Issues from all over africa and europe but im not alone with me its my colleague from kenya. Thanks. Very warm welcome to you this is what we have lined up on the show today. We. Travel through the democratic republic of congo to find out more about its unique the flats. With a market that tries to reduce food waste by acknowledging so by day. We find out how a vital of fans in south africa can help protect people from city. Its no longer news that nigeria generates a lot of waste and the country needs challenges with how to manage this waste where they are recycling or using. Challenge of managing the waste is there now across the country and across the world it had that. Which can be turned to well we also have bad waste can be turned to beautiful things but is it possible to sit in your house in one place and make the wealth or make the beautiful things yes it is thanks to this for students of a government goals college and duty who have come up with an app that can link those turning the waste to these beautiful beings all paying money for waste and those generating the waste lets go see how their work. Wastes over three Million Tonnes are generated annually and nigeria its an environmental disaster and a Health Hazard only twenty to thirty percent of the waste is collected for recycling and reuse. These teenage girls from a budget want to change that police lois and just tina have created an app that they hope will make a difference in the way people deal with their garbage its called the green world tech app individuals who told this up on your phone we want to make life easier. Because people get was you know we saw in the streets you see nurse of. Those for whom you know when to me was. To help me by asking us to do was made. And this is how the app works a form is sent to an administrator who responds via email the prospective buyer then goes to pick up the refuse or instructs the seller where to deliver the packaged waste. The app is still in the test phase so far only friends and neighbors can use it. Different types of recyclable waste are rewarded with a system of credit points credits can be redeemed for instance for drinking water. I brought betsy. Plastics for plastics and my god for each plastic piece one point doesnt solve the people in two to ten now so at least five states in particular hundred is good to good. Stella was a chick who has founded an ngo where girls can go after school to improve their math and Technical Skills here they also learn to program the app and create a Business Plan for the system. Most of the student actually have been the one who got. The bias because they actually went online and sex with. Viral me to see who uses plastic. And so they did it themselves i do think it will help them do it. The girls who want to clean up nigerias waste hope to go public with their up soon their goal is to sign up at least two thousand users in the First Quarter of twenty eighteen. You know people on the party being really very important for the ecosystem and the people and in the democratic republic of congo are one of the Worlds Largest tropical people land areas but they are not being protected like they should be shark. Thats right but now its about to change thanks to the help of santas from england together with greenpeace they go on an expedition to raise the level of environmental awareness off the local population. The start of a new day in the democratic republic of congo. Behind the villages dense swamp land. Satellite images have revealed the existence of a peach vault here in the forest. Biologists say its one of the most important of the discovered thats why a team of british and congolese scientists have embarked on a joint Research Project getting to the peak both involves an arduous hours long hike through the swamp everything is soaking wet english geographer simon lewis has been surveying here for years trying to better understand the development of the bug which began forming tens of thousands of years ago made up of decomposed plant material the piece held some surprises for the researcher is that this is peak bodies so this is the partially decomposed plant matter that in a store of carbon. Needs is now sampled every fifty centimeters and this is three metres to three inches deep water surprises and we thought the paint here would be maybe fifty centimeters maybe one metre maximum and actually weve got much deeper peat so that suggests that potentially we havent done all the work yet but potentially theres even more carbon stored on this side of the congo river. The scientists now calculate that the bulk is far bigger and deeper than they originally estimated the peak is up to six meters thick in places and covers an area about the size of Great Britain thats why maintaining the area is so important for the environment as you see there is the seas rounding the forest to the forest is also still is running the carbon stroking the cardboard so its a double stuck in cow bones above ground but i must turn you to count one and assume the underlying deposit and if you want this forest thats got double times releasing the cob one more carbon in india to mistreat the forests of the congo basin around the ever increasing pressure. Similar primeval woodlands and asia have already disappeared and deforestation is now also a threat in this part of africa illegal loggers taking down more and more trees meanwhile the government is granting licenses some according to environmental groups under g. P. S. Circumstances but as local populations grow so does the need for our the land to plant for instance. Farmers like valentina gobo say they have no choice to acquire new fields they say they have to drain at least some of the most for. What it is we have to maintain a balance between preserving nature and survival yes we need alternatives to deforestation but its not that easy it would be seen. There are no projects in place to help people pursue other livelihoods thats why the Environmental Organization greenpeace has stepped in to support the scientists financially and logistically and to teach the villagers more about why Environmental Protection is vital to a Government Official explains the difficulties the country is facing. To push it if we would have to provide aid to the people here is so they dont take resources from the forest he bugs such projects cost money money the government doesnt have the market and thats why we need the Financial Support of the international community. The activists say its imperative to develop a strategy that provides Financial Support for the entire region otherwise the congolese authorities will continue to permit looking which will eventually lead to the release of vast amounts of sequestered. Unison internazionale lives we need to find International Solution is not only to help these countries protect these primeval forest but also to further study the peat bogs in order to protect them because they contain huge amounts of Carbon Emissions there are some thirty billion tons of carbon trapped in their prices beyond thats the equivalent of three years of total global emissions from coal oil and gas combined incomes that the scientists have finished for the day but itll take months to record an analyzer all the data theyve collected providing more insight into one of the largest carbon reservoirs on the planet. In east africa many have been made to vegetate both such as the african eggplant how about they have had to compete with supposedly some quartz modern visitable like the tomatoes now scientists from kenya and germany have teamed up and realize that this is a big mistake because the traditional visitable varieties are roots in vitamins and minerals the research wants to explore the cultivating methods for native vegetable varieties and the al making them easier to grow them now hoping for a revival of the traditional visitable. Filling from germany and google from kenya share a passion for indigenous african leafy vegetables. This up with a glance of very interesting because of the high duty while you look for example or the african kid has scored high going to the course and with this we can do exactly the body or soul like quest to the. Source of what it would be. And i am going to. And then as amaranth the seeds in the leaves are edible and theyre also rich in protein and ion the plants can survive with very little as dylan has proven in this greenhouse in berlin she grows various types of amerind here and conditions that simulate the african environment i dasnt im understands these are the amorous plants im testing i keep them at fifteen to twenty five percent of their Water Holding capacity and you can see how well the leaves develop even with a minimal water intake. Because one down here theyre a bit dry but at the top the plants look amazingly healthy things like this wouldnt be possible at all with Something Like corn which needs a lot more water kind of stay out of the industry out but. In many regions corn and other foreign plants have taken the place of indigenous vegetables. So. As to get those scientists in germany kenya and tanzania researching ways to change that as a horse a culture expert at google has already been helping farmers in his home country of kenya he realised one of the main problems is the loss of plants off to harvest and hes looking for solutions here at the university of berlin the problem is that they slums are blocking all this with the bulls and the bodies are faced with the. Barrier so dont hear what is happening at the waterways theres a local was pressured at least because of the condition of the use of what would you do with just this when it was most of the wall in the west hes testing alternative packaging in this. Environmental chamber at the university he can regulate the temperature and humidity. Together with dealing he then investigates in a lab how the different climate conditions affect the vegetables they dissolve the leaves to see how much of the nutritious content is left after theyve been harvested transported and stored which packaging best protects the flavonoids nutrients. Their results from the amaranth plant or playing to see where new. Bucketing for example use of parking like these are supposed to be a big. Issue or do they got the bugs this going to part of the material will help in the preserving their nutrient conses. Elicia gogos Research Also shows that exposing the vegetables to additional u. V. Light after harvesting increases the shelf life he wants to research this point further. Universities expertise and technical equipment help him in his Research Like this High Performance liquid chromatography machine. Or its surface to get really really expensive. Extract use it for analysis over time and our family guy since. The international Research Project has given the plants a new lease of life their reputation has been changing in africa for some years once considered food for the poor than our fashionable soup of food. Together with africa. And the. Well because im around the least of it and it was delicious its similar to spinach if you just put a little bit of melted butter and a bit of salt and its just having. Healthy tasty and easy to grow researches are namond with these african vegetables and want to spread the word to the masses. Trust is a huge topic here in the robie theres hardly any form of recycling at all eco hero of this week once it seems that he set up a company that separates the west and recycle them its a good way to protect the environment and money. Employees from Tucker Tucker solutions collect try twice a week in canned gave me a poor schooling neighborhood on the outskirts of nairobi susan carrying a decided to use tack attack a service she likes the font of the company recycles the trash it collects. Im happy with the way they work. And i really like this initiative. And the socks are also better. In their cleaner than. One of us attack attack a solution serve six thousand households in gamey i now buy. Several firms have realized the commercial potential of collect and try to ship in poor neighborhoods the trouble is most of the garbage ends up on illegal dumps back attack is the only company there but also recycles its trucks take twelve tons of trash every day to the sorting center and game by the way is this way hilly wood for trash Daniel Patrick holds who is suisse founded the company in twenty eleven he lived in nairobi as a teenager and knew about its garbage problem a startup is backed by a number of International Development aid organizations it is now starting to break even pattern hols wants to expand its operation would want to become like a wholesale. Managers we want other companies to come to us but now in order for it to incentivize them we need to be able to accept their weights at a very low fee and so we need to become more and more efficient each sorta processes four hundred kilograms of trash a day if they manage more they get a bonus there are one hundred people on the payroll grooved counts based pay is the equivalent of only one hundred euros a month still she likes a hard job and that she is doing something for the environment the past three years of being here at gaming but she was like they were. Because there was a listed dotty and at the moment. The company now has clients across the city including shopping malls and hotels it is looking for move firms to take the materials it recycles in our country like you can you not embrace so much there is a key part of it so its making sure people understand what what we do and making sure people embrace using more say kibbles creativity and flexibility i needed to make a recycling operation like this work in nairobi. Usually track poor residential customers the prizes for collection miles taggart as a company would always like to charge more of possible but that doesnt work like its especially in low income areas you need to be able to charge very little otherwise people just dont have the ability to sign up that attack a solution sometimes comes to an International School in nairobi to talk to the kids about the importance of recycling and Environmental Protection bread good schools are pretty its trying to show not many is going to school households do that in kenya parents love the fact that we have. That we do this and that when we say with hoping that children will be a responsible citizen responsible global citizens and we are actually doing this. Certainly not shame parents around before we knew to the school and theyve been very impressing the baby and in fact somebody said to me once i chose your school because i saw the parents. The company also holds workshops at regular king and schools to raise awareness of these issues but so far few of them have chosen to separate their triage recycle. Its not a short term approach but over time they will be the ones who will hopefully you know push things towards recycling on a larger level so if you create that awareness early on i think thats helpful Going Forward from hold social enterprises taking root attack attack a solutions provides work and helps them vironment its helping to solve very material problems and also to change attitudes in society. Among lets look at one of the wost forms of waste in europe tons of good food one away every day much of it lands in the bin simply because the quote unquote use by date has passed whats isnt always the best way of telling if something is spoiled or not but those one that wants to change this trend mt knows well yes indeed the shop is located in the heart of the german capital burley what their Business Concept is serving food pasta sell by date and preventing food waste is a way of doing their bit for the environment. This is a supermarket in germany that doesnt care about sell by date. One point three billion tons of food are wasted every year thats about a third of all that is produced a startup in berlin wants to see that change rafael found her has established his enterprise together with friends his supermarket surplus sells left over products and produce that has passed the expert. Ration date otherwise perfectly edible and even to labor. The owners want to attract customers with low prices and while the selection is still currently limited to the start of popes to have more suppliers onboard soon. Because if theres one thing they dont like its seeing good food go to waste. Like that. If youre also doing you want but tell us about it. Visit our website or send us a tweet. During your bet we hear your story. So imagine about you come home from work and when you go into the kitchen you find a huge bob moon completely trashing the place this is what frequently happens to residents of south africas Cape Peninsula local baboons break into the homes searching for food but a new noninvasive method of deterring the animals known as battle friends is hoping to solve the problem once and for all. Its an almost daily occurrence for many residents live in on and around south africas peninsula but boones from Table MountainNational Park venturing into the city and surrounding suburbs and in search for food pats riley has seen her fashion of the monkey business. Woman care town and theyre coming to your house and they make an awful mess and you just gotta live with it but not too bad they have been in my house quite often. Then not aggressive i did find them aggressive and theyre not pretty interested in you they they were looking for food thats what theyre looking for. To keep the primates out of Areas Conservation is from the human wide life solutions. The organization had been tested a new strategy g. P. S. Collars used to track the movements once the monkeys get closer town the team place high part speakers in strategic positions they play sounds of animals and predator sound you play call pretending they are predators the long course on the princes sounds of animal being killed they scared to go. At a few banks were burying their reinforces the scari