Look at the downside of tourism. And we head to uganda where people in the l g b t Community Live in perpetual fear. There are as many different kinds of intimacy as there are people every relationship is unique there are men who love women women who love women people who love both men and women and so on. And yet being homosexual bisexual or transgender is highly discriminated against or even outlawed in 70 countries across the world. In 11 countries in africa the Arabian Peninsula and the middle east homosexuality is even an offense punishable by death. Homo sexual acts are commonly defined as obscene or unnatural and often described as sodomy words. Like thats are also used in uganda and some politicians that have called for the introduction of the Death Penalty. Daybreak income paula and for the activists from freedom and roam uganda it will be another day fighting discrimination against lesbian gay and trans people gloria the programs officer could potentially face imprisonment or even execution the government has plans to reintroduce legislation colloquially called the kill the gays law that would impose the Death Penalty for same sex relations. Are what has changed what has been transpiring leading up to the time when the. Public information. From. Uganda is one of the most homophobic countries on the planet the bill in question was originally passed by its parliament and 2014 before being struck down following protests from International Aid donors. In this country religion plays a very fundamental role thats one thing people dont know because even in the. Formulation of their record mendacious i really held in high regard. And that presents a dilemma for gloria shes a lesbian activist who had a strict christian upbringing her mothers a pastor the churchs homophobic stance has always been an issue for her. I still got it and. Some days its ward other days its hard for you to sift through or someone with a past is just saying that. Was one of fun where. Every weekend all saints cathedral income paula hosts a number of weddings but only between men and women. Homosexuality was 1st formally criminalized in uganda after the introduction of christianity. Was she was the in. The cathedrals provost rebecca new gania is opposed to tolerance. If you are an african who has grown up in the culture of africa its something that has always been for a new to us but also as a test minister who reads this group has also find it difficult to accept it because homosexuality is seen just as like any other scene it is laid just like if i were to install something i have seen and i can not polish it and say well i was stealing because of hungry no. L g b t people continue to be stigmatized by both the church and politicians and are often the victims of violence. Where. Sex workers like samual are particularly at risk although hes in a sewer what most of his customers pay for is sex. Samuel receives clients in his own home. You can tell me where you feel in the night. Even at home he doesnt feel safe samuel has been severely beaten on a number of occasions. A. Big. No one could hear a bully. I had to call my relatives and they had to know who i am. So after. Leaving the game i had to leave my things there because the community was not ok. For homosexuals being out it is a daily fear rumors spread fast in the citys densely populated informal settlements and samual says the number of attacks is on the rise in new delhi if you even get community you shift every up just some sort of tame if you suspect that they have known you just shift so samuel stays on the move and has been disowned by his family his customer has stories too i was moved with my dad. He was like find out the he wanted me to. Live is else so i started. Slipping in the street looking for the new york new york. Because i cannot go back to my. Life we are living in. L g b t people in uganda are ostracized and often alone. Friends in the community they are not helping at all. Samuel is afraid the antihomosexual legislation would further stoke hostility towards the community and gloria agrees she continues to fight for more tolerance and continues to help after all the bill has been ruled unconstitutional before hope is the only thing we have cause when you lose hope basically you dont win more so even when. Things seem impossible. And now for our global ideas series we take a big leap from africa to the maldives last year the Tropical Island paradise in the middle of the indian ocean received nearly 1400000 visitors new hotels and airports to accommodate them all being built at a cost to both nature and locals a reporter traveled there to reveal a side of the mole deaves that holidaymakers dont see. The big corporations and businesses they all call this team to win no matter which government is in power. Humans wont stop travelling and recrimination is the only way it will be called for here right now so will there be more coming absolutely over the next 45 years you will have probably another 60 some of the resorts here. Now once they have to make or started developing it ones there is so much of destruction sedimentation that leaves can which would definitely have a negative impact on. The International Airport in the most d. V. M. Capital mali provides a gateway for tourists from all over the world they then taken by boat to the resort islands that are just a short distance from the airport that provides a logistical advantage especially when storms hit. In just 15 minutes the visitors arrive in crossroads a mega resort made up of 9 islands the night in one of these bungalows cost 650 euros 2 years ago this was all just water satellite images reveal how the artificial islands suddenly emerged in the middle of the coral reef magoon 2 and a half 1000 palm trees were brought here from other islands if you didnt know youd think it all develops naturally those in charge of the project are keen to uphold that illusion its still a natural island. From 10 minutes away from here so ultimately. How far off all the palm trees are from neighboring islands very off because they were developing something on the island say an airstrip or or a construction. The whole issue of artificial islands and return to palm trees has long caught the attention of the Anti Corruption ngo transparency mal de. Under a number of deals reached by the previous government nearly 60 calling the rounding the capital mali released to investors they are now building more and more answers fishel islands for tourists this means the need for palm trees is growing and they are in short supply as multi even law states the trees mustnt be brought in from abroad why are these trees being transported to that resort. Where theres. There are many islands reclaimed put the purpose of extending. For the people to live and. They dont have. Any trees. Transparency deaves says that tourism is given more significance than the environment the countrys environmental protection. Agency used to assess to resume projects before they were approved but the previous government changed that. Specially if youre consider the area school or sort of the capital. They have a lot of recrimination. I think richard not concentrated making resort. Rather than doing that we should be focusing on. 6 new airports was scheduled to be built this year and next to improve access between islands the island of call her to show she was stripped of most of its mangroves to accommodate its their port but most of the time it stands empty as its not really needed the next airport is just a 20 minute boat ride away activists like adam of tiller take to twitter to report on the latest building projects theyre using the twitter hash tag save multiverse to speak out and engage with the authorities. I think its a huge risk to beso economy on just the Tourism Industry alone in order for proliferation of tourism were destroying the very thing which our Tourism Industry is best on. These coconut shells have spent 9 months soaking in the mangrove swamp to get them soft enough to gain fibers used for making groet. For 400. 00 women on the island of pushy its the only source of income one that is now drying out plans are afoot to remove the islands last month groves to make way for a building project 70 year old eyeshot has spent most of her life making rope 1st come in about 44 the airport was built the community was asked if we wanted to keep the mangroves and everyone said yes one of. The politicians simply ignored the residents wishes thats a problem people on the island of corrado have been complaining about 15 years now. Their standoff with the authorities concerns this channel of water sand is to be taken from it regularly to preserve the beaches of the resort opposite its Standard Practice in the mile dedes residents on the island gain nothing from the resort but sand is being taken away from them. Early from transparency multiverse says the island is shrinking trees along the coast are dying as the beach is steadily eroding shes collecting evidence in a bid to gave people here a voice but theyre fighting a powerful opponent. The current owner is also connected to a call to get some of the leaders of this country so. If it would really be hard for a commoner or for a Small Community like this to stand up and fight against it i hope that with the Near Government come in they would immediately like stop all the. Projects go but its very sad that a lot of this project in. Anyone involved in the construction to. Whether on the mole deaves already knows how important it is after all its an essential component in concrete the worldwide demand for sound has tripled in just 20 years so much so in fact that in some parts of africa and asia usable deposits are already growing scarce up to 15000000000 tons of sound a processed every year thats enough to build a wall 27 meters high and 27 meters thick in circling the entire planet along the equator. Cambodia has been a major exporter of sand and thats causing major problems for People Living along the mekong river. More dreads the sound of the masonry settling at night the 1st thing she does after getting up is to check if there are any new cracks in the walls. This building used to be her home whats left of a once contented life. When the riverbank broke away i dragged the bed across to the back i tried to sleep here. But then i saw how the entire garden was gong and the wall had collapsed. Then i took everything apart piece by piece. In order to at least selvage something more began to demolish her home with her own hands. I worked hard my whole life long. Now im old and alone. Ive lost everything. I was afraid that the stone house was too heavy and would sink thats why at least rescued the doors windows and tiles. Theyre now in storage a few meters away for when times get better if they ever do the mekong river is devouring this village its changed course and now flows faster the river has carried away entire buildings here the government has placed sandbags along the shore as a makeshift barrier what used to be an asphalt road is now a new waterway these boats are currently empty and riding high in the water on the return trip theyre heavily laden with endless tons of sand a fisherman shows us the dredges extracting it from the riverbed locals dont know who they belong to. That got to me congress changed it didnt used to be this white you know we used to be able to swim from one side to the other you can hear what was being said on the other side on the water wasnt as deep as it is today. He positions his fishing out here by the river bank every morning and used to catch plenty of fish throughout the day today though once again his net remains empty. Across asia rivers and seas are being robbed of their sand which is needed at construction sites in faraway cities. Glass cement asphalt all vital materials for urban centers expanding all over asia and all made using sand singapores prosperity is literally built on sand which for many years was imported from cambodia cut some more has sold her cow and now lives in its former shed with no door no cupboards and no toilet. When it rains and is windy the water comes through the walls to stay dry i cover everything with plastic and crouch on the bed under the tarp. Her neighbors were also hit hard now they live in this shack. One night the family heard strange noises their tiny hole began to sink and to slide the bank of the river collapsed and it was swept away. For Drinking Water the villagers collect rain the grown ups work hard every day on construction sites in the nearby city but they never earn enough. Warm. Every day i build houses for other people the Hotels Restaurants and skyscrapers also all made using sand the rich live their comfortable lives and im poor and cant do anything about it but because the sand is missing here our house slid into the me cold. The villagers are desperate but also disheartened that. The sand doesnt belong to anyone it belongs to the river but these people come here investors Business People they come and just take the sand in order to sell it. Later cambodia has now officially prohibited the export of sand but how strictly is the ban enforced when asked government officials refused to comment just outside the capital phnom penh mountains of sand her piled up for the citys own construction sites this man works for a conservation group. In 2016 we check the shipping documentation and found that come both claim to be sending only small amounts of sand to singapore but according to singapore it imported many times that quantity it doesnt add up but the government has never commented on it. In cambodia since used to be something that never ran out now its a valuable resource of vital material in the construction of booming asian cities. And cities are where it sat for many seeking a more prosperous life big urban centers around the world a bursting at the scenes for car suggested by 2050 up to 2 thirds of the global population will live in large cities and thats has a knock on effect in the countryside villages the dying out many places are seeing a rural exodus of unprecedented proportions how can village life be made appealing again one russian entrepreneur is trying to help. Welcome to mali to dish a small village deep in the Ural Mountains only 20 houses are inhabited there used to be 500 People Living here now there are only 50 its one of the many thousands of villages in russia that was dying out. But then they came to the rescue i may be small and look like a boy she says but dont underestimate me calls herself a social entrepreneur. Shes always on her cell phone. Sells jam on line and everyone who buys some gets a personalized thank you video for helping the whole village or to learn the limits is now let me to know that theyre doing a good deed anyone who contributes becomes part of our initiative a whole army of people that want to bring about change. Jam for miley to dish still bery bery the jobs are dispatched throughout the country many a send out individually. They even make their labels themselves. And t. Is another one of their products. Herb square right outside the window most people who. They have long reached retirement age where all grandmothers but they say and the babble she does decide who can work here. Remember the woman who was here for only 2 days we told her to stay home she was too slow. They all come from the village or neighboring villages ok. We chat we tell jokes and we laugh a lot the whole village can hear us the windows are open. The. Sweet spoonfuls fitty they came up with the idea themselves as syrup made with wild herbs and dried berries the latest flavor is seed buckthorn and cinnamon. An organic food chain in moscow has just placed an order for 8000. Says its the customers who long for a life in the country. The best of that which has the question such as youre at work making tea with a cheap youd much prefer tea from a some of our just like in the country its like a little vacation at work or the next best thing you take the sweet spoon dunk it into your boring cheney and all of a sudden its most like summer in the countryside. But that. Word has long since got out that pays a good price for berries and herbes. Shes made a big difference in all of my lead to do she she also founded a Small Library even if its seldom used. And she also organize garbage collection thats something very rare in russian villages. That lena is so impressed that she moved back to the village from the next larger town she inherited a house this year and now shes renovating it soon shell be moving in with her husband and child. Deters the commuters who said everything has changed since ive been here. Were going to make a go of it well fix up the house when try out village life. Its not a big house but it sturdy with 3 rooms her grandparents built it tells us shes hoping to find a job through gives a few mentioning that she needs someone to help with the administration here but theyre good its just that in the city sit at work surrounded by concrete walls and then you go home to more of the same and you dont know what to do with yourself or here you go into the garden you pick some still and you make a salad its simply a much nicer life. Next door in the small factory the order for the moscow organic chain is almost ready as always everyones having fun. But at some point. Will be able to stand on its own without bench will pack up and move on to the next village and help the people there. Where will i be in 10 years somewhere out in nature. Or maybe in a plane because of course ill be flying back and forth between the villages and hopefully a lot of them. And there are many villages like mali to do in russia just waiting for help. Thats all from global 3000 this week thanks for watching we love getting your feedback about the program so do write to us at global 3000 at w dot com. And dont forget you can also find us on facebook d w women see you next week till then take care. Eco india. Its the most basic human blood. But more than 800000000 people worldwide dont have access to the subsequent. Dismissing of modern clusters the deep dive into new solutions to protect the most important resource. 30 minutes on d w 2. After the salute to berlin wall and were not. Playing. Are we alone its a fundamental question on your management trying to figure out whether or not. Life existed on mars pretty clear water was there and quite abundance while that would be interesting so on mars the atmosphere is a 100th of what we have here on earth its very very cold and at the past its like antarctica you could imagine bringing some supplies and you know new tools and build a little selfcontained pressure vehicle or vessel which would be on the surface there are things like oxygen that you can harvest from the atmosphere to help make living possible. If you want to think of humanity if we really want to survive forever were going to have to move off the earth eventual am i know that seems a little crazy but youve got to start somewhere. This is g. W. News live from berlin chilling is under a state of emergency after days of deadly protests the government canceling a metro fare hike that sparked the on the rest and we look at what is fueling the outbreak. 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