Species of bat found in the netherlands react in widely different ways. And thats have a very strong response to light theres actually driven by mostly by fear of predators so if youre about that flies very slowly you better hide away and dont show yourself in the light because its its risky however if youre a bat that flies very fast and is very i dont know it dont need to be afraid that much for predators so you actually like taking away. From the slow flying species and giving it to do these already common. But species and thats what of course not a good thing in terms of biodiversity actually reducing biodiversity that. Nocturnal species are sensitive to the blue range of light as they have evolved to use the moon to navigate. The brighter the blue the more distracting it is to test how species respond to other parts of the spectrum the researchers have put up almost 200. 00 lamp posts around the country that shine a range of colors if you take away to a new part of the spectrum an
And he is studying how lights are affecting bats. So far his team has found that the 19 species of bat found in the netherlands react in widely different ways. And thats have a very strong response to light theres actually driven by mostly by fear of predators so if youre about that flies very slowly you better hide away and dont show yourself in the light because its its risky however if youre a bat that flies very fast its very agile it dont need to be afraid that much for predators so you actually like taking away valuable habitat from the slow flying species and exclude giving it to do these already common. But species and thats one of course not a good thing in terms of bio diversity you actually reducing biodiversity that nocturnal species are sensitive to the blue range of light as they have evolved to use the moon to navigate and bright in the blue the more distracting it is to test how species respond to other parts of the spectrum the researchers have put up almost 200. 00 la
The show today. Well take a look at a cleverly designed and heavy sense of green street sweeping devising gonna. Find out why farmers in the netherlands are big fans of bad see. And hear about how people in the ivory coast are protecting baby turtles. An hour of kenya the east african country has a high Domestic Energy demand i mean many sectors including the t. V. Industry people are kings of final tonnages to fossil fuels kenya is africas leading producer in cary coal country there are several t. Processing companies that are using Sustainable Energy sources from the local area lets go have some tea. When the sun shines the rolling landscape. Comes to mind the fields are covered in. The special climate here makes it kenyas most important green region. Really has a plantation here hes one of hundreds of thousands of small will the farmers who make a living. T. Is the base just north of income the main source of income i have the buoys completed and ive been. For financial support. Hav
Wide census. Its targeting 20 keep better fly and mouth species anyone can report based sightings using a Smartphone App that locks on to their location. Through those primarily see very simple if you want identification guides you can go and find that click next its not the right date if you can change it if you need to think of next again and then submit that and then you got another kind of night. As hard as the coded 900 pandemic has been on the british economy its had some Positive Side effects for nature and wildlife. I think in general lockdown has helped many of our butterflies particular if you look at parks and gardens road verges theres been less cutting of the grass and the areas like that and so more plausible able to grow on a. More butterflies have been able to thrive i think the quality benefits that came along also probably going to have some benefit as well. However as life increasingly reverts to the way it was before lockdown the unexpected respites may end for butt
Welcome to you cough into the weekly environment so im now its a way in Lagos Nigeria has a look at what we have coming up on the show today. Well find out how people use anecdotes that might be because theyll be roasted. How women can be out of cycling blasted weight. And why volunteers and they call it was a lot. To begin the show in senegal a country that is home to some 15000000 people about 4 decades ago a forest in the northwest of the country to combat the problem of coastal erosion changed the lives of farmers there but now yes lisa population growth and other factors are putting a strain on this for us lets go see. A down to fall harvest of. Plans thats not something that former money so takes for granted his one of over 20000 farmers living in the near his region of Northwestern Center go many live clues to the clues and still potentially faces facts of the rose and sand storms thats a belt of trees is helping to protect them. Almost 200 kilometers long its 500 metres wide at