Jude hi in need of it is good to be with you all again today i am sundra to no good here in the capital city old uganda it is not just bs that will keep us busy. Over the topics on todays show. Off on my in ivory coast to a 60 year old gun even under sustainable methods to young environmental activists in south africa who have stepped up on the Cycling Operation under both me has been the films of a ease in that very well we visit a market for wild and a rare on the most despite a ban on the trade. But passed away head to ivory coast monocultures above for biodiversity and over many it is illogical plantations they have a rather aged local ecosystems that coupled with deforestation so the gradation megawatts by klein. Change population growth means things have to change done you know hes a farmer. He has adopted the principle known as palm of culture and he has also wired hundreds of others to let us go and meet. This man in the mountains of western ivory coast its a cultural region and from a done deal i also worked as a trainer for young voters here but today hes picking up some tips in self about course building plants and limiting the use of pesticides. And hes come to an experienced farm for advice. When they use pesticides the vegetables growing like crazy and the farmers make more money but when the products get to the market 2. 00 or 3 days later they start to rot. Dunn who is interested in learning more about the natural techniques used in the past he observes carefully. Today and the one who was. The idea here is to learn from an experience passed on about some of the older practices today they have either been abandoned oh theyre still being used but in a different way. Than her own life has begun to collect seeds which have been tarred contact to chemical pesticides whenever he meets with the order farmers he asked them for seeds. Of the view today the situation is clear these seeds are threatened they are about to disappear to be lost thats why its important to serve them because they have an important grow into god in our biodiversity. After asking our own done it well i was able to gather 17. He tested the seeds on his experimental farm to find the best tease his father was surprised and displeased by done is choice of profession and i stole i doubted that his son could make a living as a farmer. Being a farmer that was unfamiliar to run 20 so i wasnt at all happy i didnt encourage him to have to be honest i didnt encourage him. Today the father is proud of his sons work and that done it also convinces others to follow his example is. 31 year old decided to launch his own training sessions to teach other farmers how to stop using chemical pesticides i have oil and agriculture is suffering this days pesticides are down in the soil young people are living the funds convinced that they cannot and enough in this sector. I think you prove to those who think that you cannot make a living as a farmer that you cannot make a lot of money those are people who are not really trying to develop their business and before this instruction that was a problem. Then all i once did local farmers to make their crops more commercially viable. In their community a few kilometers away he helps Women Farmers to market their organic rice because theyre not consumed rice in ivory coast is imported ivorian consumers are strongly dependent on their rice which comes from cash from china or thailand if today is to be able to propose a local rice produced by women and organic conditions. That. Not only rice ivory cause. It imports many other foods in large quantities although they could be grown here here the women are preparing to set their i see the hands 1st they apply compost to enrich the soil there is a new sense of optimism among these organic farmers they hope to do better than growers did in the past. In the past when my parents produced rice and brought it to the market they didnt have a lot of buyers it wasnt easy they often had to sell the rice more cheaply. Than no lie has already found a story not bijan that will save the womens rice he believes that if he can make locally grown corpse more popular maybe more young people will consider staying in the region to cultivate the fields. Farming can only go well if the ecosystem is healthy and in most places that means having lots of. These are important i mean it is helping countless species of plants to reproduce these transports pollen from flower to flower if that doesnt happen the plants cant keep going thats right sander but in many countries like in europe and elsewhere the colonies are being die not alarming rate thats the site disease and monocultures mungo culprit in germany obvious beekeepers are stepping up their efforts to keep the pollinators along and. Every morning more dead bees can be found lying in front of these times the pride and joy of amateur beekeeper flits close. Were to be hes normally live for 6 weeks but hes a falling victim to a parasite brought into europe from asia. Their feral mites destroy the bees nervous system to a point where they lose their sense of orientation that means theyre unable to carry out their tasks anymore they even lose their ability to fly or thats why the viral mind is a very very dangerous to be. Very. Its one of around 100000 amateur beekeepers in germany he and his wife took up the hobby 5 years ago in berlin. The number of his has risen in recent years and in lots of german cities including the capital there are many different b. Colonies living within an area of only a few square kilometers. That makes for a certain density but not be as they are now are able to cope. They arent starving i mean the problem. To me. Sure the bees do cope the amateur a. P. Arrests are helped by a veterinarian at berlins free university. Dr benedict pilot check gives regular courses on amateur beekeeping. Plywood he also instructs most of the key to his at the university. Learn all about the different types of be there are more than 560. 00 species in germany alone most of them wild. Wild and solitary bees spend their lives alone they dont live in colonies so theyre exposed to different dangerous. The whole of you know how many reserve the infamous parasite in the borough might not solitary as you go instead solitary preserve the problem of nesting sites monocultures dont provide nesting sites we really need more smaller fields and we need chemical free feelers. For. Studies from europe and the us show that monocultures and pesticides are the main threats to be survival. With not a single chemical in tow biologist called in the herd for plants and the rate of native flowers in residential areas in berlin the project is funded by germanys environment ministry. Wild beasts only feed on certain flowers the more diverse the garden the more bees that can thrive here. We dont have enough spaces for flowers in the countryside and in cities that we have to help them all its not about honeybees vs wild its equally bad for all insects. Without bees nature is missing one of its most vital pollinators theyre responsible for the propagation of hundreds of thousands of plants kareena is hoping to encourage more people in the countryside and the cities to get plan. Come clean and beautiful environments you have here now is not always a situation where you see the funny thing is that when ordinary people take the initiative the results can be surprising and great here as you can see its quite clear what are the examples from south africa an estimated 90 percent of the rubbish is just thrown away i left to watch in the streets 2 young men decided they had had enough and it was time to do something about the problem in their home town so they gave up their jobs and started a trash collection and recycling business lets see this. Its 5 oclock in the morning. As the sun rises the stench of rotting garbage becomes unbearable. These 2 men are determined to do something about all the litter in their community. One solution is to save billions because most of the things that you find here are a 2nd levels saw saw 60 percent of feed can be repaired or acted to into recycling bongani piri worked as a musician and taliban mortar yani worked in Waste Management seeing the garbage piling up they both quit their jobs and started the initiative valid green like many villages in south africa cant afford Waste Collection so theres letter everywhere. The valid green team to go from house to house to collect plastic glass bottles and paper then they sort it all. Most people in macau used to burn their waste so it wasnt easy to convince them to change their ways and keep things that can be recycled. If its only really all the way to go seriously was going to be big can we say clean itself so we need to well board recycling for them its the and us they need easier than killing a youth of i am not go about to say. But to also started what they call the eco hero program to engage with young people about Environmental Issues once a week they go to the local Primary School to make music and dance with the students. Participation is voluntary but its fun to join in and that motivates the kids to become eco heroes. Of the valley green team take what they collect to a recycling station or. Major challenge for that Business Venture is transportation the recycling station pays about 80 euros for a load off the some goes to pay the owner of the truck so period just a 300. 00 euros a month in total. He says the solution is to grow the business and engage a larger group of waste collectors who will sell them the things they find. Put it in as a pipe its into so they come to oz this area is like ovals then you take this become pundits who buy the engine rooms or buy a separate sword or more volume we have there more and when i see one trust post and leave it. For now period multi yanina saving up to buy a professional lang scale and eventually a truck of their own. Then they plan to employ dozens more waste collectors. To make and keep a clean place to live. In our series doing your bit we always focus on great ideas i need ovation 1st week comes from uganda sandra tell us about. Blinding near to the core bit and 1000 pandemic means that the Health Care Resources are very stretched so nobody really wants to get fixed at a time like these Infectious Diseases like malaria are still a huge problem in many african countries must get old spread malaria many people use chemicals to repel them but i young money here in uganda has come up with a new and therefore way to keep the litter passed away. Mosquitoes are tiny but they can spread deadly diseases like malaria or over 90 percent of malaria deaths around the world happen in africa. Mosquito nets offer protection but there might be another solution. Electrical engineer julius twine invented a more natural way to ward off the pesky bugs. In africa exposure uganda we have some hard news they have as which helps us mean that they are paid the mosquitoes i did have this like 5 of them i mixed them under the shadow to maintain their smear. After collecting the herbs he drives them and crushes them into a powder he puts that power into his Battery Powered mosquito. When its turned on scented air flows out of these tiny holes. Twined says that mosquitoes dont like to smell so they avoid the area. If. It has a range of 15 square meters about the size of an average bedroom in uganda. The device is powered by a built. And solar panel. 3 hours of sun a week is enough to keep the battery charged. And how about you if youre also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website oh set does a tweet. Hash tag doing your bit so. We share your story used. Illegal logging farming and a mining had been driving deforestation but nowadays when there is a problem there is usually an hour to help solve it that is the case here too up for local people to monitor what is going on and report illegal logging protecting the trees could also benefit the a communitys let us see how it works. The man using this up wants to remain anonymous because his life would be in danger if the wrong people caught him collecting data here. He uses the app to report him to thieves who fell trees illegally in northwestern ghana. And they. Dont surprise these illegal loggers in the art because theyre dangerous and armed. Can. Only report their actions once theyre gone. And therefore on. This teak tree an endangered species was felled illegally sawn into pieces and a large part of it was taken away there must have been between 5 and 10 men involved with heavy equipment. To track down the wood perches the n. G. O. Nature and Development Foundation sends local observers into particularly affected areas across the country the project is financed with e. U. Support the reports from the over 200. 00 observers are collected at the organizations headquarters in the capital across. Most of the last recorded on the platform indicate. To call. In sick to this. Lot on this project have been able to identify some sites which have been relieved to the courage to commission for action to be taken. Douglas i do hate it is one of the monitors working for the Organization Today is checking up on reported cases and documenting the damage the timber thieves have not yet finished their work here there is still wood waiting to be transported and even a canister of drinking water. This. Was from the us and. Backed. Off do proves it. Immigrants and off chainsaw christian. Area has been suppressed by decree in means and Capacity Building programs which where we organize for Community Members and when the case. Gets in the trade is one of ghanas most Important Industries tropical birds are sold all over the world they include rare timbers that sell for high prices stay junky tarring company is the largest in the processing in the testing gonna feel it says its committed to Forest Management says cation the label guarantees that good products come from sustainably managed funds initially there was a lot of resistance to the giant Timber Company here in the region even though it pays a special good tax that goes straight to communities. There was much friction between the company and the communities one were about. To start logging. Their way stances where its about rights which. Would be blocked by by by different communities but right now were this is you and this is who gets there is the understanding between the industry thats going to tie the companies and the forest print communities. The nature and deforestation foundation not only works to prevent illegal deforestation it also mediates between local people and industry resistance to the timber monopoly has eased and instead there is more cooperation in the village of big deal in the south of the country its residents are using taxes from the Timber Industry to build their own hospital. Every day hundreds of timber transports from the region head from markets throughout the country to places like a man a suburb of a craft. In this big Timber Market the origin of the word is not too closely but the head of the Market Association insists that the proportion of wood with a certificate of origin is on the rise in the north of ireland we have to give it to mars our business does not in my therefore its not our business so we dont this is not that there were gobert that. Things may be changing in ghanas forestry sector but there is still plenty to do for the local monitors who make fresh discoveries of illegally felled trees almost every day. And now the bush meat trade is. Trapping and selling of wild animals for food now it puts a lot of those out radiant danger in greater risk but the u. S. Food and i will cause of this and says it is a 2nd greatest threat after the loss of habitat the trouble is many people we like to eat bushmeat in markets across nigeria you can find all kinds of forest creatures legal restrictions have not proved effective know how the Public Awareness campaigns managed to end the trade. At a major push markets in nigerias economic. Handling crocodiles and housing dangers species are soon open and. Available to anyone doing to people who have priorities. Not selling it you know why not this one is obviousness jabbing does not follow. Bush meat is pricey and poking among well the nigerians who paid 25. 60 euros for a. Small pengelly is assumed to cost 20. 00 euros. Bush mused is better than she can opt out of this because i dont know how they preserve she can. Means ill be saved by myself. This means it is soon to life she need to move by suits to bring to his Animal Sanctuary sofa is been able to buy 165 wild animals. If i dont buy them 2 for my purpose which is a feeling for what i believe people will come by them for food and i have seen most of these animals they come in like this every day day that you have continued hunting show for a time i really do have seen in a number of very soon they will be gone i mean to come here you wont even see it anymore even in real life so this is where culture must have its own limit. But the demands of the schmidt remains high. Nigeria at this market vendors sell 100 to 106 years of crucial day an average of the countrys also an emergent fancy chock full of illegal wildlife trade tons of kangal in skill as a ship station every year. Markets like this can be a starting point was in the teeth diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans and i could read 19th that there are laws in nigeria against treating surgeon wildlife diseases in milton forced. To kind of just pounce on people and to kill the people 1st so. Is education and then of course then theyre forced into form only to china to once the teaching to start immediately since there is not much time left among others he saved a penguin in the crocodile today we have to prepare bills coming up in the future im sort of become when they get there the purpose for decisions policies that affect positive change so who think there will still be wildlife left in nigeria by the time the next generation is able to acts and continue to need to fight it looks like types of regulations and enforcement i need it and of course all tightly sources of income for those in the bush meat trade thats all for today we hope you have enjoyed the show as much as we have bring it to you from wife mason vista social media platforms and i website goodbye for me now time in the battle for your state my dear. 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