Scratch his belly Electronic Music cheering jayda My Name Is Jayda Guy and my artist name is jayda g. The disco house queen, black girl magic. Shes about to take it to the next level. jayda ive found success as a dj. Now its about using my platform for something that i believe in. Not only am i a musician, but i also have ten Years Experience in field biology. Im definitely a nerd laughing ive been touring the world with my music, and now i want to focus on whats happening to our planet. The hardest thing when it comes to Climate Change is that it just feels so big and overwhelming. I like to concentrate on the stories where there is hope because they are out there. clapping laughing im going to visit coastal communities that have a new ally in the fight against Climate Change. Its called blue carbon. These are habitats which can conserve biodiversity. Sorry, im way too happy laughing protect our cities against storms and rising seas. And help us turn down the planets thermostat. Blue carbon is an untapped power that lies between land and sea. Seagulls Squawking when im by the ocean, i remember what i love. Whales Wailing in college, i studied the effects of toxic chemicals on Killer Whales in waters near vancouver. Whales Wailing my first album was like an ode to my thesis. I would take the Killer Whale Sounds and incorporate them in my music. Whales Wailing soft music Whales Squealing in music birdsong now, i want to make a new anthem for nature, by recording the sounds of coastal habitats that we dont value enough. Habitats scientists call blue carbon. But for that, i need to go back out into the field. Electronic Music in southern florida, a vast network of waterways spill into the ocean, creating one of the most extensive wetlands in north america. This is what a Blue Carbon Ecosystem looks like. Phoebe fitz is a local wildlife photographer. She draws inspiration from this landscape. But even here, she can see the signs of Climate Change. So the palm trees, without the tops. Yeah. Show that this area is being affected by sealevel rise. Really . Because if there are palm trees growing, it means that the water was fresh enough for them to survive. And then when they lose their heads, it means that the sea level is rising and theres more and more saltwater coming in, and then they cant survive. Insects Chirping jayda im using a hydrophone, so i can record sounds underwater for my new song. scraping chirping what im hearing right now is the munching. Like the manatees are like, chewing on the seagrass, and then im hearing like little like chirps of like, when the baby is talking to the mom. Theyre definitely messy eaters. laughing yeah, i know. Oh wow i know scraping continues love that. Some good eating here. I know. Thats great. Must be some healthy and happy seagrass. Exactly. soft music squeaking fitz i think, as a photographer, my goal is to be able to bring a Sense Of Wonder and awe to people through my images and a glimpse into the life of a manatee. squeaking when you first see a manatee under the water, you just feel like youve stepped back in time. They look pretty prehistoric. chirping they feed on the Seagrass Beds or the Seagrass Meadows down under the water. jayda these Seagrass Meadows are pumping out oxygen and filtering pollutants. squeaking they are at the center of this unique community. Where manatees play a vital role in cultivating the seagrass. fitz the manatees are chomping on the seagrass and its being redistributed, you know, when they pick it up, and some of it falls off and also when they digest it, and then distribute it in different areas of the river. squeaking jayda clean, oxygenated water, plus all these places to hide, makes seagrass an ideal nursery for fish. A single acre can support up to 40,000 of them. But get this scientists have now discovered that Seagrass Beds can also absorb significant amounts of Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. birdsong i love like, the roots that are just like falling down onto, onto us. chuckling yeah, its amazing. Its like theyre all crawling towards each other. jayda blue carbon isnt just seagrass. Its any coastal ecosystem thats good at absorbing carbon. The best place to see this in action is in the gnarly, Mangrove Forests. These plants may not look like theyre doing anything, but believe me they have superpowers. When you first came here in like. That was 2014. 2014. It was the first time you came through this tunnel . It was the first time i came through this tunnel. What was that like . It was like. I was so happy. I was probably talking all the time. laughing i was just like so happy i couldnt believe that i was here. And you know, part of its because the history of mangroves started right here, and the research started on those sites. Wow. In the 70s. Right. And it was so special to be here where, you know, like everything started. Yeah plus, like, its so beautiful. Come on. Yes, its gorgeous. There is such a beauty in these swamps, these Transition Spots from the ocean to the land, and how they are just in between space. And i feel inbetween spaces are always like these magical places. For andre, seeing these mangroves for the first time changed his life. andre i was at college and we had this Ecology Professor that took us out to the field. When we walked in, the tide was low. But up to that point, i didnt know what a tide was, right . So im walking into this like, mucky muddy forest, and then a couple hours in, working measuring trees, the waters start to raise and it kind of freaked me out because like, wheres that water coming from . And he explained the whole thing. So twice a day, you have the tides, you know, flood the mangroves and then flushes away. And that just blew my mind. I had a friend of mine and we looked at each other, and we both, at the same time, were like, this is it. This is our life. This is what were gonna be doing. Yeah. I mean, you understand that . Right . Right, right. Okay. And that was it. My passion is like, what youre looking at right now. I just love mangroves, and i mean, look around. So they absorb a lot of Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere, and they use that to produce leaves and fruits and flowers and branches and roots. Yeah. And that binds the carbon to the soil. So theyre very efficient at sequestering and storing the carbon for a long time for like thousands of years. One, two, three. There you go. A little more. Grab it from the. There you go. One more. grunting there. There you go. Oh my gosh. This is low. Now, thats a nice core. Its spongy, right . It is so spongy. Like feel this, feel this. Yeah, its a sponge. Thats pretty awesome. Thats wild. This is crazy. This is basically, youre saying this is blue carbon then . This is blue carbon. So yeah, its not blue. Its brown, but it is blue carbon. laughing right. jayda so the blue in blue carbon is because this process is taking place under water, and that is the key. Because in wet, swampy mud where theres little oxygen, the carbon can be safely stored away for millennia. Its wild to me that for so long, we have not given enough importance. Right. To these kind of areas. And here we are in a climate crisis, and were now holding on to these ecosystems for dear life, essentially. Yeah, yeah. inhaling Electronic Music jayda we used to think that these buginfested swamps were honestly a waste of space. In the past 50 years, we have drained, paved and polluted over a third of the worlds Blue Carbon Habitats. But what were also destroying is the ability of these ecosystems to absorb carbon from the atmosphere. To avoid a climate disaster, we need to remove at least 23 billion tonnes of co2 every year by 2030. Blue carbon can absorb up to 5 . Thats not a drop in the ocean. Electronic Music cheering if you want to be successful, as an entertainer, you have to be on social media. Ready . jayda you have to curate your look. Oh, that looks great. You got, like, an image of the outfit . Wheres the light, what is wrong with me . I know how to do this. chuckling im always in a state of curated joy. But i dont wanna be a onedimensional artist. I also really want to talk about the environment, something thats really important to me and actually make a difference in the world. I dont want you to move. Im gonna miss you so much. You realize well have Internet Waiting for us at the new place, right . Oh, we know. We just like making a scene. Transferring your services has never been easier. Get connected on the day of your move with the xfinity app. Can i sleep over at your new place . Can katie sleep over tonight . Sure, honey this generation is so dramatic move with xfinity. Electronic Music not far from the busy streets of Ho Chi Minh City is a place that makes you believe in resurrection. My destination is can gio, an island about the size of new york city. guitar playing my forest guide, tung, is taking me to meet the man responsible for bringing this place back from the dead. singing can gio, along with much of vietnam, is still recovering from one of the most devastating wartime attacks on nature in recent memory. gunfire man in video 1962 saw america launch operation ranch hand. U. S. Troops spent nine years spraying the jungle with defoliants, agent orange being the most infamous. It was one way america planned to win the war, dump herbicides all over the mangroves to force the vietcong to come out and fight. gunfire the planes that actually drop, dropped the herbicide and the agent orange. Theres really nothing left. The amount of land is just so mindboggling, like how big the area was. jayda after the vietnam war ended, a young nam led efforts to resurrect the mangroves. Machine Clicking right, so you were learning as you go. Birdsong Birdsong cracking whats that clicking sound . Thats really inspiring, actually. Its so beautiful. soft music jayda the restoration of this forest has been about so much more than just mangroves. Once the poison receded, all kinds of creatures returned. And the system began to heal. squawking chirping snorting business. Its not a ninetofive proposition. Its all day and into the night. Its all the things that keep this world turning. The gotos that keep us going. The places we cheer. And check in. They all choose the advanced Network Solutions and round the Clock Partnership from Comcast Business. See why Comcast Business powers more Small Businesses than anyone else. Get started for 49. 99 a month plus ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Dont wait call today. You hear the kind of symphony of whats going on here. How each place has its own orchestra. trees cracking each place has its very specific sound, and that can be a Jumping Off Point for me musically. Animals Squawking and chirping soft music can gio shields Ho Chi Minh City better than any manmade structure ever could. A 3,200feetthick Mangrove Belt can stop a category 3 hurricane. Thunder Rumbling but now, this forest is at risk. The vietnamese government recently approved a 9billion dollar tourist city on the edge of can gio. Honestly, these images make me feel frustrated Rain Pattering if the developers dont protect the mangroves, vietnams biggest city could be exposed to the full force of devastating storms. Thunder Rumbling rhythmic music and whatsmore, without this forest, the carbon stored here could escape back into the atmosphere. man hi, baby. Jayda, dont go up there. Youll fall. Dad, mom. jayda my family loves nature. My mom and dad bought their property from doing many, many seasons of tree planting. Here we are in our new house jayda its something thats important to us. Its a value system in my family, and my dad would take me fishing and camping. My father really gave me a sense of being comfortable being outside and a sense of belonging within nature. I dont think hes going to let you get too close though. laughing say, hi say hi, kids all hi jayda im black, im jewish. My moms white and jewish. A lot of history in this picture. Thats right jayda my dad is african american, he grew up in the states. You wanna go see your daddy . jayda he passed away when i was really young. I was 10 and he was sick for many years. My dad was one person amongst many who got drafted. He got really disenchanted with the army and started reading a lot more. He did serve as long as he had to. But as soon as he was done, he was out of there. And then he left up to canada, and it just seemed this Safe Haven Kind of place. He started tree planting, and i wonder if coming to canada and being in nature was something that was a big part of his healing journey. I know for me that nature definitely heals me. And thats why i seek it out. Birds Squawking to see the resilience of nature is just. Its very inspiring. chirping, croaking Gypsy Jazz Music Playing in france, the rhone river spills into the Mediterranean Sea creating one of the largest deltas in europe. They call it the camargue. squawking this is a saltmarsh, and just like seagrasses and mangroves, it is topgrade blue carbon. Saltmarshes are perfect stock for carbon. squawking in this marsh, sometimes in the winter, we have up to 25 thousand ducks and geese here, and sometimes, we have wild boar swimming. Nice. Nice views. jayda its a special kind of wildlife that thrives in these salty conditions. These Blue Carbon Habitats are vital for conservation. But salt marshes face a new threat. Here we are in the delta, its extremely flat. 70 of the camargue is below threefeet elevation. Climate change is a reality, the sea level is rising. And you know, three feet is not much. jayda these marshes and tides are constantly monitored and we now know that sea levels are rising twice as fast here as the global average, threatening to contaminate fresh water that the locals rely on. Smelly, huh. Yeah. We measure the salinity in two places. The deeper you go, the more salty it is . Yes, very high salinity. In summer time, the top of the groundwater can be 2 or 3 times the salinity of the sea. Yeah, yeah. Already now, we are not able to keep the shoreline where it is. Clearly, in the coming decades and centuries, the camargue will progressively disappear like any lowland on the globe. soft jazz music neighing people here, the local population, have the feeling that its forever. But clearly, its not. mooing we need to accept that it will change and to accept to adapt. jayda today, coastlines all around the globe are under siege from rising seas and more intense storms. rhythmic music singing if you want to see what the future holds, theres no better place than saint louis, on the west coast of africa. I am a filmmaker and photographer. I have the chance to travel around senegal. Saint louis is a really beautiful town, you know. Youre from here originally, right . Oh, yeah, im from here, born here, raised here, you know, its my family. My childhood was so beautiful. chuckling jayda saint louis was founded over 400 years ago in a mangrove forest, as were miami, mumbai and hong kong. But as this city grew, it lost its natural shield. And now, the ocean is moving in. When i was in college, when one of my teachers told us, you know, the langue de barbarie, you know, this place we are, like will disappear. We were laughing, but years and years, you know, day by day, you know, we see, you know, how the Climate Change affects saint louis. As you can see, the ocean destroyed a lot of houses and people were moving somewhere. How does that make you feel, cherif . Im feeling sad, really. A lot of the beautiful things, you know, they start to disappear. You lose all your beautiful memories. You try to recognise something, but you lose it, you completely lose it. dramatic music jayda this is the front line of the climate crisis. People living in relocation camps. Here is diougop, the refugees climate camp, you know. Do you know how many people . Around 3000. Blowing Raspberries look. Thats the size of my town. But look at how they get water. hubbub in english shes been like, four years now they are here. in english its a plastic container. Electronic Music jayda, in english how high does the water come in at high tide . in english ten feet. Ten feet. Yeah. Thats pretty close. screaming Indistinct Shouting Waves Crashing ominous music in english she lived here. Her house was just. Her house was right here . Right here, where we are. And the door was, you know, faced to the ocean. They get the breeze, you know, they were living in a good condition. in english so theyre basically sitting and waiting for the government to find a solution, and meanwhile, you have to keep surviving and keep continuing on. And be patient. chuckling patient is an understatement. Yeah. Yeah. I think. At this point. One day, perhaps, we will have a solution. Its crazy. Its crazy. Indistinct Chatter jayda the senegalese government says plans are underway to build a permanent settlement, but for khady, right now, her future is still uncertain. And khadys fate is one that many of us could share. Because 900 Million People Around The World live near the coast. Electronic Music but there are reasons for hope. Travel south and you come to where the sine and saloum rivers meet the sea, on the edge of a vast mangrove forest. Despite drought and Human Development almost threatening their existence, 14 percent of the worlds mangroves still thrive here in west africa. birdsong for over a decade, cherif has been photographing a group of women who are protecting these vital habitats. cherif so when i saw the women of nema ba working, replanting the mangroves, i was so happy. rhythmic music since 15 years now, they are replanting every year Something Like 4 or 5 hectares. Volunteering. Because they understand the importance of the preservation of this ecosystem of mangroves. Jayda, welcome to nema ba. Thank you. Here is the village of the women. Its always like this singing, so welcome. singing and we have to dance. laughing woo laughing singing jayda, in english more than 3 billion people rely on food from the sea, much of which is nurtured in mangroves and seagrasses. Its the women who replanted. This is the replanting. Yes, all of this, you know. Wow singing, clapping jayda oysters grow on mangrove roots, and in the past, people would cut the roots to harvest the oysters, and that damaged the trees. But these women have developed a Sustainable Way of farming. This system helps them to protect, you know, really the mangrove. Mmhmm. Because nobody will come to, you know, to, to cut the mangrove. laughing in english and then, they can just cut it off and take it. Indistinct Chatter so theyre putting these up, and they tie the, the old oysters on, and then as the tide goes up, then the oysters cling on to the old ones, and then they can pull them up like that . I see. Intelligent system. jayda here, were seeing that its their own initiative. Its not coming from the government or from research or from outside entities. Its coming from People Living on the land, seeing changes over time, and deciding to do something about it. Indistinct Chatter so its showing how when you have a community who has the knowledge of the land passed over for many generations, theres the understanding of how it used to be and how it should be. singing gasps laughing too much dancing jayda, in english the mangroves provide these women with the basics to survive. But its subsistence living. Thats why so many young people, especially men, have left the village in search of a better life. jayda, in english bakary was just a kid when he attempted this dangerous journey to europe on a small boat. Indistinct Chatter in english and they have some pictures to show you about the people who, you know, did the trip, the migration. Indistinct Chatter so, all of them, they pass away. They passed. Now you see what is written, mon rayon de soleil. My. Ray of sun. Yes, my sunshine. Sunshine, yeah. My heart is heavy for them because as someone who also grew up in a very close community, when you lose someone, the whole Community Feels it. Exactly. Its not just the family, its everyone around. Exactly. in english and hes ready to migrate again. Hes ready. If he finds a way, hell do the trip again. soft music Birds Squawking jayda in rural senegal, it can be hard to find work that pays. But thanks to blue carbon, that could be changing. Elsewhere in the sine saloum delta, the Deforested Coastline has opened up a window of opportunity. Replanting mangroves is becoming a new source of income. bell tolling Indistinct Chatter in english so jayda, he is karim, abdou karim sall. Hes working years and years in like, the mangroves preservation of this environment. Hes a great activist. jayda, in english karim sall leads one of the largest Mangrove Replanting Efforts in africa. jayda, in english he travels the senegalese Coast Recruiting people to plant mangroves. And hes also an entrepreneur in an emerging market that is now placing a monetary value on Blue Carbon Ecosystems. Movie Playing Electronic Music jayda, in english replanted this whole area . Wow. All of this . All of this. rhythmic music jayda, in english who are the people who are coming with us to plant the mangroves . jayda, in english so theyre also being paid to actually replant the mangroves. So who, who is paying them . in english so why would a company like danone want to be giving money . Yeah. jayda, in english its the Carbon Offset system essentially and danone was paying karim to offset their carbon. Whos paying this project that were about to go plant . Do you know . in english weforest. Who is weforest . jayda, in english weforest is a matchmaker hooking up businesses who want to reduce their Carbon Footprint with treeplanting projects Around The World. Im on the we forest website, and here are some of the investors. This is how it works if a company emits 1000 tons of carbon, it can pay for an equal amount of carbon to be absorbed by projects like karims. Its an industry that analysts believe is now worth 900 billion dollars. That sounds like a windfall. But think about this the people ive been planting with are paid a few dollars a day, and they seem to have little say on how the project is managed or where the money is spent. in english so this one would be good. Indistinct Chatter yeah, see . laughing okay. in english lets protect nature, our dear in english lets protect nature, our dear chirping squawking Animals Calling jayda, in english its encouraging, what theyre doing here in senegal. Theres definitely a will. But is there a better way . Electronic Music in this world of confusion where theres so many allusions we suck the blood from the planet but it needs a transfusion and the redistribution of wealth but in this world of confusion, theres illusion and most people will not accept the solution jardya jayda g, she travels Around The World. Plays at festivals that create a lot of waste and use a lot of energy. And then jayda guy who comes from a background of biology and ecology. And if youre looking at it from an environmental perspective, theyre in paradox with each other. squawking jayda guy is able to forgive jayda g because shes still using her platform for the better good. Father tell me where where is it written what am i meant to be that i may dare to figure out my One True Destiny jayda i definitely have a big Carbon Footprint. Yes, i do contribute to Carbon Offset programmes. Do i think thats enough . No. Do i do it anyways . Yes. Do i want a better solution . Yes. One promising approach that i want to explore is in the caribbean. Because it could be a model for how blue Carbon Offsets can have a bigger payoff for local people. in spanish i came here to ask my god i came here to ask my god oh, i ask my god oh, i ask my god oh, my goodness let me get rid of this pain because i cant stand it to ask my god again i came i came here to ask my god singing in spanish singing jayda, in english around 14,000 people live in cispata bay, many of them make their living from these Mangrove Forests by harvesting timber, fishing or guiding tourists. chirping Indistinct Chatter jayda, in english for a long time, the cispata Bay Community had little financial incentive to conserve these mangroves. But now they do, and their voices are being listened to. jayda, in english the community leaders, like ignacia, shared their knowledge of the mangroves with government agencies, ngos and scientists. And together, they came up with a longterm plan. soft music chirping the Cispata Bay Mangrove Forest is expected to sequester nearly a million tons of carbon in the next 30 years. But here, the community is part of the decisionmaking process. They help guide the investments, ensuring that 90 of the money is spent locally. Its a huge step forward compared to what i saw in senegal. cheering, applause jayda, in english one of ignacias challenges is trying to explain the complexities of the Carbon Market because, lets face it, it isnt easy to grasp for any of us. soft music jayda, in english even those previously outcast by the community, are seeing an opportunity for a second chance. Indistinct Chatter laughing in english sorry, im way too happy. laughing jayda, in english this is one of the biggest Crocodile Reintroduction programmes on earth. The reptiles are being raised from eggs, and then reintroduced into the wild. And betsabe and his team of reformed poachers are supported by carbon credits. Hes one year. This is one year, oneyearold. How big do they get . jayda oh jayda, in english the crocodiles are weighed, and then photographed. They are identified by their tails. water splashing 37 pounds. squawking youve got xfinity wifi at home. Take it on the go with Xfinity Mobile. Customers now get exclusive access to wifi speed up to a gig in millions of locations. Plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free. Thats like getting two unlimited lines for Twenty Dollars a month each for a year. So, ditch the other guys and switch today. Buy one line of unlimited, get one free for a year with Xfinity Mobile plus, save even more and get an eligible 5g phone on us visit xfinitymobile. Com today. Engine Rumbling Indistinct Chatter soft music jayda, in english its a Brave Act Reintroducing Crocodiles where you live and work, but its a recognition of the valuable job they do for the mangroves. I think colombia was a perfect example of a different way of working. Its a different type of system that puts people first. But specifically, the people who have been marginalised by Climate Change. Thats the system that we need to shine light on. rhythmic music im coming to the end of one of the most challenging but inspiring years on the road. Electronic Music going up okay. Last day of tour last day of tour yeah Electronic Music before i head back to the studio, theres a couple things i want to do. cheering first, reconnect. When i studied biology, most scientists hadnt even heard of blue carbon. And now, here we are, discovering yet another remarkable power that the ocean holds. Whales Vocalizing while in brazil, i also want to meet one of my heroes, the musician and activist, seu jorge. Hes spoken out against the destruction of the amazon rainforest. And i really admire the way he uses his voice for the good of the environment and humanity. singing jayda hes such a good template for me of what it means to be a good artist. Theres always the beginnings in your career where you have something that people want to listen to. Crowd Cheering and then, theres some point where youre like, well, how do i give back . rhythmic music cheering whats the point then if you dont have something to strive towards . Trying to find that north star thats gonna give us hope, you know . We need it right now. cheering rhythmic music cheering hey hello chuckling such a beautiful home. Thank you. This is lulu, my daughter. Hello, lulu. Hi. jayda seu jorge has offered to listen to some of the Nature Recordings that ive been collecting for my new song. Ah, this is perfect. You also know its a studio when you walk in and its just like, the sound just cuts out. The sound cuts out. laughing its perfect for concentrating, studying and recording. Exactly. Id love to share with you the adventure ive been on, its been a wild ride. scratching this sound is the sound of the manatees eating. She needs the seagrass. Yeah. I dont know if you can hear. Hear that . cracking all that popping . Are Mangrove Forests in vietnam. And then, as the water gets lower and lower, you start hearing this crackling and popping sound. Cool. Right . Scary also. I know. laughing so cool. Super cool. Its music. It is bubbling squawking Soft Piano Playing humming jayda, in english i just remember, in colombia, this little girl comes up and she just has this intense, hypnotic voice just like, pah wow singing Electronic Music its this backandforth call between the colombian girl singing and me singing. Its a crying shame, if we only knew id still be with you id still be with you. Its a crying shame, how we treat the environment. And if we only knew a better way, id still be with you. The planet. rhythmic music its a crying shame if we only knew id still be with you jayda who would have thought that these unsung ribbons of life along our coasts could be so critical to our survival . Its been a revelation to me that Blue Carbon Ecosystems can help us tackle so many of the impacts of Climate Change. I like this. There is no technology we humans can invent which is as powerful or as versatile. We just need to plant. And we need to protect. Nature will do the rest. This is science you can dance to id still be with you
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