Everybody my name is sharon the money in Nairobi Kenya and i can sow from here that she had just as excited as i am about the next twenty six minutes packed with environmental stories that i brought see you by d w k c n and channels t. V. Heres whats coming up. We show you our Community Based in Nature Conservancy in kenya. How a female Running Initiative is trying to protect monk groups in gambia. And why animals and should be protected but. What about this show in one of the poorest regions of the wild in somaliland almost seventy percent of the population as the living as moments electricity is allowed something thats many of them there dont have and that includes lighting but one man is trying to change that he invented saw lights and now even the poorest can afford them. Died nor is this camels back into the painful Night Shelter like a somali nomads over the centuries he used to fear the dark. At night his precious camels were under constant threat from predators like hyenas he often had to fear for his own life too what about it we used to have a lot of problems we used handheld flashlights at night but we had difficulties finding batteries and sang during those times that you would be attacked by hyenas now thanks to these solar lamps any potential predators are scared away by the bright lights and the camels have Something Interesting to investigate how gay says the capital of somaliland here ive made a set of his own Solar Company to bring like to the rural areas as a child he was a refugee and grew up in poverty he was only introduced to electric light of the age of eleven today he and his team are on the mission to replace traditional kerosene and Battery Powered lamps with solar park well somalis who spend one quarter of their income to let their houses with cars which is more expensive than the total cost of satellite so we have introduced to finance a model which enables them to bet to buy smaller parts on the salt and it utilizes more than my technology at fifty cents a day it is affordable even for people in rural areas every week a dish of color and his team head out to remote areas to travel rough roads to bring sustainable and clean liking to completely neglected communities these strips however have their fair share of challenges we have troops twice a week and go to all communities sometimes we go to like it better we mow the areas and some of the challenges we actually have is like. The road accessibility to those areas that are no roads exist sometimes in the areas that we drive and sometimes just the team got lost in the middle of our. In the middle of nowhere close to somali lands border with ethiopia we come to the small village of truly here it is already normal to see some lights alarms in the few shops and herbes. Grandmama healy who runs a Small Business was one of the first to buy the clean and durable lighting alternative. In the past we used to use terrorising lamps but weve switched the solar lights as it allows us to stay open late at night now nighttime or daytime it doesnt make any difference we can continue with our work to get hot out thats all the why when im a washer that i measured in that though it may come out so that i thought was an eloquent about having. The shop owner has connected more and more people who are interested in knowing more about the solar lapse kerosene lamps as not only expensive and environmentally harmful they also pose a real risk of fire breaking out in the middle of the night after four months the solar lamps are paid off a concept that works. Since twenty fourteen weve sold over five thousand solar lamps from an average over eighty five for the mission used to get our customers here are usually Small Business owners and households and as well as nomads and farmers who need the lights for protection most of our clients money about sixty five percent of oil how are we mash i dont want the water. I am like one of the reasons that the rural somali market has been so neglected is that many people cannot afford much many locals still survive by battering hunting or small scale farming thats why abhishek or came up with alternative payment solutions. All of our customers dont usually have cash grain sometimes they may have other commodities that are you know acceptable such as other cultural products life stock or chicken egg so if they have you know commodities like we have to be accepted as payment many people can now afford the lamps and development thats good for the environment and useful to local residents on the night market for example small light is making a big difference. Why should locals protect the wildlife maybe they feel theres no need to specially when i mean walls like giraffes and elephants destroy the farmers have it it can cause conflict for instance in kenya which happens but steps are being taken to stop this from happening for instance all can you conservancy close to masai mara lets take a look. After the morning drive. Down for breakfast in the wild. This is the last deal of safari for the couple from new zealand. The highlight here became the food and were going to say were taking picnic breakfast with us and so its all packed ready for as we go up. We find a lovely location we sit there. On the other side of the camp. And he still moving just keep watch simon has worked as a senior why didnt put three and a half years now but still has to convince the locals that protecting the environment is important. When i talk about Environmental Security so that people dont cut trees down dont calls fire us on a wide life you know. So that they become their war dogs of our community and then they have the government. Saying one benefits from the partnership between you know course and two Safari Companies. In this Partnership Members of the neighboring must Say Community lease now more than seven thousand five hundred victims of land for the Safari Companies they receive a Monthly Payment depending on the number because they have leased when none was the subdivided into individual Land Ownership then you people are too good a game and sign a lease with a company in order to form a consultancy people now more settle. Now they will not move mainly the lifestyle. Because you know death they have more the law and also the consequences and they get money from the consulate so that the ninety income and the happy. Today there are almost two hundred land owners leasing their land which makes a big difference the area now has over twenty land as well as jitters pads a host of bugs gazelles keep buffalos and many others. In addition to the income from leasing the land the Community Also offers a committees for the tourists. I guess. You know you. Look the residents have also set a conclusion as to protect their life took from the wild animals they call them on bomb. Planted only part of the sun queer part all have one they have over five hundred animals. Someone everyone. In the past we used to have a lot of problems with wild animals attacking our livestock lens would attack and kill our cows and goats. But since we go to the bomb they have no landlines or you know as a techno. Bottle say they see a bomb. On a building. But not everything is rosy having finished inclusion within the protected area poses a problem as the scene of one explains. The problem caused by the census one it blocks the wildlife quite the no mall migratory route that is one of the challenge secondly it traps the wildlife when they try to jump over the. Tongue all inside the fences. That cause conflict. Management and use that the government needs to engage more with locals by providing compensation for attacks on their livestock and more suitable Protection Measures if the locals care for the wild animals in the truck more tourists like the ones from new zealand. And everyone will benefit. The tourists the wildlife and by them and. The job of a shepherd has a long standing tradition in germany too it might sound quite romantic but it can be a tough life so it was actually play an Important Role in biodiversity because they transport seeds and pollen but in germany there was a walk with that i mean both i wonder what why is that. Well it happens because of the increasing industrialization in i we call ger see what it does is that we have a kind of walk across are disappearing and thats why scientists are working on a Computer Program now and show about this share of birds are able to do what been know to do best in the future lets see how it works. Shepherdson germany have had enough the revenues for meat and milk production are declining while production costs continue to rise theyre struggling to survive so theyve organized a nationwide protest outside all the state parliaments like here imports down nearby. Prices for grazing land are far too high supplies are far too expensive twenty two other countries in europe want to help their shepherds only germany says no more guards are on guard. More and more shepherds are giving up weve come to the area of violent off on the border with luxembourg going to sack with is one of only nine hundred traditional shepherds left in germany who roam free with their sheep he says his sheep provide an important Ecological Service which most people are unaware of the animals play a key role in preserving grasslands as they unique grazing habits stimulate better plant growth. Its. Just take this area here if we didnt let our sheep graze here it would quickly degrade. We would have holes everywhere. And the meadow were no longer be able to fulfil its ecological role. It would no longer be a good filter for contaminants which could then enter the groundwater and it wouldnt provide any effective protection against soil erosion and wouldnt mind to any more either. Intensive agriculture in the construction of roads or residential areas has meant many grasslands and forests have been cut through scientists have shown that this can prevent seeds and pollinators from spreading leaving some areas isolated. Flocks of sheep however help to connect the isolated bio tapes. Like a sponge she takes in insects in sea but it brushes over the ground. Just a single flock of sheep spreads tens of thousands of insects and seeds when it moves from one pasture to another. Via does. If we no longer keep these areas open if we no longer allow seeds and own sex to be transported from one area to another the populations in these isolated habitats will completely collapse due to genetic impoverishment. Computer experts in the nearby town of noise start on devine have recognised the ecological importance of sheep. With data from aerial photographs satellites radar and legal language histories they have developed a software that identifies optimal routes for flux the geo Information System autonomous flee to texas residential neighborhoods roads or grasslands and is designed to help crosslink natural areas. The Computer System works a lot like a Navigation System but in google you just have a car or pedestrian option we on the other hand have twenty to twenty five different parameters that tell the software whats important for sheep with this geo Information System you can then autonomy they create routes for shepherds you could call it intelligent routing. Would. The shepherds have welcomed the new Computer Program its good news for the sheep too as they now have more to eat the software has already helped to identify many new pastures and grasslands back over on the other side of the country the protesters hope that this Scientific Development will also trigger a political rethink of the shepherds are confident their work is far from being obsolete. There will be a future for traditional shepherding in germany and in the world thats certain were the worlds oldest profession and weve survived many crises before but we should rather ask ourselves what future would nature have without us but were not or. What is true for germany is also true for other parts of the world where traditional shepherds often held in low regard and in conflict with sedentary farmers. Their flocks helped keep grass and. And healthy. And now on to our next topic is not only africa to have issues weve got a bridge well european big cities like the copter loeb belgium brussels have the same problem too and see what theyve started to do theyve hired what they call spectators who go around checking on the people see the carts anyone who is littering what do they do they punish them with big fight we went on to talk with one of those inspectors way. It has taken some getting used to but twice a week people in brussels now put their garbage bags out on the street for pickup this is an old city with narrow streets and small buildings when they were being constructed no one thought about garbage containers but the city fathers dont want to dirty smelly brussels so there are waste inspectors who go out searching for instances of illegal waste disposal. About every just this isnt a residential area and there are no cameras so some people think they can get away with leaving their garbage. But the Environmental Center hadnt reckoned with garbage inspector john rice like a detective he sift through every bag for evidence his heart rejoices whenever he finds a document and indeed this receipt of payment bears the name of a customer. Know shes right we have a piece of evidence now we can file charges against the person who left that garbage. Because it was this is i can see. The evidence goes into a plastic bag not to preserve fingerprints but because its dirty the location and content of the garbage bag are carefully recorded the perpetrator will be presented with an administrators fine of seventy five euros the fine for glass found in residual garbage is twice as much because the garbage collectors could cut themselves while on the job. All documents are laminated to spare the office from unpleasant odors like the police the garbage inspectors have access to the countrys registry and can collect the administrative penalty itself an additional fine of up to sixty two thousand euros may also be imposed depending on the severity of the offense. Theyd been took its good for the city some districts are already much cleaner now but we have to be diligent every day. Spot checks are carried out every day on five hundred sacks of residual waste if they contain plastic cans or glass the person who fail to separate the items will pay the price. And now we head back to africa egypt has many tories to highlight including the pyramid very often the tories brought their own donkey or carmel or horse carts on fortunately many of these animals badly treated one woman wants to change that and thats what we bring you in our latest edition of doing your bit. Blocks or egypt. Between all the monuments horses and donkeys pull cart loads of tourists and crops. For five thousand of years the animals have been revered for their hardiness. But their welfare is often neglected. They frequently suffer from injuries and illnesses. Often the neglect is not a result of animosity but reflects a lack of education. Twenty years ago a veterinarian started to provide free treatment. Today animal care in egypt is a well equipped hospital and stable. Providing care for up to seventy five donkeys and horses per day. Mostly treating malnourishment. And injuries from road accidents or improper settling. A c. E. O. Also launched an Education Program for children. To prevent animal cruelty in future. You like them. And if you also do new tell us about. Visit our website or send us a tweet. Hash tag do you have been sharing the worst. Ive heard about the western arctic and now in the gambia oysters are typical on the menu what harvesting them often. Damages or even destroys among groups they live in and thats a major problem for the environment indeed mongrels a very important as a breeding ground for small fish and for cabin stories one initiative set up training sessions for the locals to ensure that mongrels are better protected. The main grove forests in North Western gambia are a major factor in the battle against Climate Change their roots store five times more Carbon Dioxide than other types of rain forest. Wild oysters grow on their roots harvesting them provides women with a source of income that in the past the mangroves were damaged in the process after the shellfish are steamed in the shells opened there ready to be sold. And there are men and women that during the four months of harvesting season i might earn up to fifty euro as a day ill pay the rent on my house for the rest of the year the school fees for my kids and ill put some aside theres a lot a can of oysters sells for the equivalent of about fifty cents but even though oyster farming provides women with a livelihood its also contributed to the degradation of the mangrove forests and thats impacted the local eco system because the mangroves provide a breeding ground for fish. Cull tongue as a town on gambia as west coast. Factor john is a Fashion Designer and an activist she campaigns for mangrove Forest Conservation for the last ten years shes also organized the workshops designed to improve the lives of gambians female oyster harvesters. To just to see how i can help them so were going to improve their lives i mean to prove the environment also because the environment is important here for us because weve been trapped in the world i think in the oysters so i believe that that has a good impact on the Climate Change in the. One simple alteration to the harvesting system makes a huge difference if the women collect the oysters at low tide they dont need to chop off the roots. And i. Think when you when you dont know we know that if we continue cutting