just heard a. stink about those you walk with i don t see holes in the documentary so can you tell us what exactly is the state of the oceans. around the world. become now called for the oceans ocean of plastic. when you take a seat cruise of the national empowerment for example a fisherman you will catch tons of plastic and very little fish the fish gets in bed because the i m just saying plastics and they have a storm up full of plastic what is the situation like that margie i mean what companies don t do the cleanup plus you know the pollute us should pay they should encourage people to come out for beach cleanups there are also domestic waste in the oceans there are several things the biodiversity is depleting the mungo budget
sea levels are rising. between 20172018 they rose by 3.7 millimeters it s the highest see that a rise in a single year and it s already enough to flood small island nations. it s pretty shocking isn t it the oceans have huge potential to adopt its aims and even to compensate for it but that s going on a walk if we humans also play a part my colleague n.t. paid a visit to the nigerian institute for oceanography and learning results in the why he spoke to dr rice in a follow on the institute s collects data on mix recriminations to the government on how best to protect the sea or off the coast caused dr follows so had some interesting things to say take a listen. dr phil goes thank you so much for speaking with us on the go up because now we ve
by which time the fos long term protection plan should be in place that ecosystem in the sea shows is counting on. d what a beautiful place let s hope it stays that way that the united nations intergovernmental panel on climate change recently published its militarist assessment on the state of our oceans and it wasn t good news the same process that s happening online and is also happening at the same yes sadly you re right we are being too careless with our quartic eco systems the increased levels of a border being absorbed by the water bodies how slow to acidification coastal areas are being polluted or awarded marine life is disappearing in a moment we ll speak to an expert in nigeria but for now here are a few raw facts in our new segment eco took. the road.
the climate change issues at pollution that s a single use plastic you know being dumped anyhow when you pull look you must be a function you know when we pull some of these things in place to keep on vironment safe for the next 2 years thank you very much for being. so know we a bit wiser about the state of the woods oceans but what about the lex on the rivers which make up a significant part of the water system in many countries i hear things aren t much better sandra not if you talk to the people at the danish initiative group kayak but they are not just complaining about the state of us rivers they are taking action they ve come up with a pretty cool idea as you ll see in this week s doing your bit.
you know you re coming from kampala here in uganda on a big hello to my fellow presenter auntie in nigeria hello everyone and hello sandra you are so right about our waters in fact you could go so far as to say that the future of our planet may be pinned on the conditions of our oceans lakes and rivers will have more on that in the coming reports but 1st a brief look at what s lined up today in our program. sessions has a rescue plan it s called still a way as well take a look at how that works. they intergovernmental panel on climate change has just presented its report on the condition of our oceans we ll see what he said and in germany and other parts of you have you going to go kayaking for free as long as you collect trash along the way. first to the seychelles where environmentalists are working to protect. these frogs ecosystems are among the most