Life but scientists worry a destruction in the food chain poses a threat to this habitat. Im melissa chant welcome to d. W. News asia its good to have you with us its a vicious type of assault meant to main scar and even kill im talking about acid attacks and you hear about them happening in many places by one estimate over fifteen hundred reported incidents take place around the world every year and women are often the targets in more than eighty percent of all cases and again thats only what gets reported its a crime indias been trying to address to through stricter chemical regulations and tougher punishments but that cant erase the scars the survivors of such attacks will carry their whole lives carmen meyer met one woman in india who took her tragedy and transformed it into empowerment. Of comic with an unconventional heroine the story of a young woman who has been attacked. She transforms from being a victim to being a super heroine a mission is to hope the survivors of asset attacks. Videos of the comic show readers whos behind this story lux me. Who suffered a real life attack in twenty five. Then the day. After i refused his advances he and his younger brothers girlfriend turned up with acid in a beer bottle they poured the acid into a glass and threw it on to my face. And i think they made a face but i fainted and when i came to again it felt as if id been burnt alive or me i think i would have been the. Blacksmith he was only fifteen when she was attacked by a man seventeen years her senior. She had refused his advances in a cruel act of revenge he attacked her and changed her life for ever hundreds of acid attacks like the one suffered by laxmi a reported in india every year when the judge didnt kill me he attacked me so that i would have to live my life in agony he knew that society would accept him and that is same society would reject and victimize me in ways. That lets me refuse to be a victim and became an activist shes part of a campaign called stop the sale acid shes helped make great changes in india the sale of acid is now regulated and prosecutions of acid attacks have been made easier but she wants a complete ban comic book focuses on male and female equality worldwide she hopes children will learn about the topic in classrooms lakshmis aim is to give girls including her own daughter a different image of the world shes also a single mother which is far from the norm in india you see make believe me my dream hasnt yet come true but there has been a huge change these last few years. And that shows me that equality and the changes were all talking about now will happen. With teens. Laxmi wants to see an end to violence against women and spare future generations from the suffering she and others have endured how will she do it while the super heroine can help make it happen. Joining me now is ron devon any one of the publishers of the comic book you just saw in the report so ron how has the story of laxmi of the acid attack been received. Oh its been universally received very positively we had enormous amount of readership for that for this issue and then of course the amount of press attention that lecture me then and many of the other acid attack survivors has been really important because if the core of it we want to get their faces and their stories out tell us about the other comic books youve produced theres prius shakti that is the series what else has the superhero been up to short with the first one army character priya that came out of a result of the december two thousand and twelve gang grief that happened on a bus in delhi which was covered all over the world and from there weve produced the Second Chapter prius meare which continues a previous adventures and there she beats a group of acid attack survivors which she you dont at the core of the comic book series and Previous Mission is about country fear and one of the things that i discovered what creating this and researching it is that acid attack survivors and great survivors save face the same cultural stigma and the fear that comes from it and because of the project just break that fear. On our program we have been a looking a lot at india and violence against women theres certainly been a lot of coverage on india from around the world do you think india nats this focus is it truly particularly bad. Im i dont know if its particularly bad its theres theres degrees to do it you can see it all over in many countries in fact in the us that has an enormous amount of crime specially rate related colleges so that it varies but what i think is unique about india its a country of over one point five billion people and the biggest democracy in the world and its a country that is going through dramatic changes and one of these changes that it has to sort of go its a hurdle that it needs to overcome is the pitcher of use that used to exist in the past and it exists to an extent now and i think that transformation is why so many people around the world and of course the media Pay Attention to it. From devon any thank you thank you for having me. Moving on to pakistan where in some regions camel wrestling is a popular pastime but it is illegal in the country though fans will point out its been a tradition for more than a thousand years yet as youll see and if you dont approve of animal fighting you may not want to people carry on with it right out in the open. Entrance fit for a prize fighter. The champions arrive with loud music and fleshy robes. After strutting around the arena the belt can begin. Camel wrestling is banned in pakistan but this event in law still pulls a big crowd. Many spectators argue that its a proud display of culture. Were happy that this festival is being arranged its a cultural fair and people came here with passion and zeal. Are brought my children my friends also came. You can see the excitement. Of those camel fight it was not culture but simple cruelty. The camels grunting pain as they wrestle and bite and maul Rights Groups want to get serious about blood sports. Illegal. And beautified day and. Unfortunately. Need more amendment and implementation back in law yeah the referee declares a winner the owner will take home prize money of a hundred thousand rupees the fines for legal camel fighting are just fifty rupees its Little Wonder that events like this are still going strong. Turning now to the waters off Southeast Asia which as you can see behind me shelters a rich a ray of marine life along its coastal reefs but looks can be deceiving and cambodia they are now raising the alarm over a fall off in the number of large fish in coastal waters saying it has to do with overfishing and pollution International Squad of scientists. Is trying to determine if you are a large fish is having a cascading effect and in danger in the future of cambodias reefs or a shimmering spectacle rich with color greets divers here off the coast of kut stay or king island but this marine hangout may be missing some former regulars though we do see areas with a lot of coral cover and everything is very alive down there but we do see fewer and what seems like fewer and fewer large fish and things like turtles and marine mammals. Where did they go. Locals have fished these coastal waters for generations. They blame larger often illegal boats from across the gulf of thailand for overfishing and that may have knock on consequences. A team of International Scientists is on the case. And our ongoing studies we hope to find empirical information and evidence to say that the fishery is healthy or if its improving or if its decreasing and so that is what our long term goals are here with the surveys is to establish the facts about the situation. Over the side and under the water for answers. There big question dispute where fish affect the circle of life in the regions reefs fewer nipples could mean more algae growth which can smother coral reefs are. Also test samples for microscopic clues bacteria carried along by algae that kills coral larva. And disturbing finds clear to the naked eye. But plastic pollution. Occasionally will you will have big soups of actually trash and plastic floating in the ocean this is obviously. Very bad for the environment. All the things we will see quite often is discarded fishing thats sitting on the reef and smothering a reef. The data will be compared to a study done six years ago assessing the health of the ocean. Todays observations done and a bit of cleanup to. Along the quest to determine whats going on underneath the surface. For. That story and more on our website thats dot com ford slash asia and you can check us out on facebook as well well leave you now with a look at some pretty cool matter race gathering for lunch time at this singapore aquarium well see you next time goodbye. What secrets behind these we. Find out. Of experience and explore. Cultural heritage sites. W World Heritage three sixty. Mission driven. To. Cards with the good morning stephanie. Chats with musicians from all around the world. Every week. Germanys five g. Frequencies go up for auction today who will be building the ultra fast mobile networks and can it be done without hardware from chinese tech giant sure way. Also on the show chinas bill to grow to shift the tracks investors from all over the world but does it create a win win situation for all involved. And graduating from fishing to eco tourism guides me to this Selfhelp Group in maharashtra aiming to make a living and save the environment. Welcome to do business asia want to get jones and berlin starting right away with a look at this latest example of the Game Changing use of new five g. Networks just look at this. Remote brain surgery in china the patient was in a beijing hospital the new resurgence three thousand kilometers away in the Southern Island province of heinen the live images and medical data were transmitted by a super fast five g. Wireless network with Video Conferencing and other technology from who are way absolutely amazing well now europe also wants to use this technology but first it needs a suitable provider and today bidding for the radio frequencies necessary to roll out five g. Stuff