Transcripts For DW Eco Africa 20240713

Lots of new environmental topics and ideas from the europe and africa with me my colleague in the region. Had a little sandra its great to be here again my name is now its i am glad you tune in for todays show we will be taking on a trip all over the continent as we shed some light on the environmental threats faced here in ethiopia we will see how the Church Communities are working to protect their local tree what relation. 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 and 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 to prison. For us i meant in the especially diversity. There we found a community with more than 30 different kinds of trees about still growing it turns out its not so hard to do. For almost 25 years. Has been tending to his Church Forest some 200 monks living here in this altar thats the way he built community in northern ethiopia for centuries monks up preserve the forests around their churches taking care of the siblings as being a spiritual ritual for members of this faith to view the natural forest as a symbol of heaven. The ministry 183. 5. This is on and on the shape of the ministry we are committed to day and tomorrow to transfer history and heritage we have god from our fathers and a responsibility to plants and put new trees well over the old trees. And. Thanks to their efforts many compounds both of large indigenous trees such as the white or the iron tree 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 1993 that 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 dog 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. 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 there is a city biggest by them so 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. Theres a lot of bad luck with that we have learned that trees it is important for life trees to be oxygen and. Also bring green time as well as preventing soil erosion. In fact my knowledge i thought id look at that. The project is almost intended to improve the Living Standards of local people so as to reduce over the kremlins an 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 animals i used to say i call it said mood and saw i need for my family that is what my livelihood depended on but now a system thats big judge believes that seems among accepted and respected by the community that 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 carrying 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 the 56 year old has turned tons of waste murtaugh into office 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 the created by kenyan artist. Hes gulps with used metal Environmental Issues close to his heart. He works with waste from factories. 80 years ago he started off as a welder. In his spare time he fashioned artistic objects. One day and broke a bought them and displayed them in a nairobi gallery. Dance one with tiki realized he could make a living with his art his works now fetch up to 10000. 00 a piece he also trains younger artists he says that over the years hes turned thousands of tonnes of scrap metal into alt. 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. Whenever theres a discussion on the future of energy the word Hydrogen Comes up a lot. So there are less chemical substance most of us i mean its years could be helpful if we do see in Carbon Emissions and industrialized nations but very quick to. Think that we have. In the flight Climate Change in the. Pollutants in the area from sport 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 ore 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 a core and the resulting c o 2 is blown out of the furnace. For centuries coal seemed to be the only substance capable of binding the oxygen from. Partizan crop has now managed to make the process work with a different element hydrogen. Hydrogen is very very oxygen hungry so its able to get the oxygen out of the or. And then theres the heat production during the whole process as with carbon in all the big difference is that when its oxidised the hydrogen only generates water vapor so it isnt harmful for the climate the most if it is. 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. 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 is into storage medium its just that but hydrogen produced from renewables can be stored. And can be converted into electricity at a later date or heat would have album. 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 kilometers on a single fill up and theyre certainly more beneficial to the environment than the traditional diesel models. Was the little shit is 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 fun isnt it with. The buses are fitted with a 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 power is the engine and theres no problem Getting Hydrogen here is theyre going to want to over there is that here it can up sock Industrial Park where they use electrolysis to generate chlorine which is hard is a byproduct of the process so as a Regional Transit company its very interesting to see this product that is generated and used regionally without any major dependencies and theres a supply right next to our factory again. 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 that the idea of setting up protected areas to a low nature and a way of life to thrive without human intervention seemed nowadays we can hundley you know what we want them last year the South African government announced the creation of 20 new wiring protected areas and while this is amazing the important for my rain savation one young scientist is hoping to find a way to support costs of a ship while also enabling the conference people to benefit from its why we 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. Cesar 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 the thoughtful as to be the social benefits 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 through each 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 wasnt that their knowledge wasnt 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 sites is when we take people to die in the n. P. A. There is the reaction its just amazing most of them theyll be like yeah its amazing this and 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 ecologists 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 type of south africa is to meet the goal and double the extent of its marine protected areas theres still a lot of work to do see zones 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 keeping bees can keep the elephants away from corpse it may sound unbelievable but the judge and creatures are terrified of the need to buy but not only that a project in tanzania shows how keeping bees even prevent widest species extinction. Maybe hes 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 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 mass i communicate a we were for their new. Camping is important for this Masai Community because theyve demonstrated hard work and a long history of protecting the environment but you will be keeping the project as a venture that protects their own vironment while also securing some income for the needs through the sale of honey and other beekeeping products. Were doing. The Organization Provides funding to help the women start their own businesses in return they devote some of their time to conservation work some of them plant trees others clean up their village or educate students on Environmental Issues and thats another reason why this project benefits the environment under tons and in 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 wild flowers across these beautiful ecosystems. The African People and wildlife n. G. O. S says around 1300 hives have been set up in the bush for harvesting and the 1000 marseille women have benefited from the program so far the women hope that as their 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 the title but many overlook the fact that the method of destroying the soil where down below. And do just sound or he wipes out any living organisms are neutrons in the soil but one young man in senegal house come up with a new way to cut down on bush was that good for the saw m b m cant even produce a better obvious i see this. These are still hot recently trees are cut down here and burn to make room for new fields. The Tropical Forest out on the village of subtle insult on senegal is endangered. The palmira palm is an part of the forest it provides the villagers with fruit with wood to build on each other with palm leaves for their roofs of the huts. But again and again the forest is until late clement somebody who 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 banning also causes so erosion which is bad for them 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 bark down to the bees that means the whole tree is now much more vulnerable the president. Were there were. Everything bands down then we wont be able to gather wood for cooking sail cicelys said now who is one of the oldest villagers she tells us that part of the pond near a palm tree is also used. For. A crisis Meeting Village elder christophe quali explains how serious the situation ease slashing and burning does not only destroy a forest uncontrolled fires threaten the village itself. So who is setting these bushfires this is a speculation but no one wants to point fingers they decide to patrol the area very well and the. Business. Of founded a committee that will look into the organisation of a troll i dont tend to villagers from our own sutil participating in order to get this bush fires under control clearly says graham i think were probably going to put a bill but the final clemens somebody who doesnt think patrols 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 fight again then there will be no need to ban the forests to create arable farmland these methyl is called google quota or hell culture fussed over unusable logs and dead branches is lead dont believe the grass and weeds is put on top then it only needs watering in time it becomes a fighter bed for planting clements somebody tried it on his own fields and was successful. Or knew we only want to eat once a week so not to know it but if you put your hands on top of each its as if you are 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 suit villagers plant mostly veggie tables on their fields clemence some teaches them deforest friendly method. Which also gives them valuable compost. From a cecil said not decided to use the compost on her fields. Mineral my language is america can and 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 hens that a reason to secure my future and save our forest monster that can deposit. To it so when we news incompetence to revitalize the depleted fields and make them fattal again protect the pony up palm trees in so too and the whole Tropical Forest. 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