To be precise, where we meet a man whos been fighting for the environment for 40 years. As an activist, as a government minister, and now as the head of a countrys reforestation agency. Now its i, we have the Conservation Foundation in lagos, also coming up, a young woman in kenya uses flies to talk. Oh, we just remembered using hyperbole and how villages in south to evolve by class size as our community and our community in mozambique got the recycling box. There are many across the continent who are giving their all for the environment. Today we meet one of them. This man, a former senegalese environment minister, is dedicated to read greening this region, not just from his desk as a lobbyist, but on the ground together with local residents. Hes been planting mangroves and other trees, even using rather unconventional methods. At times. Senegal needs more trees and he does who heads a large scale refer station project is busy getting them planted. Scientists say that without major the 1st station sinegal will lose half its arab land within the next 5 years. Here on the coast of the casa months, region family and has become unusable due to sandy nation, mind grooves that once protected the shoreline, we cut down firewood in bill. The material repeated their families were desperate. Salt was encroaching into their rice fields, which were no longer producing rice. It was very difficult for them. Bettman groove the rich ecosystem to hold back flood waters, detail and erosion, and act as a natural soul barrier. They also store up to 5 times as much Carbon Dioxide is other trees. Once it became clear, just how beneficial the monk grooves are to farmers, things began to change the present. They were concerned about their rice fields. And they became heavily involved in planting mangroves because of their rice field mall among the d. M. A. Was one of them for 4 years. Villages in ca, noble have been working to save their paddies. The initiave t. V. Is organizing finance play the n. G. Or oceania title early served as its president for many years for their locals in our rice fields no longer produce good, have a squeak or salt water is invading them more and more. We know no. The reason is because the man groups have disappeared. We need to replant them, like in the ocean. Ian provides us with mangroves. And one further north, in the extremely i read my time region close to the Sahara Desert island came up with a more conventional method. During the wet season nomads heads graze here, the animals have been recruited to help plant a forest. It will be part of the great green wall that aims to cattell the city. Because of this, i held region to the head is fed the fruits of the pursuit of peace and fast growing trees. That mean, if you want to be animals spread the seeds in their down, we are going to try these all across any go. And we hope that in a year or 2 will find crosstalk is growing alongside like store grazing routes in senegal. Back to class a month, because sinegal lances, all african mahogany, as its commonly known, has become rea here. Theyre also very few wild animals left to spread the sea creature. Im appalled like this. If it is any more without the animals, it was necessary to think of an alternative way to disseminate the seeds. I dont wait for things to solve themselves. I am a man of action and i needed in affordable solution. Working within certain constraints does allow me some freedom. As soon as i find a solution, i apply it and move forward. These are called luxuries and this is his solution here. Young man from the village of use, leans to scatter seeds of the african mahogany. The intention is to introduce more species diversity. All of we are doing it here because in this area is basically one type of tree in the new york. We are trying to encourage the growth of other trees like the bio engine, but its the money grooves that are particularly dear to lifelong ecology tied to your heart. Jew trees efforts over 150000000 bags have already been planted in a few years time. Canopus rice paddies should be sold free when the great green wall is completed, it will be the biggest manmade garden on improving the environment tree by tree. But its not just mega projects like this one that i important smaller individual initiatives can help too. And those are the ones we love to showcase doing a bit segment. Thats coming to you right here in nigeria. Lets take a look. This is not a face mask to keep out the coronavirus. Its a piece of art. This woman is made of old textiles, but looks like a, we know, flowers, nigerian artist marcella joe torre, gets her material from taylors, inlay goes mostly its discarded. Fabric swatches. Sometimes it follows a leg bone daimler tradin into new cars. But because they have also keeping say those strong, on average worldwide one garbage truck full of clothes and stuff in a landfill or in an incinerator each 2nd with her art muscle enough, joe torre is giving cloth a 2nd life by the same time making a living her works have even sold for as much as 25000. 00. Recycling has rarely been so practical and to puta full. And how about you . If youre also doing your bit, tell us about it, visit our website. Oh, send us a tweet. Hash tag doing your best. So we shall, you know, still in wonderful works of art and what a way to use fabric scraps. Now we had to you go to a beautiful spot in the Italian Office is one of the continents biggest apple growing region. That is true. Nieto bought. It has also become a battleground in the small community. There, as a farm was a low corns over one of the most fundamental questions in farming today. Should pesticides be used or not . Africa reporter went to hear both sides of the up in that substance is but so division in italys alpine valleys pesticides are in widespread use. A fact that has angered some locals and sparked a heated debate between conventional and organic farms. What they now take flu as a name, it says on the packaging that it can harm unborn children in the womb. Just imagine this sort of product is doing the rounds. If people know you to further scenarios, most at risk would be us the fruit farmers. Were the ones who handle this stuff and its concentrated form. Once it lands in the sprayer, its been diluted by a factor of the thousands will for the its the village of miles is located in one of europes most picture rest landscapes. In recent times, the local pharmacy has become the center point of research into the presence of pesticides in the ass you. Back in 2018, an independent Environmental Institute set up 2 measuring devices in the pharmacists garden. The air was monitored for 6 months. Although the closest fruit farm is about a kilometer away, several pesticides were detected in the em. And this is a small garden surrounded by hedges, right in the middle of a village with many houses. Theres a big tree which is supposed to offer protection food, but here too, more than 25 pesticides have been detected, because its either in god we have miles fisker fail. At present, there arent many orchards located near the village. Many locals want to see the landscape maintain its diversity. Its a different story further down the valley where orchards dominate the landscape. One in 10 apples in europe, a grown in the region of south to roll. 6 times more pesticides than is average in farming in italy as sprayed on these monoculture is an apple pharma. He prefers to use terms like Plant Protection of the pesticide growing fruit without Plant Protection products is nearly impossible at the moment. Conventional farmers do their thing, they have their means and the organic farmers have theirs. But both kinds require Plant Protection by their plants and suits. But nestled between the orchards is all been included. Has organic herb farm hes previously been banned from selling his produce because it contained pesticides. Now hes invested heavily in foil coverings to protect his plants. If you count them out of the air here contains a cocktail of contamination and were not just breathing one substance in a minute. Nobody knows what happens inside the body. When we breathe in this cocktail of substances, the advent of anger, the local Farmers Association says the situation has improved. Conventional farmers now have to plant protective hedges if they border on organic farms. All set up nets, which is supposed to stop the spread of pesticides, small steps of this kind of going some way towards easing tensions. But the widespread use of pesticides appears to be here to stay off. So then i cant really comment on the health risks. What we always say is that the substances have been tested and approved by the health ministry. Guardsmen used to be approved, since all the stuff that was sprayed 1020 years ago has now been banned. At the time they were allowed. And im convinced that the substances allowed today wont be allowed. And a few years, both a former american, the pharmacist, have set the ball rolling and it continuing the fight for organic farming to become the norm in and around. In a local referendum, in 2142. 00 thirds of the villages voted to ban pesticide use. The village also declared itself europes 1st pesticide free community. The Farmers Association took the matter to court several years later, the crew. Its accepted the result of the referendum, but the fight over the use of pesticides continues. Pharmacist, johannes frog no patting us, refers to a un report that describes the necessity for pesticides as a myth. It literally says the assertion by the agriculture mccool industry that pesticides are necessary is not only inaccurate, but dangerously misleading. And then this push came from us. It came at us like thunder. Many conventional farmers are concerned about the future of that business, and the case has now reached the Supreme Court in rome, which will decide whether or not pesticides should be allowed in the region. Up of production is clearly important. In ivory coast, it is growing. In fact, the west african country is the biggest producer. But those brains are exported and processed over little the profit goes to the local farmers and given to their wives in a border in the south of the country. A womens party has to do things differently, and they repeat incredible results in terms of the environment typically considered the domain of men, there used to be no role in the cocoa harvest for these women. But now theyre farming and producing themselves. Juliet quasi founded a cooperative with women in her own village in the southern part of ivory coast. Its aim is to produce cocoa beans more sustainably. And to use them for making more than just chocolate. This is it. Nothing is thrown away. We start with their missile, its the sticky pulp which is never used in cocoa production. We add flavors and spices to it, which is unusual and innovative. Mom. The women use the juice from the pulp to make products such as flavor and cocoa beans and the husks to make tea. The 40 local women who have joined the cooperative are now earning an income for themselves and their families. By one 5th, i used to only work occasionally when i didnt make much money for but since i joined the cooperative, thats changed what i can and the equivalent of 4 heroes 50 every day. Im happy because thanks to the cooperative, im now independent. The majority of ivory coasts 26000000 population work in the agricultural sector. 40 percent of the worlds cocoa comes from the west african country. Every year, around 25000000. 00 tonnes of shells and bean husks end up in garbage dumps or are burnt. Producing more goods from. This is good for the environment and enables families in the village to earn more from their harvests. We both have a fair ball, but i believe we need to increase the value of our cocoa to give it more credibility overall. With my approach, it is the women who are involved in this aspect. Their inclusion will make a real difference here. They will improve the cocoa value chain. Something that until now was the province of men. But there julia is making a delivery to a small shop in abidjan that sells the cooperatives products. The flavored cocoa, beans, spice mixes and tea. The German Development agency g. R. I. Z. , helped to establish the contact among the organizations activities, to supporting sustainable initiatives, to secure farmers livelihoods across africa. Then she can be a role model for other women when it comes to expanding back ok, processing and developing new products through the juliet quasi has an apartment in abidjan in the kitchen. She cooks up her products and experiments with new ideas. You know, its not the inspiration strikes when im in my kitchen. When i start one recipe, an idea for another one pops into my head. I dont know why it just comes naturally. And julie, an idea of getting more from cocoa ponds is catching on. The Ivory Coast Government is in the process of building a biomass, Power Generation plant that will turn the countrys abundance of coca production, waste into electricity. Another young woman who has built up a ugly Business Company is featured in our next report. Set up a somewhat a new so far me and i will be it breeds flies, flies. This is a are very popular with us humans, but the last is, so we got the blocks all to fly, in fact deserve some respect. This container is full of black soldier fly larvae, many might find them disgusting. But for teller, schreibers, they were the basis of a business idea. She had 2 years ago. We think and 2nd prize, the company of the future because we are aware sustainability and profitability needs. And more importantly, we see the beauty within the beast. And i think you should too. And that beauty lies in the larvae, loving garbage and feasting on organic waste. What goes in one end comes out the other as nutrient rich fertilizer. Farmer douglas has been using it on his fields. He says the quality of the soil has improved and that using the 1st eliza has financial advantages as well. Helps in reducing the production cost. The crops grow healthy and very fast opportunist. Not given a chance in the farm growing period for the farm, kenyas capital nairobi generates about 3000. 00 tons of waste every day. 60 percent of it is organic, such as spoiled, produce from markets. When it rots it emits greenhouse gases. The insects can take about 20 to 30 tons of that daily organic waste. After the glass in a soldier fly larvae have gorge themselves until theyre nice and plump. They are dried and ground into a high protein powder that can be fed to chickens all pics. Its more environmentally friendly than fish meal production, which is a significant contributor to overfishing. Theres another reason why interest in the insect based feed has grown during the current coronavirus pandemic when the borders are blocked off to bring in fish meal into the country, fish meal is our main competitive product. So tons of me in uganda, withheld or took longer to cross the border, meaning that the demand for black soldier flies went up because black soldier flies are an alternative to fish meal. The company employs about 60 people for some, its provided an unexpected Career Opportunity mostly because i think it does that tell us why this who studied International Food and agribusiness has already expand operations and now also raises crickets, nutritious and delicious. They wont just be feed for animals, but humans too. Yet more proof that we should think more highly of the music. In fact, these critters can be our 6 legged friends, helping us to save resources and dispose of whats but not unfortunately, plastic west. Thats right, sandra, its a manmade problem that we humans have to deal with ourselves. And there are many on more projects and people in africa doing just that. One association in mozambique doesnt just collect used plastic. It also promotes recycling involving schools, local community professional, wish collectors, and even artists. Lets see how far theyve come to treat, the augusta and her family live in beta. Collecting Plastic Waste is how she makes a living for treats. Here is one of the around a 100 ways collectors, working for 2 recycling associations in bayda. Every day they take what theyve collected to the womens ngo, to the groups aim, is to provide both practical assistance for women and protect the environment. Polina kaner is the president and has led the Organization Since it was established in 2013. This is an association focusing on women with low incomes. So what we do is basically focus on recycling. That not only gives the women an income, but also helps to keep our city cleaner. And most of them bring together the women manage to gather around 1. 00 tons of waste every month at the recycling center, workers sort of package it ready for transport. After that, it gets sent to an Industrial Recycling plant for processing this community used to be very dirty with all the Plastic Waste. Now i see a real difference in terms of cleanliness, but that means you dont find much waste in this area anymore. So the collectors have to go further to find material for recycling as theres no longer enough around here. The group to is part of the Mozambique Association of recycling or more the association is working to set up an efficient Waste Management and recycling system in mozambique. So far, fics, regional organizations are taking part and more have signaled interest in joining when a more started in 2009, the concept was new in the southeast african country. Now 10 years down the line, the attitude towards waste has changed. More has changed a lot here. Since they started their activities and i was a big fan, theyve brought a whole new perspective as regards to cycling. And theyve also introduced new infrastructure before we had huge amounts of Plastic Waste, but we didnt know what to do with it or how to process it. Free our recycling is one of the private companies that also profit from the growing interest in cycling. They sell on the salty materials to a local company to transform them into furniture. And many other useful items are more says that between 4. 60 tons of waste are being recycled every month. That might sound like a lot, but its actually only the plenty of 2 percent of the overall waste produced in mozambique. So theres still a long way to go to make effective Waste Management a reality on a large scale. If we want to reduce the amount of plastic in circulation, we have to recycle it and cut down the amount we use in 1st place. Here already cooperate are we are plenty of ideas about how that can be done. Join us next time for more green ideas on initiatives, but for now its goodbye from the Conservation Foundation. Lagos. 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