I was a student i wanted to build a life for myself. But suddenly life became how much counts on. Providing insights global news that matters d. W. Made for mines. The. Trouble in paradise the seychelles once troops rolled back its biggest money spinner tourism more visitors mean more money what about the environment. Far from silky smooth chinas new silk road faces more criticism over transparency good luck about says must say its not a 2 way street. Wise africa tries fixing cocoa prices to combat fall of poverty but there are reports global chop makers are undermined. Its if its. Been physical and lets do business 1st this new south African Airways has announced its selling some of its aircraft the cash strapped carry a is shedding 9 of its air bus 340 planes like this one along with several spare engines it says the sale is to make space for new aircraft it is not linked to the state owned Companies Rescue process South Africans unions have warned the airlines could have to suspend flights and delay salary payments if it doesnt receive millions of dollars in emergency money from the government the airline fell into a form of bankruptcy protection last month in another sign of south africas economic struggles. The seychelles is africas smallest country and only high income economy according to the World Bank High and tourism save the islands from going bankrupt during the financial crisis but the masses of tourists are now impacting the nations delicate ecosystems. With pristine white sand beaches and abundant wildlife its no wonder that the 115 islands of the seychelles are a draw for Foreign Tourists mostly from europe in fact 384000 people came to the islands in 21001. 00 thats 4 times the countrys population so the question at hand for officials now is how many visitors are too many visitors tourism in general is increasing and that is of concern to conservationists like myself the Sustainable Developers like myself who find that review we are reaching a point which exports over tourism its not just a matter of well intentioned leaders at about 450 square kilometers the seychelles is the smallest country in africa half of that area has protected status including to unesco World Heritage sites Officials Say preserving the environment now it will make sure that the Tourism Industry stays strong. It does not destroy. What we did for us to do was to. Trust those that are in the people feel very large you know. Who or you. Feel. The places efforts to achieve balance doesnt mean 2 or ism in the seychelles is going to come screeching to a stop any time soon officials know that the industry accounts for over a quarter of jobs on the islands the government says a survey on tourism and sustainability is set to begin soon. Businesses need to adapt urgently to the growing threat from Climate Change according to a Consulting Firm mckinsey millions of lives and trillions of euros in Economic Activity will be at risk if Greenhouse Gas emissions keep rising by 2050 ocean warming is expected to reduce fish catches by almost 10 percent i could affect the livelihoods of up to 800000000 people i can see adds that Global Supply chains are also at risk because they often designed for efficiency over brazilian. The United Nations estimates that a Record Number of people in a block of 16 Southern African countries face hunger according to the u. N. Food program repeated drought widespread flooding and economic these are a a just some of the reasons contributing to the hunger crisis 45000000 people face hunger across 16 countries so far less than half of the necessary funds have been raised to provide assistance to is the worst nation hit by the crisis with almost 8000000 people facing food insecurity. European businesses are urging the e. U. Level the Playing Field in chinas belt and Road Initiative a survey by the e. U. Chamber of commerce in china valid european firms are facing a variety of barriers to physis a pay to the project including a lack of transparency in the tendering process Initiative Aims to establish a boss there for ports railways roads and Industrial Parks spanning the globe. We asked the president of the chamber of commerce in china. To describe the problems Foreign Companies face as a signal to the incident here china is a one stop shop i mean they have the. Trains then the ships and then this island with chinese finances to whatever country is willing to basically have these projects and its very telling that to 90 percent of all the. Stays in china so we have a similar situation. Most of all you and all the countries where we have this like of access to projects we have their problems years and china and all of a sudden we come across this in other worlds to china you know really. Exporting its procurement model. Germanys federal and state governments have agreed to phase out coal energy by 2038 the 1st coal fired power plant has shed will to go offline this year with plans to shut off the remaining facilities over the next 18 years the move will come at some cost to the state operators will receive around 4000000000. 00 euros in compensation the states and regions affected by the shutdowns are also set to receive 40000000000. 00 in structural aid. Lets listen in to what germanys economy minister peter maya and environment minister spanier shots have to say about that this. Exit agreement between federal and state governments has been reached it creates a Legal Certainty will allow companies to plan an insurance we achieve a climate goals while security of supply hes guaranteed it. Is interest. We are the 1st country to get out of nuclear and coal energy and this isnt in the Foreign International signal from our side thus the damage then. If youve ever seen any of our reports on cocoa production in africa youll know who the winners and losers are in the industry chocolate is a multi 1000000000. 00 market but its heavily weighted against local produces in favor of International Retail its now small holders in west africa want a bigger say in the price of chocolate and a big cut of the revenue. Small farmers in ghana harvest cocoa for the Confectionery Industry but its hard to make a living despite Strong Demand only 6 percent of what the beans earn on the world market and up in their hands that could change donna and ivory coast are the worlds biggest producers together making up 60 percent of cocoa production they want to use their market leverage to push for better prices. In the past 2 years the price of raw cocoa beans has risen on Global Markets in december 27001. 00 tonne cost around 1500. 00 by december this roast over 2400. 00 however at that price was down on the previous month the price fluctuates a lot. To ensure a stable income for Cocoa Farmers ghana and ivory coast want to set the price this year at around 2600. 00 a tonne. Some International Commodities firms like switzerland very callous but have also signaled that they are willing to pay a fixed premium so Cocoa Farmers get more for their beings so far its generally been less than 2. 00 a day. As a collective he is following this story for us is there truth to the reports that. These efforts are being undermined by chocolate maker is by buying less and negotiating discounts on other parts of the price. So far these reports have not been made official because dan and i have recalls have not read and yet ive spoken to some farmers who have not signaled that this is really the train to what is happening so far as a strategy by these chocolate bias because they also want to reduce the cost involved in producing products by that is just a report but theres no official communication to that effect yet its what you got or an ivory coast ph d. To make sure that its campaign does succeed i mean they have the leverage the top 2 producers. Have done a lot to actually get to this age and a full gun and ive recalls the. Days and some of you obviously all that you have to do is to maintain the grounds and show that what it was shipped out for and i agreed on last year that gets to be given to families and basically does already have to do 2 good ground and they should i get a best value for 4 for the just briefly but will this year see a turnaround for many families who live in poverty. Yes thats the expectation for many families but obviously it has been high rates for you. Is not the ultimate for them and although many of them expect to have i think remained an improvement. In the. Government and actually set up industrious yesterday to industry value to these beings. For us thank you very much. Now here comes the knight in shining armor i was on the jeff bezos has written into india with a 1000000000. 00 to hand out he wants to digitize businesses to join his cause the very 1st hes accused of destroying with his Online Retail giant indias Competition Commission is investigating allegations of preferential listing and exclusionary tactics. Jeff bezos received a rock stars welcome from his employees in india as he told them exactly the sort of thing they wanted to hear this country has something special. And its a democracy. This is going to be the indian century to india but the warm reception he received inside the home is an event in new delhi was not matched outside the main gate traditional indian street traders have been protesting the c. E. O. s visit they say around a 100000. 00 Small Businesses have gone bust because of internet retailers selling unfairly discounted products they accuse amazon and its main competitor flipkart of colonial practices. The 2nd version of. The one to wipe only pretty sure they dont. Theyre all. Jeff bezos trying to head off some of that criticism with his 1000000000 dollar announcement he says the investment will help indian businesses to digitize and spread their products will. Why were going to use our global footprint to export outside of india to export 10000000000. 00 us dollars of make an india goods 6 god but that promise hasnt been enough to convince indian trade is that you wish amazon had never turned up in the 1st place mundungus not nice doing business with you. Mob. And on demand. Courses. And. The law. To go to the girl max chance. The finest goods. With exclusive access to a must see concerning car culture kira. Curious moms. Do it yourself networkers odd subscribers dont miss some odd. 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