Hello welcome to eco india. Coming to you from my neighborhood in mumbai bees at a prime example for what happens when safe havens are destroyed about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide is done by bees but because of this decides Global Warming among other factors there fostering losing better treats and this of course a loss need to fix all the plants they pollinate and environment to project in the Mountain View engines of north india is trying to help create these retreats with traditional be farming. Episode and not indigo the indian honeybee they are at home in the mountains of the indian subcontinent once there were many species of bees in the Northern State of the amounts of british beekeepers even get. Bees in traditional hives on the walls of their homes. Are still keeps his bees this way its a practice he learned from his father. Holly was one of typical characters state of the socalled marching the march quarter just every household had been behinds to harvest honey for their own you. Will soon hear what these voices. In their mouth they got a lot of these look at the heart on their own and then whatever youre going to that it was the to lend them and from callers theres going. To dig deep as one of the few people who breeds bees according to the old tradition he was the bee hives much like his ancestors but instead off in the walls of the house the bees now live in the garden. Where starts every flowering plant needs to be pollinated the hives like this the pollination of the blondes not back. Later we can also harvest honey because of. The materials that uses to build the highways are from the region using local products makes the hives both affordable and by mentally friendly their appearance is reminiscent of the traditional him are to be courted just. Now but in the past i only used the beast to produce honey i was satisfied with whatever little money i earn from it when i started taking courses i learned about the Significant Growth of the claim pollination especially here in the margin courses like the one school the commodity ended are offered in conjunction with the governmental programs in an effort to aid b. Preservation this is important because bees are a source of income. For beekeepers. The insects also make an important contribution to farmers harvest around one 3rd of the crops worldwide are dependent on pollen eaters like bees. But my hands are saying from here matter you know were city says honeybees are endangered especially in this region. One of the biggest threats to be is the destruction of their habitats the bee flora in here much of the trade is even more imminent because fruit orchards in this state are often full of insecticides and pesticides we have seen that in our Research Boards are insecticide press Agent Commission of the of. The species of bees that the government conservation programs are focused on are italian beef the socalled Apis Mellifera during the 1960 india imported them in hopes of motivating people to breed bees come on surely while indian honeybees produce an average of 7 to 10 kilograms of honey for colony annually mellophone are these produced 3 times as much each year but this is also how honey became an inexpensive industrial goods today beekeepers receive between 60. 00 to 65. 00 rupees per kilogram of honey thats around 69. 00 to 75. 00 euro cents the prices have also contributed to the decreasing number of small scale beekeepers in him archer could not sing from them issues be collector wants to change that. The honey is available and will both. The demand of the news more in the market and to meet their demand. The mix different different varieties of honey together then process it to make it look similar in this city and here and what you see in the market is honey in the show which are the same throughout the year how can that be. An Initiative Aims to aid in the conservation of native bees which are considered more robust and resilient. They also dont require a large expanse of land. The reasons garden suffer ice as habitats for the small colony to the area as a result indian bees are armed against best and Climate Change and the news of their positive got it is spreading. That i used to have in my old house so people are more good people are more responsive. They even involved with various projects including the womens groups that expound on the work of beekeepers. Manufacturing live bomb and candle provides many women with their 1st opportunity to earn their own money since they married so everyone benefits from the preservation of the beekeepers their wives and of course the bees themselves they all do their part in maintaining biodiversity. Nocturnal species like bats are also struggling with changing Living Conditions Light Pollution is a major threat to. Scientists in the netherlands seem to have found a solution to this theyre helping create battery treats not only so that the bats but also to make sure their whole ecosystem is preserved. If theres one. And then special on the figures at least. Far away from the bright lights of amsterdam dr commune spoelstra is often a creature that likes to operate under the cover of darkness. He is studying how lights are affecting bats. So far his team has found that the 19 species of bat found in the netherlands react in widely different ways. And thats have a very strong response to learnt theres actually driven by mostly by fear of predators so if youre about that flies very slowly you better hide away and dont show yourself in the light because its its risky however if youre a bat that flies very fast its very agile and it dont need to be afraid that much for predators so you actually like taking away valuable habitat from the slow flying species and exclude giving it to do these already common. But species and thats what course not a good thing and does of biodiversity you actually reducing biodiversity that nocturnal species are sensitive to the blue range of light as they have evolved to use the moon to navigate the bright of the blue the more distracting it is to test how species respond to other parts of the spectrum the researchers have put up almost 200. 00 lamp posts around the country that shine a range of colors. If you take away to a new part of the spectrum and and compensate by a bit more rats which you actually see here. And it may actually be less intrusive for these not the most species not all species may not perceive this light as intense and thats exactly what we have observed. A different kind of red light is all the rage in amsterdam and the citys nocturnal inhabitants are out in all their splendor. Light here has become so bright it is now considered a pollutant. The world over brightness and luminosity are growing at a rate of 2 percent per year. As the night gets more illuminated studies are linking Light Pollution to destructive Natural Cycles as well as Mental Health in humans. The International Dark Sky Association has called for a massive reduction in light leakage as the planet is becoming so bright borders can be clearly seen from space. But the netherlands is at the forefront of fighting like pollution in europe with some instability is even switching off lights completely on parts of the highway. And there are church outside eindhoven to farmers a nickel and her husband carlos are also members of the Community Fighting for darkness and its bouts for reasons of their own we tried to. Kill well you would see the harmful insects in the natural way so we use. Insects to cool to kill other insects and thats where also the bats common because birds eat lots of cocks 1st and 1st they actually eat the roots of to fruit trees especially the trees and so if the bets in a lot of cooks shaffers we dont have those terrible grips in the ground eating our roots to treat so. Thats what we like best. Thats work is natural pesticides and are an essential part of how the ecosystem of the all should functions. This farm even has a bat who del to make the mammals feel extra welcome. You can see over here that the that there are Better Living in the better job because the civil courts overrule on the need. Their excrements their pool. The Community Around has installed special back friendly lights in the area to make sure the animals stay put as night falls. Around 10 pm the bats check out of the herd and disposed through the farm ready for a meal and to play their role in the ecosystem. And. Maurice donners is a researcher and signifies the company in the design the lights around the orchard. He explains that lighting is more than merely installing glowing lamps. We need lighting but we do do with sustainable way. So obviously energy efficiency. In. Cradle to Grave Solutions but also in the direct effect which i think of you have to affect the. Ecosystem and not just on people. But some districts in the netherlands have in fact become darker as a result of such initiatives as satellite images show giving some of its residents and its resident bats the beloveds night sky back. Some 12000 years ago when human beings the hunter gatherers invented agriculture they were surrounded by nature at home and at work but the way the picture is very different of course most of us who live in cities have little access to wast green spaces balanced allotment gardens a breath of fresh air in a world that continues to concretize at a breakneck speed. I know. These children know fruit and vegetables dont grow in plastic that comes from their garden and they know why weeding is smart. It helps the plants grow. Theyre learning all about nature right in the middle of them. Almost a 1000000 people in germany. Every good sized german city has them the green space is good for the urban climate and helps preserve biodiversity this garden belongs to Margaret Ross harder dr yang and her partner they had to wait a long time to get them plant. Some time to see 70 years all together it took 6 years to get on to the shortlist but then within a year we got it our wonderful garden. Margarets neighbor robert either is on the Management Committee he says a lot meant plants are hard to come by. Theyre. Going to short coronavirus lockdown we had over 100 applications but we already have a waiting list i mean only pass on 4 or 5 gardens a year when people hand them back or move away more direct in this small communal plot people on the waiting list can see if allotment life suits them many allotment communities are opening up communal plots as a way to deepen times with the surrounding neighborhood and to distribute space more equitably. Well you know. When i live around the corner i like coming here in the morning doing a bit of weaving and maybe 3 down for 10 minutes before going to work its great and. Len is a fast growing city and the gardens are often in prime locations many plots have been bulldozed in recent years and cost 6000. 00 euros a square meter around here. We get calls from real estate people and find them wandering along the pathways taking photos wondering how much it might all be worth or was a pulitzer its an ongoing political conflict been rallies weve held talks with the city along with them than i. Care to schmuck is heading out to make sure a garden is being properly cant. Germany has regulation is governing the size and usage of allotments. So its now coming along nicely rome wasnt built in a day either. This garden looks like its being kept properly lets take it off on our list. And on. This gardener has set up a 2 raised vegetable beds and that shows that shes using her plot in accordance with the regulations. This is our 2nd visit to this plot with a just 0. 35 a square meter for our plots each year one of the requirements is we use it like a gardener but. Allotment rules say growing some sort of food is important but not on a commercial scale fortunately bees are permitted to lend a helping hand like at the garden of the sears family they had never heard of anything like german style allotment gardens when they arrived here from canada. This theme of urban gardening and gardening in cities is becoming more popular so people have a little bit more of a concept or an idea of it but whats really interesting when you tell them this urban garden has existed for a 150 years and it really. Wakes them up and makes them interested because for most north americans. Urban gardening is something new these days the paths inside a garden Allotment Community are open to all so youre free to take a stroll as long as you dont pass through a gate uninvited if youre lucky you might even get a bit of honey by opening their urban oasis to the public the communities are hoping to benefit the entire city. Odd ever growing fiftys have given many of whom i like a chance of prosperity but with more and more people has become more and more released in many cities open spaces have been to be used as the dumping trolleys in go to go in the National Capital region of india and Environmental Organization is transforming a local dumping ground into a green lets see how. Hundreds of kilos of plastic and other garbage cloak one of the gowns important store water drains citizens and labor is a now working hard to free it so floodwaters from the monsoon rains can soon flow through it because it uses the most months to find the b. To the so much ill we still find that. This is what this is again you see so and again get going to this is going to be not all swallow its what the bodies so that we dont resist and these are not. To crowd runs a foundation called i am going on it works on bringing citizens together to improve summitry health and environmental conditions in the city. Google home is part of the National Capital region around delhi and has been one of the Fastest Growing cities in india. Its population of 2700000 bucks predominantly in corporate parks. Wrap it up in a zation has meant the cutting down of thousands of trees and green spaces. As well as an unsystematic disposal of waste. When the organization came across this dump yard at secunda poor in the north east of. What to now saying to clean the drain that revive it is a green space with the help of local governments who volunteer is how we think of every board 303035 roads. Or 35 or. 6 so i think even remember the words and deeds words about all. 6. Terms of. Everything was. With this much garbage gone the transformation of the region has been stock. The way i look at it and that is across prices and you know you know in the us if you had any of it in your life or what they were you have to find that. We have across the city is drawing on how much i know we dont have enough but i want to manage that got big i think hes going to step. Up succumb to they reuse as much of the garbage dug out is possible. The sewage is dried and segregated and they recovered plastic starnes and brick they used to make the infrastructure of the plant city park. If it was right because it would be you know people are just going to go up to the fact. Predicted to separate me and that is good for me has been b. B. Q. To you today shredded and in the dog the meat to reply and reason for using everything will get him. To crow and hope volunteers want to complete the drain and city forest project in the next few months. But those who live around this dump yards tons nature park feeling its benefits already. Be used to kill god big hell tell you but then they started you know meaning admitting dont believe anything. Could be direction to get in a great light good idea there is great burn gone we need less money and we more investment in used to be no Internet Access lets face was just clearing the lot of remove the previous to be the news you need to africa. This is the 5th such project i am go is on the verge of completing giving its residents a few havens where they can let go of the stressful lives even if just for a brief moment. Now creating social safe havens is just as important some would say all of life today have gone through buckle changes in our lives because of the internet because of Climate Change and of course because of the pandemic we met a teacher in indonesia who told us why social safe havens are the need of children to be. 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