Support large monocultures of single species crops may be one of the factors driving the decline ok years talking about patents of change and i understand thats thats basically how youre managing to quantify the decrease in population is very difficult to count birds as they are constantly moving can you explain that sure so this study uses. Counts surveys of birds performed during the breeding season so this is the period of the year when the bird populations are most stable theyre tied to their breeding grounds at that point and so its the best time of year to count their populations we can have the most confidence in our counts right and what is the wider impact of the said disappearing birds disappearing bird population on the ecosystem as a whole. Yeah well birds play major roles in the ecosystems both as consumers of prey and insects and as prey for other predators they also are pollinators and disperses of seeds. So their role in the ecosystem is essential to the stability of other populations of animals and plants so there could be far reaching cascading effects from the loss of bird abundance thank you very much great to talk to you thank you for your insight thank you. And still ahead. In sports a special delivery arrives just to talk to the Rugby World Cup in japan raw whole be here with that story and mark. Her guest on is trying to boost its image and revive lost traditions so the government is organizing the 1st ever nomad games thousands of people are attending this event this week and theyll be on the banks of the sequel Lake Charlotte bellus reports. This game started on the plains of central asia more than 500 years ago cooled cook who teams on horseback compete to drop a date goes into a goal. Its a classic sport among your met its one of the most fiercely contested kurdistans 1st National Nomad games the event was created to revive traditional sports and customs but its also a global branding exercise id love to sit at the as the main goal is to promote friendship between regions and nations you know since the 1st nomad games it is our brand and is known around the world if it is nomad games it means kurdistan. Extends beyond competition into culture this man is reciting the ethic of mammas a famous poem about a strong man uniting all of kurdistan. Eagle hunters show off their birds for centuries Golden Eagles helps nomad survival mystique is even yet making competitions and honor of the traditional homes in the region were threatened or you know my games are essential for kind of his people the current generation doesnt know our history and traditions the lazy no mind game show them traditions games customs history culture and how. Our ancestors lived. This is the 1st National Games the kurdistan created the 1st global event and 2014 it is pitched as the no medal lympics but is held every 2 years in the last of a and 2000 athletes from 70 nations competed it was such a success they created this National Version with all districts represented. These people may have no medic roots but they arent leaving anything behind shiela ballasts aljazeera. And the 1st part of. Thankyou japans rugby captain Michael Leach says his team is ready to inspire the nation the country is hosting the world cup for the very 1st are there more than a hof a 1000000 fans are heading to japan for the 6 week event the harvest by russia in the on friday i do richardson reports. Organizers hope this world cup will result in 1000000 new players taking up rugby in asia as the game aims to establish more than just a loose foothold outside its traditional heartlands. Japan as they did every edition of the world cup but never before has the games Biggest International events come to their consonant the host nation play russia in the tournament opener. First of all i feel that i am shouldering a lot of responsibility were playing in the opening match which comes with a lot of pressure theres expectations of the team and also those of the japanese people so i want to play well. At the world cup 4 years ago japan pulled off their most famous win a victory over south africa. The 2 time title win is hardly have a tougher start this time out they play defending champions new zealand on saturday if you lose you always lose a bit of. A go to india. If you lose you lose a bit of confidence and you have to rebuild a little bit and. Its always a tough a week in a speech you dont want to lose your opening game. Its a match that brings together the favorites and 2nd favorites to lift the trophy 3 times in the last 12 months securing a narrow victory before a 1616 draw in july you know we know that well you know different from regular game the. First game of the tournament is going to be you know one of those big games you play in your careers. Really looking forward to this or some chance to further. With Perfect Timing and after more than 200 days on the road the referees whistle for the opening match has made it to japan delivered by 2 fans cycled with it all the way from england in a further 6 weeks the destination of this years world cup title will also be decided on the richardson aljazeera. The president of World FootballGianni Infantino house reiterated features demand that iranian women be allowed to attend matches in their home country fifa says its expecting positive developments starting at irans 1st time qualifier for the 2022 world cup on october the 10th theyd previously been given a deadline of august 31st to begin measures allowing iranian women to watch domestic going to in a Statement Issued on thursday fisa said our position is clear and firm women have to be allowed into football stadiums in iran we understand there are steps and processes that need to be taken before this is done in a proper and safe way but now is the moment to change things while the movement to allow rainy and women to attend the matches really gathered pace in 1997 thats when iran qualified for the mens world cup male and female fans Breach Police barriers to enter irans National Stadium to celebrate the victory in an april 2006 then iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lifted the ban on women fans however it was then reinstated just one month later well last year a group of women were allowed to attend the Asian Champions League final in tehran between irans purse but thats it. Japan early this month should be held across the football world for irans socalled blue girl 29 year olds a half court already set herself on fire in protest of not being allowed to watch her favorite team. Before we want a driver who i became huge odds to return to the sports has decided to leave f one for good at the end of this year robert cubits a regime his formula one career at the start of this season after an 8 year absence in 2011 the pole suffered a partially severed arm and multiple fractures during a rally crash cubits and his Williams Team who struggled on the track but the 34 year old says he has no regrets about his comeback to come back to to achieve what they managed to. To go through what the world it happened and still managed to erase and being back in the form greta was definitely. At best and of period. Final which i could reserve and which i could imagine. Now just under a month ago rory mcilroy is picking up a check for 15000000. 00 that was for winning the u. S. P. G. A. Tour championship while the northern irishman was brought back further on his return to europe the current world number 2 children are opening round of 76 at the b. M. W. P. G. A. Championship at wentworth on thursday at least mcelroy on for over par enjoying 114th place hes its 11 shots off the lead which is currently held by this man englishman matt wallace is at a new round of 60 follow a fitting him on 7 under par thats one clear of the field and in good shape to win the 1 point one 1000000. 00 project thanks a 3rd edition of the labor cup starts on friday just one of a batch of new team tennis events targeting long term success the lady cop is the brainchild of Roger Federer and is designed to be tennis equivalent of golfs ryder cup the European Team will take on a world squad to captained by john mcenroe and its an event thats aiming to establish itself alongside a relaunched davis cup and the all new team total it called the a. T. P. Cup and that starts in january seems like its something is going to shake out for me personally and i have no axe to grind other than some for me to be the captain of this team and i love. Rod laver it was you know an all time great Roger Federer all time great theyve got in their heart and soul you know involvement here is said to me this should be something that should should be something that survives and that is only for for now well actor and thats about it from us here but before we go reminder that you can always find more on our website youll find all the latest news on our just 0 dot com do take a look stay with us for more news. The quick outgrows of toga. Defenseless against the wind 7 Different International marketplace. Chocolatier and political activist on a mission to establish a cooperative to make and sell chocolate on their own terms. People and power chocolate a taste of independents on aljazeera. Aljazeera balconies documentary Film Festival screws documentary films carrying strong messages with the power to change the world it is upon us to decide whether the change will take place let us change the way we view the world and the way we treat others let us be an example to future generations 2nd a. J. Be dog Film Festival organized by al jazeera balkans 20 eights to 24th september. Singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satins some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally baggage its a big business smuggling usera when they go to take the sale there in filling the sand is our fair game to save this beautiful beach but behind it is something thats not so pleasant the tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sound was at this time on al jazeera. Arabic. Iran warns the us of an all out war if washington attacks and responds to strikes on saudi Oil Facilities. And how he did you watching all jazeera live from doha also coming up. A possible political showdown in the us as a whistle blowers complaint reportedly involving donald trump is blocked from congress. The buck stops with me and i take responsibility canadas Prime Minister scrambles to limit the damage to his Reelection Campaign as the scandal deepens over blackface photographs. Former chin is in president zener dean the only who was forced out of Office Following the 2011 revolution has ties. To iran is ready for an all out war thats the warning from irans foreign minister if the u. S. Takes military action or when the bombing of 2 major Saudi ArabianOil Facilities jarrad zarif says iran wont blink to defend its territory if its attacked is deny terrine had any involvement in the drone strikes well irans oil minister says the u. S. Is using oil as a weapon to stir up a conflict the u. S. Secretary of state however says iran was behind the attacks which he called an act of war by compay arrived in the u. A. E. For talks after visiting saudi arabias crown prince on wednesday and in the last few hours said the state t. V. Reported that its code. Elisha forces in yemen have launched an operation against military targets in the rebel stronghold of hood saida the Coalition Said it destroyed 4 sites used to assemble Remote Control boats and seen mines same destroyed the reports from teheran. Drone and missile attacks on saudi Oil Facilities last week iranian leaders say the only reason the u. S. And saudi arabia are blaming them is because the alternative is too embarrassing that yemens hoopy fighters were capable of carrying out such a destructive military operation. But the saudis say the drones and missiles direction of travel recover debris the capacity of the Technology Used in these attacks all draw a Straight Line back to tehran Foreign Ministers of odds are it has said of the iran coincident is used as an excuse to attack his country iran wont think twice about defending itself he also warned u. S. President donald trump not to listen to his saudi allies who would march to war with iran for their own sake they should pray that they wont get what they seek theyre still paying for a much smaller a human wall that they were too arrogant in 4 years ago for those hoping for cooler heads to prevail the rhetoric coming from to iran of widespread and destructive retaliation is worrying and an indication of how far the u. S. And iran have come from the negotiating table. But the reality is irans position is nothing new the promise of a kind of mutually assured destruction of American Assets and allies in the region has been standing policy for years and iranian experts say is keeping irans enemies at bay what is new is how frequent and assertive the message from iranian leaders has become a signal perhaps that there is real concern into iran that some kind of u. S. Aggression may now be closer than ever on a visit to saudi arabia the u. S. Secretary of state described the oil facility attacks as an act of war and promised more economic sanctions on iran and there will be more sanctions. We we have set about a course of action to deny iran the capacity and the wealth so that they can conduct their terror said to provoke to prevent them from conducting their terror campaigns and you can see from the events of last week theres still more work to do were going to continue to drive towards that end. You cannot fail to see the failed policy of giving money to this regime what happened inside the rabia those opposed to the saudi led war in yemen now in its 4th year see the incident very differently the who has dismissed the saudi version of events describing the attack as an example of how their own newly developed weapons can now reach targets far beyond yemens borders and they warned if the Saudi Led Coalition wont stop dropping bombs on yemen then Coalition Countries should be prepared for more of the same leaders here in iran have been quick to remind the world that it was yemens who the fighters that claimed responsibility for the attacks last week on Saudi Oil Infrastructure the who these no doubt consider these attacks not as an act of war by iran as the americans would see it but as retaliation for an ongoing saudi war that was sparked by a saudi led invasion and thats the line being pushed by irans leaders as well. The u. S. Justice. Departments is being accused of playing a key role and reportedly withholding whistle blowers complaints against President Donald Trump the u. S. Media is reporting that this relates to a phone call between trump and a foreign leader the heads of the u. S. House Intelligence Committee says intelligence officials were blocked from passing on the complaints to congress the president calls it fake news my camera has more now from washington d. C. The man who received the original complaint as the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community he has now sent a series of letters to the house Intelligence Committee outlining the procedures he followed and the procedures that have not been followed he says he took 2 weeks to investigate the complaints and found them to be credible and importantly of an urgent nature he sent his report to the acting director of National Intelligence who legally has a week to consider the report before forwarding it to the Relevant Congressional Committee in this case the house Intelligence Committee but the director the acting director of National Intelligence went to the Justice Department who told him that legally he did not have to pass the information on now this of the intelligence oversight of the Intelligence Community making very clear he does not agree with this decision and in fact finds that the incorrect decision hes made this opinion public in that letter to the Congressional Committee this is given ammunition to that committee to take further action against the Justice Department in particular which it accuses of blocking information that legally the Congregational Committee should receive in the interests of protecting the president the Congressional Committee has now subpoenaed the acting director of intelligence to appear before it next week to explain why he did not follow constitutional and legal procedure and forward vetted complaint to the Relevant Committee in congress canadas Prime Minister has apologized again after another photograph and video emerged of him wearing blackface makeup just introduce says he will continue with his Reelection Campaign even though opponents say hes not fit to govern than you like his movements are wrong too. These are the images that have Justin Trudeau saying hes sorry there from an event in 2001 when as a High School Teacher he was part of a gala within a rabia nights the other images including a grainy video have also emerged of trudeau in similar makeup reportedly in high school in the 1990 s. Heres his 2nd apology in less than 24 hours. I want to begin by saying a few words directly to racialize canadians who face discrimination every single day in their lives even in a country like canada. What i did. Hurt them hurt people who shouldnt have to face intolerance and discrimination because of their identity what previously appeared to be a dull Election Campaign has been energized and thrown into uncertainty one of trudeaus opponents canadas only nonwhite federal political leader spoke of his own experiences with discrimination when i was growing up i thought rhesus i dealt with them myself and i fought back but i got a message from a friend who reminded me that theres a lot of people out there they couldnt do that they couldnt fight back they didnt have the ability to do that and i think that thats going to hurt to see this its going to hurt them also during this campaign mr trudeau and the liberal party of often linked andrew share the conservative Opposition Leader to right wing media and white supremacist websites mr scherer was quick to condemn the Prime Minister wearing brown face is an act of open mockery and racism it was just as racist in 2001 as it is in 2019 but what comedian saw this evening is someone with a complete lack of judgment and integrity trudeau has been the face of his government in front of the cameras much of the time welcoming Syrian Refugees apologizing for the ill treatment of Indigenous People in canada he was deadlocked in the opinion polls with his conservative opponent before the images appeared how this affects his standing with the voters will certainly determine his political future the more the more damaging possibility for him the more severe one is that this causes people to kind of reflect on who he is as a leader to look back not only at this incident but other incidents where hes his judgment seems to have been poor and then to make judgments about his character kind of globally its hard to know why. Trudeau and his liberal party appear to have been blindsided by the release of these pictures which have been on the internet for all to see for quite some time the question now is can trudeau recover or will his party be looking for a new leader without such images linked to his or her name daniel lak aljazeera toronto. Editorial page editor emirates has sent the tonsil star he says the scandal sheet knots hurts cheetos reelection prospects i suspect it will not do as much damage as the conservatives are hoping it will not do as much damage as the media playing and making it out to be the 1st cut that you see on to a donor and his social media and the 1st letters to the editor that are beginning to point him to him in National Newspapers in this country now clearly show that more skinny instead of i read dragging this thing up why dont we assess what he has done and why dont recess what he or the opposition proposes to do like this plan now you see it has issues in this country of quantum goings racism ongoing discrimination the lot of the issues that we need to be dealing with as opposed to how our he did it how the black is of course you know we should not have done it but it was not deemed to be as he says as we deem it today have and use change evil has evil and im not in that city any shoe and i think he has. Still to come on aljazeera point 2 years on from devastating earthquakes in mexico those affected accuse the government of breaking its promises. And kyrgyzstan tries to revive lost traditions and based its image. Hello welcome to another look at the international forecast visto got some really heavy downpours across the deep south of the u. S. Into that easter side of texas pushing across into louisiana a nasty system this is the remnants of tropical