Deforestation displaces chimps and puts water supply at risk in Sierra Leone

The Manila Times

Deforestation displaces chimps and puts water supply at risk in Sierra Leone  At the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, two baby chimps in their caretakers' arms are unaware that deforestation and illegal building are threatening their habitat. Aside from the wildlife, the threat to the forests is also endangering the city's water supply — a risk experts warn could spark security concerns in a country already vulnerable to climate change.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #themanilatimes #tmtnews #worldnews

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00:00The last two, three years, I think we have seen an increase of chimpanzees coming in.

00:29It's simply because you have a lot of degradation outside, where you have wild populations are.

00:37There's a lot of mining activities going on, there's a lot of logging deforestation, there is a timber trade going on.

00:45So when you talk about all these things, it's the habitats are going.

00:59There are laws, there are strict laws, there are fines, there are penalties.

01:17But the institutions that are supposed to do this, they haven't helped us.

01:33So that has been a major failure.

01:35And this is something we are pushing every day, every day we are pushing.

01:39Ten to fifteen years, give or take, that forest will not be there.

01:49And that will bring another conflict.

01:52And that will be a security issue.

01:54Because there will be no water if the government cannot provide water for its citizens.

01:59You all know, water is life.

02:00People will strike for water.

02:01To the heat of water.

02:02This is a huge issue.

02:03So the human energy is a huge issue, the region that has passed through, and the government will

02:04take to the Persian Gulf to the Asia, and see it who has been said.

02:05And on the national, he said to China.

02:06And the human energy is a huge issue of the워er.

02:07And in which we think we are pushing back into the country in Georgia is our land.

02:08And next we have some issues, the government will take the heat in the country.

02:09And if these laws have some issues in the country, that the European Union has created

02:10To the European Union, the European Union, the European Union has actually proposed

02:11to a European Union, the European Union has purchased, the European Union has used the

02:25I'll see you next time.

02:55I'll see you next time.

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