GLOBAL 3000: The Globalization Program
GLOBAL 3000 – DW-TV’s new globalisation magazine looks at the issues that are moving us today, and shows how people are living with the opportunities and risks of globalisation. GLOBAL 3000 gives globalisation a face. During the Kosovo War nine years ago, many of the ...
GLOBAL 3000 – DW-TV’s new globalisation magazine looks at the issues that are moving us today, and shows how people are living with the opportunities and risks of globalisation. GLOBAL 3000 gives globalisation a face. During the Kosovo War nine years ago, many of the people from Pristina fled abroad. One of them is Naim Bunjuka. Naim Bunjaku is a radio host, journalist, and singer who lives and works in Pristina, Kosovo. We asked him what globalization means to him, what he hopes the future will bring, and what keeps him up at night.
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Reservoirs for Millions - Colombia’s Páramos
They're a world of highland mosses and moors, lagoons and ...
They're a world of highland mosses and moors, lagoons and lakes. The Spanish conquistadors also called the páramo the land of clouds. Páramo ecosystems are unique in the world, and they're the source of clean water for Colombia’s capital, Bogotá. But these ecosystems in the upper Andes are endangered: farmers and herdsmen burn the vegetation to create land for grazing. Biologists from botanical gardens in Bogotá and Berlin are cooperating on researching the indigenous mosses, lichens and grasses. Like sponges, they absorb and store water and return it to the river systems. If the plants continue to be burned off, the water supplies of millions of people are at risk.
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Eritrea: Delving into a Sealed-Off Country
Many of the refugees who try to reach Europe by ...
Many of the refugees who try to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean come from Eritrea, although it is currently troubled by neither famine nor war. They’re fleeing the grim dictatorship in what has been called the African North Korea. According to UN information, more than 350,000 Eritreans have left their country so far, about seven percent of the population. Arbitrary arrest is the order of the day. Men are forced to spend a at least a year, often decades, in military service. Where freedom of the press is concerned, the country ranks lowest in the world - even behind North Korea.
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Voluntarily or Involuntarily? Returnees in Mali
A waste of time and effort: after four years, CIGEM, ...
A waste of time and effort: after four years, CIGEM, the Centre for Migration Management and Information, has again closed down in Bamako. Supported by funds from the EU, its purpose was to inform migrants about employment opportunities in the EU and to support returnees. Stephan Dünnwald is an ethnologist who has studied CIGEM and other returnee programs. One of the places he visited was Mali, and he got to know many returnees and their stories on his research trips.
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Brazil: Parrot Fish and Coral Reef Preservation
A silent war is taking place off the coast of ...
A silent war is taking place off the coast of Brazil. Overgrown algae and seaweed are threatening the coral reefs. But Brazilian scientists have found a species that plays an integral role in keeping a balance between them: the blue parrotfish. The blue parrotfish feeds by grazing on seaweed and algae, thus keeping coral reefs in equilibrium. But the fish are considered a lucrative delicacy in the restaurants along the Brazilian coast. Their numbers are decreasing. Marine biologists are studying ways to stop overfishing. We take a trip to the nursery where the reef's protectors have a chance of growing to maturity.
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Libya: Way Station for Refugees
With scarcely any functioning government in the country, security forces ...
With scarcely any functioning government in the country, security forces in Misrata can't do much more than send out patrols and keep a token watch on the situation. So thousands of refugees are fleeing to Europe through Libya. Libya's coast guard has eight boats to monitor 1700 kilometers of coastline. The country’s coast guard commandant complains that Europe is letting his forces down. The men they capture on the coast come from Senegal, Niger and Chad. Libya is a way station for refugees and migrants, though it's also a destination in itself. Men from Niger work in the steel plant in Misrata. But when there's no work in Libya, the temptation to set off for Europe grows.
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Soil Erosion Round the World - Causes and Solutions
The Orinoco Basin extends across Veneuela and Colombia. The river's ...
The Orinoco Basin extends across Veneuela and Colombia. The river's delta is covered with tropical rain forest. For many years now, colossal palm oil plantations have been encroaching on this forest. But the forest floor is relatively poor in nutrients and rich in oxygen, making it unsuitable for monocultures. Once the soil is depleted, the planters use artificial fertilizers to keep production going as long as they can, and then they move on. But there's another way. Planting many diverse crops in the same ground can help balance out soil use.
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The Global 3000 Questionnaire: Bangladesh - Nazma Akter
In 2003, Nazma Akter founded the Awaj Foundation to promote ...
In 2003, Nazma Akter founded the Awaj Foundation to promote workers' rights for the women of Bangladesh's many textile factories. Since the deadly collapse of the Rana Plaza in 2013, her voice has been among the most strident in the struggle for improved working conditions in this country.
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The Last of their Kind - Dugongs in the Philippines
Dugongs and manatees all over the world are threatened. These ...
Dugongs and manatees all over the world are threatened. These sea cows have almost vanished from the coasts of the Philippines. The shy and placid marine mammals live on seagrass, devouring up to 25 kilograms of it per day. But seagrass is sensitive to pollutants and intensive fishing. Motorboats also pose a threat. Sea cows have to surface every five or six minutes to breathe and can be easily injured by the propellers. Even if hunting dugongs has now been prohibited, their meat is still prized. Now only small groups of dugongs survive off the Filipino coasts.
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Land - They Aren't Making any More of It!
The amount of usable cropland is declining. Land is getting ...
The amount of usable cropland is declining. Land is getting harder to come by. Germany alone loses the equivalent of 70 hectares of land to road construction and urban development each day.At the same time, the demand is growing for land to grow crops for use in food, fuel and textile production. This demand can be calculated in what's known as the land footprint: for example, the amount of land necessary to maintain our current standard of living. Europe has a rather large footprint. Only forty percent of the land devoted to mainting Europe's consumer society lies on the continent itself.
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India: Global Shapers Community, Delhi
India has a problem with the quality of its education ...
India has a problem with the quality of its education system: too much rote learning, too few creative subjects and badly-trained teachers. The Global Shapers Community is a network of hubs led by young people that aims to improve conditions and prospects for children and teenagers. 26-year-old Faith Gonsalves uses schoolrooms for her project, Music Basti. She and others like her organize music lessons for children. In the state schools, there are hardly any art or music classes. The Global Shapers organization in Delhi has more than 20 members under the age of than 30, most of them well-educated professionals.
