Much after one hundred gives the ideals of the favs are more relevant today than they were a hundred years ago generis shaped to color the boss people in the way of shaping society. With ideas that are part of. The house world three part documentary starts january thirteenth on t w. Welcome to this edition of africa then environmental magazine show its cover to spike in germany channels t. V. And i and present to be in south africa im felicia industry and im happy to be
sharing the limelight with my colleague not to hello there and hi felicia yes im not in lagos i mean gonna cry gonna put together some exciting environmental topics from africa and europe for you today will be looking at the importance of c grasses to the oceans and how some scientists develop a to fish will soon graph but heres what else is coming up on the show. With me the young man in kenya who has gone into business as a selfemployed we wish. We hunt for making our way and visit the reptile rescue center. And we ta
v.n. wave and his colleagues have been trying to find out what other vital functions the marine plants might fulfil. they help damp down energy transmitted in waves and also curb the power of currents. that in turn helps cut down on sea better ocean so the sea grass helps stabilize it. so it plays a role in coastal protection because the waves that arrive on the coast strike it with less energy. of. the first step for the researchers was to examine the condition of the sea grass beds on germany s coasts the results show that agriculture on land is proving poisonous to the marine plants global warming is also causing massive algae blooms that cut off the light that sea grass needs to grow european universities and partners from industry are working together on this project there s a huge amount of sea grass in the tropics but it s disappearing there because
called the rain forest of the sea they are vulnerable just like the rain forest on lad and damage to see grass results in the roshan loss of biodiversity the slow growing plant i need time to recover that s why scientists in germany are trying to help out with artificial seagrass. it grows just off the coast in areas where the sea floor is flat. huge beds of seagrass are often called the oceans rain forests and they play a similar role in marine ecology they offer countless species both sustenance and protection seagrass spends also produce oxygen and sequitur carbon dioxide by binding it in a long term form and monitored for the last two years with the project see art roll
a park solar panels have been installed to supply its energy needs it s a kind of local recreation area which it s hoped will also attract tourists the park even comes with an amphitheater that will also be used for educational purposes. the man in charge of the project shows us water filtration equipment that s also been installed to treat water polluted by the phosphate industry. no it can be used to water plants seven hundred terrorists have been planted here. and. the facility consists of five eco filters joined up as a network. once they re installed the filters enable the water to be physically chemically logically cleaned of impurities meaning the bacteria get killed off and the water can be recycled. back to the sea and the fishermen the project managers want to hear what they perceive as their biggest problems and i have to
the extra space will allow her to work more efficiently and develop a small recycling business for the township. but. it s so much easier now because now it s i m not going to. like these. insights in the crate so that they can be safe they are not safe outside everyone can see them and still. the workshop is not kim well as first project he started by building this daycare center it had room for eighty children sheltering them from heat and rain and was hailed as a groundbreaking work of green architecture the day care center and the other facilities were meant to promote change here but that vision could not compete with raw political violence today the center is concerted. he won t give in