In the capital city old uganda it is not just these that will keep us busy he us over the topics on todays shield. A farmer in ivory coast to a 60 year old gun even unsustainable methods to young environmental activists in south africa who have stepped up on the Cycling Operation under bush meat has been on loves to see them today easy in the geria well we visit a market for wild and rare despite a ban on the trade. But cost a week head to ivory coast monocultures are bad for biodiversity and over many it is a logical call plantations they have a rather aged local ecosystems that coupled with the forestation so the gradation megawatts by Climate Change and population growth means things hope to change. Or life is a farmer who has switched it to a gun existing above methods he. Adopted the principle known as palm of culture and he has also quiet hundreds of others to let us go i think. The city of man in the mountains of western ivory coast itself as we have a cultural region and from a diner all i was a wax as a trainer for young cultivators 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 experience farmer 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. Im the one who is at school 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 own life has begun to collect seeds which havent had contact to chemical pesticides whenever he meets with the 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 Role in getting our biodiversity. After asking around done it all i was able to get a 17th. He tested the seeds on his experimental farm to find the best teas 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 i have to be honest i didnt encourage him at all. Today the father is proud of his sons work and that done it also convinces others to follow his example. In the 31 year old decided to launch his own training sessions to teach other farmers how to stop using chemical pesticides i avoid agriculture and suffering this days pesticides are down to the soil young people are living the funds convinced that they cannot and enough in the 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. If you dont know lie once the farmers to make their crops more commercially viable. A community a few kilometers away he helps Women Farmers to market their organic rice because theyre not consumed dries in ivory coast is imported ivorian consumers are strongly dependent on their rice which comes from asia from china or thailand if today is to be able to propose a local rice produced by women and organic conditions who cheated by the fact. That not only rice ivory cost imports many other foods in large quantities although they could be grown here here the women are preparing to set their i said last fast they apply compost 20. This oil 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 sell the womens rice he believes that if he can make locally grown crops more popular maybe more young people will consider staying in the region to come to the fields. Farming can only go well if the ecosystem is healthy and in most places that means having lots of beans these are important honey and it is helping countless species of plants to reproduce bees transport 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 big colonies are being die not alarming wheat prices site disease and monocultures mungo culprits in germany obviously birds are stepping up their efforts to keep the pollinators along and what i think. Every morning more day bees can be found lying in front of these times the pride and joy of amateur beekeeper flits clough. Were to be hes normally live for 6 weeks but he is 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 i think even lose their ability to fly or thats why the viral mind is a very very dangerous to be. A fairly couldnt be. 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 black people has 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 because they are now. Able to cope. They arent starving i mean. To make 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. Club when he also distracts must be key to his at the university. Didnt 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 holy moly reserve the infamous parasite in the burrow might not solitary. You know instead solitary bees have the problem of nesting sites monocultures dont provide nesting sites we really need more smaller fields and we need chemical free feelers. 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 hurt lands and the rate of native flowers in residential areas in valencia the project is funded by germanys environment ministry. Wild beasts only feed on certain flow is 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 the monk i mean its not about honeybees vs wild its equally bad for all insects. Without bees nature is missing one of its most vital polonaises they are responsible for the propagation of hundreds of thousands of plants when it is happening to encourage more people in the countryside and the cities to get planted. Calm clean and beautiful and vironment you have here is not always a situation where you see the funny thing is that when ordinary people take being the shooters the results can be surprising and great here as you can see its quite clear what are the examples from south africa and estimated 90 percent of the rubbish is just thrown away i left to rot in the streets 2 young men decided they had had enough i was trying to do something about the problem in their home town so they gave on their jobs and started the trash collection and recycling business by 2. 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 lives because most of the things that you find here are a 2nd level its small saw 60 percent of feed can be better at it 2 to recycling bongani piri worked as a musician and top bang model jani 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 valley green team 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. Included say clean itself when you till there would be recycling for them its the and thats they need easier than telling 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 them and that motivates the kids to become eco heroes to have. A valid green team take what they collect to a recycling station. Major challenge for that Business Venture is transportation the recycling station pays about 80 euros for a load of the sum goes to pay the owner of the truck so period just 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. Ready to as a pipe its into so they come to us this is what its like or worse then you take to this the company its moved by in the rooms or private sector has soared im overlooking we have there more when i see one trustful post in labor. For now period multi yani are saving up to buy a professional weighing 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 and innovation this week comes from uganda sandra tell us about. Bloody near the quoted 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 while skittles spread malaria many people use chemicals to repel them but i young money here in uganda has come up with a new and novel way to keep the litter pests away. Mosquitoes are tiny but they can spread deadly diseases like malaria. 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 missed them and other shadow to maintain their smear. After collecting the arabs he dries them and crushes them into a powder he puts that powder into his Battery Powered mosquito. When its turned on scented air flows out of these tiny holes. One says that mosquitoes dont like to smell so they avoid the area. And. It has a range of 15 square meters about the size of an average bedroom in uganda. The device is powered by a built. 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. A tweet. Hash tag doing your best. We share your story use. Illegal logging farming and a mining had been driving deforestation but nowadays when there is a problem there is usually an up to help so that is the case here too for local people to monitor what is going on and report in the good loving protecting the trees could also benefit the communities let us see how it works. The man using this up wants to remain anonymous because his life would be in danger of the wrong people cause 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. This takes 3 and endangered species was felled illegally sewn 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 poachers the n. G. O. Nature and Development Foundation sense 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 accra. Recorded on the platform. Indicate in gotten so used to call that smokes into number 2 to the side where. A lot based on base project has been able to identify some sites which have been we need to the Forestry Commission for action to be taken. Douglas i do hate it is one of the monitors working for the Organization Today hes checking up on reported cases and documenting the damage fixing the thieves have not yet finished their work here there is still wood waiting to be transposed it and even a canister of Drinking Water for this guy to so appreciate was on the inside but it would advent off to put it. In the going off since all christian happening in area has been suppressed by decree news and Capacity Building programs which where organized for Community Members and one case. Fits in the trade is one of the governors most Important Industries tropical woods are sold all over the world they include rare timbers that sell for high prices. Junk guitar and company is the largest in the processing in northwestern gonna feel it says its committed to Forest Management says cation the label guarantees that good products come from sustainably managed forests 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 a log of. Their ways dances where its about right which. Would be blocked by right by different communities but right now were do see you and this new projects there is the understanding between the industry thats going to tie the companies and the forest print quality. 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 mun a suburb of a crop. In this big Timber Market the origin of the word is not checked 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 one or more room than we have given the tamars our business does not in my therefore its not our business so we dont use it but that there will gobble to celebrate 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. Shopping and selling of wild animals for food now it puts a lot of those are already endangered in greater risk but the uns food and i will culture of the musician 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 force creatures legal restrictions have not proved effective so have the Public Awareness campaigns managed to end the trade. At a major push markets in nigerias economic climate. Handling crocodiles nothing dangerous species open and. Available to anyone dealing to pieces my pride oh. Yeah selling it you know why not this one is obviousness does not follow. This pricey important among wealthy nigerians who paid 25 and 60 euros for. Their small pengelly is assumed to cost 20. 00 euros. Bush news is better than she can out of this because i dont know how they preserve she can i added which means album day by myself. These sleazy to suit her life she need to move who buys its to bring to his Animal Sanctuary so far is been able to drive 165 wild animals here if i dont buy them too for my purpose which is a feeling hopeless i believe people will come and buy them for food and if you see 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 in one who can see it anymore even in real life so this is where culture must have its own minute. With the demands to push me to means high. Nigeria at this market vendors sell 100 to 106 years of crucial its a good day and on average in the country is also an emergent fancy top for illegal wildlife trade tons of pangolin scalars the ships a share every year. Whose markets like this can also be a starting point she diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans could be 19 there are laws in nigeria in street insurgent Wildlife Disease laws are not enforced. You cannot just pounce some people love to kick the people 1st so on content as education then of course then they force me to follow only to china to once the teaching to start immediately since there is not much time left among others he saved it kindly in the crocodile today we have to prepare bills coming up in the future i am sort of become one to get better propose for decisions policies that affect positively. So hoping that there will still be wild life left in nigeria by the time next generation is able to act and continue to do is fight. It looks like types of regulations on enforcement i need it and of course all times the 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 being it to you from one information visit doesnt our social media platforms and i website goodbye for me now take me in a bottle or your state nigeria well do join us once again next week for another edition of africa we have more interesting stories about your environment thanks once again for joining us i am sunday here in kampala it is a good bye and please do take copious selves on the environment. 2 midsummer fashion items from strong life yes from raffia this National Product is now copula with many designers but isnt that totally natural fashion magazines and cap wonks show that its not the fashion industry is transforming this material into otaku to a sustainable and fairly produced 0 max. In 30 minutes on d w. N. Beethoven in the justice dept to do. 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