A devastating explosion because it saw it from awful funny last weaponize in place of this information to manipulate elections. Counting the cost of aljazeera. To cope with our growing population we have tripled our exploitation of Natural Resources in just 40 years as a result of the vast expansion of mining industrial scale farming fishing and other human activities natural ecosystems have lost nearly half the area and 1000000. 00 plant and animal species a facing extinction without the Ecological Networks which regulate our planets from cleaning and water to providing food we simply cannot survive. With the is still time we meet the pioneers striving to protect 2 of our most valuable remaining ecosystems. Will breed in sweden where an inventive Clothing Company is using groundbreaking technology to fight before station and im a man to borrow in tacking where one man is fighting to protect a wetlands haven for migrating bugs. The fashion industry is worth 1. 00 trillion dollars every year textile manufacturers make billions of garments and why only be worn once a choice before. Ending up in landfills the socalled fast fashion is incredibly resource intensive and perhaps surprisingly one of the key trial is biodiversity loss and deforestation. Im in sweden where one company is working on a Green Solution to this global problem but 1st i want to understand the impact of fast fashion. So just 20 kilometers of states is to try to meet the interest of forests and that were on our way there to meet the cool write a book shes conservationist and shes on a mission to protect against forests around the world to them its. Great to see to see you thanks so much we come to stockholm to do a story about fashion why everyone for it is so theres 115000000 trees that disappear every year into the clothing that we all wear and slated to double within the next decade i have never heard of that connection between the train and the fashion and an a for street. Its not an intuitive flick that something that soft and soaking extra skin and actually starts off is a treat many of these trees come from endangered forests thousands of years old known as primary forests around the world 50 percent are already being lost due to human impacts such as logging. Nicole browns canopy an organization dedicated to protecting those still remains its a complete breakdown of the ecological function of the area and is a massive release of carbon into the atmosphere and disrupts species have attacks even though trees can grow back into them in danger of farce or clay simple. After the forest to clear the wood is poked and processed into fabrics culled rail and viscous but its shockingly wasteful. As much as 70 percent of the harvested wood is dumped or incinerated. Just 30 percent ends up in the gods to be where. Kind of people words with businesses that source from praying the forests to find the Green Alternatives one of their main focal points is the Global Fashion industry whats your strategy how are you going to make a difference in this my experience is that its some of the spirit Global Brands they have the ability to actually engage their suppliers to stop them from logging in ancient and endangered forest ecosystems and if we can redirect it to be more sustainable now using recycled fabrics rather than ending up in landfill and for the current capacity thats already in production lets just make sure its not coming from really important ancient endangered forest regions i like that so youre talking about kind of a 2 prong approach one is the kind of conservation stopping that deforestation in the 1st place and the 2nd one is this recycling element so reusing whats already been produced so thats a big priority for canopy is to really help kick start commercial Scale Production on things next Generation Solutions like recycled clothing being used a confession to make i have to get thermal because i was terrified were going to freeze and i looked at the label on the way here is that there its 3 percent this go there we go i wouldnt feel bad i was surprised when i 1st discovered the link between ancient and endangered far some discos. Can appear helping to transform the fashion industry. One of their partners is a recycling company in the town of christian home called renew so. Theyve invented a Pioneering Technology that promises to transform textile manufacturing. It came of age in 2014 when a catwalk modeled on the yellow dress made from 100 percent chemically Research Group fabrics the 1st time i. See your math is johnson is offered to show me how old works. Starts right at the beginning yes this is coach consumer this is this is jeans blue jeans that people have a where the chair and them disposed off so whats next for this it goes into our frederick and that is the protest in a bra it states will be separate any at home and then it goes into what stage we just sold it didnt just lowering that it would take out some of the color we bleach it a bit and then we draw it what would be happening for this stuff if you guys werent using it you approach it most of it would be a landfill or were getting from evil no from you guys i think if we dont weed in the machine i dont know that to break. Every stage of the process is being carefully considered. The dyson chemicals are all recyclable. And the water is we used to. After the drawing process the fabric is pristine packed into people like sheets. Surprising to me they could be the end product this is what i found the basis on paints a lot of sand on earth and thats one of those really good start for making gold fibers. This is to roma to you from which the fiscus fabric is finally made. And this is the best you can put it like a normal fine but then you dont go on but it could be woven into any our clothing. What we go here this is the famous yellow dress this is the worlds chemically recycled piece of garment well ok its made from blue jeans you know from the same stuff it doesnt look like a would be environmentally friendly garment this looks like any other garment you would see in the high street absolutely and thats why we are not necessarily call this recycling we call it absolutely right. I mean. But were seeing here when you sell hoping to open another 3 plants within the next 5 years manufacturers are taking steps towards reducing the pressure on primary forests for all this to make a real difference in this to be demand and not demand starts here high street. Were aware that there is a connection between the fashion industry and deforestation actually do nothing to both of you know what this code is. Yeah its Synthetic Material right more yeah i think material you know where it comes from no idea are you aware of this connection between the fashion industry and the forestation no i had no idea. But judging by these shoppers theres some way to go before awareness food drive to my. Organization kind of are working to bring suppliers like we knew so together with brands can stalk their products bake fashion brands they are driving a lot of the the problems that were seeing how do you dress that sure seems to be a bit with this connect the clothing touches all of our lives on a daily basis it produces 100000000000 gallons every year it has a big footprint and you can not have a big footprint when youre that big and its exactly because of that reason that we need them to be part of the solution so its fun to be here i think on on a high street name a tween and canopies Brand Partners kampala and who are part of 170. 00 plus brands that were working with in the fashion sector to transform the discourse around supply chain so he said to be working with them and we see some of the stuff weve been working on yeah absolutely lets just go inside and have a look. Try to be success is growing all the time because hope is soon every store will Stock Research clothing. So this is a frac of clothing that has a variety of different environmental quality. So this product here is really interesting as far as you can tell just a pair of denim jeans has cut 20 percent recycled cotton renu so we saw them producing a kind of a feedstock which was 100 percent recycled cotton do you think were going to get to that point i do and i think you know in the short term this is whats available today and when you sell is hopefully next season its clothing so that this moves from having 20 percent recycled cotton to 100 percent recycled. Recently partnered with the new so to support its continuing research this is part of the clothing joints pledge to use 100 percent sustainably source of clothing by 2030 which would be traced the same cost as nonsustainable items and instore customers are encouraged to drop of unwanted garments to be recycled by Companies Like what you sell. Is to see if theres anything in here if there is thats the thing in your own look at that they can be any quotes they can be any brands of clothing we have been working with big global retailers and designers on ensuring that this recycling Program Actually continues to increase so that it gets fed back into the calling supply chain and ultimately becomes next Seasons Fashion so literally a kind of closing loop thats where we want to get thats thats where we want to get to. Discovering the link between the fashion industry and deforestation was deeply shocking i think with organizations like canopy and when you say oh raising awareness there is hope for the future its a massive challenge but i think in the public are armed with the right information theyll be able to demand more from the retailer is and then we might see a precious forests stop being the victims of fashion. Ecosystems. Are just like the systems of the but as long as they are looked after and managed well then the body is in good shape and if theyre mismanaged and not cared for the body could potentially die. Ecosystem collapse is akin to organ failure in our own bodies if enough of the organs that make up the terrestrial body are removed or are made sick the body dies. Again the earth is no different. Each of us has a role to play in fixing this problem. We could have a world that is beautiful and vital and alive. Or one that is quite bleak and quite brutal its directly related to what we choose to do whether or not we actually choose to do the work necessary to mend and repair and rehabilitate our ecosystems or to participate in their death. When of the richest habitats on the planet in this remote corner of North Eastern turkey is one which is proving to be an ecological jam conservationists have only recently realized its vital importance not only for local birds but also for those migrating from all over the world and yet the arris river wetland is under threat ive come here to me some man whos hoping to save this remarkable part of the worlds. Chance checa giana is a world renowned own apologist souljah to become a professor in the United States every year china returns to his homeland of turkey and comes to this area its part of the country which trust him here is a 5 kilometer square pocket of land the arid river where. China came across it in 2005 and was looking just playing with google earth and i thought the stocks like a globally important oasis in critical spot for migration breeding and wintering birds and is confident coming here in person and i thought this is it this is a place where i want to do Long Term Research to really understand what birds use this area this rare wetland situated in a dry sub desert region is created when the iris river floods its ideally located for migrating birds are of 35 global hotspots were at the intersection of not one but 23 of the eights worlds global bird migration flyways intersect right where we are in North Eastern turkey it is one of the most special wetlands on the planet if you base it discovered a treasure trove how did you feel it was so exciting and it was so beautiful i mean i really did not expect after 15 years we would have recorded almost 300 burst species the 2 thirds of the end tar even far off the whole country. Recorded over centuries i mean in this one spot of the 290 bird species or a before and i documented here 21 globally threatened or near threatened including the gyptian vulture and to the current but further danger is looming the government wants to down this tar valley as far as that village over there flood this whole place all this will be under 45 meters of water and every season i come here just seeing it still there is like a relief because im always afraid it will all be gone i have to come here and see it for myself. Early the next morning chantix me to the burgeoning station down in the wetlands and. Hes currently fighting the calls to reverse the governments decision to build the dam he hopes the data gathered here look at the wetlands rich biodiversity and thereby ensure its protection we see everything here from minus 10 to plus 40 centigrade in the shade during a very cold here or very well that was 10 degrees today exactly to get inside sort of yeah were going to see on a slightly oh yeah we do we really are right in this turkey inside the team already hard at work on a raising the city to the tiny way and i touch i dont want to. Miss you got. 600. 00 metres of bird net that surrounds station every hour from sunrise to sunset during spring and autumn migration seasons the nets check to see if any bad flowing into them is going to check the raptor and that. Theres nothing there so we go back but its migrate to find conditions favorable for living and breathing its early in the season here so bird numbers are low but there are some beautiful specimens so weve got a birds ok and then thats what this is up. To the electorate. They hit the slide into a park and then get entangled. Some of the birds courts here have flown for days nonstop and migrate from hundreds or even thousands of kilometers initially to be able to survive the journey is one thing they meet that feel right before migration some birds will double their body mass and thats why places like this are so critical because they need these stop over locations to keep eating and to keep replenishing their fuel reserves now that im down in the valley i can get a sense of why they stop because its warmer than just a bit higher up theres water everywhere its a phone its coming out and the thing that you cant see on camera is that theres actually less insects so theres a huge amount of food to be got here by migrating birds one in 8 bird species are facing global extinction due to perils including habitat loss and pollution so its only increases the importance of an oasis like this these days if youre studying biodiversity its almost impossible not to become an activist because you know your study things that are being destroyed every moment you study them one Roman Ramirez is a spanish ornithologist one of 401. 00 in tears from 33. 00 countries whove come to work here since chances at the station in 2005 now weve got the birds from usenet that would go to the station would bring them think. That on the back of the right. It was born. Last year and this is their 1st spring the nation for these birds so its amazing so even when its just one year old it knows instinctively where it has to go thats incredible. Natural signs including changing day length trigger the birds who moans which switch on the urge to travel. All the information gathered here is sent to a central database a Chance University in utah. Ready aka don m. Life. Junkies. And some one of your 6 or. One of those. Who will live to get on the. Good. If not score free for this very very condition on the other one by blowing on the bad chest one can tell its fact levels if the skin is pink they are low and if yellow the bird is clump enough to travel on its the. Ice just sort of slights and think that this bird has come from really thousands of kilometers forever for the start of its journey in africa. Its just extraordinary is it so tiny and then awesome. That all of that for every individual with a couple of letters. Or you can feel its heart beating this tiny little heart once all the data has been gathered the bird can be released doesnt want to go. Over 14 years the team have ringed around a 108000. 00 birds. When they are caught elsewhere researches can contact the station here and their migration can be tracked. I feel like ive learned so much about why this place is so important as a refueling station for those birds which are travelling across the world on their journeys and being here with a team witnessing of their passion and their commitment to the cool was has really brought home to me just how important this places. But 16 kilometers up the right its a reminder that despite its importance the fate of the ara through the wetland its far from secure this is why i wanted to bring you here just to see what happens when you build a dam on you ever could but its not if you can already and theres basically nothing i mean there is a couple things on the arid cliffs but where are the Wetland Birds nothing on the shoreline no waders on the mudflats. About a decade after this is built there is no or revegetation hardly anything has come back and remember at our us its the floodplain of the river thats creating all those wetlands and because here by design there will not be any flooding youre not going to have that rich soil and all the vegetation that grows on the whole valley will look like this ecologically everywhere you go around the world this that fine balance between development and nature and of course progress has to be made whats needed is solutions that benefit both populations and the natural while. Chan has some reason to feel hopeful in his efforts to win protected status for the arris river wetlands. In 2009 with data provided by him and his team make clear 70 kilometers north of paris was designated a ram cell where. International recognition as being of global importance i can see hundreds hundreds or any yeah i said it and im so sorry kitted out and see the cranes got there and there are some ducks in there these critical lakes when dealing in going out one by one so could you because one of the last and most important lakes in the entire North Eastern turkey but from star status doesnt mean the lake is thriving direct impacts such as draining it for irrigation and hunting it stopped it in direct threats remain ground water extraction the 3 need by wells is reducing the lakes water levels and animals still raise the retired state in september 28th the lake dried up completely it was just like dry mud during the season when it is the most important for birds there was no water and no birds the chance a its a ram sar site and declare victory and walk away i mean. Casu issues a never ending battle like as long as their place is there you have to make sure it stays chan is working on a number of fronts to save the lake and has just signed an agreement to protect it with the provincial governor meanwhile his struggle to prevent the dam from being built on the arris river wetland continues just coming here regularly year after year with eyes being the importance of the work we are doing and even if i lose all have it on my conscience ill know i have done my best and i didnt just turn my back and gave. It to that tomatoes around half of the worlds wetlands have disappeared in the past century. Lake and the arris river wetlands have a chance to champion them but as Global Development continues apace more wetlands in other parts of the world are going to need a local hero to fight that corner. Across the globe ecosystems are falling victim to human exploitation. One possible way of ensuring their protection is to enshrine their right to defend themselves in law. In the us in the 1970 s. A legal scholar called Christopher Starr proposed that nature should be seen as a living entity with the same legal rights as people. It which through human representatives be able to stand up in court and defend itself against threats to its well being. Since then the idea has been gaining traction. In 2008 ecuador wrote it into its constitution becoming the 1st country to give nature the legal right to exist and flourish and in 2017 new zealand sad largest river the fact he knew he was given legal status after marriage tried for it for its rights to be preserved. The way forward isnt simple for the future of conservation may lie in ensuring nature has recourse to justice. Global Food Production is wasteful and its training our planet. But pioneers are adapting with new food sources jellyfish is delicious with a very light seafood taste and texture. 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