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(electronic music)

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(cheering)

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(Jayda): My name is Jayda Guy
and my artist name is Jayda G.

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- The disco house queen,

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black girl magic.

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She's about to take it
to the next level.

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(♪♪)

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(Jayda): I've found success
as a DJ.

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Now it's about using
my platform

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for something that I believe in.

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Not only am I a musician,

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but I also have ten years
experience in field biology.

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I'm definitely a nerd!
(laughing)

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I've been touring the world
with my music,

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and now I want to focus on
what's happening to our planet.

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The hardest thing
when it comes to climate change

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is that it just feels
so big and overwhelming.

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I like to concentrate
on the stories

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where there is hope
because they are out there.

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(clapping)
(laughing)

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I'm going to visit
coastal communities

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that have a new ally in the
fight against climate change.

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It's called "blue carbon".

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These are habitats which can
conserve biodiversity...

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Sorry, I'm way too happy!
(laughing)

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Protect our cities against
storms and rising seas...

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And help us turn down
the planet's thermostat.

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Blue carbon
is an untapped power

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that lies between land and sea.

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(seagulls squawking)

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When I'm by the ocean,
I remember what I love.

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(whales wailing)

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In college, I studied
the effects of toxic chemicals

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on killer whales
in waters near Vancouver.

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(whales wailing)

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My first album was like
an ode to my thesis.

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I would take
the killer whale sounds

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and incorporate them
in my music.

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(whales wailing)

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(soft music)

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(whales squealing in music)

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(birdsong)
Now, I want to make

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a new anthem for nature,

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by recording the sounds
of coastal habitats

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that we don't value enough.

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Habitats scientists
call "blue carbon".

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But for that, I need to go
back out into the field.

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(electronic music)

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In southern Florida,
a vast network of waterways

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spill into the ocean, creating
one of the most extensive

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wetlands in North America.

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This is what a blue carbon
ecosystem looks like.

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Phoebe Fitz is a local
wildlife photographer.

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She draws inspiration
from this landscape.

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But even here, she can see
the signs of climate change.

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- So the palm trees,
without the tops...

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- Yeah
- ...show that this area

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is being affected
by sea-level rise.

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- Really?
- Because if there are

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palm trees growing,
it means that the water

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was fresh enough
for them to survive.

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And then when they lose
their heads,

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it means that the sea level
is rising

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and there's more and more
saltwater coming in,

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and then they can't survive.

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(insects chirping)

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(Jayda): I'm using a hydrophone,

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so I can record sounds
underwater for my new song.

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(scraping)

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(chirping)

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What I'm hearing right now
is the munching.

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Like the manatees are like,
chewing on the seagrass,

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and then I'm hearing like
little like chirps of like,

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when the baby is talking
to the mom.

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- They're definitely
messy eaters.

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(laughing)
- Yeah, I know.

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- Oh wow!
- I know!

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(scraping continues)

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- Love that.
Some good eating here.

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- I know.
- That's great.

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Must be some healthy
and happy seagrass.

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- Exactly.

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(soft music)

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(squeaking)

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(Fitz): I think,
as a photographer,
my goal is to be able

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to bring a sense of wonder
and awe to people

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through my images and a glimpse
into the life of a manatee.

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(squeaking)

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When you first see a manatee
under the water,

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you just feel like
you've stepped back in time.

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They look pretty prehistoric.

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(chirping)

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They feed on the seagrass beds
or the seagrass meadows

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down under the water.

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(Jayda): These seagrass meadows
are pumping out oxygen

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and filtering pollutants.

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(squeaking)

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They are at the center
of this unique community...

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...where manatees
play a vital role

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in cultivating the seagrass.

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(Fitz): The manatees
are chomping on the seagrass

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and it's being redistributed,
you know, when they pick it up,

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and some of it falls off
and also when they digest it,

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and then distribute it
in different areas of the river.

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(squeaking)

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(Jayda): Clean,
oxygenated water,

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plus all these places to hide,

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makes seagrass
an ideal nursery for fish.

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A single acre can support
up to 40,000 of them.

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But get this:

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Scientists have now discovered
that seagrass beds

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can also absorb significant
amounts of carbon dioxide

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from the atmosphere.

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(birdsong)

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I love like, the roots
that are just like falling down

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onto, onto us.
(chuckling)

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- Yeah, it's amazing.
It's like they're all crawling
towards each other.

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(Jayda): Blue carbon
isn't just seagrass.

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It's any coastal ecosystem
that's good at absorbing carbon.

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The best place to see this
in action is in the gnarly,
mangrove forests.

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These plants may not look like
they're doing anything,

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but believe me

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they have superpowers.

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When you first came here
in like...

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- That was 2014.
- 2014.

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It was the first time you
came through this tunnel?

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- It was the first time I came
through this tunnel.

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- What was that like?
- It was like...

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I was so happy. I was probably
talking all the time.

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(laughing)
I was just like so happy

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I couldn't believe
that I was here.

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And you know, part of it's
because the history of mangroves

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started right here,
and the research started
on those sites.

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- Wow.
- In the '70s.

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- Right.
- And it was so special

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to be here where, you know,
like everything started.

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- Yeah
- Plus, like, it's so beautiful.

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Come on.
- Yes, it's gorgeous.

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There is such a beauty
in these swamps,

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these transition spots
from the ocean to the land,

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and how they are just
in between space.

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And I feel in-between spaces

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are always like
these magical places.

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For Andre, seeing these
mangroves for the first time

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changed his life.

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(Andre): I was at college and
we had this ecology professor

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that took us out to the field.

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When we walked in,
the tide was low.

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But up to that point, I didn't
know what a tide was, right?

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So I'm walking into this
like, mucky muddy forest,

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and then a couple hours in,
working measuring trees,

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the waters start to raise
and it kind of freaked me out

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because like, where's that
water coming from?

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And he explained
the whole thing.

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So twice a day, you have
the tides, you know,

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flood the mangroves
and then flushes away.

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And that just blew my mind.

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I had a friend of mine and
we looked at each other,

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and we both, at the same time,
were like,

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"This is it."
- This is our life.

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- This is what
we're gonna be doing.

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- Yeah.
- I mean, you understand that?

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Right? Right, right. Okay.
And that was it.

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My passion is like, what
you're looking at right now.

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I just love mangroves,
and I mean, look around.

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So they absorb a lot of carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere,

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and they use that
to produce leaves and fruits

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and flowers
and branches and roots.

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- Yeah.
- And that binds the carbon

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to the soil.
So they're very efficient

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at sequestering and storing
the carbon for a long time

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for like thousands of years.
- One, two, three.

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- There you go.
A little more.

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- Grab it from the...
There you go.

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One more.
(grunting)

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- There. There you go.
- Oh my gosh.

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- This is low.
- Now, that's a nice core.

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It's spongy, right?
- It is so spongy.

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Like feel this, feel this.
- Yeah, it's a sponge.

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- That's pretty awesome.
- That's wild.

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- This is crazy.
This is basically,

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you're saying this is
blue carbon then?

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- This is blue carbon. So yeah,
it's not blue. It's brown,

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but it is blue carbon.
(laughing)

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- Right.

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(Jayda): So the "blue"
in "blue carbon" is because

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this process is taking place
under water,

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and that is the key.

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Because in wet, swampy mud
where there's little oxygen,

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the carbon can be safely
stored away for millennia.

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It's wild to me that
for so long,

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we have not given
enough importance...

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- Right.
- ...to these kind of areas.

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And here we are
in a climate crisis,

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and we're now holding on
to these ecosystems

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for dear life, essentially.
- Yeah, yeah.

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(inhaling)

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(electronic music)

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(Jayda): We used to think
that these bug-infested swamps

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were honestly a waste of space.

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In the past 50 years,
we have drained,

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paved and polluted
over a third of the world's
blue carbon habitats.

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But what we're also destroying
is the ability

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of these ecosystems to absorb
carbon from the atmosphere.

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To avoid a climate disaster,

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we need to remove
at least 23 billion tonnes

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of Co2 every year by 2030.

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Blue carbon
can absorb up to 5%.

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That's not a drop
in the ocean.

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(electronic music)

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(cheering)

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If you want to be successful,
as an entertainer,

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you have to be on social media.

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- Ready?

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(Jayda): You have to curate
your look.

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- Oh, that looks great.

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- You got, like, an image
of the outfit?

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Where's the light,
what is wrong with me?

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I know how to do this.
(chuckling)

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I'm always in a state
of curated joy.

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But I don't wanna be
a one-dimensional artist.

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I also really want to talk
about the environment,

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something that's really
important to me

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and actually make
a difference in the world.

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(electronic music)

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Not far from the busy streets
of Ho Chi Minh City

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is a place that makes you
believe in resurrection.

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My destination is Can Gio,

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an island about the size
of New York City.

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(guitar playing)
My forest guide, Tung,

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is taking me to meet the man
responsible for bringing

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this place back from the dead.

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(singing)

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Can Gio, along
with much of Vietnam,

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is still recovering from one
of the most devastating

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wartime attacks on nature
in recent memory.

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(gunfire)

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(man in video): 1962 saw America
launch Operation Ranch Hand.

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U.S. troops spent nine years
spraying the jungle

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with defoliants, Agent Orange
being the most infamous.

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It was one way America
planned to win the war,

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dump herbicides
all over the mangroves

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to force the Vietcong
to come out and fight.

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(gunfire)

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- This is a plane I remember
in the war, a native C-123.

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- The planes that actually drop,

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dropped the herbicide
and the agent orange.

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- Look, they are spraying
chemical spray.

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After spraying on the tree it
defoliates and the tree dies.

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The trunk dies and falls down
so you can see the roots.

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- There's really nothing left.

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The amount of land
is just so mind-boggling,

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like how big the area was.

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(Jayda): After
the Vietnam War ended,

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a young Nam led efforts
to resurrect the mangroves.

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(machine clicking)

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- This is how they're training
them to plant the propagules.

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(in Vietnamese):
We contacted the communes
in the Can Gio district.

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We also contacted local
women's associations

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and youth unions to help
with the reforestation.

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(in English): Because at first,
we didn't know how to do this.

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- Right, so you were
learning as you go.

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- Yes, practice and learning.

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And after one year like this,

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two years like that.
(laughing)

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(in Vietnamese): I feel very
emotional and excited.

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I feel so proud to have devoted
my life to Can Gio forest.

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(birdsong)

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:21.071
(in English): After the war,
this area became wasteland.
There were no trees.

00:21:25.867 --> 00:21:28.287
We came to this area
and we tried to plant.

00:21:30.414 --> 00:21:34.835
Now we have about 32,000
hectares of forest.

00:21:39.965 --> 00:21:42.217
You can see the mature forest.

00:21:42.301 --> 00:21:45.262
This forest is
about 42 years old.

00:21:46.138 --> 00:21:48.473
You can hear the birds singing.
- Yeah.

00:21:48.515 --> 00:21:50.559
(birdsong)

00:21:50.642 --> 00:21:53.103
(cracking)

00:21:53.145 --> 00:21:55.397
What's that clicking sound?

00:21:56.189 --> 00:21:58.984
- You can hear the
crack, crack, crack.

00:21:59.318 --> 00:22:02.946
When it's high tide,
the tree cannot breathe.

00:22:04.948 --> 00:22:07.659
In low tide, the tree breathes,

00:22:07.743 --> 00:22:09.870
you can hear crack,
crack, crack.

00:22:09.953 --> 00:22:11.455
The tree breathes.

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:15.334
- That's really inspiring,
actually.

00:22:24.676 --> 00:22:25.761
- You can sit here

00:22:25.844 --> 00:22:28.013
and see the forest.
(laughing)

00:22:28.055 --> 00:22:30.307
- It's so beautiful.

00:22:35.645 --> 00:22:39.024
(soft music)

00:23:52.556 --> 00:23:55.058
(Jayda): The restoration
of this forest

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:58.520
has been about so much more
than just mangroves.

00:23:58.603 --> 00:24:04.443
Once the poison receded,
all kinds of creatures returned.

00:24:05.944 --> 00:24:08.029
And the system began to heal.

00:24:08.113 --> 00:24:11.074
(squawking)

00:24:14.035 --> 00:24:16.455
(chirping)

00:24:16.496 --> 00:24:18.331
(snorting)

00:24:22.711 --> 00:24:27.799
You hear the kind of symphony
of what's going on here.

00:24:27.841 --> 00:24:32.012
How each place
has its own orchestra.

00:24:32.095 --> 00:24:35.474
(trees cracking)

00:24:37.267 --> 00:24:40.645
Each place has its very
specific sound,

00:24:40.687 --> 00:24:45.150
and that can be a jumping off
point for me musically.

00:24:50.155 --> 00:24:53.700
(animals squawking and chirping)

00:25:06.046 --> 00:25:08.507
(soft music)

00:25:11.176 --> 00:25:14.679
Can Gio shields Ho Chi Minh
City better than any

00:25:14.763 --> 00:25:17.098
man-made structure ever could.

00:25:21.895 --> 00:25:24.189
A kilometre-thick
mangrove belt

00:25:24.231 --> 00:25:27.526
can stop a category 3 hurricane.

00:25:29.277 --> 00:25:32.113
(thunder rumbling)

00:25:38.161 --> 00:25:40.664
But now, this forest is at risk.

00:25:41.289 --> 00:25:43.291
The Vietnamese government
recently approved

00:25:43.375 --> 00:25:47.754
a 9-billion dollar tourist city
on the edge of Can Gio.

00:25:51.716 --> 00:25:56.555
Honestly, these images
make me feel frustrated!

00:25:56.596 --> 00:25:59.516
(rain pattering)

00:26:04.396 --> 00:26:07.190
If the developers don't
protect the mangroves,

00:26:07.232 --> 00:26:09.359
Vietnam's biggest city
could be exposed

00:26:09.401 --> 00:26:12.571
to the full force
of devastating storms.

00:26:12.612 --> 00:26:14.531
(thunder rumbling)

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:22.122
(rhythmic music)

00:26:33.174 --> 00:26:36.052
And whatsmore,
without this forest,

00:26:36.094 --> 00:26:41.182
the carbon stored here could
escape back into the atmosphere.

00:26:47.939 --> 00:26:53.028
(man): Hi, baby. Jayda, don't
go up there. You'll fall.

00:26:53.111 --> 00:26:54.738
- Dad, Mom...

00:26:56.323 --> 00:26:58.158
(Jayda): My family loves nature.

00:26:58.241 --> 00:27:02.621
My mom and dad bought their
property from doing

00:27:02.662 --> 00:27:05.915
many, many seasons
of tree planting.

00:27:05.957 --> 00:27:09.836
- Here we are in our new house!

00:27:10.462 --> 00:27:12.922
(Jayda): It's something
that's important to us.

00:27:12.964 --> 00:27:14.633
It's a value system
in my family,

00:27:14.674 --> 00:27:17.761
and my dad would take me
fishing and camping.

00:27:17.802 --> 00:27:22.349
My father really gave me
a sense of being comfortable

00:27:22.432 --> 00:27:27.479
being outside and a sense
of belonging within nature.

00:27:27.562 --> 00:27:30.940
- I don't think he's going to
let you get too close though.

00:27:34.986 --> 00:27:36.863
(laughing)

00:27:36.946 --> 00:27:39.240
- Say, hi! Say hi, kids!

00:27:39.324 --> 00:27:41.368
(all): Hi!

00:27:41.451 --> 00:27:43.495
(Jayda): I'm black, I'm Jewish.

00:27:43.536 --> 00:27:45.330
My mom's white and Jewish.

00:27:45.372 --> 00:27:47.207
- A lot of history
in this picture.

00:27:47.290 --> 00:27:48.500
- That's right!

00:27:48.583 --> 00:27:50.335
(Jayda): My dad
is African American,

00:27:50.377 --> 00:27:52.253
he grew up in the States.

00:27:53.505 --> 00:27:56.007
- You wanna go see your daddy?

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:59.219
(Jayda): He passed away
when I was really young.

00:27:59.302 --> 00:28:02.514
I was 10 and he was sick
for many years.

00:28:04.349 --> 00:28:10.355
My dad was one person amongst
many who got drafted.

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:14.192
He got really disenchanted

00:28:14.234 --> 00:28:18.655
with the army
and started reading a lot more.

00:28:18.697 --> 00:28:22.242
He did serve as long
as he had to.

00:28:22.325 --> 00:28:24.369
But as soon as he was done,
he was out of there.

00:28:24.411 --> 00:28:27.706
And then he left up to Canada,

00:28:27.747 --> 00:28:32.794
and it just seemed this safe
haven kind of place.

00:28:33.712 --> 00:28:37.590
He started tree planting,
and I wonder if coming to Canada

00:28:37.674 --> 00:28:40.635
and being in nature
was something that was

00:28:40.719 --> 00:28:43.680
a big part
of his healing journey.

00:28:46.683 --> 00:28:50.562
I know for me that nature
definitely heals me.

00:28:50.603 --> 00:28:52.939
And that's why I seek it out.

00:28:53.022 --> 00:28:54.899
(birds squawking)

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:59.863
To see the resilience
of nature is just...

00:28:59.904 --> 00:29:02.031
It's very inspiring.

00:29:10.790 --> 00:29:14.461
(chirping, croaking)

00:29:17.964 --> 00:29:20.383
(gypsy jazz music playing)

00:29:28.975 --> 00:29:33.730
In France,
the Rhone river spills
into the Mediterranean Sea

00:29:33.772 --> 00:29:37.108
creating one of the largest
deltas in Europe.

00:29:38.276 --> 00:29:40.320
They call it the Camargue.

00:29:42.447 --> 00:29:44.616
(squawking)

00:29:48.787 --> 00:29:53.541
This is a saltmarsh, and just
like seagrasses and mangroves,

00:29:53.625 --> 00:29:56.961
it is top-grade blue carbon.

00:30:00.548 --> 00:30:04.093
- Saltmarshes are perfect
stock for carbon.

00:30:04.135 --> 00:30:06.930
(squawking)

00:30:10.475 --> 00:30:12.936
In this marsh, sometimes
in the winter,

00:30:12.977 --> 00:30:16.481
we have up to 25 thousand ducks
and geese here,

00:30:16.564 --> 00:30:19.317
and sometimes,
we have wild boar swimming.

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:21.820
Nice. Nice views.

00:30:23.446 --> 00:30:28.034
(Jayda): It's a special kind
of wildlife that thrives
in these salty conditions.

00:30:28.117 --> 00:30:32.497
These blue carbon habitats
are vital for conservation.

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:36.167
But salt marshes
face a new threat.

00:30:39.712 --> 00:30:42.465
- Here we are in the delta,
it's extremely flat.

00:30:42.507 --> 00:30:46.761
70% of the Camargue is below
one-metre elevation.

00:30:46.845 --> 00:30:51.349
Climate change is a reality,
the sea level is rising.

00:30:51.432 --> 00:30:54.394
And you know,
one metre is not much.

00:31:01.776 --> 00:31:05.989
(Jayda): These marshes and tides
are constantly monitored

00:31:06.030 --> 00:31:10.159
and we now know that sea levels
are rising twice as fast here

00:31:10.201 --> 00:31:11.870
as the global average,

00:31:11.953 --> 00:31:14.080
threatening to contaminate
fresh water

00:31:14.163 --> 00:31:16.624
that the locals rely on.

00:31:18.793 --> 00:31:21.713
- Smelly, huh.
- Yeah.

00:31:24.716 --> 00:31:28.636
- We measure the salinity
in two places.

00:31:29.429 --> 00:31:32.390
- The deeper you go,
the more salty it is?

00:31:32.432 --> 00:31:34.017
- Yes, very high salinity.

00:31:34.058 --> 00:31:36.477
In summer time,
the top of the groundwater

00:31:36.561 --> 00:31:39.105
can be 2 or 3 times
the salinity of the sea.

00:31:39.188 --> 00:31:40.648
- Yeah, yeah.

00:31:40.732 --> 00:31:42.859
- Already now, we are not able

00:31:42.901 --> 00:31:45.111
to keep the shoreline
where it is.

00:31:46.029 --> 00:31:48.281
Clearly, in the coming
decades and centuries,

00:31:48.364 --> 00:31:50.408
the Camargue will
progressively disappear

00:31:50.491 --> 00:31:53.703
like any lowland on the globe.

00:31:54.454 --> 00:31:58.249
(soft jazz music)

00:31:58.291 --> 00:32:01.544
(neighing)

00:32:07.592 --> 00:32:09.719
People here,
the local population,

00:32:09.761 --> 00:32:11.930
have the feeling
that it's forever.

00:32:13.181 --> 00:32:15.141
But clearly, it's not.

00:32:19.020 --> 00:32:22.815
(mooing)

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:28.780
We need to accept that it will
change and to accept to adapt.

00:32:31.282 --> 00:32:32.700
(Jayda): People have been living

00:32:32.784 --> 00:32:34.494
in these marshlands
for centuries.

00:32:34.577 --> 00:32:36.788
(bell tolling)

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:48.216
Now, they're facing the
prospect of losing their land

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:50.510
and their way of life.

00:33:01.896 --> 00:33:03.606
(in French): We're facing
problems related

00:33:03.648 --> 00:33:05.733
to rising sea levels.

00:33:06.275 --> 00:33:10.989
The pond behind me merges
with the sea, so it is salty.

00:33:11.572 --> 00:33:14.909
When the water level rises,
it floods us.

00:33:14.993 --> 00:33:17.662
The water can come
all the way up here.

00:33:18.997 --> 00:33:22.834
Salt builds up in the ground
when there's not much rain.

00:33:22.917 --> 00:33:25.628
Then it destroys the grass

00:33:25.670 --> 00:33:28.256
which our animals eat.

00:33:36.389 --> 00:33:38.975
It would be very
painful to leave

00:33:39.017 --> 00:33:44.647
because the soul
of our family and our animals
inhabit this land.

00:33:46.441 --> 00:33:48.776
We don't really want that,

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:52.864
but we don't have a choice.

00:34:10.381 --> 00:34:13.301
(squawking)

00:34:18.389 --> 00:34:21.350
(Jayda): Today, coastlines
all around the globe

00:34:21.392 --> 00:34:26.814
are under siege from rising seas
and more intense storms.

00:34:41.746 --> 00:34:44.874
(rhythmic music)

00:34:59.055 --> 00:35:02.767
(singing)

00:35:08.272 --> 00:35:10.983
If you want to see
what the future holds,

00:35:11.067 --> 00:35:13.611
there's no better place
than Saint Louis,

00:35:13.653 --> 00:35:15.780
on the West Coast of Africa.

00:35:46.269 --> 00:35:49.105
- I am a filmmaker
and photographer.

00:35:49.147 --> 00:35:52.108
I have the chance to travel
around Senegal.

00:35:52.150 --> 00:35:56.237
Saint Louis is a really
beautiful town, you know.

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:58.531
- You're from here
originally, right?

00:35:58.614 --> 00:36:01.200
- Oh, yeah, I'm from here,

00:36:01.284 --> 00:36:04.328
born here, raised here,
you know, it's my family.

00:36:04.412 --> 00:36:08.166
My childhood was so beautiful.
(chuckling)

00:36:10.334 --> 00:36:13.629
(Jayda): Saint Louis
was founded over 400 years ago

00:36:13.671 --> 00:36:15.590
in a mangrove forest,

00:36:15.673 --> 00:36:19.343
as were Miami,
Mumbai and Hong Kong.

00:36:19.427 --> 00:36:24.182
But as this city grew,
it lost its natural shield.

00:36:24.223 --> 00:36:29.061
And now, the ocean
is moving in.

00:36:40.031 --> 00:36:45.870
- When I was in college, when
one of my teachers told us,

00:36:45.953 --> 00:36:48.748
"You know, the Langue
de Barbarie, you know,

00:36:48.831 --> 00:36:51.792
this place we are,
like will disappear."

00:36:51.876 --> 00:36:56.422
We were laughing,
but years and years, you know,

00:36:56.505 --> 00:37:01.928
day by day, you know, we see,
you know, how the climate change
affects Saint Louis.

00:37:02.011 --> 00:37:05.890
As you can see, the ocean
destroyed a lot of houses

00:37:05.973 --> 00:37:08.392
and people were
moving somewhere.

00:37:16.234 --> 00:37:19.487
- How does that make
you feel, Cherif?

00:37:19.570 --> 00:37:22.406
- I'm feeling sad, really.

00:37:23.157 --> 00:37:25.243
A lot of the beautiful things,

00:37:25.284 --> 00:37:29.497
you know,
they start to disappear.

00:37:33.626 --> 00:37:37.463
You lose all your
beautiful memories.

00:37:40.675 --> 00:37:43.844
You try to recognise something,

00:37:43.928 --> 00:37:47.265
but you lose it,
you completely lose it.

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:04.490
(dramatic music)

00:38:13.082 --> 00:38:17.962
(Jayda): This is the front line
of the climate crisis.

00:38:24.427 --> 00:38:27.388
People living
in relocation camps.

00:38:29.807 --> 00:38:35.896
- Here is Diougop, the refugees
climate camp, you know.

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:37.732
- Do you know how many people?

00:38:37.815 --> 00:38:39.817
- Around 3000.

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:41.027
(blowing raspberries)
Look.

00:38:41.110 --> 00:38:42.570
- That's the size of my town.

00:38:42.653 --> 00:38:45.072
- But look at how
they get water.

00:38:45.156 --> 00:38:48.492
(hubbub)

00:38:55.333 --> 00:38:56.625
(in foreign language):
Peace be upon you.

00:38:56.667 --> 00:38:58.002
- And also unto you.

00:38:58.336 --> 00:38:58.919
- How are you?

00:38:59.003 --> 00:39:00.087
(in French): Hello.

00:39:01.255 --> 00:39:07.887
(in foreign language): My kids
will carry the water home.

00:39:07.970 --> 00:39:10.639
- How many bottles do you
fill on average per day?

00:39:10.681 --> 00:39:13.642
- I fill around...

00:39:13.684 --> 00:39:17.730
(in French): 2, 4, 12, 16...

00:39:17.813 --> 00:39:19.982
(in English): 18 containers.

00:39:21.150 --> 00:39:24.945
(in foreign language):
We left due to climate change.

00:39:25.029 --> 00:39:31.160
The sea overflowed
and when that happened,
it destroyed our houses.

00:39:32.161 --> 00:39:36.374
We have been here
for four years.

00:39:36.457 --> 00:39:39.126
(in English): She's been like,
four years now they are here.

00:39:40.378 --> 00:39:42.838
(in foreign language):
I've put up two sheets

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:46.675
on the roof to reduce the heat.

00:39:47.718 --> 00:39:50.721
Jayda, please excuse us.

00:39:50.805 --> 00:39:52.890
(in French): It is really hard.

00:39:52.932 --> 00:39:54.225
(in English):

00:39:54.308 --> 00:39:56.894
(in foreign language):
It is tough, I swear.

00:39:56.936 --> 00:39:58.521
This is how we live.

00:39:58.562 --> 00:40:00.398
(in English):
It's a plastic container.

00:40:02.483 --> 00:40:05.569
(in foreign language): We are
not used to all of this.

00:40:05.945 --> 00:40:09.073
We've always lived by the coast.

00:40:09.115 --> 00:40:12.159
We used to wake up to the
breeze and live off the sea.

00:40:12.243 --> 00:40:13.577
- And feel the wind.

00:40:13.661 --> 00:40:15.413
- Yes, feel the wind.

00:40:17.665 --> 00:40:20.960
(electronic music)

00:40:27.591 --> 00:40:30.511
(Jayda, in English):
How high does the water
come in at high tide?

00:40:30.928 --> 00:40:36.976
(in foreign language): In 2018,
the tide was three-meters high.

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:38.769
(in English): Three meters.
- Three meters.

00:40:38.811 --> 00:40:40.938
- Yeah.
- That's pretty close.

00:40:41.021 --> 00:40:43.524
(screaming)

00:40:46.610 --> 00:40:49.488
(indistinct shouting)

00:40:51.407 --> 00:40:53.492
(waves crashing)

00:41:01.208 --> 00:41:04.336
(ominous music)

00:41:11.552 --> 00:41:17.349
(in foreign language): This was
my home here, my house is gone.

00:41:17.433 --> 00:41:19.393
(in English): She lived here.
Her house was just...

00:41:19.477 --> 00:41:21.645
- Her house was right here?
- Right here, where we are.

00:41:21.687 --> 00:41:24.607
And the door was, you know,
faced to the ocean.

00:41:24.648 --> 00:41:29.528
They get the breeze,
you know, they were living
in a good condition.

00:41:29.612 --> 00:41:33.574
(in foreign language): It breaks
my heart to come here.

00:41:33.866 --> 00:41:40.706
I was born here, raised here and
gave birth to my children here.

00:41:40.789 --> 00:41:46.295
Suddenly my whole world has gone
and I can't live here anymore.

00:41:46.337 --> 00:41:50.716
It's a pain in my heart,
an indescribable pain.

00:42:04.188 --> 00:42:07.024
- Have you been promised
a house?

00:42:07.066 --> 00:42:09.652
- Yes. That's what they told us.

00:42:09.693 --> 00:42:10.569
- Where did they say?

00:42:10.653 --> 00:42:12.863
- Just right next door.

00:42:13.405 --> 00:42:16.200
(in English): So they're
basically sitting and waiting

00:42:16.242 --> 00:42:20.079
for the government
to find a solution,

00:42:20.162 --> 00:42:22.831
and meanwhile,

00:42:22.873 --> 00:42:27.795
you have to keep surviving
and keep continuing on.

00:42:27.878 --> 00:42:29.922
- And be patient.
(chuckling)

00:42:30.005 --> 00:42:32.383
- Patient is an
understatement.

00:42:32.424 --> 00:42:35.344
- Yeah. Yeah.
- I think... At this point.

00:42:36.303 --> 00:42:40.432
- One day, perhaps,
we will have a solution.

00:42:43.936 --> 00:42:46.188
It's crazy.
- It's crazy.

00:42:52.903 --> 00:42:56.282
(indistinct chatter)

00:42:59.535 --> 00:43:02.204
(Jayda): The Senegalese
government says plans

00:43:02.246 --> 00:43:04.748
are underway to build
a permanent settlement,

00:43:04.832 --> 00:43:09.712
but for Khady, right now,
her future is still uncertain.

00:43:14.425 --> 00:43:19.680
And Khady's fate is one that
many of us could share.

00:43:19.763 --> 00:43:22.224
Because 900 million people

00:43:22.266 --> 00:43:26.520
around the world
live near the coast.

00:43:29.732 --> 00:43:32.443
(electronic music)

00:43:33.944 --> 00:43:36.572
But there are reasons
for hope.

00:43:36.614 --> 00:43:40.200
Travel south and you come to
where the Sine and Saloum rivers

00:43:40.284 --> 00:43:44.455
meet the sea, on the edge
of a vast mangrove forest.

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:51.170
Despite drought
and human development

00:43:51.253 --> 00:43:53.464
almost threatening
their existence,

00:43:53.547 --> 00:43:55.924
14 percent
of the world's mangroves

00:43:55.966 --> 00:43:58.927
still thrive here
in West Africa.

00:44:01.055 --> 00:44:03.849
(birdsong)

00:44:04.433 --> 00:44:07.436
For over a decade,
Cherif has been photographing

00:44:07.478 --> 00:44:11.690
a group of women who are
protecting these vital habitats.

00:44:12.483 --> 00:44:16.737
(Cherif): So when I saw
the women of Nema Ba working,

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:21.241
replanting the mangroves,
I was so happy.

00:44:21.950 --> 00:44:24.328
(rhythmic music)

00:44:29.458 --> 00:44:31.585
Since 15 years now,

00:44:31.669 --> 00:44:36.298
they are replanting every year
something like 4 or 5 hectares.

00:44:36.340 --> 00:44:38.509
Volunteering.
Because they understand

00:44:38.550 --> 00:44:40.886
the importance
of the preservation

00:44:40.969 --> 00:44:43.430
of this ecosystem of mangroves.

00:44:55.859 --> 00:44:59.655
Jayda, welcome to Nema Ba.
- Thank you.

00:44:59.697 --> 00:45:02.783
- Here is the village
of the women.

00:45:02.866 --> 00:45:05.953
It's always like this
singing, so welcome.

00:45:06.036 --> 00:45:08.038
(singing)
And we have to dance.

00:45:08.122 --> 00:45:10.249
(laughing)

00:45:18.048 --> 00:45:21.719
(singing in foreign language):
♪ Let's protect and replant
the mangroves ♪

00:45:21.802 --> 00:45:25.764
♪ The mangroves
are for our good ♪

00:45:25.848 --> 00:45:30.519
♪ The oysters come
from the mangroves ♪

00:45:30.561 --> 00:45:37.276
♪ Dig for wealth in the soil
wealth is in the soil ♪♪

00:45:37.776 --> 00:45:39.611
- Woo!

00:45:39.695 --> 00:45:41.572
(laughing)

00:45:43.615 --> 00:45:46.618
- This song teaches us
to protect the mangroves

00:45:46.702 --> 00:45:49.872
because if we don't
our children will leave.

00:45:49.913 --> 00:45:54.293
Everything we need
comes from the mangroves.

00:45:54.793 --> 00:45:59.923
We get fish from the mangroves,
oysters from the mangroves

00:45:59.965 --> 00:46:05.304
and mullet fish
from the mangroves.
All resources are there.

00:46:05.387 --> 00:46:09.850
Let's protect
and replant the mangroves
to preserve our resources.

00:46:09.933 --> 00:46:14.146
(singing)

00:46:14.938 --> 00:46:17.232
(Jayda, in English):
More than 3 billion people

00:46:17.274 --> 00:46:19.359
rely on food from the sea,

00:46:19.443 --> 00:46:23.489
much of which is nurtured
in mangroves and seagrasses.

00:46:24.364 --> 00:46:26.950
- It's the women who replanted.

00:46:26.992 --> 00:46:28.660
- This is the replanting.

00:46:28.744 --> 00:46:30.954
- Yes, all of this, you know.
- Wow!

00:46:31.830 --> 00:46:34.458
(singing, clapping)

00:46:36.293 --> 00:46:38.420
(Jayda): Oysters grow
on mangrove roots,

00:46:38.462 --> 00:46:41.131
and in the past,
people would cut the roots

00:46:41.215 --> 00:46:45.093
to harvest the oysters,
and that damaged the trees.

00:46:45.135 --> 00:46:49.640
But these women have developed
a sustainable way of farming.

00:46:50.766 --> 00:46:54.937
- This system helps them
to protect, you know,
really the mangrove.

00:46:54.978 --> 00:46:57.397
- Mm-hmm.
- Because nobody will come to,

00:46:57.481 --> 00:46:59.983
you know, to,
to cut the mangrove.

00:47:00.025 --> 00:47:01.652
(in foreign language): This is
how we do it.

00:47:01.693 --> 00:47:04.154
We tie the ropes here
and they capture the oysters.

00:47:04.238 --> 00:47:05.656
(laughing)

00:47:05.739 --> 00:47:07.991
(in English): And then, they can
just cut it off and take it.

00:47:08.033 --> 00:47:11.495
(indistinct chatter)

00:47:15.999 --> 00:47:19.461
So they're putting these up,
and they tie the,

00:47:19.503 --> 00:47:23.340
the old oysters on,
and then as the tide goes up,

00:47:23.423 --> 00:47:26.677
then the oysters cling
on to the old ones,

00:47:26.718 --> 00:47:28.595
and then they can pull them up
like that?

00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:30.806
I see.
- Intelligent system.

00:47:34.017 --> 00:47:37.896
(Jayda): Here, we're seeing that
it's their own initiative.

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:43.318
It's not coming from
the government or from research
or from outside entities.

00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:47.239
It's coming from people
living on the land,

00:47:47.322 --> 00:47:49.825
seeing changes over time,

00:47:49.867 --> 00:47:53.203
and deciding
to do something about it.

00:47:53.287 --> 00:47:55.622
(indistinct chatter)

00:47:55.706 --> 00:47:59.251
So it's showing how
when you have a community

00:47:59.334 --> 00:48:02.379
who has the knowledge
of the land

00:48:02.421 --> 00:48:05.757
passed over
for many generations,

00:48:05.841 --> 00:48:08.385
there's the understanding
of how it used to be

00:48:08.468 --> 00:48:10.178
and how it should be.

00:48:10.220 --> 00:48:14.016
(singing)

00:48:21.315 --> 00:48:24.735
(gasps)
(laughing)

00:48:27.404 --> 00:48:29.072
Too much dancing!

00:48:31.033 --> 00:48:34.286
(singing in foreign language):
♪ Please bring out

00:48:34.369 --> 00:48:39.499
♪ Our best drums to play,
we have a guest ♪

00:48:46.548 --> 00:48:47.925
(Jayda, in English):
The mangroves provide

00:48:48.008 --> 00:48:51.094
these women with the basics
to survive.

00:48:51.178 --> 00:48:53.847
But it's subsistence living.

00:48:57.059 --> 00:49:00.604
That's why so many
young people, especially men,

00:49:00.687 --> 00:49:04.107
have left the village
in search of a better life.

00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:12.908
(in foreign language): Some
young people stay and help us

00:49:12.950 --> 00:49:19.915
but others leave to find
different opportunities.

00:49:20.832 --> 00:49:23.627
(Jayda, in English): Bakary was
just a kid when he attempted

00:49:23.669 --> 00:49:27.214
this dangerous journey
to Europe on a small boat.

00:49:28.048 --> 00:49:30.592
(in foreign language): Peace be
unto you, Cherif.

00:49:31.635 --> 00:49:35.055
I get emotional
when I remember it.

00:49:35.847 --> 00:49:41.311
I was still at school
when I went on that trip.

00:49:41.812 --> 00:49:46.692
Our trip was
to support our parents

00:49:46.775 --> 00:49:50.737
because they mean so much to us.

00:49:52.114 --> 00:49:55.575
We took the boat from
the village of Niodior.

00:49:55.659 --> 00:50:01.707
We were many people...
we were 500.

00:50:03.166 --> 00:50:07.337
Imagine a 12-year-old boy
taking a boat to Spain.

00:50:07.421 --> 00:50:14.094
It was tough for a child, but
I believed I would make it.

00:50:18.181 --> 00:50:20.517
As the Wolof proverb says:

00:50:20.600 --> 00:50:23.478
"Man proposes, God disposes."

00:50:23.520 --> 00:50:27.774
We wished to make it
to our destination

00:50:28.358 --> 00:50:31.361
but God decided otherwise.

00:50:31.445 --> 00:50:33.655
(indistinct chatter)

00:50:33.697 --> 00:50:37.993
(in English): And they have
some pictures to show you

00:50:38.035 --> 00:50:43.540
about the people who, you know,
did the trip, the migration.

00:50:43.582 --> 00:50:46.209
(indistinct chatter)

00:50:46.251 --> 00:50:51.298
So, all of them, they pass away.

00:50:52.132 --> 00:50:56.386
- They passed.
- Now you see what is written,

00:50:56.470 --> 00:50:58.722
"Mon rayon de soleil".

00:50:58.805 --> 00:51:00.682
My...
- Ray of sun.

00:51:00.724 --> 00:51:04.061
- Yes, my sunshine.
- Sunshine, yeah.

00:51:12.235 --> 00:51:16.656
- My heart is heavy for them
because as someone

00:51:16.740 --> 00:51:19.743
who also grew up
in a very close community,

00:51:19.826 --> 00:51:22.913
when you lose someone,
the whole community feels it.

00:51:22.996 --> 00:51:25.415
- Exactly.
- It's not just the family,

00:51:25.457 --> 00:51:27.751
it's everyone around.
- Exactly.

00:51:39.721 --> 00:51:44.351
(in foreign language):
Today if there was another
way, I would take it.

00:51:44.434 --> 00:51:46.269
I am not afraid.

00:51:49.606 --> 00:51:54.236
(in English): And he's ready
to migrate again.

00:51:54.277 --> 00:51:56.029
He's ready.

00:51:56.113 --> 00:52:00.951
If he finds a way,
he'll do the trip again.

00:52:04.412 --> 00:52:07.332
(soft music)

00:52:23.473 --> 00:52:25.475
(birds squawking)

00:52:25.517 --> 00:52:27.144
(Jayda): In rural Senegal,

00:52:27.185 --> 00:52:30.480
it can be hard
to find work that pays.

00:52:31.022 --> 00:52:35.026
But thanks to blue carbon,
that could be changing.

00:52:37.904 --> 00:52:40.657
Elsewhere in the Sine
Saloum delta,

00:52:40.699 --> 00:52:42.826
the deforested coastline
has opened up

00:52:42.909 --> 00:52:45.162
a window of opportunity.

00:52:45.954 --> 00:52:50.834
Replanting mangroves is becoming
a new source of income.

00:52:51.835 --> 00:52:54.629
(bell tolling)

00:52:54.671 --> 00:52:57.799
(indistinct chatter)

00:53:07.350 --> 00:53:08.393
(in French): Karim!

00:53:08.476 --> 00:53:10.854
- Hello! How are you?
How are things going?

00:53:10.896 --> 00:53:14.107
Hi, Jayda, nice to meet you.
All is good.

00:53:14.191 --> 00:53:17.944
(in English): So Jayda,
he is Karim, Abdou Karim Sall.

00:53:18.028 --> 00:53:21.740
He's working years
and years in like,

00:53:21.823 --> 00:53:25.660
the mangroves' preservation
of this environment.

00:53:25.702 --> 00:53:27.245
He's a great activist.

00:53:27.329 --> 00:53:32.000
(in French): We have been
replanting the mangroves
for 15 years

00:53:32.042 --> 00:53:36.379
and in the last two years,
we've reforested 2,800 hectares.

00:53:37.339 --> 00:53:39.841
(Jayda, in English): Karim Sall
leads one of the largest

00:53:39.883 --> 00:53:42.427
mangrove replanting
efforts in Africa.

00:53:42.886 --> 00:53:45.597
(Karim, in French):
Our aim is to replant,

00:53:45.680 --> 00:53:49.476
inform and raise awareness
within the local community.

00:53:49.559 --> 00:53:51.895
(Jayda, in English): He travels
the Senegalese coast

00:53:51.937 --> 00:53:54.397
recruiting people
to plant mangroves.

00:53:55.023 --> 00:53:58.526
And he's also an entrepreneur
in an emerging market

00:53:58.568 --> 00:54:03.323
that is now placing a monetary
value on blue carbon ecosystems.

00:54:04.366 --> 00:54:06.618
(in foreign language): Please
let us start the film.

00:54:06.952 --> 00:54:09.496
(movie playing)

00:54:10.622 --> 00:54:13.250
(electronic music)

00:54:37.774 --> 00:54:41.278
(Karim, in French): Everything
you see here, we have replanted.

00:54:41.361 --> 00:54:45.907
In this whole area,
there are no original mangroves.

00:54:45.949 --> 00:54:47.617
(Jayda, in English): Replanted
this whole area? Wow.

00:54:47.659 --> 00:54:49.077
All of this?
- All of this.

00:54:49.119 --> 00:54:52.080
(Karim, in French): In a
ten-kilometer radius from here,

00:54:52.122 --> 00:54:54.457
everything has been replanted.
- Wow.

00:54:54.499 --> 00:55:00.338
- I did everything
with the young people.

00:55:06.970 --> 00:55:09.431
(rhythmic music)

00:55:14.519 --> 00:55:16.938
(Jayda, in English): Who are
the people who are coming

00:55:16.980 --> 00:55:18.648
with us to plant the mangroves?

00:55:18.690 --> 00:55:21.234
(Karim, in French):
They're local young people,
who I've taught

00:55:21.318 --> 00:55:24.279
about the importance
of the mangroves.

00:55:25.488 --> 00:55:30.785
There is also the financial
aspect because we give them

00:55:30.827 --> 00:55:36.333
2,000 - 3,000 CFA (3-5 USD)
a day for working with the NGOs.

00:55:36.416 --> 00:55:39.669
It helps them buy things
for school

00:55:39.753 --> 00:55:41.838
such as textbooks and pens

00:55:41.880 --> 00:55:44.924
because often parents
do not have the means.

00:55:45.008 --> 00:55:49.512
(Jayda, in English): So they're
also being paid to actually
replant the mangroves.

00:55:49.596 --> 00:55:51.848
So who, who is paying them?

00:55:51.931 --> 00:55:53.433
(Karim, in French):
I work with NGOs.

00:55:53.516 --> 00:55:58.355
For example, this area was
replanted in September 2009.

00:55:58.438 --> 00:56:01.316
Danone (the food company)
financed it.

00:56:01.358 --> 00:56:05.195
(in English): So why would
a company like Danone
want to be giving money?

00:56:05.278 --> 00:56:08.490
(in French): They're interested
in the carbon.

00:56:08.531 --> 00:56:10.909
(in English): It's about
carbon credits.

00:56:10.992 --> 00:56:11.910
- Yeah.

00:56:11.993 --> 00:56:13.703
(in French): We want to replant

00:56:13.787 --> 00:56:15.914
to lower the salinity level

00:56:15.997 --> 00:56:20.001
so we can have fish,
algae and oysters.

00:56:20.043 --> 00:56:24.047
It's also an egg-laying
and nursery area for birds.

00:56:25.131 --> 00:56:27.634
There's a difference between
what interests the locals

00:56:27.717 --> 00:56:29.719
and what interests Danone.

00:56:30.512 --> 00:56:33.640
(Jayda, in English): It's the
carbon offset system essentially

00:56:33.723 --> 00:56:37.894
and Danone was paying Karim
to offset their carbon.

00:56:37.936 --> 00:56:41.898
Who's paying this project

00:56:41.940 --> 00:56:44.401
that we're about to go plant?
Do you know?

00:56:44.734 --> 00:56:46.069
(in French): It is WeForest.

00:56:46.444 --> 00:56:48.571
(in English): WeForest.
Who is WeForest?

00:56:48.655 --> 00:56:51.825
(in French): I don't know much
about WeForest.

00:56:51.908 --> 00:56:53.952
I just do the work.

00:56:55.078 --> 00:56:57.247
(Jayda, in English): WeForest
is a matchmaker

00:56:57.330 --> 00:56:59.416
hooking up businesses
who want to reduce

00:56:59.499 --> 00:57:03.586
their carbon footprint
with tree-planting projects
around the world.

00:57:03.628 --> 00:57:05.755
I'm on the We Forest website,

00:57:05.797 --> 00:57:08.341
and here are some
of the investors.

00:57:09.926 --> 00:57:11.553
This is how it works:

00:57:11.594 --> 00:57:14.431
If a company emits
1000 tons of carbon,

00:57:14.514 --> 00:57:16.558
it can pay for an equal
amount of carbon

00:57:16.599 --> 00:57:19.602
to be absorbed
by projects like Karim's.

00:57:22.272 --> 00:57:24.441
It's an industry
that analysts believe

00:57:24.482 --> 00:57:27.652
is now worth
900 billion dollars.

00:57:28.069 --> 00:57:30.280
That sounds like a windfall.

00:57:30.905 --> 00:57:32.782
But think about this:

00:57:32.866 --> 00:57:34.951
The people I've been
planting with

00:57:35.034 --> 00:57:37.454
are paid a few dollars a day,

00:57:37.537 --> 00:57:41.666
and they seem to have little say
on how the project is managed

00:57:41.749 --> 00:57:43.710
or where the money is spent.

00:57:44.502 --> 00:57:48.214
(in foreign language): Everyone,
take a bucket and get going.

00:57:50.216 --> 00:57:52.177
(in English):
So this one would be good.

00:57:53.136 --> 00:57:54.762
(indistinct chatter)

00:57:54.804 --> 00:57:56.055
Yeah, see?

00:57:56.139 --> 00:57:57.807
(laughing)

00:58:01.769 --> 00:58:08.610
(in French): Just take one step
of about a meter and keep going.

00:58:08.651 --> 00:58:10.028
- Okay.

00:58:10.612 --> 00:58:13.114
- Alright, keep going.

00:58:13.490 --> 00:58:15.783
That's it, good!

00:58:16.284 --> 00:58:22.916
♪ The environment is the natural
world that surrounds us ♪

00:58:22.999 --> 00:58:26.127
♪ It's essential to our life

00:58:27.504 --> 00:58:30.340
(singing in foreign language):
♪ Please don't destroy it

00:58:30.423 --> 00:58:34.761
♪ The vegetation must thrive

00:58:36.930 --> 00:58:40.767
(in French): ♪ Let's protect
nature, our dearest ♪

00:58:41.518 --> 00:58:45.605
(in English): ♪ Let's protect
nature, our dear ♪

00:58:46.689 --> 00:58:49.943
(singing in foreign language):
♪ Please don't destroy it

00:58:50.026 --> 00:58:53.238
♪ The vegetation must thrive

00:58:56.449 --> 00:59:01.371
(in French): ♪ Let's protect
nature, our dearest ♪

00:59:06.209 --> 00:59:11.172
♪ Let's protect nature,
our dearest ♪

00:59:11.214 --> 00:59:14.259
(in English): ♪ Let's protect
nature, our dear ♪♪

00:59:15.718 --> 00:59:18.096
(chirping)

00:59:22.016 --> 00:59:24.852
(insects chirping)

00:59:25.603 --> 00:59:30.149
(squawking)

00:59:30.233 --> 00:59:33.486
(animals calling)

00:59:43.955 --> 00:59:46.416
(Jayda, in English):
It's encouraging,

00:59:46.457 --> 00:59:48.668
what they're doing
here in Senegal.

00:59:49.460 --> 00:59:51.838
There's definitely a will...

00:59:51.921 --> 00:59:54.632
But is there a better way?

00:59:57.802 --> 01:00:02.307
(electronic music)

01:00:07.937 --> 01:00:09.230
♪ In this world of confusion

01:00:09.272 --> 01:00:10.481
♪ Where there's
so many allusions ♪

01:00:10.565 --> 01:00:12.442
♪ We suck the blood
from the planet ♪

01:00:12.483 --> 01:00:14.777
♪ But it needs a transfusion and
the redistribution of wealth ♪

01:00:14.819 --> 01:00:17.780
♪ But in this world of
confusion, there's illusion ♪

01:00:17.822 --> 01:00:22.327
♪ And most people will not
accept the solution ♪♪

01:00:24.704 --> 01:00:27.165
(Jardya): Jayda G, she travels
around the world.

01:00:28.291 --> 01:00:31.628
Plays at festivals that
create a lot of waste

01:00:31.711 --> 01:00:33.379
and use a lot of energy.

01:00:34.756 --> 01:00:38.051
And then Jayda Guy
who comes from a background

01:00:38.134 --> 01:00:40.553
of biology and ecology.

01:00:40.637 --> 01:00:43.222
And if you're looking at it from
an environmental perspective,

01:00:43.306 --> 01:00:44.974
they're in paradox
with each other.

01:00:46.017 --> 01:00:49.854
(squawking)

01:01:03.868 --> 01:01:07.163
Jayda Guy is able to forgive
Jayda G because she's still

01:01:07.246 --> 01:01:09.999
using her platform
for the better good.

01:01:20.468 --> 01:01:22.804
♪ Father tell me where

01:01:22.845 --> 01:01:25.932
♪ Where is it written
what am I meant to be ♪

01:01:26.015 --> 01:01:28.476
♪ That I may dare

01:01:28.518 --> 01:01:31.979
♪ To figure out
my one true destiny ♪♪

01:01:34.732 --> 01:01:38.569
(Jayda): I definitely have
a big carbon footprint.

01:01:38.653 --> 01:01:42.073
Yes, I do contribute
to carbon offset programmes.

01:01:42.156 --> 01:01:44.200
Do I think that's enough? No.

01:01:44.283 --> 01:01:46.202
Do I do it anyways? Yes.

01:01:46.285 --> 01:01:48.788
Do I want a better
solution? Yes.

01:01:53.960 --> 01:01:55.545
One promising approach

01:01:55.586 --> 01:01:58.923
that I want to explore
is in the Caribbean.

01:01:59.465 --> 01:02:02.719
Because it could be a model
for how blue carbon offsets

01:02:02.802 --> 01:02:07.390
can have a bigger payoff
for local people.

01:02:07.432 --> 01:02:14.230
(in Spanish):
♪ I came here to ask my God

01:02:14.272 --> 01:02:21.112
♪ I came here to ask my God

01:02:21.195 --> 01:02:24.532
♪ Oh, I ask my God

01:02:24.574 --> 01:02:27.285
♪ Oh, I ask my God

01:02:27.368 --> 01:02:30.413
♪ Oh, my goodness

01:02:30.496 --> 01:02:37.086
♪ Let me get rid of this pain
because I can't stand it ♪

01:02:37.170 --> 01:02:40.047
♪ To ask my God
again ♪

01:02:40.089 --> 01:02:41.924
♪ I came

01:02:42.508 --> 01:02:48.097
♪ I came here to ask my God ♪♪

01:02:49.599 --> 01:02:55.271
- Mangrove workers are
slave descendents

01:02:55.354 --> 01:02:57.315
from the Caribbean.

01:02:57.690 --> 01:02:59.776
When slavery was abolished,

01:02:59.817 --> 01:03:05.698
they moved to an area where
there was no farmland.

01:03:05.782 --> 01:03:09.285
There were mosquitoes,
everything that nobody wanted

01:03:09.368 --> 01:03:13.080
crocodiles, snakes
and many animals.

01:03:13.122 --> 01:03:17.794
These people were free when
they moved to this land.

01:03:19.337 --> 01:03:25.802
(singing in Spanish)

01:03:28.137 --> 01:03:31.641
- These people had no
wealth, they had nothing.

01:03:31.724 --> 01:03:36.729
They found a protective
father in the mangroves.

01:03:36.813 --> 01:03:40.024
(singing)

01:03:40.107 --> 01:03:47.114
This is why our ancestors
started to love the mangroves.

01:03:49.700 --> 01:03:51.953
(Jayda, in English):
Around 14,000 people

01:03:51.994 --> 01:03:54.664
live in Cispatá Bay,
many of them make their living

01:03:54.705 --> 01:03:57.625
from these mangrove forests
by harvesting timber,

01:03:57.667 --> 01:04:00.670
fishing or guiding tourists.

01:04:12.682 --> 01:04:18.104
(in Spanish): More than 50 years
ago the mangroves died.

01:04:18.187 --> 01:04:19.814
We wanted to keep them alive.

01:04:23.359 --> 01:04:27.196
(chirping)

01:04:28.531 --> 01:04:32.869
We started to ask the elders
why the mangroves died.

01:04:32.910 --> 01:04:36.831
Their answer was because
the streams were clogged.

01:04:41.961 --> 01:04:45.673
That's the Bruno. It's the
little channel called Bruno.

01:04:46.883 --> 01:04:50.219
That's the one
we're going to cut.

01:04:50.303 --> 01:04:53.806
We are about to enter
the work site!

01:04:58.728 --> 01:05:01.564
They collapse like our veins.

01:05:01.606 --> 01:05:03.107
They collapse like our veins.

01:05:03.190 --> 01:05:08.195
The arteries close, the mangrove
collapses and it can die.

01:05:10.948 --> 01:05:14.619
Be careful not to cut
what shouldn't be cut.

01:05:14.702 --> 01:05:17.663
We are only cutting
what's causing damage

01:05:17.747 --> 01:05:19.999
what's blocking the channel.

01:05:21.959 --> 01:05:25.296
Pelo, aren't you able
to climb up there?

01:05:25.379 --> 01:05:28.674
Only climb the one
that comes this way.

01:05:28.966 --> 01:05:32.136
Pelo has no strength because
he doesn't have his tobacco.

01:05:33.012 --> 01:05:35.806
His strength lies
in his tobacco.

01:05:44.732 --> 01:05:49.445
When the water does not
circulate, it stagnates

01:05:49.528 --> 01:05:53.074
and the soil is compacted.

01:05:53.616 --> 01:05:59.956
Then the oxygen goes down
and the salt levels go up

01:06:00.790 --> 01:06:03.125
and the temperature increases.

01:06:05.878 --> 01:06:09.799
So, what we did was
to restore the stream.

01:06:12.510 --> 01:06:18.474
Now the water flows,
there is more oxygen

01:06:18.516 --> 01:06:20.893
and there is less sediment.

01:06:21.185 --> 01:06:28.150
The cleaning of the streams
is good for fishing because
of the flow.

01:06:29.652 --> 01:06:32.113
(indistinct chatter)

01:06:32.989 --> 01:06:35.825
(Jayda, in English): For a long
time, the Cispatá Bay community

01:06:35.908 --> 01:06:39.161
had little financial incentive
to conserve these mangroves.

01:06:39.203 --> 01:06:43.541
But now they do, and their
voices are being listened to.

01:06:47.420 --> 01:06:49.046
(in Spanish):
"San Antero is blessed."

01:06:49.130 --> 01:06:52.049
San Antero is blessed by
our beautiful mangroves.

01:06:52.133 --> 01:06:55.344
We must take care of it,
for that we were born.

01:06:55.594 --> 01:06:58.848
It's the favorite forest
throughout our region.

01:06:59.140 --> 01:07:03.019
It deserves more attention
from our province.

01:07:03.102 --> 01:07:07.356
So that we feel happy
and we find a solution."

01:07:08.774 --> 01:07:14.238
- At one-meter high, we have
a 30-centimeter diameter.

01:07:15.448 --> 01:07:18.492
(Jayda, in English): The
community leaders, like Ignacia,

01:07:18.534 --> 01:07:20.286
shared their knowledge
of the mangroves

01:07:20.369 --> 01:07:24.331
with government agencies,
NGO's and scientists.

01:07:24.373 --> 01:07:28.961
And together, they came up
with a long-term plan.

01:07:29.045 --> 01:07:32.214
(soft music)

01:07:39.346 --> 01:07:42.850
(chirping)

01:07:48.481 --> 01:07:52.109
The Cispatá Bay mangrove forest
is expected to sequester

01:07:52.193 --> 01:07:56.947
nearly a million tons of carbon
in the next 30 years.

01:08:00.534 --> 01:08:06.415
But here, the community is part
of the decision-making process.

01:08:06.499 --> 01:08:08.918
They help guide the investments,

01:08:09.001 --> 01:08:14.715
ensuring that 90%
of the money is spent locally.

01:08:18.844 --> 01:08:20.805
It's a huge step forward

01:08:20.888 --> 01:08:23.099
compared to what
I saw in Senegal.

01:08:28.437 --> 01:08:31.857
(in Spanish): "I feel full of
joy to be born in San Antero.

01:08:31.941 --> 01:08:35.986
I think it is the first
in our province.

01:08:36.070 --> 01:08:40.282
Today, I am free like the wind
because I am always honest."

01:08:40.324 --> 01:08:44.161
(cheering, applause)

01:08:55.339 --> 01:08:56.715
- Hello!
(all): Hello!

01:08:56.799 --> 01:08:59.301
- How are you Ignacia?
How have you been?

01:08:59.343 --> 01:09:00.469
- All good.

01:09:01.053 --> 01:09:03.097
(Jayda, in English):
One of Ignacia's challenges

01:09:03.139 --> 01:09:05.641
is trying to explain
the complexities

01:09:05.724 --> 01:09:08.727
of the carbon market because,
let's face it,

01:09:08.811 --> 01:09:12.064
it isn't easy to grasp
for any of us.

01:09:12.148 --> 01:09:15.901
(in Spanish): The carbon credits
are intangible

01:09:15.985 --> 01:09:18.070
because you can't see them.

01:09:18.154 --> 01:09:23.993
As that old guy from
San Bernardo, Cumbele, asked,

01:09:24.034 --> 01:09:28.247
"Which sacks will be used
to collect the carbon?"

01:09:28.330 --> 01:09:33.377
That's why Cumbele asked
if he could pick them up
and put them in a bag

01:09:33.460 --> 01:09:34.920
because he wanted to sell them.

01:09:35.004 --> 01:09:38.424
He wanted to strip the mangrove
forest and put it all in a sack.

01:09:39.884 --> 01:09:45.181
The communities
should receive money,

01:09:45.264 --> 01:09:50.853
but we must remember that
the most important thing here

01:09:50.895 --> 01:09:52.688
is the mangrove.

01:09:53.022 --> 01:09:56.692
We can't sell
the mangroves today

01:09:56.734 --> 01:09:58.986
then spend all
the money tomorrow

01:09:59.028 --> 01:10:03.949
and leave the new
generation with nothing.

01:10:04.033 --> 01:10:07.369
This is the message.

01:10:07.411 --> 01:10:09.747
(soft
music)

01:10:20.549 --> 01:10:22.426
(Jayda, in English): Even those
previously outcast

01:10:22.509 --> 01:10:27.932
by the community, are seeing an
opportunity for a second chance.

01:10:28.224 --> 01:10:33.270
(in Spanish): I was once
one of the most feared
poachers of Cispatá Bay.

01:10:37.399 --> 01:10:41.779
I hunted iguanas,
mico monkeys, capybaras

01:10:41.862 --> 01:10:45.407
waterfowl and other birds.

01:10:49.119 --> 01:10:52.915
I killed 14 crocodiles
in just one night.

01:10:54.166 --> 01:10:56.293
The crocodiles almost
became extinct.

01:10:56.377 --> 01:10:58.212
Almost...

01:11:00.631 --> 01:11:03.175
We were one step away

01:11:03.259 --> 01:11:07.096
from finishing off the crocodile
population of Cispatá Bay.

01:11:08.722 --> 01:11:11.976
(indistinct chatter)

01:11:16.939 --> 01:11:18.857
(laughing)

01:11:18.941 --> 01:11:21.110
(in English): Sorry,
I'm way too happy.

01:11:21.151 --> 01:11:23.320
(laughing)

01:11:24.613 --> 01:11:26.615
(in Spanish): This is one of the
finest leathers in the world

01:11:26.657 --> 01:11:29.243
and one of the most expensive
ones (on the black market).

01:11:29.285 --> 01:11:31.912
(Jayda, in English): This is one
of the biggest crocodile

01:11:31.954 --> 01:11:34.415
reintroduction
programmes on earth.

01:11:34.456 --> 01:11:36.959
The reptiles are being
raised from eggs,

01:11:37.001 --> 01:11:39.628
and then reintroduced
into the wild.

01:11:40.254 --> 01:11:43.507
And Betsabe and his team
of reformed poachers

01:11:43.590 --> 01:11:46.093
are supported by carbon credits.

01:11:51.932 --> 01:11:53.309
- He's one year.

01:11:53.350 --> 01:11:55.936
- This is one year,
one-year-old.

01:11:55.978 --> 01:11:57.813
How big do they get?

01:11:57.855 --> 01:11:58.814
(in Spanish): Five meters.

01:11:58.897 --> 01:12:00.607
(Jayda): Oh!

01:12:02.359 --> 01:12:03.986
(Jayda, in English):
The crocodiles are weighed,

01:12:04.069 --> 01:12:06.030
and then photographed.

01:12:06.488 --> 01:12:08.991
They are identified
by their tails.

01:12:12.786 --> 01:12:16.373
(water splashing)

01:12:24.048 --> 01:12:25.382
(in Spanish): This one is quiet.

01:12:25.466 --> 01:12:27.051
It's relaxed.

01:12:30.429 --> 01:12:36.852
Of course I feel proud
to be a conservationist

01:12:36.894 --> 01:12:43.192
because I feel that
society loves me.

01:12:43.233 --> 01:12:47.154
Society loves me. I feel that.

01:12:50.783 --> 01:12:53.035
17 kilos.

01:12:53.869 --> 01:12:56.622
(squawking)

01:13:00.501 --> 01:13:03.670
(engine rumbling)

01:13:05.089 --> 01:13:07.466
(indistinct chatter)

01:13:10.260 --> 01:13:16.725
We have released about
16,000 crocodiles.

01:13:24.650 --> 01:13:27.820
Crocodiles have a very important
role in the natural environment.

01:13:27.903 --> 01:13:32.658
Due to their heavy bodies
moving through sedimented paths

01:13:32.741 --> 01:13:37.037
they enable the water
to penetrate deep
into the mangroves.

01:13:41.959 --> 01:13:45.087
(soft music)

01:13:50.342 --> 01:13:54.096
So that's a very important
function of the crocodiles.

01:13:56.390 --> 01:13:58.308
(Jayda, in English):
It's a brave act

01:13:58.392 --> 01:14:01.854
reintroducing crocodiles
where you live and work,

01:14:01.937 --> 01:14:04.648
but it's a recognition
of the valuable job

01:14:04.731 --> 01:14:07.526
they do for the mangroves.

01:14:12.948 --> 01:14:17.327
I think Colombia
was a perfect example

01:14:17.411 --> 01:14:21.290
of a different way of working.

01:14:21.331 --> 01:14:26.420
It's a different type of system
that puts people first.

01:14:26.462 --> 01:14:30.090
But specifically, the people
who have been marginalised

01:14:30.132 --> 01:14:31.884
by climate change.

01:14:32.718 --> 01:14:37.222
That's the system that
we need to shine light on.

01:14:42.811 --> 01:14:46.607
(rhythmic music)

01:14:52.738 --> 01:14:56.283
I'm coming to the end of one
of the most challenging

01:14:56.325 --> 01:14:59.161
but inspiring years on the road.

01:14:59.244 --> 01:15:02.623
(electronic music)

01:15:03.999 --> 01:15:06.543
- Going up!
- Okay.

01:15:06.627 --> 01:15:09.630
- Last day of tour!
- Last day of tour!

01:15:09.671 --> 01:15:11.673
Yeah!

01:15:13.008 --> 01:15:15.802
(electronic music)

01:15:17.387 --> 01:15:19.640
Before I head back
to the studio,

01:15:19.681 --> 01:15:22.059
there's a couple things
I want to do.

01:15:22.142 --> 01:15:25.270
(cheering)

01:15:39.159 --> 01:15:41.453
First, reconnect.

01:15:45.874 --> 01:15:48.335
When I studied biology,

01:15:48.377 --> 01:15:51.755
most scientists hadn't even
heard of blue carbon.

01:15:55.676 --> 01:15:57.970
And now, here we are,

01:15:58.053 --> 01:16:00.806
discovering yet another
remarkable power

01:16:00.889 --> 01:16:03.517
that the ocean holds.

01:16:29.251 --> 01:16:32.421
(whales vocalizing)

01:16:57.321 --> 01:17:01.033
While in Brazil, I also want
to meet one of my heroes,

01:17:01.116 --> 01:17:04.328
the musician and activist,
Seu Jorge.

01:17:05.120 --> 01:17:09.416
He's spoken out
against the destruction
of the Amazon rainforest.

01:17:09.458 --> 01:17:12.711
And I really admire
the way he uses his voice

01:17:12.794 --> 01:17:15.797
for the good of the environment
and humanity.

01:17:16.590 --> 01:17:19.468
- Tonight the concert
is with my friends.

01:17:19.551 --> 01:17:23.305
It's great because it is
dedicated to a hospital.

01:17:24.765 --> 01:17:27.309
(singing)

01:17:27.392 --> 01:17:30.646
(Jayda): He's such
a good template for me

01:17:30.687 --> 01:17:33.940
of what it means
to be a good artist.

01:17:35.484 --> 01:17:37.944
There's always the beginnings
in your career

01:17:37.986 --> 01:17:41.657
where you have something that
people want to listen to.

01:17:41.698 --> 01:17:44.451
(crowd cheering)
And then, there's some point

01:17:44.493 --> 01:17:47.079
where you're like,
"Well, how do I give back?"

01:17:47.162 --> 01:17:49.164
(rhythmic music)

01:17:49.206 --> 01:17:53.210
(cheering)

01:17:55.128 --> 01:18:00.509
What's the point then
if you don't have something
to strive towards?

01:18:00.550 --> 01:18:02.511
Trying to find that North Star

01:18:02.594 --> 01:18:04.846
that's gonna give us hope,
you know?

01:18:04.930 --> 01:18:06.682
We need it right now.

01:18:06.723 --> 01:18:10.227
(in foreign language): We have
a guest here tonight

01:18:10.310 --> 01:18:14.272
who is making a documentary
called Blue Carbon.

01:18:14.356 --> 01:18:19.194
We always need to be
aware of preserving

01:18:19.277 --> 01:18:24.199
our natural resources,
our fauna, our forests
and our biodiversity.

01:18:24.241 --> 01:18:27.869
So tonight we are also
embracing this cause.

01:18:27.953 --> 01:18:29.996
Come here, my love.

01:18:30.497 --> 01:18:31.873
Come on, my darling.

01:18:31.957 --> 01:18:34.418
(cheering)

01:18:43.051 --> 01:18:47.013
(rhythmic music)

01:18:52.060 --> 01:18:54.563
(cheering)

01:19:29.931 --> 01:19:32.058
- Hey!
- Hello!

01:19:32.100 --> 01:19:34.519
(chuckling)
Such a beautiful home.

01:19:34.603 --> 01:19:36.396
- Thank you.
This is Lulu, my daughter.

01:19:36.438 --> 01:19:37.606
- Hello, Lulu.
- Hi.

01:19:37.689 --> 01:19:39.775
(Jayda): Seu Jorge
has offered to listen

01:19:39.816 --> 01:19:42.277
to some of the nature recordings
that I've been collecting

01:19:42.360 --> 01:19:44.279
for my new song.

01:19:44.362 --> 01:19:46.281
Ah, this is perfect.

01:19:46.323 --> 01:19:48.450
You also know it's a studio
when you walk in

01:19:48.492 --> 01:19:50.410
and it's just like,
the sound just cuts out.

01:19:50.452 --> 01:19:52.412
- The sound cuts out.
(laughing)

01:19:52.454 --> 01:19:54.790
It's perfect for concentrating,

01:19:54.831 --> 01:19:58.877
studying and recording...
- Exactly.

01:20:01.004 --> 01:20:05.091
I'd love to share with you
the adventure I've been on,

01:20:05.133 --> 01:20:07.052
it's been a wild ride.

01:20:07.135 --> 01:20:09.805
(scratching)

01:20:09.888 --> 01:20:14.559
This sound is the sound
of the manatees eating...

01:20:14.643 --> 01:20:17.479
- She needs the seagrass.
- Yeah.

01:20:18.438 --> 01:20:21.149
I don't know if you can hear...
Hear that?

01:20:21.191 --> 01:20:23.193
(cracking)
All that popping?

01:20:23.276 --> 01:20:25.487
Are mangrove forests in Vietnam.

01:20:25.570 --> 01:20:28.824
And then, as the water
gets lower and lower,

01:20:28.907 --> 01:20:33.870
you start hearing this crackling
and popping sound.

01:20:35.330 --> 01:20:37.123
- Cool.
- Right?

01:20:37.165 --> 01:20:38.500
- Scary also.
- I know.

01:20:38.583 --> 01:20:40.418
(laughing)
- So cool.

01:20:40.502 --> 01:20:41.670
- Super cool.

01:20:41.711 --> 01:20:43.713
- It's music.
- It is!

01:20:44.047 --> 01:20:47.092
(in foreign language):
It's essential to reconnect
people with nature

01:20:47.175 --> 01:20:52.931
to make them understand
its importance to our lives.

01:20:53.014 --> 01:20:54.349
(bubbling)

01:20:54.391 --> 01:20:58.103
Every time there is
an opportunity for us

01:20:58.186 --> 01:21:04.025
to communicate important and
powerful messages through music

01:21:05.402 --> 01:21:09.698
we have to do that.

01:21:09.781 --> 01:21:13.034
(squawking)

01:21:15.245 --> 01:21:20.041
(soft piano playing)
(humming)

01:21:24.504 --> 01:21:26.798
(Jayda, in English): I just
remember, in Colombia,

01:21:26.882 --> 01:21:30.552
this little girl comes up
and she just has this intense,

01:21:30.594 --> 01:21:35.015
hypnotic voice just like,
"Pah! Wow!"

01:21:38.184 --> 01:21:41.938
(singing)

01:21:45.275 --> 01:21:48.445
(electronic music)

01:21:56.745 --> 01:21:58.914
It's this back-and-forth call

01:21:58.997 --> 01:22:02.417
between the Colombian girl
singing and me singing...

01:22:02.500 --> 01:22:09.132
♪ It's a crying shame,
if we only knew ♪

01:22:09.215 --> 01:22:11.426
♪ I'd still be with you ♪

01:22:11.468 --> 01:22:13.261
- I'd still be with you.

01:22:15.972 --> 01:22:19.601
It's a crying shame,
how we treat the environment.

01:22:19.684 --> 01:22:23.271
And if we only knew a better
way, I'd still be with you.

01:22:23.355 --> 01:22:24.940
The planet.

01:22:24.981 --> 01:22:27.275
(rhythmic music)

01:22:27.317 --> 01:22:30.070
♪ It's a crying shame

01:22:32.322 --> 01:22:35.158
♪ If we only knew

01:22:37.661 --> 01:22:40.121
♪ I'd still be with you

01:22:40.205 --> 01:22:42.832
(Jayda): Who would have thought
that these unsung ribbons

01:22:42.916 --> 01:22:48.588
of life along our coasts could
be so critical to our survival?

01:22:50.924 --> 01:22:53.468
It's been a revelation to me

01:22:53.510 --> 01:22:56.805
that blue carbon ecosystems
can help us tackle

01:22:56.846 --> 01:22:59.933
so many of the impacts
of climate change.

01:22:59.975 --> 01:23:02.936
(♪♪)

01:23:02.978 --> 01:23:04.521
I like this.

01:23:04.604 --> 01:23:08.733
There is no technology
we humans can invent

01:23:08.817 --> 01:23:12.654
which is as powerful
or as versatile.

01:23:14.614 --> 01:23:17.575
We just need to plant.

01:23:19.703 --> 01:23:22.664
And we need to protect.

01:23:25.125 --> 01:23:27.836
Nature will do the rest.

01:23:29.671 --> 01:23:33.216
This is science
you can dance to!

01:23:33.299 --> 01:23:36.094
♪ I'd still be with you... ♪

01:23:39.431 --> 01:23:41.808
(♪♪)