it was your campaign that that actually for same president as jemma to to ban the practice in the gambia and i just wondered how we say active has the ben actually been. well we just had a conversation about back to day with food there is an international n.g.o.s i mean when a lot of people felt that lor was a disappearance more in a resort they want to to be appealed a lot but jaromir band s.t.m. parliaments want to head in a lot which makes it a gambian law not a president general and i think this new administration should do better when it comes to incentives in the more it happens but i think overall as a country we are progressing when it comes to energy have been so much improvement when it comes to not change not because of the law but because of the advocacy in working with communities of color in our. thank you for your work and great talking to you just had to korea africa's racial goodwill ambassador for u.n. women as and and and see if she ever acts of asst. the next story is one of those you won't believe without seeing a young boy with an incredible drawing talent has shot

it wasn't all campaign that that action for same president jemmett it to ban the practice in the gambia and i just wondered how effective has the band actually been. you know we just had a conversation about back to day with food as an international n.g.o.s i mean when a lot of people. or will a disappearance more in a resort they want to be appealed a lot but jameer bad s.t.m. our parliament when i have been asked a lot which makes it a gambian law or not a president or and i think this new administration should do better when it comes to incentives in the more this happens but i think overall as a country we are progressing when it comes to energy have been so much improvement when it comes to no changes not because of the lore but because of the advocacy in working with communities going on. thank you for your with them great talking to you just had to korea africa's recent goodwill ambassador for un women as and and and see if she ever acts of assist. the next story is one of those you won't believe without seeing a young boy with an incredible drawing talent has shot to fame in nig

that's exile job so yes jim was back and in the gambia in two thousand and fifteen and your campaign was really at the front of that right as according to what i've read it was your campaign that that actually for same president jemmett is to ban the practice in the gambit i just wondered how effective has the bend actually been. well we just had a conversation about back to day with food as an international n.g.o.s i mean when a lot of people felt that lore will a disappearance more in a resort the one has to be appealed a lot but jamey of bad s.t.m. parliaments want to head in the lot which means there's a gambian law or not a president. and i think there's a new administration should do better when it comes to incentives in the more it happens but i think overall as a country we are progressing when it comes to energy have been so much improvement when it comes to not change not because of the law but because of the advocacy and working with communities going on. thank you for your work and great talking to you just had to korea africa's recent goodwill ambassador for un women as

is now banned in gambia. she has shown us that it can be done. 200 million girls and women today have been cut, leaving them with irreversible emotional and physical damage, which can lead to infections, complications at childbirth and increased newborn deaths. it is horrific and inhumane and gross violation of human rights. and not just turned to one religion or culture. it can happen anywhere and unbelievable to say it happens in the united states of america as you so aptly pointed out. so i'm happy to be here with you and proud to be here with you to send a clear message that f.g.m. is unacceptable and must stop and i'm pleased to join you in our efforts to stop this practice. and i want to add something, and i do think we can also -- the united states can do more in terms of resources. at least $15 million is needed annually to continue our efforts. i would like to see us put into law the u.s. strategies and prevent gender-based violence globally and empower adolescent girls, recognizing that f.g.m. is a

exploitation and over harvesting is driving the decline in traditional food sources it highlights gambia for instance where many people have been forced to eat alternative often industrially produced foods but they have to go says there is hope if nations educate communities on the importance of diverse animal and plant life and embrace eco friendly practices like flooding rice fields in california during the off season to entice wildlife back on growing plants alongside crops to encourage the return of pollinating insects well run a caster's on the un's f.a.o. who commissioned the report he explained more about the study's findings. we are losing plants and crops and livestock i mean i shall leave for four natural response on and climate change but also they were stationed in the consumers use all the bio they went to people who are going to cause are we are forgetting what all were grandparents ate and now all more than sixty six percent of the relation where all eat in from nine crops and from ten fishes species why over grandparents you know they knew all about six thousand different

exploitation and over harvesting is driving the decline in traditional food sources it highlights gambia where many people have been forced to eat alternative often industrially produced foods but the f.a.a. says there is hope if nations educate communities on the importance of diverse plant life and embrace eco friendly practices like flooding rice fields in california during the off season to entice wildlife back and growing plants alongside crops to encourage the return of pollinating insects well when it castro's from the un's food and agriculture organization who commissioned that report explain more about the study's findings. we are losing plants and crops and livestock i mean i shall leave for four natural response on and climate change but also. indian in the consumers use of the bio they went to people who are going to cause are we are forgetting what our grandparents ate and now all more than sixty six percent of the relation where all eat in from nine crops and from ten fishes species why over grandparents you know they knew all about six thousand different bands on modern fi

exploitation and over harvesting that's all driving the decline in traditional food sources highlights gambia where many people have been forced to eat alternative often industrially produced foods but the f.a.a. says there is hope if nations educate communities on the importance of diverse plant and animal life and embrace eco friendly practices like flooding what rice fields in california during the off season to entice wildlife back and growing plants alongside crops to encourage the return of pollinating and sex castro is the assistant director general of climate change by diversity and water department at the un's food and agricultural organization he joins us now from rome we appreciate your time very much so when did this decline this noticeable decline began. well it's been a while but we have documented it for the first time in their war shares a refill sort of five years in the making one thousand two hundred contributors and we know systematizing a monetary decline. but sort of some bull. over fishing and why the fish has been with us about one third of the fishes of the world know

saudi nationals sanction in november in the transfer case as well as in auto mall, nicaragua and gambia. does this track record amount to a credible deterrent could a future administration bolster the deterrent effect by making clear publicly and in advance that those responsible for gross violations of human rights targeting members of the press in countries like russia, china, egypt kameny and mark, turkey and saudi arabia to name some of the leading offenders will face consequences for their actions. yes, that conceivable. could a future of congress modified the act to mandate such an outcome concerning cases of journalists or other protected classes. yes conceivably it could. our other national and international jurisdictions adopt an similar human rights and anticorruption sanctions laws, global magnitsky laws. yes, they are. the progress is halting and slow, but we're seeing that across a number of national and international jurisdictions. and so, to conclude is the reason for cautious optimism surrounding this tool and how it might be applied? time will tell and again it's very e

nationals sanctioned in november in the khashoggi case as well as individuals in guatemala, nicaragua and gambia. does is track record amount to incredible deterrence? no, my assessment would be it doesn't. but could one envision a track record that does? yes. i think one could be envision. could a future administration bolster the deterrent effect by making clear, publicly and advance, that those responsible for gross violations for those targeting the press, will face consequences for their actions? yes. that is conceivable. could a future congress modified the global magnitsky act to mandate such an outcome concerning cases of journalists or other protected classes? yes, conceivably it could. our other national and international jurisdictions adopting similar human rights and anticorruption sanction laws, global magnitsky laws? yes, they are. the progress insulting and slow. but we are seeing that across a number of national and international jurisdictions. and so, to conclude, is the reason for cautious optimism is running this tool and how might be applied? time will tell. it is very early.