Discovering ingredients from the amazon and can local delicacies save the rain forests. But first we had to china where many people are drowning in trash from around the globe. In. Plastic has become a seemingly unavoidable feature of our planet. In one thousand nine hundred fifty we produced around one point five Million Tonnes of it since then global plastic production has skyrocketed in two thousand and sixteen it totaled about three hundred search and five million tons. Around half of the plastic produced is disposable products like bottles plastic bags and cups where does it all end up. Much ends up in landfills or in the environment Plastic Waste is also sold ships to countries like china in two thousand and sixteen china received one point six million tons of plastic rubbish. From the e. U. China is the worlds top importer of plastic trash to date places like we do depend on it for survival but since early two thousand and eighteen the country has banned many waste imports its these chinese children have little to look forward to each day they spend most of their waking hours between plumes of smoke and mountains of plastic their families are in their livelihood by sorting waste these scenes are from a chinese documentary. Volunteer young spent many years filming Small Chinese garbage dumps he was haunted by what he witnessed. I have a daughter of my own i couldnt bear to see her grow up in such a horrible environment some of these children have been surrounded by garbage since they were born i dont want kids living in rubbish every day. This is the dark side of chinas recycling business the family sorting the trash are exposed to numerous help houser ads including toxic fumes and harmful substances some of the children here dont go to school. Whats not recycled often ends up elsewhere in the landscape polluting the groundwater. As a result animals fall ill. Some of the mountains of garbage catch fire. The stench here is horrible its almost impossible to bear. But what else can we do. The air is no good the water is no good. The only thing thats good is the money. While shooting his film one joule young made another discovery most of the garbage comes from overseas thought. One day from my research i was at a massive garbage dump and had a province when i took a closer look i saw the packaging from the us japan germany and france and i realized that i was looking at the garbage dump in the entire world. Until the beginning of the year more than half of the worlds waste was sold to china. Also shot footage in the us where waste was the sixth largest export to china germany has also been exporting several hundred thousand tons of Plastic Waste annually to the far east china has no said it will no longer buy certain kinds of waste from abroad they sing based environmentalists welcomes the. Import ban. Your had a year without that here. This is good for the environment. And it is urgently needed. Of course it will also lead to a lack of materials such as paper and plastic. Now china itself is producing too much waste but environmental awareness is increasing modern recycling and incineration plants are being built in many locations that means other countries are now stuck with twenty four types of waste banned from import to china there was and there i would see how other countries such as germany britain the us all the European Union should all think about how to solve their waste problems. Instead of relying on the world market and simply export water treated here one sure young also sees change many of the recycling plants he visited have since been shut down the filmmaker says the conditions at this garbage sorting facility in beijing are satisfactory. His film has won several International Awards for one joule young the import ban is good news and will contribute to solving chinas environmental problems. We also hope that people in industrialised countries will see the facts and hear the truth film and that they give more attention to this issue. One general young is no longer allowed to show his film on chinas strictly controlled internet but hes convinced his work has helped raise awareness in the country about the need for change. And now its time for global ideas this week we visit the rain forests of ecuador home to a wide variety of little known delicacies reported michelle and hannah traveled to the town of achi delta there he met people determined to protect base the local way of life and the rain forest with the help of its color delights. So in ecuador People Living in the amazon often maintain household gardens called chakras within the rain forest. For people who are indigenous to this part of the amazon chuck cross off of that main source of food. Cecilia she and her family are among those who live from the bounty and biodiversity of the forest for they know which plants a good to eat and which can be used as medicine. Yes the. New one is this fruit is good for treating snakebite. We break open the skin and squeeze out the juice onto the well and up as though we suspect articles of. This wealth of knowledge is passed down from generation to generation. Three. Its a plant that may lead why you say is another medicinal plant in the field know why you invariably give it to women who are about to give birth like that but it prevents hemorrhage and you are a must good girl go now we now and so that leads to restaurants. But you can make tea with them but. If they were you sometimes they get an order and said why use a leads to quito. That you order them below. You cause i dont go taina is one of the best restaurants in the capital. Recently the menu has been beefed up with exotic ingredients from the chakras. And ever so they are good ones out of the theater for under an interesting move given the guest a city dwellers and foreign visitors with little or no contact with indigenous communities. Head chef and the us are all blessed creates exquisite dishes that embody a fusion of traditions western and Indigenous People has hubs yucca and a freshwater fish from chakra farm as in the forest. For high end restaurants in ecuador ingredients brought in from the rainforest have become something of a trend. I. Think most of the points of view that its our duty to make these products more widely known to the ecuador maybe a small country but a chocolate the first range of species we use food from the amazon the coast the andrews and the Galapagos Islands are from that is a way to preserve ecuador to the outside world but its when theyre brought on board for the meal so serious cooks are less elaborate that many kitsch while communities are very poor. The livelihoods of Indigenous People who live in the rainforest are in jeopardy as more and more trees a filed. For the most part chuck reza used for subsistence farming. Now there are new opportunities to sell produce to outsiders. Like on this cup but your nickname is always a monday there are hardly any jobs around here. Sometimes we get work on a hasi end rich people pay us just eight dollars a day to slave away from dawn till dusk or no it was a very small amount thats why our women try to sell things that the market will. Not be if they want. That rock it is held every sunday in the town nearby. But kitsch was stallholders dont always sell much i. I know but i dont. Miss the funny above the on whats with the canopy bridge ngo. If you see if it helps indigenous fama sell directly to restaurants in quito. That wasnt there to answer the rest of pro chefs in the city use products from the amazon in a new and different way. The harvest is now more financially valuable and people here can earn a little money. Some things just dont sell locally even though theyre very healthy and tasty and have Great Potential so getting word of what is out. For mom to achieve out here jump out dogs have proved to be a delicious surprise they come from the peach palm and have a nutty flavor when theyre roasted. Shes one of the founders of canopy bridge. The ngo has now established a supply chain to fifteen restaurants in quito. Before there was more we side north korea so we can move people to speak to their hearts by encouraging them to consume products from the amazon borders that they should not only associate their region with deforestation but also with its cuisine its cultures and its colors good food offers a special way of relating to a place most people dont appreciate the immense value of the amazon even in ecuador many people dont know anything about it. More different. So far about three hundred indigenous families in the amazon work with canopy bridge. Like the team that wants to support traditional farming in the forest to help people that thrive so theyre not tempted to cut down more trees. Than that im in the last five. And chakras farming is in harmony with the plants and the animals so when people give out tending their gardens. They start to fell trees and sell them. Or turn the forest into grazing land. The forest is rich in fruits and herbes tasty fat beetle larvae as well. For kitsch where theyre a delicacy full of protein to be eaten raw or grilled they live in chanter trees. Not on the menu or fine restaurants in quito at least not yet. Coral reefs are among the most species rich biotech on or twenty nine reef seeing feeding australias Great Barrier reef and the whole reef in the seychelles around the us go World Heritage list but twenty one of them are damaged the Climate Change is causing sea temperatures to rise and oceans are becoming rubbish dumps plastic oiled sewage and agricultural pesticides are having a devastating effect on coastal waters in particular. Environmentalist so working to protect the corals of the seychelles after all the island nation depends on this marine life for its very survival. The seychelles is a tropical paradise the archipelago covers around four hundred fifty five square kilometers a blunt point three million square kilometers of sea. On the sauce for everything. For tourism and we dont have. The countrys biggest source of income many visitors come here for the spectacular nature. I realize that. Growing up and understanding the relation. With the with the system and how much. As a marine scientist shes concerned about the growing pressure on the ecosystem. The conditions. Fishing environmental pollution and tourism strain on the seychelles unique underwater world the coral reefs are suffering the effects of Climate Change because theyre very sensitive to changes in water temperature. They provide a home for a whole host of marine life from sea snails to sharks so without the biodiversity stuff. Reefs near the coast are especially vulnerable and theyre the first ones to die and. There has been a rise in ocean temperature and this has an impact on the corals. To coral bleaching and then. By the late one nine hundred ninety s. Most coral reefs in the Shallow Waters have died. Or of. The corals and once they dead they are usually over. The resources that. The activities that you carry out on the coral reef. That. Groundbreaking conservation project is now underway. The government recently agreed to protect nearly a third of the countrys marine mortars by twenty twenty as part of an initiative called the seychelles Marine Special plan. As a first step the initiative is carrying out a survey of the. Underwater ecosystem. We carry out the activity with the intent of collecting data on color arrears and sure that the management of protect their eyes and say sure is effective. In partnership with the Nature Conservancy ngo the seychelles Conservation Authority is hoping to understand exactly whats happening to the reefs. Coral reefs often have trouble regenerating in Shallow Water because the waves and currents are constantly moving the skeletons of the dead coral around making it hard for new coveralls to settle this house repercussions for the entire ecosystem was a lot you can see the change is really how these very long period of time where the temperature is really high in the corals can all recall so this has a huge impact on your marriage your thoughts on color range we have started im coral reef restore ation project looking at all the ways to try and restore coral reefs using the corals that im walrus sealion and growing these corals and putting them back on the ring. Together with fisheries and Tourism Companies the country wants to find ways for everyone to use the sea sustainably even outside the protection areas. The Marine Spatial plan is the first of its kind in the indian ocean. Good healthy coral i want everything that i do or should make a difference and if you have any i think its a really wonderful feeling knowing that whatever information you bring back its going to haunt you in the way we do conservation thats going to have a positive. Bearing consolations they from. One of the projects runs until twenty twenty by which time the first long term protection plans should be in place the ecosystem in the seychelles is counting on it. In most countries women are an accepted part of the workforce but there are still big differences between nations such as when it comes to the proportion of women in the paid to labor force in the u. S. Fifty six percent of women and girls over the age of fifteen engage in paid work in the e. U. That figure is slightly lower fifty one percent but in the middle east and north africa an average of just twenty one percent of women have paid work. In jordan that figure is just fourteen percent. Change their. Drilling hammering and hauling and all in a huge job i should know some people would be surprised to see her doing this kind of handy work but she does it anyway even if it gets pretty grimy. When im used to it no i enjoy this work it doesnt bother me any more. I sure and her team of plumbers are working on the construction site for luxury flats in our mine. They have a range of responsibilities. There fitting solar panels cleaning water canisters and sawing pipes at the same time theyre challenging gender roles in the arab world. These Observant Muslim women are doing a typical mans job with great enthusiasm. And. Im very happy to repair toilets and washing machines and to replace broken taps his head in the now i feel really good when ive done my work well it makes me proud of myself and my coworkers. But their male counterparts on the building dont share their enthusiasm. Some of them see the women as a burden even if they dont say so explicitly. Because of when we are among ourselves we can move around freely on the site but not when the women are here and the. Men and women can be uneasy when theyre working together women time feel comfortable fixing a washing machine or installing a toilet next to a man with a. Willing to take on a supervising role or do design no cosmetic work. But can a woman really work well on a building site hauling bricks. I should doesnt let that get to her shes too busy taking care of her mother sister and nephew in a small town south of aman theres not much work in the area the few available jobs are poorly paid. Shes had other work but plumbing is more lucrative she earns the equivalent of twenty year olds for every job she has a few regular customers already including this hairdresser. The shower here is broken by now its an easy repair for action. But im going to figure still dont know about i thought it was a strange idea at first that it was somehow a mans job but then i thought ill just give it a go as a kind of hobby. The lot of that i thought it would be like any other training but it was really fun and it really is worth it its all over if you go to. The salon owner is grateful for isis Plumbing Team but for a simple reason that has little to do with feminism. Let me know about my clients all women who wear headscarves in public men are not allowed in here thats why i prefer to hire her for jobs and shes marrying bitches more. Jordan is a beacon of stability in the region and in many ways its more modern than some of its neighbors but gender equality is a long way off tradition and religion are still very important here. Only one in six jordanian women is employed outside the home. But times are changing in jordan and dislocation of school is part of the transition women are learning to fit water taps and much more both in theory and practice. They can get a plumbing certificate in two months time. The graduate are much sought after in a country where water is scarce and many pipes leak. The german governments Development Agency is supporting the project. In the past you would find that only women working in like as in theres those teachers but now we can find women working in each six to live. Female plumbers no one would ever thought that jordan would have a few made the most but now with this no rest number we have i think they are proving themselves and this is a thing. About one hundred seventy women now have the certificate. After completing the course many say they have a different sense of themselves they exude strength and confidence and soon dont have jobs. But this nothing in this world is just for men and when i decide to do Something Like this course then i just do it. But you have to stay at the enormous age changed my life now i know that i can do things like opening up a top edge over paring appliances at home or with my family my sisters my neighbors i have become a different person really. Is that. After another hard days work and her coworkers head home. Every day they spend on the job chips away at cliches turns gender roles upside down and opens the arab world a little more to womens self determination. And next week show features other impressive women and girls who are also taking control of their lives we meet young rock musicians in indonesia who against all the odds are determined to follow that train and in south africa we talk to a passionate environmentalist. And thats all from global three thousand this week dont forget to write to us that send us an email to global three thousand d. W. 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