She sees him as a colleague hold on. To. The bit. To scream for. Your link to exceptional stories and discussion from the news of easy and what i would say to debbie that comes from. Joining us on facebook. For. A. While down so you could africa the environment magazine brought to you by channels t. V. Here in nigeria cuisine south africa and in germany young people i especially in the battle to slow down all stop the effects of Climate Change and today will
present a few impressive examples of what song kids already doing but first another impressive one here i mean to use my copresenting Zealand Global reporting from south africa waiting to see you from lagos. Thanks n. T. Hi there everyone. And im joining you from Johannesburg South africa its great to be part of the Eco Africa Team and have the opportunity to present this wonderful show lets take a look at whats in store this week. Will see how an app helps herdsman in kenya locate grazing land for their livestock and discover how
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plant compounds and storing carbon in the ground what we ve found is that with high plant diversity we get three times more carbon stored in the soil than with less plant diversity. diversity in. the soils ability to bind c o two increases over the years a discovery that would never have been made without this long term experiment. however in twenty thirty flooding in one hundred years completely submerged the experimental meadow. and first it was a huge shock at the far end of the field the water was two meters deep in places and we thought the whole thing was over. the meadow lies on the banks of the zala river. for three weeks the entire area was flooded but instead of giving up the scientists decided to look into the effects of the flood and they made