plane you can see that these are not large scale forest fires but many smaller bushfires in mozambique savannah area we fly on tonight where the president has declared a state of emergency due to drought still plumes of smoke can be seen everywhere mostly from manmade fires before the rainy season locals prepare their fields using traditional slash and burn techniques the ashes are used as fertilizer experts say this is typical for the region but it can be dangerous. given that that we even serious drought situation this is creating quite a serious problem for livestock but the national parks definitely for for their water than it was so it is a problem for the. areas and. so the regeneration takes some time and then there is no food for the animals there's no