Transcripts For DW Eco Africa 20240713

Good to see once again on great things to all of you watching us from different parts of the world i am sundered to know youre coming to from kampala the biggest city in uganda we do have some amazing reports for you today lets get started. We will take you to mount kenya to find out about it in foods to protect the antelopes leaving vienna then to kenya faso where women run a project to pompous Plastic Waste they kill from the streets. And we end up in with a famous American Company is helping to replant the forests. But forced to kenya to meet one of the rarest species of antilla in africa the mountain bungle they are critically endangered with less than 100. 00 still living outside conserving says they are of the muscle porches predate has disease and how big a loss the government is the land and has implemented a plan to save the species and also boast numbers out the food of mount kenya it will africa visit some commute of course a vision its working hard to make but the reality. Of the. Animal keep us women more ruthie has come to check on his charges he looks up to mountain bongos of the mount Kenya Wildlife conservancy he feeds them twice a day and makes sure the head of there arent enough is intact. I love the job and im proud you know having that. Amount of the down on top of that was no more there but now its here so its made to me do it with with me not to read to me a lot so i like walking here i love it and my aim is to have as many as i can. Here in captivity the animals dont have access to all the vegetation that would find in the wild thats why theyre giving me to tional supplements known as been good cubes these special pellets i reach in protein implied by which boost the antelopes immune system. The air force seems to be paying more into the canyon wide lead conservancy. The mountain was nearly extinct in the wilds in kenya and a few balls were captured and taken to the u. S. Is was for breeding and in pools of and for we received. From different in the u. S. And from those 18 we started the Breeding Program here and son and we have a 77. Last youngest was born on the 7th of july and it is that is 7 to 7 the bungle. With the increase in numbers to conservancy plans to release 25 into the Mount Kenya Forest where kenya for is so obvious ok if this has. 800 protected century. This enclosed area at the for 12 months kenya is not just a sanctuary for mountain bungalows knows the rare white zebras and had buffalo also find protection here from porches and pretend we divide these bongos into different products because of the species challenge that we have a moment. In the near future when we put them in the sanctuary this is a problem would be sorted out completely so what you can see here is one of the breeding hunts the conservancy also offers tours to tourists and schoolchildren to get revenues and donations are the main sources of much needed funds for the schools on the program is very important was number one because we are trying to create awareness to the future generation. Species like the mom to. Grow up. Passing the information to the us their parents and different and to minimize the cases of watching. The habitat destruction and. One of the highlights for visitors is that i need more often it will keep us look after all fund injured animals before returning them to the wild about 15000. 00 kenyan schoolchildren come to visit on 70 every year as excited to be here. I think little munchkin i love conservancy. For me to think of all this i was. A very interesting crew just who were. Flooded sample of the mountain long ago. Which has been endangered for moodiness motive for chess. Its not just porch in the threatens their reaction to lopes they also have to contend with a variety of diseases and the loss of natural habitat. So limited eric more into an avid animal keeper was looking forward to the coming weeks soon 5 new mountain bungle to be born increasing the species chance of survival. With hunt a lot of interesting reports about people who practice with cycling or up cycling from car to as soft as funny to bugs made of drinking straws and women school parted in a fossil came up with another idea you need to take a look at that yes indeed sandra they turn plastic bags into new products well meet with them now in a new episode in our series of doing your bit where we will showcase initiatives of individuals who are really doing something to help the environment. Remove. Plastic waste clutter the environment and contaminates the soil. And plastic bags are the biggest problem in the fray is a womans cooperative invoking a fossil and supports both female empowerment and Environmental Protection for the women here wash the plastic bags on disinfect them. And. Leave the room. For the next step is to cut the bags into thin strips and roll them onto spindles. In the wrist. Voting thread is woven into durable fabric. Which is used for making briefcases and other stylish pads. For between 20 and 50 year olds. The women in the cooperative 250 year olds a week. That allows them to support their families. Also doing something good for the environment. And how about you. If you are 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. Now for taxing the environment is one thing Economic Activity is another but they dont necessarily have to be in conflict with one another but you know next look at a funny situation in balad where conservationists are warning that the governments plans to turn the idyllic meandering river pripyat into a major commercial waterway also linking the baltic the black sea would be an ecological disaster. This might look like a legendary kayaking excursion but for constantine chick karloff its a protest for the river. This is the 3rd year that the chairman of the belorussian Environmental Organization bogner has organized tours like this one. He wants people to experience the unspoiled nature along the river and to demonstrate against an inland waterway which could be built here. At a company for us the purpose is like a european version of the amazon river. This place is unique because people can come here and see what rivers used to look like what nature in europe was like once. And if we can preserve these large areas of wild nature were also hoping to keep the ecological balance on the european continent alonso going to skew. The proposed waterway would cut straight through 11 nature is and the activists say it could destroy a unique ecosystem the canal is supposed to connect to the baltic sea and the black sea its route goes through one of the last big wetland areas in europe with rare black older forests. 90 percent of the birds in bellerose live here including endangered species some animals nest directly on the untouched banks. This is tall covers 35 kilometers along many narrow wild sections of the river which would have to be dug out to allow commercial traffic. When the group stops for a break they talk to local thats about the pan of water way. Often people in the villages only have limited sources of information i mean we want of those sources for them so that they dont only get information from state media but also hear a different opinion. Should be sure the war because and then they can decide for themselves what they want the rivers of prescription to develop what they want to protect the environment around them and keep it healthy. With us they arent day 2 of the kayaking Campaign Many here are participating for the 1st time during breakfast constantine chalak off shares his concerns about the water way he believes that balance should be investing in eco tourism on the river p. P. At rather than in cargo transport. When you will miss out on some people dont think about leaving these spots untouched simply leaving them to nature itself. Someone. To just sit down peacefully just like this and simply watch to hear the birds sing or watch things slowly changing the thought of them by your so to me. The activists warns that the construction of the canal could destroy the wetlands here the river bed would have to be deepened to allow big ships to pass thats why constantine chalak of is doing what he can to prevent the prepay out from becoming another example of an ambitious economic project with catastrophic consequences for the natural world. And it would be and here. I think. There are those who often wonder you school really teaches you what you need to know for the future well there is that in the mantra school not too far from here on the ask that of lagos where the children certainly learned some important lessons about Renewable Energy about Sustainable Living on the earth. They do indeed for one thing they see fox hunt the advantages of solar power because the school generates its own but thats not all and well show you why. All of. This was what these kids have lots of ideas about what can be done to combat Climate Change burn fuel fossil fuel is ride a bicycle you solar power discussions of this nature are giving high priority of the school who want our children to problem solve us who want them to be people able to move at the environment and not do things where you know we School Principal because he is leading by example she runs the abbos heart school the private elementary institution not far from lagos the principal has had solar panels installed on the roof of the building. The firm was such that we have already answered all her life and theyll. Each of them retired outside our focus by right. Of the client reviewed in. An artery the iffy the dust the air conditioning the lights in. The barn and without in order classroom. But getting to this point wasnt. A sizable investment all the required but the school was only able to get a bank loan so part of that money. So make it up with our own personal finances and those school finances so. We have issued the challenge of financing and we also have a challenge of getting. Mom power you know trained to manpower or will understand the setting up of the project the automation parts of the project and then the maintenance also. The students of land that everyone can do their part to ease the burden on the environment. Instead of going in 1st to fuse you can use in your book and sources. Like sun up i will see up on the roads when imagery and i jus march tried our best to save the planet like the car took some day without using the trick our appliances have called my friend he says he only uses jerry rituals for only 2 days the rest of the day susu up on those hours all humans should try to do on days where there is little direct sun the abbotts hard school is dependent on reserve solar energy stored in batteries it then has to limit the use of electricity they will turn down the air conditioning or ton of some of the lights but by generating its own clean energy the school is saving money and producing electricity without producing harmful c o 2 emissions we are way behind in nigeria in. Bringing up creative and innovative ideas of protecting our environment from protecting the future of the nation one of the greatest lessons we have to teach our children in this day and age is how to make them their mentors better and safer place the example set by the school is teaching the students the importance of protecting the environment in very practical ways the home is that they will now share their new insights with others. Yes indeed in our sense that European Union of free stuff and condescend like bobs Energy Conservation for lighting has dropped 30 percent african countries could do that too what do you think sandra i think that would be a great idea that Technology Comes from the global north but there are many other ways rich countries can support the global south undoing environmental damage income aaron so many of the trees have been cut down without regard for the future now i us get america is helping plant thousands of new ones. Wood is the most important material when it comes to making guitars. With its density durable and dark color is particularly suitable for fretboard bridges and taylor guitars a leading manufacturer of acoustic guitars gets most of its raw material from cameroon one of the worlds biggest suppliers of ebony recently the u. S. Based company committed itself to raising and replanting ebony trees in the congo basin forest of southeastern camera so far its grown 5000 saplings its target is 20000 trees within the coming years matthew the project manager is responsible for the nursery. Collection of seeds. The germination of the seeds care of the plants and. For the forest. To get through its full capacity cameroon is facing a rapid increase in deforestation the country is set to lose an area of forest around twice the size of gambia by 2035 according to the center for International Forestry research ebony trees which take hundreds of years to mature are disappearing fast camera forests are cleared for Palm Oil Rubber and cocoa plantations the cameroon based Congo Basin Institute carries out research on ebony and other tree species in the region. Down sound the blue leads the ebony project field work hes very aware of the threats that ebony trees face. Probably the biggest threat to the survival of happening is the destruction of forests because of any as a dense forest trees that thrives in the undergrowth they cant grow in a plantation once the forest is removed the essence is lost it cant regenerate itself and Agricultural Land you go to goes. In 2011 taylor guitars became the kohen of this 70 sawmill in yellow in de camerons capital. The wood comes directly from the forest to the sawmill where the company processes it to make different parts of guitars and other musical instruments. Only the best wood is used to make the instruments this means that many trees have to be felled and milled to ensure the company gets the quality it wants. The firm insists its not interested in green washing trying to buy an environmentally friendly image i think theres a wonderful opportunity for us to. Not just use the word that people like to have on their guitars and violins but also a great opportunity to be able to replace that that would replace those trees make. A really responsible exploitation of ebony the benefits not just the people who buy the guitars or the company that produces them but also the local communities that depend on these forests for their livelihoods. The evony project has teamed up with the cameroon government local villagers and the Congo Basin Institute to ensure a Sustainable Production circle. But there are also plenty of people who criticize the companys initiative. According to val sounds of blue there are viable alternatives to the precious black hardwood. This is obviously this is not necessarily the only wood that can be used and other woods are also popular but i think theres actually a very strong aspect of tradition in the end we use that money to make the guitar because its what the customer wants so. With these young ebony trees the Company Wants to insure its own future of course but it also hopes to give at least Something Back to the forest after all thats been taken from that. Getting around and make us fit if theres also another one here is that you can take me literally always there is the one in tanzania has been growing but crawling out like and if i wont roll that why me and people jumping to the nightmare that it very well with the help of the wild bank misfit effecting the from the by developing a lot of wanted it but it was operating on a little. There was a time when it could take up to 2 hours for edi to get from his home to work in the morning although he lives within the city limits so. He was dependent on the dollars mini buses that are the most common means of transport here. Theres a lot of pickpocketing on the many buses because so many people are packed in together they usually fold before you even get on. The other problem is that there are so many traffic jams. So you spend a lot of time just sitting and waiting to move its also exhausting. Heavy traffic on a typical morning here with more than 5000000 inhabitants done in a salon is the biggest city in tanzania and its growing rapidly in the next decade the population is expected to balloon to 10000000 and that poses a huge challenge for transport authorities run of luck atari heads one of the agencies tasked with adapting and improving infrastructure. People were experiencing oh look one just. Their infrastructure was also some of it was not very good so many hours were lost. Being on the roads were going to work in the mornings and in the evenings when people would be back home. One solution a bus based Rapid Transit system with a network of dedicated bus lanes that bypass much of the traffic across the city the system so far stretches around 21 kilometers and has already cut travel time for some residents in half the 1st phase of the 6 phase project was finished in 2015 when we considered all options the bus systems appear to be easy if we can maintain our c. P. Because all he said nor course was cool with a train system and we also looked up inclusive it was when you. Bring in a bus system most of the people would keep that i doubt school be absorbed. Into their new system this is some benefits the environment santa was supported by the institute for transportation and Development Policy at Global Organization that advocates Sustainable Transportation before the b r t came into doris the log of Public Transport Services provided by heavily polluting mini buses and the b. R. T. Was able to replace 3000 of those vehicles with 140 high capacity busses that all meet a much better emissions standard and it was also able to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions that contribute to the global credit crisis the new bus system has been a blessing for salim and hes just one of thousands of passengers who have cut up to 50 hours a month from their commute. Right there with them i used to feel bad because i was getting home so late my kids were p. S. Sleep by the time i got home i want to jump on but its so much better now you know i get to spend time with my kids and look over the homework im playing with them a little so its not going on because the rapid bus gets me home so much faster when. There are still 5 phases to go until the project is complete the network will then cover around 130 kilometers until then some it even and the other residents. Will have to rely on as for at least some of their journeys. What a great project a lot think transit buses would then be kept in late in the cold but 100 in peoples lives and mean if it isnt the one thats open today if papa thank you for joining us i do hope you will climb those i did i am fun to know you are finding open confided in uganda and fell well for me too now its a wait and i joke of the Mission Foundation talk you can stay in touch by visiting our website and on our social media platforms to see them on your screen and on to our next show as well by. In good shape. 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