlheritage site. ndall's fe allis sells ice creaand esprso from hiking. food tru here. the fami are tryg to mov into a better economic position. >> farming is becoming -- there are more constraints environmentally and with legislation and things. so we're just looking at other ways to earn alternative income and this is just a really small start towards that. >>amb from t breathting mountain regions of new zealand is a major export. the government wants to cut methane emissions from livestock by 10% by 2030. otherwise farmers will face penalties. but how this supped to ppen, randl asks as de-worms his sheep. new zealand farmers are already producinin an ecolically stainable y that wou be

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never far away. >> it's just being nice bein in nure, it st gives you time tthink and just enjoy things and slow down theace a little bit and it's nice to not be rushing aroun >> i mea you get aee bit blase orsed to it ery now and then but you do just -- having said that, every now and th, you justook arou and , oh, you're actually -- that's a pretty cool place to be living and working and we are pretty, well very priviled to be ae to get out and enjoy it. >> it's not all rolling sheep pastures and games of frisbee in the natural pool. for this new zealand farming familythere are ma new challenges. but with views like this, everyone can see why they choose this life. >> in our global ideas series, we go to the andes in south

america. in colombia, our reporter katja dohne met the indigenous misak people, who are determined to protect their cultural identity and their tradition of nature conservation. >> when the misak indigenous people have important matters to discuss, they always sit by e fire. as 27-year-old nestor exains, 's the mosimportanplace in the hom our placenta is ct into thfire afterur birth. it's the ritual which joins us to the earth. if we all ave for e cities, rather than staying here, there will be no one who protects this area. anthen our beliefs, our language, the entire misak culture will be lost. >> nestor wants to do something to prevent that. together with his friends from the village, he'a member o

the sociacion rdin botano las licias." that's traditions alive.signed everything in the garden is planted in circles. the beds are round, too. here, they cultivate plants that their ancestors also used --every plant here hasts own special purpose. >>hen womeare menstrting, take thseeds ofue. th helps uagainst e cold. thi. that's why we use it to tackle a fever. and this is cnabis. it helps for stomach aches. we also make an ointment with it to treat arthritis, for example. >> the medicinal use of cannabis, which iseing

legazed in morand more countries,as a long adition among the misak people, though they don't use it as a narcotic. the members of the association also want to pass on their botanical knowlee to children in the village, teach the the younger generation whation properties the plants have and why it is important for the mik to cultite them themselves. >> our theater group is called "the magical tree" 's about how importa it is we arto protect our animals, our plts, our fo. >> some of the children play misak people fighting against environmental destruction.

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basis, to sit around the firea and talk about old traditions but alsobout new delopmentsin ty the misak manage 70 hectares of land, a vast area. most of it is beyond their settlement and consists of they are determined to prevent pdeforestation. >>companies and also thee destrexpansion of industrial >> the land around the misak community has already been cleared. nature has been by devastated by large-scale cattle-farming, and also by gold, silver and coal minin many indigenous communities in

the cauca valley are still suffering from the fall-out of the colombian conflict - the decades-long war between the government, paramilitary groups and communist guerillas, farc. dr cartels a to the teion. one-ird ofolombia is goverindigenous territory.roups deadly violee is widespread.c. in november 2019 there were 19 homicides in oneeek alone. >> iigenous aders ha been murdered, there are threats. they're using violence thound pele out of eir communies. >> a school in the region ofj. ne conda is siting, a reesentati of the >> aautonomous indigenous ofj. university. it brings together students from various ethnic groups to bolster their cultures and join forces to impre their communities. learning takes place in small

groups. the seminaparticipan discuss what they can do to tackle the threats their communities face. solidarity and cooperation between the indigenous groups is crucial. >> how can we make our communities stronger so that we can't be forced out? if wdon't have a strategy, then we'll lose everything and communithat will be it. that we >> back in the misak territory. the moment, the situation is calm. but while the threat posed by armed groups has receded, environmental destruction is a growing problem. the children's play is almost misak ings neweeds for planti er. and itas an happend. to the animals. the people are given a second ance. th time, thelants and

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>> bye-bye! thank you for visiting me. i'm happy. you can visit me again and >> in india, women are responsible for the family and household and play key roles education and farming. families still value sons over daughters and sex-selective abortions are widespread. the result is a gender imbalance -- the country is missing 60 million women. e villagis bucking the trend. >> a grandmother wields a pickaxe. sosar rajput is planting the first tree for her baby granddaughter. all of the families here follow the same ritual -- there are 111 trees for each newborn girl.

>> when i was born, my mother and father were very unhappy that i was a girl. today, we're planting trees because we're happy when a girl is born. if my parents had experienced this, i'm sure they would've been proud of me, too. >> a lot has changed in the village of piplantri, thanks to this man. shyam sunder paliwal came up with the tree planting idea 13 years ago. back then, he was mayor. today, when proud parents introduce him to their newborn girl, he can barely believe that things haven't always been like this. but 13 years ago, girls were still regarded as inferior, as worthless children. >> it continued into adulthood. it used to be that women weren't allowed to leave the house alone. they had to hide behind the curtains. that was men's doing. they were afraid something would happen to the women. but this has changed dramatically.

>> and it's not just thanks to the trees. now, parents pledge to not marry off their daughters before their 18th birthday. they're also required to educate their daughters. in return, the village community opens a savings account for each girl. >> when my granddaughter was born, it was as if the goddess lakshmi's good fortune had entered our home. now, we deposit 150 euros into a savings account. and shyam sunder gives us twice that amount. with this, the little one can later pay for her education. of course, we also plant the trees, too. >> shyam sunder's idea for the trees and the education fund has a very personal motive. thirteen years ago, his own daughter died. he doesn't like talking about the exact circumstances. afterwards, the businessman fell into a deep depression. he thought a lot about how girls in india are often harrassed and disadvantaged. he had a monument put up in his daughter's honor. but it wasn't enough. he wanted to do something more.

>> then, i planted a tree as a memorial and as a way of coping with my grief. but i soon realized that one tree wasn't enough. that's why we started this program -- 111 trees for each girl. it has to be as many as that. this area had become a total wasteland and now, you can see the result. >> the region around piplantri is full of marble quarries. this is how it used to look. thirteen years and 350,000 new trees later, a dense forest now surrounds the village. it's a blessing for the microclimate in the hot summer, and the village of 5000 is now more prosperous because the forest is cultivated. locals see the boom as directly connected to the support for the girls. things are changing. now, there are just as many girls as boys in the classroom. tenth-grader komal parlival explains why it often looks

rather different in the rest of india. >> boys get an education, girls often don't. they're seen as a burden. that's also why so many females are aborted or killed right after they're born. that's led to there being far fewer girls than boys. >> thirteen years ago, komal's mother was one of the first people to plant trees for her daughter. even though komal was already two years old at the time, her mother wanted to take part. when komal goes into the woods today, she knows that some of the trees bear her name. it's a great feeling. >> the trees give us wood and bear fruit. we plant them because they're useful. in a sense, because our mothers planted them, we see them as

our brothers. >> shyam sunder is now famous in india. politicians and entire university classes come to him to hear how he succeeded in improving living conditions for girls and the entire village with the many trees and with little money. since he appeared as a guest in a celebrity special of india's version of "who wants to be a millionaire," the whole country knows him. >> i never would've thought that it'd become such a big thing. people are coming here from everywhere non-stop. a lot of them come to get ideas and want to do the same thing. it's great. >> when it all gets to be too much for him, he withdraws to the forest. this is the tree that started it all.

the tree that he planted for his deceased daughter. shyam sunder says that at least her death had a positive effect. his daughter would certainly have been proud of her father. >> this week our worldwide search for tasty snacks takes us to iceland. >> the icelandic landscapes are spectacular and you don't even have to leave town to enjoy them. even from the center of reykjavik there are breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains. of course, it tends to be pretty cold for most of the year. but svarta kaffid is a small restaurant where you can warm up and enjoy the local speciality, soup in a bread bowl. >> iceland is the perfect place for soups. yesterday it was raining, it was a typical soup day.

now it's just cold, so it's also soup day. >> the chef's name is unpronounceable for anyone who doesn't speak icelandic, so everyone calls him siggi. his restaurant is a small family business that first opened in 2003 with the same concept it still has today. >> we have two kinds of soup. we always change them. one veggie and one meat soup. today we have a mushroom soup, both of them are cream based, so mushroom soup and the other one is a hungarian meat soup. what makes it hungarian is more like paprika, cumin, onion in it and mixed vegetables. >> freshly made every morning, the soups are served in a bowl made of bread. >> this is our choice. it's outside a little bit hard so that the soup doesn't go out. so we just cut it.

inside. and soup goes inside. >> the dish costs around 14 euros -- fairly cheap by icelandic standards. and one reason why this little cafe is so popular with both locals and vistors. siggi serves about 600 soups a day. in winter, the weekends get very busy. >> you can see the faces of the people who are eating it, they enjoy it. that makes me happy, that's one of the reasons i'm still here. >> that's all for us at global 3000 this time. please do drop us a line with your feedback. you can reach us at

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