he thinks he can see all the great tennis certainly he's won for the agency. turner for the. starts december twenty second t.w. . hello and welcome to the new edition of record africa full of environmental stories and ideas from africa and you go to deal with discover what he means to live a life that is truly green and sustainable we have a number of ideas that was sure what your bones are like. but first let's not get lost in the deeds of i see how my wonderful colleague from the show how about felicia high n.t. happy to be with you again presenting once more our current production from question channel's t.v. my name is for the show industry and i'll be your co-host for the show here's what's coming up. we're bored from mauritania's capital. where streets are being planted with trees to provide shade to local residents. turning the city green how urban green spaces have impacts the climate and the car africa is in kenya where tracking experts are helping to save the lives of elephant. report today it takes us to the coast here in south africa kind which is a township in cape town that was developed in the one nine hundred eighty s. for a long time a park there was mostly known for muggings and as a way stump but the situation has improved a lot in recent years and a couple of brothers have contributed significantly to that change a few years ago they started a canoe club for local children but before putting their boats in the water the kids have to do a little something for the community. it's the weekend township kept on c.n.n. he's you know. people are waiting for him and he's above that on the outskirts. for a couple of years now the two brothers have been showing young people how to kind of not something you'd expect. the township with its population of medians borders right on the each with. it's a refuge and a breeding ground for my time and migratory but species these sort of the it's pretty noisy out here. and i hope have rented a garage nearby this is the clubs because most of the people who've come from the township the guy knows what donated by a local recreational organization. before we started this. i used to but now i've found that. healing properties. and the environment is a healing process that's the kind of experience see younger ones to pass on to the kids in the club the lives of many townsfolk have been mired by crime and unemployment the youngsters have to drug their canoes to the neighboring patenting to get to the water kept on authorities allowed the club to use the area for free fifty children and young people have already joined their normal ship fees or dues . fourteen year old is one of them to begin with he was frightened to go out on the water now. because i know they can die like that. but for the two founders it's about more than just sports we are using nature to peddle so which is them about keeping the environment clean taking up the need. and we using the. incentives. and although they cleared the area. when they first came here fifty plastic still keeps turning up amongst the reeds the canoe kids want to show that one of the trash has no place in nature. before they took to the water they warm up a few exercises. the kids can play water polo or paddle along the river there isn't a drought has reduced the waterway to a mere one hundred metres in length that's not ideal for training but better than nothing. we. see under his brother were both out of work when they sit up in the canoe club. keep the party to float the water tools all the township including an annoying when the sun reaches its highest point and it's time to head out onto the water for lunch money and his friends love the fact that they can spend their free time here. a leg up all kind of like you. and. me from smoking drive in in the lead in the world. an alternative to violence and drugs that's what see young. kids from with their twenty canoes and they have another dream to. one of the biggest. participating in. all the amazing things that are taking place in south africa that's one of my. youth work sports and environmental protection the highly chicano club on the edge of the township is all of those in one. planning is a huge challenge how many sprawling cities can the climate cope with. experts say that out urban areas are increasingly seeing concrete in place of greenery and what about human health according to the un ed nation now contributes to the deaths of four million people a year so how can we keep the and major population centers clean here are some ideas and in our film on the importance of greener cities. cities have always had a strong appeal they offer medical care educational and job opportunities infrastructure and cultural institutions and other attractions is anything lacking at all yes nature but why do we need green spaces in cities. for food for example with so many people in cities it makes sense to produce food there urban gardening is popular lettuce herbs and other easy to grow greens are being cultivated on rooftops or in small plots. but not every part of the city is suitable plants that grow alongside busy streets are exposed to pollution. urban green spaces can impact the climate cities account for seventy percent of global c o two emissions bad for the planet and its residents. green leafy plants absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. and trees and other vegetation help regulate the urban temperature they provide shade and cooling three that gratian. plants and unpaved soil absorb water when it rained heavily our rivers overflow. and parks are places where we can rest and relax. but we're not alone lots of animals have adapted to city life but i've been doing animals often have it better than their country cousins but only if they have access to plenty of green areas and trees. many wild plants have also adjusted well to the urban jungle but they still require unpaved areas in order to grow. so green spaces in a city are good for the quality of life of all its inhabitants. not so it was once a small fishing village but often becoming more attain as capital than one nine hundred sixty the population steadily grew and now times in yearly a million today the city faces a number of problems including rising sea levels and coastal erosion do you think there's any danger of it being washed away one day into. the hope not felicia environmentalists are doing all they can to protect the city with the help of local young people and look for things moving in the right direction. palm tree among rows of dusty buildings trees and plants in general already here making shade a luxury in the mauritanian capital no luck shot. though she can respite from the beating sun have no choice but to huddle in the thin shadows cast by buildings. but that's all about to change at least in this street. a group of local young people are set on completely redesign iot. they've developed a model for the street as they foresee it. that is what. make the city green is a project run by the city's cultural center together with a german development agency. that is now only suggested planting trees on the streets. they'll provide shade but if we put benches around them that also provide a place where skilled pupils to hang out together we're also discussing a possible ban on cars driving down the roll out in your corner when asked about that how i did that if they are what you thought he wanted i came here on earth and . the problem is that people here chop down trees for their animals which isn't good. here so that. there's a lack of understanding here that trees and plants are important for the climate and when i love that we're going to ask if the city council needs to start doing its bit to clearing away the rubbish and spreading awareness about the issue is that to be. a new uk shot has many other problems to deal with the city is built on a solid flood large parts of it are below sea level and when it rains here it pours turning the dusty ground into a huge lake and streets into rivers look problem. i'm not sure our main concerns used to be siltation but since two thousand and nine because of climate change the water itself has become an issue we've had flooding here that's covered eighty percent of the city water is now our biggest problem and the people of the cut you want to impact upon is in. the young activists of collected photos documenting the flooding mixed up with trash and sewage it's a breeding ground for disease. heavy rains are becoming more common here and pushing up groundwater levels the water literally gushes up from below into the city. and there's another threat to new york chaat along the atlantic coast close to the city. for years the german development agency g.-i said has been working with local n.g.o.s to try and curb this homegrown problem. years large amounts of sand have been removed for use in construction work toward a new or chart has expanded massively in recent years it's only really existed since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and back then it had a population of just five hundred today it's one million which has meant a loss of sand being removed for building work and that's created gallops in a dunes and leveled them so those that we still have need to be stabilized. tamarisk bush's have now been planted on fifty hectares of genes they're extremely tough and able to cope with the salty water and the lack of nutrients in the sun the ground. their job is to reinforce the dunes and protect new york shot from the dangers of rising sea levels. pulling together to protect the environment that seems to be the most effective strategy and not just for people doing your bit section this week look at how super one compliment each other perfectly about together in the interest of sustainability. many kinds of pain contain chemicals that are bad for our health. but some paints a safer because they're made with natural ingredients. such as camelina oil. one german paint manufacturer now grows camelina in a way that even benefits the environment. the camel meat is planted in the same field as peas that way land is not diverted from food production. what's more the peas need less pesticide when cultivated with camelina. cannellini and peas flour at different times. as a more continuous source of food for insects. the plants are harvested together. due to that size difference the seeds can be easily separated. so healthy paint is better for people and for nature. if. you like them and. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit we shared your story. personally a holiday celebrated by people in many parts of the world it's just around the corner and all too often it involves a mob boss to get suitable presents or friends i'm probably not. what your christmas shopping strategy for leisure. it's not always easy but i do my best to celebrate in an ethical and environmentally friendly way lucky for me it's a trend that's taking hold around the globe we took a trip to london to pick up a few ideas at a forward thinking holiday market there. at typical british christmas party tables but something is different this yeah plastic straws are out and paper straws. in. reusable shopping bags are also in to make the festive season more eco friendly. this year's spirit of christmas fair in london showed how here its top four eco trends eco trend number one know animal products very husht and bakes christmas fruit cakes for sale now that more and more of her customers are asking for gluten and dairy free products she's even developed reagon versions of the traditional treats. although we have got some the tell me the maturity with all we've developed our own royal icing that's got no eggs in it. we had to search to make sure we got the get the alcohol because there's plenty of alcohol in it so the wash house of our culture. why not indeed as long as you remember number two plastic free packaging. sustainability doesn't end with the ingredients in the cakes the cake baker offers customers plastic free alternatives in their packaging. we decided to buy tins. boxes which people can reuse and keep using for storage and what we're doing we're actually saying you could choose u.k.e. choose your box so take so that it isn't a world yes it's nice box but it doesn't go they can choose what they will. so there's less throw why not throw in a why all the packaging of the certify that everything. number three renewable materials. these decorations were produced in indonesia. then they do. such a sustainably sourced wood. for many years i've been working with rice farmers copper to me all of our island of bali in indonesia where they used probably one of the fastest growing trees in the world in their secondary industry to make had to crawl and they're extremely talented called wood carvers. and finally eco trend number four no pesticides. chocolate tastes even better when you know that it was produced without using harmful chemicals like this range of sleeps. that we're using it or having talked. about. is itself a much better off from the start because you don't have to use any fungus i think pesticides are said to be. not very nice for the for the workers. ek chains fix christmas but many of these sustainable decorations and gifts on display at the strange fact can be enjoyed all year long. so there's more evidence that sustainable living is possible it just takes a bit of planning and that's exactly what the protagonist of our next report off to serving in the american military say cuevas change professions and now helps to protect an offense from poachers right felicia just develop the surveillance network that's proving successful that's why the efforts of many countries in africa elephant populations are not recovering us quickly as hard being home in kenya for instance the situation is now stable frankly in parts of the likes of frequent us. my name is fake leave us with the international fund for animal welfare in kenya and i lead us. elephant protection and country pushing projects for east africa. fake quebecers used to work for the u.s. military for two minutes and. now she's insulted kenya fighting poaches. the longest and strongest animals are the ones most endangered. perhaps because. it's a race against time. elephants are extinct ecosystems crumble you know there's cascading effects for the communities that live in these areas that are reliant on wildlife for their livelihoods and you know in the end it would it would be human greed you know where we were the generation that can take this on and and stop it like the militant groups poachers form networks that reach beyond their village because they have no work they turn to legal activities boats in this very lucrative goods such as ivory fetch a high price on the global market. fake witnesses goal is to destroy those networks before the poachers get a chance to kill she needs them a solid community on her side to achieve that goal because she depends on their assistance and advice the elders will come her these are men with lots of influence this to live according to the centuries old tradition that is that i that are representative of a culture that have peacefully co-exist with wildlife for for millennia so of course we look to them as a source of local knowledge and then to a partner you know and in modern conservation. it's a took lock in the morning more and more young must sign like robots on training to become range as protection wildlife creates jobs they patrol the remote forest of lloyd this is their land they know every square kilometer here and recognize every animal track eleven what you can see from this morning going to the range where explains that the elephant school be taking a new route perhaps because they sense danger this is all important information for fake quivers with the aid of g.p.s. the ranger documents the elephants movements are a good place to put one of the form of. a camera properly. identified like harmony the number. the rangers risk their lives on this job wherever you find elephants usually find poaches too many of the hunters come from local villages and know the area just as well as the range as to. the wildlife of solvent kenya is spread across many thousands of square kilometers most of it aside country the landscape is breathtakingly beautiful but it's also under threat. yet. local women also play an important role in faith cueva says monitoring network they are the eyes and ears of the community to maintain good contact with them and some work for hard as informants it's the women that are out in the markets and are out talking in and hearing about potential poaching plans and you know we've seen through our women's empowerment programs that where women have trusted channels to report on suspicious activity they do and that can drive big impacts. the information provided by local people is collected at the end ceo's office in nairobi along with the data compiled by the ranges. these are all parts of the puzzle that fake witnesses team is on lies and any solid leads have been passed on back to the ranges or reported to police across the region. began working in wildlife protection a few years ago back in the united states when she realized she needed to be in kenya to tackle the problem at its source really close we can from one of the homes yeah unities for us and we sat down as a family and i said we have an opportunity for an adventure and i said we can and they said what what what and i said well we have an opportunity to move to kenya and save our friends and they were immediately all in one position seems to have paid off the organization says twenty seven possible poachers have been caught in the last fifteen months and elephant numbers are rising again in kenya we can't stop there we haven't we haven't won where we've seen pushing to decrease in kenya we've seen it increase and in other places so as a a world conservation community it's not it's not time to rest pushing remains a challenge. no time to rest indeed as recently as two thousand and sixteen almost forty tons of illegally acquired ivory with worldwide that's more than any year previously the fight against poaching continues and we hear about it what africa needs are keeping poor thanks to all of you who want to. buy from lagos nigeria see here again next time and i have all of these years enjoyed today's program i'm from east enders be in south africa take a and stay sustainable so long for this week. the be . the be . the be. the be . the be. the the. the the. the be. the the. the but. the from. the book. the the. the the by. the by the for the good. the bad. the the. the body. the boom during. the boom one of the so called the foam freezes on top of the waves. twenty on tommy the but so far only a few know about come from the boat i am 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