Chiming in to our panel african and european environmentalists. Heres what we have coming up on the show today. This week well be heading to south africa to find out whats being done to help endangered sea horses. Well go to rwanda to meet a woman who creates jewelry from waste. And then we will show you a pretty good solution to the problem of water hyson in. Sea horses mysterious and magical marine animals but they are threatened with extinction in many parts of the world scientists in south africa trying to do something to save the tiny creatures then developed a method to observe them in the ocean habitat. Sea horses are incredibly well come of. That protects them but makes it hard for researchers to find them and tell them apart. Scientists in south africa have found a way of marking the animals by implanting harmless fluorescent tugs under their skin that helps them identify and truck individuals. Like tagging the animal and understanding its movement and home range will be able to understand what habitat and what area it needs for its entire lives once we know this we can demarcate zones and areas and focus that as sea with conservation areas and hopefully that will promote population growth of the species and help the conservation Going Forward been in a sea horse is a local species. Its listed as endangered by the International Union for the conservation of nature the r. U. C. Am. This animal is only found in three years juries in south africa. Its a limited range makes the seahorse particularly vulnerable to how they are taught lost due to human activity through pollution for example. Now marine scientists at the nih is now facing project are conducting a new study to learn more about this unique animal. So today the last Research Done on this species in the past was in two thousand and one two thousand and three and since then no research so this study is the first to really investigate the quality of the species the habitat use and all these aspects will be used in on the ground conservation of this endangered species. The beauty of the noise has attracted a growing number of human residents with a negative impact on nature. The area is managed by the south African National park service says. Theyre not only concerned about pollution in the estuary they also want to help educate local communities about the countrys only endemic seahorse so theres definitely not enough information that goes out about the sea horse which we are improving we are more in social media now and also are now various platforms there can reach as many people as possible were finding that the more people dont for example the current extract a seahorse going to mystic ate it to know their rules and regulations that govern how we manage and how we conserve as a species like the sea horse. To use an island is an upmarket development in the middle of night in the lagoon. There were initial concerns about how the construction would affect the environment local homeowners have taken steps to protect the sea horses that live in the canals weve put signs in the middle of the waterways. Warning boats to slow down to create a way. Not to park too close to the gabion because those discovered that its really. Nice. So theres that kind of signage people theres a great sense of pride in island but that you know we have them in our backyards and its its part of our environment. All over the world sea grass habitats like that in noise in the lagoon on the sea horses that live in them are under threat of extinction. Or the marine scientists at the nih is not based on project their study and further education will lead to a more promising outcome working with an animal like this and having that apted love for animal like this enables you to spread that love and make people aware of how important animals like this in a. System. Bloke laphams hopes for ten years from now sea horse conservation will be viewed as a success story. Renewable energy as a source of power is gradually taking root in nigeria while the initial cost may have scared away some potential users those who have bought into the idea how to do it on professional processes and i. Know this has also ruined that expectations but one man decided he wanted to make a difference sonny while you were decided that he was going to start up a Training Center that will be teaching nigerians how to install and maintain solar panels at no cost now lets go and see what he and his team are doing to ensure that Renewable Energy takes greater in nigeria. How to properly installed repair and maintain solar panels thats part of the basic curriculum at the end stephen Renewable Energy academy forty kilometers north of lagos the Educational Institute opened in october twenty seventh said so far around one hundred forty five students have received instruction songwriters from the south coast residents out after you get your period for the song like tonight well i dont hear a lot of connectors on. The wires down here. Positive or negative the training is broken down into units it begins with a classroom session where the students are taught the basic principles and applications of solar energy that is followed by hands on experience outside the classroom here the students learn more about the competence of a Solar Energy SystemBattery Charge controller and solar converter and most importantly how to successfully markets to solar power kit they have been able to understand and know how to to talk. How to make your question properly because most people fear that. Because some time. On the size of the capacity of the system where you climb kind of the identical hes a recent graduate of the Renewable Energy academy he recently installed a Solar Energy System for the shop now more and more people are turning to solar palm. I thought i knew. It was during that training that i now go to know that lot of things that we have been doing wont will be for boats and now ill never go back and do it we became. A Stephen Academy only sonny a portable and he steam off for the solar training free of charge but the company also sells pay as you go packages to people in the rural areas it is a win win situation. For all to be able to create more jobs for africans where we. Saw on many of these student graduates has to be taught how do i do designs of a solar system number one how do i install its and how do i maintain need for soft inability a stephen Renewable Energy academy wants to expand its Educational Program the team is planning to build another academy in the niger and capital abuja. Where one there is a policy when it comes to the environment. Plastic bags were banned here some time ago and replacing paper bags in many shops but that still means quite a lot of trash doesnt shut down yes but there are lots of bright spots coming up with ideas on how to tackle that problem one young entrepreneur is collecting the paper waste and creating meal lovely products from it up cycling projects is this its doing your bit for the environment an echo of africa. From paper to pearls how to turn waste paper into jewelry. In the eastern one city of a woman gonna pay for waste is a huge problem tons of paper are thrown away theyre not recycled you see is a marquee girl had esther wanted to tackle the problem. She got used paper at the local high school where anything from old calendars to used writing paper can be found. Burning paper harms the environment. So she decided to create something useful be. There then turned into bracelets necklaces and earrings. It takes around five kilos of paper to make one hundred bracelets. And. A Fashion Design already has five permanent staff members. No special skills are required for the work. And the prices for the paper jewellery start at five euros apiece. And. You like to ask. If you are also doing your bit tell us about it. Visit our website or send us a tweet. Doing your bit we share your stories was fishing if big business at Lake Victoria africas largest lake most of the fish back to you in the area think of the cod that my re increase has seen as a waste but a new tone a window has come up with that Green Business idea to make use of both by products he collects them and tom them. To thumb thing similar to lever time to fish he uses organic products from the banana tree and unlike conventional tanning agents this material environmentalists friendly what a great idea lets take a look. Skins from fish factories around Lake Victoria and it was waste on landfills or in the lake itself one hundred fifty thousand tons per year green entrepreneur knew to know we saw potential in these dump fish skins and is turning them into valuable leather i saw an opportunity as being more i saw huge piles of fish skin. And getting these possed see if they had no value so i thought of really going giving it out to see if i. Did this into money. The lake provides a livelihood for local communities its home to plentiful stocks and cant fish. In a month one point five tons of the thick skins and look at newtons fish leather factory he collects the works directly from fish village in plants as these skin because it produces. And it is also a Health Hazard but then battlement now these industries are at just sent one of the biggest. That is. There you just next year so as they were throwing beads into the environment their population that i was moving in. Got clowns are really in danger. Decomposing fish attracts flies maggots and disease spreading rodents. Newton uses organic ash solutions to avert bacterial processes on the fish skin it took him two years to find an environmentally Friendly Product thats made of banana. And bean leaves having known the facts of. Chemicals used in tiny they are very lethal some of them are really dead so i was free with my innovative i. D. s i thought of really looking for plants that will help me turn fish skin into leather without harming the environment. Hes turning technique also helps to loosen the scales which are then sold and used to make a range of other products the soft skins are washed with organic acid from citrus plants before they are dried and tanned in newtons factory the first of its kind in kenya. Most people cannot believe that fish will lead so that was one major hardly so even if you try to market its people who still had doubts the most popular fish were the products are shoes. Last year newtons professional shoemaker made almost three thousand pairs of fish leather sandals and so far boots from local and International Customers factory turnover was almost one hundred fifty thousand u. S. Dollars. Their quality is excellent in fact i. Was kind of despising i was i dont know what kind of is this method would be that i have handled it ive even met the man because i was in the quality is good it is the durable and he says look. You need. The same applies to these jackets theyre in demand in africa and also in europe because they protect so well against the cold and do not smell of fish demand isnt a problem but newton all we know has trouble finding skilled workers. The other challenge is actually. Production. The demand is increasing all the time and our capacity is a little bit low so were not really able to mention that in mind fish leather and the fish let up products. Theres an abundance of fish here newton has all he needs for his green tanning business on his doorstep. He now wants to expand his facility to meet the growing demand. If you find investors he could help to build a bigger fish to other industry in the process benefiting the environment and creating more jobs. Televisa of queens calorie located off the west coast of africa it is a popular whale watching destination but what visitors can also see. President. Used to be a big. House at the park was killed by one of the creatures what debated by this tragic event has made it hard mission to free a bit from captivity. This is. The or because the star of the show at this marine park on terrorists in the canary islands. The killer whale appears to follow his trainers every command. Together with five other or because the. Rules visitors to the overpacking every day. This is a photo of kato with his former trainer. His mother says alexis always had a special connection to animals and that he was considered the most experienced orca trainer at the local park. Until december of two thousand and nine attacked and killed alexis his trainer. But that only became Public Knowledge much later. That is so in its line of business the park had no interest in saying what really happened namely brutal orca attack. Because that would have had a negative impact on visitor numbers. So they played it down claiming that it was the fault of the trainer not the orca. Yet the autopsy report clearly states that alexis and his body displayed shark bites and internal injuries but to this day the marine parks owner wont call it an orca attack. Us thats right how do i explain it it was an accident accidents happen i cant say more than that. But the animal is still with us today the animal is loving sociable and friendly how should i know how it happens. These words are like a slap in the face for may say theres an end is the Police Investigation into those responsible went nowhere. Now shes fighting to free the very animals which killed her son. In kind i am a mother around the canaries in the sea invite around us there are around thirty different varieties of whales so especially here in this environment its a huge contradiction to hold them captive that only leads to suffering and i think its immoral to keep animals caged up. They. Dont. But at little parquet the show goes on. The marine park and sue welcomed a Record Number of visitors in twenty sixteen over a million its director claims the park plays a role in protecting the environment he says the orcas act as embassadors for wildlife conservation. Believe a bit or so alienated from a church the flower children grow up in cities and often know little of the world around them because were surrounded by technical gadgets but forget were also surrounded by great creatures worth protecting theyre threatened by overfishing and Plastic Waste in the seas and we want to create an awareness of that youre not a toy. Many see this hand and this doesnt believe in that. She will continue fighting to free the orcas. Shes convinced that orcas belong in the open sea. Would you believe what a half of convert time into us income and several of the african country of this Invasive Species is a real problem the plants. Chalk up what always and when they are removed people dont know what to do with all this vegetation indeed this artist is not Just Creative but hes also environmentally aware with this weeks eco he. Thought that if you treat all the walking there are a few fish in these waters the water hyacinth are serious problem and tackling them is dangerous work but its not is what we often have trouble with reptiles we gets next to them because this doesnt look right we will get rid of it if weve got this tool to help. David a pig course the tool behind overlapped humidity himself. But if we use it to have as the water hyacinths if. Its back breaking work then the boat gets stuck it takes david and robot ten minutes to get going again. Now theyre heading back to been indicted davids village is not too happy hes only how food but the rain was humping the work. With his livelihood as a fisherman threatened by the invasive plants species they could come up with the water hasnt pulled it together with the biblical does. He says its about making a virtue of necessity the plan was to see if the water hyacinth would be put to good use in some way as compost for example. Meanwhile came up with another idea with the help of the village he turns the plants into. What i dont buy them in the Community Gives me plants to use in my walk very. Fast the water has since needs to be dried this is done by local women its paid work so marks a step towards Financial Independence many of these women have never under their own money before it takes two days for the sun to dry out this turns the plant fibers are dried and bundled for john murray or luke. This is where i get the water has since the material i work with. The majority of the problem. Began work on a new middle a few days ago fisherman david a pig is keen to see what the artist has done with the plants he collects from the river every day. Forty percent of what industry or banks has been colonized by water has since and theyre still spreading they might be an Invasive Species but john murray or look they have many benefits. Like a Standard Water hyacinths are very versatile i can use their roots their lives and even thames. Water hyacinths defined germany or nukes signature style. With no support but it takes me about a week to complete a mirror like this its very delicate work it takes time and i have to walk very meticulously i dont just use a brush and paint each individual element has to be cut out piece by piece of b. S. Just pop e. S. P. s but piers piers papias. Around ten thousand. To have in this region thats all for today thanks for watching my name is nell time and it was great to have you with us dont forget to tune in next three bye bye from the conservation in Lagos Nigeria sent from me here in Nairobi Kenya we hope to see you next time on our next edition of africa where we bring you great ideas and innovations from europe and africa and of course wed love to hear from you on our social media pages my name is sharon my new from Nairobi Kenya until next time its good buy. The be. 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