Biodiversity of vast range of plants and animals live in the forest habitats in fact 80 percent of the worlds to reskill species inhabit them since time immemorial they also have provided us with animals to hunt for to eat and wood to burn and build but now the wells forests are under massive pressure from logging agriculture and pollution thats our topic today on made the forest lets start in germany where foresters face problems ranging from erosion to drought to storms and flooding and insect pests around the country was the tables are falling and the forestry business in some places is on the ropes changing conditions are proving a major challenge for Many Small Companies who live off the forest. Martin haselbach is a forester who tends to 140 hectares of woods in northeastern germany mostly conifers with some deciduous species conditions have been exceptionally dry for several years now and the trees are suffering dozens of pits have been dug to monitor soil quality and moisture l
Have provided us with animals to hunt for to eat and wood to burn and build but now the worlds forests are under massive pressure from logging agriculture and pollution thats our topic today on made the forest lets start in germany where foresters face problems ranging from erosion to drought to storms and flooding and insect pests around the country was the tables are falling and the forestry business in some places is on the ropes changing conditions are proving a major challenge for Many Small Companies who live off the forest. Martin haselbach is a forester who tends to 140 hectares of woods in northeastern germany mostly conifers with some deciduous species conditions have been exceptionally dry for several years now and the trees are suffering dozens of pits have been dug to monitor soil quality and moisture levels. Last year we had rainfall of just 300 liters per square metre thats the same as in the savannah woodlands of the serengeti zebras rhinos and elephants in the forests
Buying products on the socalled fair global trade market voluntarily pays a higher price this is intended to benefit these coffee farmers in africa they set up cooperatives and selling coffee directly to Fair Trade Organizations in europe and america will. Be so close to the russian a little earlier we were often cheated by the traders when we sold our copper why do you dont think that creates since we joined fair trade my income has more than doubled being in a new deal its. An early july morning in southern uganda this mountainous area lies between a 101500 meters above sea level conditions are ideal for coffee cultivation. After many kilometers on dirt roads you reach marion losing who sees house its from much and not easy to find because the house is a scattered through. Up the mountain. The 39 year old coffee farmer is married and has 4 children. Right now its high Season Harvest time when marion spends all day on have plantation during this period everything revolves around the c
Broadly, could the buildings of the future be made of more Sustainable Materials . Or is it simply far fetched. Olafur eliasson, welcome to hardtalk. You had a fairly unorthodox upbringing. Your parents moved to denmark, your mother was a seamstress, your father was a moved to denmark, your mother was a seamstress, yourfather was a cook, how did your early life and influence you in your work . |j how did your early life and influence you in your work . I spent my vacations in iceland, my father also worked as an artist, actually. My also worked as an artist, actually. My mother in denmark would make sure i would go to school and he would say that my mother had the more disciplined approach to life, but my father had the more hedonistic approach. Being in nature over the summer, playing around as a child, with my father, that really influenced me a lot. But also to be fair, my mother gave me a sense of purpose and direction, and made a great difference for me. You also took part in sort
Now on bbc news its hardtalk with zeinab badawi. Welcome to hardtalk from tate modern in london where my guest has a major exhibition. He is the Award Winning icelandic danish artist. He believes that art can change the world by, for instance, tackling Climate Change. This is one of his exhibits, a giant wall made of moss. The idea is to get people thinking differently about the environment, for instance, could buildings of the future be made more sustainably . Is this sort of thing visionary or far fetched . Olafur eliasson, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, zeinab. You had a fairly unorthodox upbringing. Your parents were extremely young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather i9. Born in iceland, moved to denmark. Your mother was a seamstress, your father a cook. How did your early life influence you, in your work . Well, my father moved back to iceland and i would spend my vacations in iceland, running around in nature while he was painting. He also worked as an artist, actuall