Issues from all over africa and europe but im not alone with me its my calling from kenya. Thanks. Very warm welcome to you this is what we have lined up today. With. Both for the democratic republic of congo to find out more about its unique. With. Tries to reduce food waste by acknowledging so by going. To find out how a bunch of fans in south africa come help protect people from to keep up. Its no longer news that nigeria generates a lot of waste and the country needs challenge with how to manage this waste where they are recycling all reusing. Challenge of managing the waste is there now across the country and across the world have. I wish can be turned to well we also have that waste can be turned to beautiful things but is it possible to sit in your house in one place and make the wealth or make the beautiful pink yes it is thanks to this for students of a government goals college and duty who have come up with an app that can link those turning the waste to these beautiful beings all paying money for waste and those generating the waste lets go see how their work. Wastes over three Million Tonnes are generated annually and nigeria its an environmental disaster and a Health Hazard only twenty to thirty percent of the waste is collected for recycling and reuse. These teenage girls from a budget want to change that police lois and just tina have created an app that they hope will make a difference in the way people deal with their garbage its called the green world tech app individuals who told this up on your phone will look to me get a life easier and you know it you know it most people do you know waste on the street you see the worst of and first if those are new no one seems. To help me by asking the syrians to do. And this is how the app works a form is sent to an administrator who responds via email the prospective buyer then goes to pick up the refuse for instructs the seller where to deliver the packaged waste. The app is still in the test phase so far only friends and neighbors can use it. Different types of recyclable waste are rewarded with a system of credit points credits can be redeemed for instance for drinking water. I brought betsy. Plastics plastics and my god for each plastic is one point that is the people and to ten or so at least im stating by three hundred is good so good. Stella was a chick who has founded an ngo where girls can go after school to improve their math and Technical Skills here they also learn to program the app and create a Business Plan for the system. Most of the student actually have been the one who gets the the bias because they actually went online and sex with. Environment to see who and who uses plastic i say roman and so they did it themselves i do think it will help them do it. The girls who want to clean up nigerias waste hope to go public with their apps soon their goal is to sign up at least two thousand users in the First Quarter of twenty eighteen. Now but people on a surprisingly very important for the ecosystem and the people and in the democratic republic of congo are one of the Worlds Largest tropical pete land areas but they are not being protected like they should be shark. Thats right but now its about to change thanks to the help of santas from england together with greenpeace they go on an expedition to raise the level of environmental awareness off the local population. The start of a new day in the democratic republic of congo. Behind the village is done swamp land satellite images have revealed the existence of a peach vault here in the forest biologists say its one of the most important ever discovered thats why a team of british and congolese scientists have embarked on a joint Research Project getting to the peak both involves an arduous hours long hike through the swamp everything is soaking what english geography simon lewis has been surveying here for years trying to better understand the development of the bug which began forming tens of thousands of years ago made up of decomposed plumper terril the peach held some surprises for the researcher is that this is peak bodies so this is the partially decomposed plant matter that. The store of carbon. Needs is now sampled every fifty centimeters and this is to me to training tuesday one of the surprises and we thought that peter here would be maybe fifty centimeters maybe one metre maximum and actually weve got much deeper so that suggests that potentially we havent done all the work yet but potentially theres even more carbon stored on this side of the congo river. The scientists now calculate that the bulk is far bigger and deeper than they originally estimated the peak is up to six meters thick in places and covers an area about the size of Great Britain thats why maintaining the area is so important for the environment. As you see there is the seas rounding the forest to the forest still is starting to combine stalking the cobblestone its a double stalking carbons above ground by must turn it into carbon and undermining deposit and if you want this forest thats got double times releasing the cardboard more carbon in the atmosphere the forests of the congo basin around to ever increasing pressure. Similar primeval woodlands and asia have already dissipated and deforestation is now also a threat in this part about for. Illegal locust taking down more and more trees meanwhile the government is granting licenses some according to environmental groups under dubious circumstances thats as local populations grow so does the need for the land to plant kosoff for instance. Farmers like valentino gobo say they have no choice to acquire new fields they say they have to drain at least some of the most for. The reasons that we have to maintain a balance between preserving nature and survival yes we need alternatives to deforestation but its not that easy it would be seen. There are no projects in place to help people pursue other life you heads thats why the Environmental Organization greenpeace has stepped in to support the scientists financially and logistically and to teach the villagers more about why Environmental Protection is vital a Government Official explains the difficulties the country is facing. Duplicated if we would have to provide aid to the people here so they dont take resources from the forest bugs such projects cost money money the government doesnt have. And thats why we need the Financial Support of the International Community locally to get the local not the activists say its imperative to develop a strategy that provides Financial Support for the entire region otherwise the congolese authorities will continue to permit looking which will eventually lead to the release of vast amounts of sequestered. Internet through knowledge as we need to find International Solution is not only to help these countries protect these primeval forests but also to further study the peat bogs in order to protect them because they contain huge amounts of carbon my own going to shoot through there are some thirty billion tonnes of carbon trapped in there and prices may go and thats the equivalent of three years of total global emissions from coal oil and gas combined. With the scientists have finished for the day but itll take months to record and analyze all the data theyve collected providing more insights into one of the largest carbon reservoirs on the planet. In east africa there are many healthy native vegetables such as armor of the african eggplant however they have had to compete with supposedly some quote modern visitor bowls like the tomatoes now scientists from kenya and germany have teamed up and realize that this is a big mistake because the traditional visitable varieties are rich in vitamins and minerals the researchers wanted to explore the cultivating methods for native vegetable varieties and there are making them easier to grow theyre now hoping for a revival of the traditional vegetables. Santillan from germany and google from kenya share a passion for indigenous african leafy vegetables. This up with a glance of very interesting because of the high duty while you look for example or the african kid has scored high quintuple or some of these we can see that in the body they also like quest to. Become educated so we would be in love with me and i am going to. And then as amaranth the seeds in the leaves are edible and theyre also rich in protein and ion the plants can survive with very little as dylan has proven in this greenhouse in berlin she grows various types of amerind here and conditions that simulate the african environment i dasnt im on sons these are the amorous plants im testing i keep them at fifteen to twenty five percent of their Water Holding capacity because you can see how well the leaves develop even with a minimal water intake. Because one down here theyre a bit dry but at the top the plants work amazingly healthy things like this wouldnt be possible at all with Something Like corn which needs a lot more water cant stay out of the industry out but. In many regions corn and other foreign plants have taken the place of indigenous vegetables. So gather scientists in germany kenya and tanzania researching ways to change that as a horticulture expert at google has already been helping farmers in his home country of kenya he realized one of the main problems is the loss of plants after harvest and hes looking for solutions here at the university of berlin the problem is that they slums of packaging all this with the divorce and the body surface with the new battery so what is up in the water with theres a lot of especially these because of the conditions it is a bore to have to do with just this when it was most of the waste hes testing alternative packaging in this Environmental Chamber at the university he can regulate the temperature and humidity. Together with dilling he then investigates in the lab how the different climate conditions affect the vegetables they dissolve the leaves to see how much of the nutritious content is left after theyve been harvested transported and stored which packaging best protects the flavonoids and nutrients. Their results from the amaranth plant are plain to see when you. Butted in for example use of packaging like these are supposed to be big. Sure do they got new bugs this going to be material will help in the precise nutrient conses. Elicia gogos Research Also shows that exposing the vegetables to additional u. V. Light after harvesting increases the shelf life he wants to research this point further. Humboldt universitys expertise and technical equipment helped him in his Research Like this High Performance liquid chromatography machine. Or its surface to get really really expensive and that is why i had to learn how to extract use it for analysis over time definitely got since. The international Research Project has given the plants a new lease of life their reputation has been changing in africa for some years once considered food for the poor than our fashionable soup of food. Why why for. Me so together with african. And with. Wealthy cooking the amerind the least of it and it was delicious its similar to spinach if you just put a little bit of amount of butter in a bit of salt and its just have a. Healthy tasty and easy to grow researches are enamored with these african vegetables and want to spread the word to the masses. Trust is a huge topic here in nairobi theres hardly any form of recycling at all this week once the chains that he set up a company that separates old and recycles them is a good way to protect the environment and money lets have a. Employees from Tucker Tucker solutions collect try shot twice a week and can give me a poor schooling neighborhood on the outskirts of nairobi so isnt carrying a decided to use attack attack a service she lacks the function of the company recycles but she collects. Im happy with the way they work. And i really like this initiative. And the sacks are also better. In their cleaner than been. One. Solution serve six thousand households in gamey by. Several firms have realized the commercial potential of collect and try to shoot in poor neighborhoods the trouble is most of the garbage and on illegal dumps package that is the only company but also recycles its trucks take twelve tons of trash ever. The day to the sorting center and game pack attack up by the way is this where hilly wood for trash daniel puffin holds who is suisse founded the company in twenty eleven he lived in nairobi as a teenager and knew about its garbage problem a startup is backed by a number of International Development aid organizations it is now starting to break even pattern house wants to expand its operations we would want to become like a wholesale waste manager so we want other companies to come to us but now in order for it to incentivize them we need to be able to accept their weights at a very low fee and so we need to become more and more efficient each saw top processes four hundred kilograms of trash a day if they manage more they get a bonus there are one hundred people on the payroll proved one year from accountant based pay is the equivalent of only one hundred euros a month still she likes a hard job and that she is doing something for the environment the past videos of being here at the game. But she was lot like that. Because there was a leftist adoptee and at the moment doing this the company now has clients across the city including shopping malls and hotels it is looking for move firms to take the materials it recycles in our country like in kenya of not embrace so much there is a key part of it so its making sure people understand what what we do and making sure people embrace using more say kibbles creativity and flexibility i needed to make a recycling operation like this work in nairobi. Usually truck poor residential customers the prizes for collection i staggered as a company would always like to charge more if possible but that doesnt work like its especially in low income areas you need to be able to charge very little otherwise people just dont have the ability to sign up that attack a solution some to. Ams comes to an International School in nairobi to talk to the kids about the importance of recycling and Environmental Protection bread good schools separate trying to show not many scarves you know how its homes do that in kenya parents love the fact that we have. That we do this and that when we say with hoping that children will be responsible citizens responsible global citizens and we are actually doing this certainly not showing parents around before we knew to the school and theyve been very impressing the baby and in fact somebody said to me once i chose your school because i saw the parents. The company also holds workshops at regular king and schools to raise awareness of these issues but so far few of them have chosen to separate their trash recycle. Its not a short term approach but over time they will be the ones who will hopefully you know push things towards recycling on a larger level so if you create that awareness early on i think thats helpful Going Forward half an hold social enterprises taking root attack attack a solutions provides work and have stem vironment its helping to solve very material problems and also to change attitudes in society. And not lets look at one of the wost forms of waste in europe tons of particular good food one away every day much of it lands in the bin the simply because the what on port used by date has passed which isnt always the best way of telling if something is spoiled or not but theres one shop that wants to change this trend mt knows well yes indeed the shop is located in the heart of german capital burley what their Business Concept is selling food past sell by date and preventing food waste is a way of doing their bit for the environment. Theres a supermarket in germany that doesnt care about sell by dates one point three billion tons of food are wasted every year thats about a third of all that is produced a startup in berlin wants to see that change rafael found marie has established his enterprise together with friends of his supermarket surplus sells leftover products in produce that is past the Expiration Date but is otherwise perfectly edible and they even deliver. The owners want to attract customers with low prices and while the selection is still currently limited to the start of popes to have more suppliers onboard soon. Because if theres one thing they dont like seeing good food go to waste. Like that. If youre also doing you want it tell us about it. Visit our website or send us a tweet. During your bet we shared your story. So imagine about you come home from work and when you go into the kitchen you find a huge ball boom completely trashing the place this is what frequently happens to residents of south africas Cape Peninsula local baboons break into the homes searching for food but a new noninvasive method of deterring the on mold known as vettel friends is hoping to solve the problem once and for all. Its an almost daily occurrence for many residents leavin on and around south africas peninsula but from Table MountainNational Park venturing into the city and surrounding suburbs and in search for food parts riley has seen her fashion of the monkey. Yes there are a lot of women care town and they come into your house and they make an awful mess discussion live with it but not too bad they have been in my house quite often. Theyre not aggressive theyre funding aggressive and theyre not really interested in you they they were looking for food thats what theyre looking for. To keep the primates out of Areas Conservation is from the Human Wildlife Solutions organization have been tested a new strategy g. P. S. Collars used to track the movements once the monkeys get close to town the team place high part speakers in strategic positions play sounds of animals and predator sound you play calls pertaining to all predators the long course on the princes sounds of being killed they scared to go. A few banks were burying their reinforces the scariness and the void. The sounds include could you answer lives and deaths is in distress but also predators such as lions leopards and hyenas the aim is to create what is known as a landscape of fear an imaginary boundary that the monk used to not dare to cross in the village of here minus the system seems to do the job weve noticed in the last two weeks since the team arrived with what they call the virtual fence and weve had like literally never been for the last two weeks so we will be saying is there are magination where they certainly never varies but there are seven in a very. The new method is an improvement on Previous Solutions until recently the pesky primates would have been shot and this new system however can be just one tool among others biologists and the bull specialist just in orion nonlethal methods include being true fencing and they have had some success through this field ranges you know herding the billions away from the urban space that includes bearings with people includes nonvertical fences but whats common to all of these is that they know one of them thats ever proven to be one hundred percent successful they are so adaptable to the wildlife or so and predictable that all of them have the weaknesses and so its about having a toolbox approach. Following a positive initial results Human Wildlife Solutions plans to roll out the system in other kids. In this way they want to achieve that fewer and fewer animals a shot dead. Well thats all the time we have for todays program we hope you why inspired to help protect our environment in your own way to find out more about visit our website my name is sarah my money and its goodbye from Nairobi Kenya and indeed if youre involved in environmental projects and want to share your story getting touch with us via email or social media platforms thank you for watching look forward to seeing you next because show. Me on byebye from osho street southwest nigeria. Her tricks are the envy of some of soccers biggest stars. He saw oz is a four time world champion. In free style football. One hundred in shows off her coolness. And spectacular skills. Good luck. Thirty. Dollars. When i was young i dreamed about changing the world. But i was a woman in egypt things turned out differently. Forced marriage genital mutilation humiliation. No one else at all we rebelled i used the written word to stand up for womens rights. 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