Transcripts For DW Eco Africa 20240713

Glad you tune in for today show we will be taking on a trip all over of all continents as we shed some light on the environmental threats faced here if you will be i will see how the Church Communities are working to protect their local tree formulation. And i will show you what south africa is doing to better protect its coasts and seas. We will investigate why slashing and burning homes the soil and crop yields in the long term. Did you know that Church Congregations in ethiopia play a cute role in Environmental Protection it all started when deforestation began to deplete the countrys indigenous local stop it was the congregations up want to preserve their local forest im into india especially diversity because if we go into south going down there we found a community with more than 30 different kinds of trees that are still growing it turns out its not so hard to do. For almost 25 years by governor merriam go but as a last he has been tending to his Church Forest some 200 monks living here in this altar thats the way he took community in northern ethiopia for centuries monks up preserve the forests around their churches taking care of the citizens as being a spiritual ritual for members of this faith they view the natural forest as a symbol of heaven. The ministry hands 183. 5. This is on and on the ship of the ministry we are committed to date and some more to transfer our history and heritage we have got from our fathers and a responsibility to plants and protect new trees whenever the old trees die. Laughing that is and with. Thanks to their efforts many church compounds both of large indigenous trees such as the wild pier or the iron tree earlier africana for example some of the trees around here are 100 years old. If your pea has less than 5 percent forest cover down from 40 percent in 1990 trees are cut down for charcoal and firewood and to make way for farming and grazing land but to protect the church flores have remained intact the south gone the region an estimated 1500. 00 tiny charred forest. The fuel be an altar there are still why he do churches established a commission to help further conserve them. Kieffer walk or is in charge of Forest Protection in the community they dont want to force you know kit in the church therefore we have to. First we have to maintain. Well to protect the Church Forest itself and secondly we have to replicate the experience of the church to our community. The monks have created new partnerships with local communities and schools tara gave them Primary School next to the ministry is one of them. We supported just called the collapse was different pharma tours and various forests see this and the city biggest by them said this drama and poetry sessions are part of the environmental education. In the 2 years since the Church Community project was founded they have managed to create 3 plantations in the school grounds. Thats a lot of bad luck with little or no we have learned that if the trees it is important for life trees to be oxygen and. Also bring green time as well as preventing soil erosion. That my knowledge i thought id look at the. Project is almost intended to improve the Living Standards of local people so as to reduce over the crandon some existing forest resources. With additional funding from a german protest and Aid Organization 25. 00 women here each received 3 sheep. Some have since grown 2 heads of nearly 10 i used to say i call it said and saudi to buy food for my family that is what my livelihood depended on but now a system thats big judge believes that since the among accepted and respected by the community there conservation activities will serve as role models. But even with their efforts convincing people here to preserve the forest instead of creating new farmland remains a challenge. We are the receiving end of a lot of pollution in the world its a noncompromising statement by kerry an artist an environmental activist killed corps. Like maybe in africa hes angry and appalled by the extent of pollution or where he lives as a result a 56 year old has turned tons of waste matter or into our so we visited him in this weeks doing your bit. This lion sculpture is made from animal snares once used by poachers in the National Parks. These works book related by kenyan artist kyoko taking. The sculpts when he used to metal Environmental Issues close to his heart. He works with waste from factories. Years ago he started off as a welder. In his spare time he fashioned artistic objects. One day and broker bought them and displayed them in a nairobi gallery. About swimwear tiki realized he could make a living with his art his works now fetch up to 10000. 00 apiece he also trains younger artists he says that over the years hes 10 thousands of tonnes of scrap metal into an art. And how about you if youre also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. Hash tag doing your bit. We share your stories. Whatever theres a discussion on the future of energy the word hybrid. Comes up there all the less chemical substance is the most abundant in the universe i mean its years could be helpful if we do see in Carbon Emissions and industrialized nations but very correct to some spots i think. We have all been waiting for in the flight Climate Change in the. Tech and to deploy the big. In the area and production. To some crop is germanys biggest steelmaker producing the metal is a very Energy Intensive process and the c o 2 it emits makes a significant contribution to Global Warming one reason is that coal is used to chemically reduce the iron no word from which the steel is made. In order to extract the oxygen from me or i need a substance that is eager to take up oxygen traditionally carbon has been used for that we add coke and even coal dust to our Blast Furnace. Both are high in carbon. They extract the oxygen from the door and the resulting c o 2 is blown out of the furnace not all the laws for centuries coal seemed to be the only substance capable of binding the oxygen from partizan cope has now managed to make the process work with a different element hydrogen. Even hydrogen is very very oxygen hungry so its able to get the oxygen out of your. And then theres the heat production during the whole process as with carbon in the big difference is that when its oxidised to the hydrogen only generates water vapor so it isnt harmful for the climate the most it was just. Hydrogen is explosive under certain conditions but trial runs in the Blast Furnace have proceeded smoothly theyre the 1st of their kind in the world the engineers say that the new technique could reduce their c o 2 emissions by 20 percent the Company Plans to upgrade all 4 of its Blast Furnace is here into sport over the next few years and wants to replace them with new ones that run on hydrogen. The Technology Comes at a price though and there are doubts about its viability worldwide. At the center for fuel Cell Technology at the nearby university of 2 sport essen researchers study Hydrogen Production and processing theres practically no hydrogen in the atmosphere which means the gas has to be synthesized but that comes with a bonus of hydrogen can store Renewable Energy from the wind and sun that is power generated by a Wind Turbines and solar panels. Electricity cant be stored effectively. Grid isnt a storage medium it stood by but hydrogen produced from renewables can be stored. And can be converted into electricity at a later date or heat. In another project in germany colognes Regional Transit system is switching to hydrogen for a longer bus routes to reduce emissions the green fleet will soon number 35 vehicles the largest of its kind in europe. The buses powered by Hydrogen Fuel cells can cover 3 or 400. On a single fill up. And theyre certainly more beneficial to the environment than the traditional diesel models. It was. The main difference is that theyre quieter practically all you can hear of the tires on the road and theres 0 emissions too of course which is an advantage of the new Hydrogen Buses in terms of driving theyre really quite nice. And. The buses are fitted with the special Hydrogen Tank which is filled once a day while the bus is out and about the hydrogen reacts with oxygen from the air to give water the Energy Produced by the reaction powers the engine and theres no problem Getting Hydrogen here and theyre going to want to over there is that here it can up sock Industrial Park where they use electrolysis to generate chlorine with hydrogen is a byproduct of the process so as a Regional Transit company its very interesting to see this a product that is generated and used regionally without any major dependencies and theres a supply right next to our factory k. Hydrogen as a fuel is currently still far more expensive than regular Energy Sources but with an expanded infrastructure it really could become a Practical Energy carrier for the future. It wasnt all that long ago the idea protected areas to a low nature and wildlife to thrive without human intervention seemed a lot nowadays we can hunt in a while if we want them last year the South African government announced the creation of 20 new wiring protected areas and while this is amazing the importance for my rinku savation one young scientist is hoping to find a way to support course of ation while also enabling the conference people to benefit for weeks time resources. One of south africas older reserves is the Table Mountain National Park marine protected area which was created in 2004. Since then once threatened species of fish and other marine life have been able to regenerate and thrive. The area covers a 1000 square kilometers it includes a few exclusion zones but the rest is a mix of marine environments where people are allowed to catch fish as long as they apply for permits. See is a marine biologist working on determining which other marine areas should be protected taking into consideration not only ecological issues but also the impact on Human Society Going Forward how i am proposing to design marine protected areas is to incorporate also that those feel as being the social benefit that people can derive from marine protected areas so were not just put taking the Natural Environment but we also protecting the benefit that people can get out of marine protected areas now and in the future some fishing communities are unhappy about the new reserves they say a ban on harvesting ocean resources threatens their traditional livelihoods whether or not that will prove to be the case there might be interesting alternatives archaeological sites have been discovered on land for example in Table Mountain National Park that date back thousands of years caesar says they could become part of protected land and coastal marine areas and could attract plenty of visitors i found that some communities didnt realize that there was tourism potential in the area and that they could switch from harvesting to thumb thing like tourism taking people out teaching people about the area using the indigenous knowledge which people are so hungry for tourists who want to know what the locals know and local sometimes didnt realize that that was an ethic that they had knowledge with as several of the new protected areas are far out to sea but the one at simons town is in coastal waters. Its become a popular destination to go scuba diving. Dive master eddie cousin high e. Shows tourists the beautiful underwater science is when we take people in the n. P. A. Areas the reaction is just amazing most of them from many using this in but it makes me feel good. We know we still have. Fishes in a lot of different spaces for people to see paid to be. Protected areas so its not only college ists who are keen to see protected areas extended more and more people are coming to realize the environmental and economic benefits at the university of cape town seizo puts together data on Marine Biodiversity and coastal sites of interest she also models the social impact of potential new n. P. A. Hes. We think conservation has to be on the one side people on the other side but we are part of a system and so if we are able to do bad i think we will be successful in expanding the marine protected area me to a can ensuring that it is representative of all our ecosystem time if south africa is to meet the goal and double the extent of its marine protected areas theres still a lot of work to do caesars research should help the authorities decide exactly where to locate them and help ensure South Africans will enjoy the benefits. And now buchan lunt we have a look at these in africa in trusting me keeping these elephants away from the corpse it may sound unbelievable but jan creatures are terrified of the need to but not only that a project in tanzania shows how keeping bees that even prevent wider species extinction. Its night time in the countryside around the turns in the city of every show must i women harvesting honey from beehives the african honey bees a calmer at night making the work much easier. Once the honeycombs ever moved the wooden hives will be hung back up in the trees and now is one of the beekeepers. Have to go. In and holy a village there are 40 of us women there are elderly mothers there are middle aged mothers there are young people doing the beekeeping. We train people and we ourselves have been trained on how to harvest the honey and how do wear these clothes as you can see. The training is done by the Nonprofit Organization African People and wildlife its instructors show the women how to assemble the hypes how to protect themselves and how to harvest the honey. The Program Gives them Financial Independence and also empowers them in the male dominated community where their new. Camping is important for this Masai Community because theyve demonstrated hard work and a long history of protecting the environment with the beekeeping project is a venture that protects their environment while officer caring some income for the needs through the sale of honey and other beekeeping products. With. The Organization Provides funding to help the women start their own businesses in return they devote some of that time to conservation walk some of them plant trees others clean up their village educate students on Environmental Issues and thats another reason why this project benefits the environment. Under tanzania law the land surrounding a beehive is protected. You cannot cut down the tree and you cannot cultivate in the vicinity of the hive because the goal is wild pollination and maintaining spaces for wild bees and wild flowers across these beautiful ecosystems. The African People and wildlife and geo says around 1300 hives have been set up in the bush for harvesting and the 1000 women have benefited from the program so far the women hope that as that businesses grow more and more areas will come under protection to sustain wildlife the bees. In many african countries slashing and bonding is often the way used to prepare land for planting crops regardless of whether that land is depleted or flat tight but many overlook the fact that the method of destroying the story went down below the stuffings. Indeed just under the weight of child i mean living organisms are neutrons in the soil but one young man in senegal house come up with a new way to cut down on bushfires thats good for the soil im here im cant even produce a better harvest i see this. These are she is still hot recently trees are cut down here and one to make room for new fields. The Tropical Forest out on the religion is in south and senegal is endangered. The palmira palm isnt part of the forest it provides the villagers with fruit with wood to build funny with palm leaves for the roofs of the huts. But again and again the forest is it alight clement somebody is a farmer from start to who wants to protect the trees he sees the slash and burn my thought is actually harmful for agriculture although the new fields may be for bonding also causes soil erosion which is bad for the palmira palm trees. They dont appear for a fall. This is an example of a devastating bushfire last year someone set a fire here and then just left you can see the back of this tree branch down to the base that means the whole tree is now much more vulnerable the incredible. New way. If everything bands down then we wont be able to gather wood for cooking so cicely said now who is one of the oldest villagers she tells us that part of the pond near a palm tree is also used many seen only. A crisis Meeting Village elder christophe quali explains how serious the situation ease slashing and burning does not only destroy forest and control fires threaten the village itself. So who is setting these fires theres a speculation but no one wants to point fingers they decide to patrol the area very well in a rare visit but is an example of founded a committee that will look into the organisation of a troll i dont turn to villagers from our own suit to participating in order to get these bush fires under control clearly says graham i think were probably going to put a bill but the farm with lemon someone who doesnt think but trolls will help he believes in the power of persuasion and he has an idea he discovered a method on the internet it will make depleted soils for tell again then there will be no need to ban the forests to create arable farmland these methyl is called google quota or hell culture fast over unusable logs and dead branches is laid down leaves grass and weeds is put on top then it only needs watering in time it becomes a fight a bed for planting clements some who tried it on his own fields and was successful. Or needed we only want to eat once a week so not a lot but if you put your hands on top of each its as if youre deep in the woods a really nice damp foreign soil and thats just what the plants need to do for a live report is more when you put. This in terms villagers plant mostly veggie tables on their fields clemence some teaches them before as friendly method. Which also gives them valuable compost for. Cecil said not decided to use the compost on her fields. Miracle my language is similar kind of us i make compost it gives me a profit instead of having to buy for to live with these profit i take care of my house and i take care of my children my 2 nephews i can go to the market to buy the hands that he raised a secure my future and see if our forest master can deposit. It so when we news in compost to revitalize the depleted fields and make them fertile again protect the pone of palm trees ensue too and the whole Tropical Forest. 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