Topics Saving Africas endangered seahorses; Doing Your Bit Paper to pearls; A Solar Academy in Nigeria; Leather made from fish skin in Kenya; Freeing the. A local species. Its listed as endangered by the International Union for the conservation of many the r. U. C. Am. This animal is only found in three s. Juries in south africa. Its a limited range makes the sea horse particularly vulnerable to have a Total Loss Due to Human Activity through pollution for example. Now marine scientists at the nih is now facing project conducting a new study to learn more about this unique animal. So today the last Research Done on this species in the past was in Two Thousand And OneTwo Thousand And Three and since then no research so this study is the first to really investigate the quality of the species the habitat use and all these aspects will be used in on the ground conservation of this endangered species. The beauty
a portable and his team for the summer training free of charge but the company also sells pay and she go packages to people in the rural areas it is a win win situation. For all to be able to create more jobs for africans where we. Saw on many of these Student Graduates has to be taught how do i do designs of a solar system how do i install it and how do i maintain need for soft inability to a stephen Renewable Energy academy wants to expand its Educational Program the team is planning to build another academy in the niger and capital abuja. Where one there is a pony when it comes to the environment plastic bags were banned here some time ago and replaced with paper bags in many shops but that still means quite a lot of Trash Doesnt Shine yes but there are lots of bright spots coming up with
ideas on how to tackle that problem one young entrepreneur is collecting the paper with and creating really lovely products from It Upcycling Project is this weeks doing your bit for the environment an echo of africa. From paper to pearls how to turn waste paper into jewelry. In the eastern one city of a woman gonna pay for waste is a huge problem tons of paper are thrown away theyre not recycled d. C. Is a marquee girl has esther wanted to tackle the problem. She got used paper at the local high school where anything from old calendars to used Writing Paper can be found. Burning paper harms the environment. So she decided to create something useful
be. There then turned into Bracelets Necklaces and earrings. It takes around five kilos of paper to make one hundred bracelets. Her Fashion Design already has five permanent staff members. No Special Skills are required for the work and the prices for the paper jewellery start at five euros apiece. And. You like to ask. If you are also doing your bit tell us about it. Visit our Website Course and does a tweet. Doing your bit we share your stories. Fishing if big business at Lake Victoria africas largest lake most of the fish back to you in the area think you have discovered that my re increases seen as waste but a new tone a window has come up weve had weve Business Idea to make use of both by products he collects them and tom them in. Fun thing similar to lever time to fish skins he uses organic products from the banana tree and i like conventional timing this material environmentalists friendly what a great idea lets take a look. Skins from Fish Factories around Lake Victoria and it was waste on landfills or in the lake itself One Hundred Fifty Thousand tons per year green entrepreneur knew to know we saw potential in these Dump Fish Skins and is turning them into valuable leather i saw an opportunity as being the sawmill i saw
huge piles of fish skin. And getting these possed see if they had no value so i thought of really going giving it a try out to see if i. Did this in too many. The lake provides a livelihood for local communities its home to plentiful stocks of nile perch and cant fish. In a month one point five tons of the thick skins and look at Newtons Fish Leather factory he collects the waste directly from fish fillets in plants. These skin because it produces. And it is also a Health Hazard but then battlement now these industries are at just sent to one of the biggest. That is. There you just next year so as they were throwing these into the environment their population that i was living in. Slums were really in danger. Decomposing fish attracts flies markets and disease spreading rodents. Newton uses organic solutions to avert bacterial processes on the fish skin it took him two years to find an environmentally Friendly Product thats made of banana. And bean leaves having known the facts of. Chemicals used in tiny they are very lethal some of them are really dead so i was three. I. D. s i thought of really looking for plants that could help me turn fish skin into leather without harming the environment. His Turning Technique also helps to loosen the scales which are then sold and used to make a range of other products the soft skins are awash with organic acid from citrus plants before they are dried and tanned in newtons factory the first of its kind in kenya. Was you could not believe that fish would lead so that was
one made a habit so even if you try to get its people who still had doubts the most popular fish for the products are shoes. Last year newtons professional shoemaker made almost Three Thousand pairs of fish leather sandals and safari boots for local and International CustomersFactory Turnover was almost One Hundred Fifty Thousand u. S. Dollars their quality is excellent in fact i used to see this you bet i was kind of displacing i was i dont know what kind of is this met today that i have handled it ive even met the man because i was in the qualities. It is the durable and the zest looks unique. The same applies to these jackets theyre in demand in africa and also in europe because they protect so well against the cold and do not smell of fish
demand isnt a problem but newton all we know has trouble finding skilled workers. The other challenge is actually. Production. And our capacity is a little bit low so were not really able to me to the mind of the fish. And the fish products. Theres an abundance of fish here newton has all he needs for his green tanning business on his doorstep. He now wants to expand his facility to meet the growing demand. If he finds investors he could help to build a bigger fish to other industry in the process benefiting the environment and creating more jobs. Some of you just of Calorie Islands located off the west coast of africa it is
a popular whale watching this the nation but what controversially visitors can also see. Their local president. Used to be a big farm. House. Other park was killed by one of the creatures debated by this tragic event has made it how mission to free a bit from captivity. This is. The or because the star of the show at this marine park on ten a reef in the canary islands. The killer whale appears to follow his trainers every command. Together with five other or because the two Ton Mammal Rules Visitors to the overpacking every day. This is a photo of quito with his former trainer alexis. His mother says alexis always had a special connection to animals and that he was considered the most experienced orca trainer at the local park. Until december of Two Thousand And Nine attacked and killed alexis his trainer. But that only became Public Knowledge much later. Knowing that in its Line Of Business The Park had no interest in saying what really happened namely orca attack. Because that would have had a negative impact on visitor numbers. So they played it down claiming that it was the fault of the trainer not the orca. The Autopsy Report clearly states that alexis and his body displayed shark bites
and internal injuries but to this day the marine parks owner wont call it an orca attack. As well how do i explain it it was an Accident Accidents happen i cant say more than that. But the animal is still with us today the animal is loving sociable and friendly how should i know how it happened. These words are like a slap in the face for may say this is the Police Investigation into those responsible went nowhere. Now shes fighting to free the very animals which killed her son. Insanity and a mother around the canaries in the sea invite around us there are around thirty different varieties of whales so especially here in this environment its
a huge contradiction to hold them captive that only leads to suffering and i think its immoral to keep out of most caged up. There. But at Little Parquet the show goes on. The marine park and soon welcome to a Record Number of visitors in twenty sixteen over a million its director claims the park plays a role in protecting the environment he says the orcas act as embassadors for wildlife conservation. Believe in the poor a bit or so alienated from nature our children grow up in cities and often know little of the world around them because were surrounded by technical gadgets but forget were also surrounded by great Creatures Worth protecting theyre threatened by overfishing and Plastic Waste in the seas and we want to create an awareness of that because not a choice. Made
a citizen and this doesnt believe in that. She will continue fighting to free the orcas. Shes convinced that orcas belong in the open sea. Would you believe what a hassle of convert time into us income or would several of the african country of be in basic species is a real problem the plan. Chalk up what a wave and when they are removed people dont know what to do with all this vegetation indeed this artist is not Just Creative but hes also environmentally aware with this weeks eco. Thing that you treat all they would if there are a few fish in these waters the Water Hyacinth a serious problem and tackling them is dangerous work. Its not easy work we often
have trouble with reptiles we gets next to one of them because this doesnt look right you will get rid of it. If you go to this tool to help you get. Through david a pig course of the tool the hunt or glad he made it himself. But if we use it to have is the water higher since. Its back breaking work then the board gets stuck it takes david and robot ten minutes to get going again. Now theyre heading back to been indicted Davids Village is not too happy hes only how food but the rain was humping the work. With his livelihood as a fisherman threatened by the invasive plants species david came up with the water hasnt put it together with a big bill does. He says its about making
a virtue of necessity the plan was to see if the water has it would be put to good use in some way as compost for example. Meanwhile came up with another idea with the help of the village he turns the plants into. What i dont buy them in the Community Gives me plants to use in my walk very. Fast the Water Hyacinth needs to be dried this is done by local women its paid work so marks a step towards Financial Independence many of these women have never under their own money before it takes two days for the sun to dry out distance
the plant fibers are dried and bundled for john murray or look at me this is where i get the what has since the material i work with. The majority of the problem. Began work when a new middle a few days ago Fisherman David appears is keen to see what the artist has done with the plants he collects from the river every day. Forty percent of what in dallas area banks has been colonized by Water Hyacinths and they are still spreading they might be an Invasive Species but john murray will nuke they have many believe its. Like a Standard Water hyacinths a very versatile a can use their roots their limbs and even just thames. Water hyacinths defined germany or nukes signature style
this is. Simple but it takes me about a week to complete a mirror like this its very delicate work it takes time and i have to work very meticulously i dont just use a brush and paint each individual element has to be cut out piece by piece of b. S. Just pop e. S. P. s papias piece by piece. Around ten thousand tackling the want to have in this region thats all for today thanks for watching my name is and it was great to have you with us dont forget to tune in next three bye bye from the conservation in Lagos Nigeria same for me here in Nairobi Kenya we hope to see you next time on our next edition of eco at africa where we bring you great ideas and innovations from europe and africa and of course wed love to hear from you on
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