How a 'bee run' is creating a buzz in Uganda

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The Kampala Bee Run raises awareness about the importance of pollinators — like bees — for biodiversity, and encourages people to protect them. Plus, it's fun!

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00:00These runners in Kampala are not running from bees. They are running for them.

00:11This is the first edition of the Kampala Bee Run, a five-kilometer race that wants to raise

00:19awareness for the importance of pollinators like bees and butterflies.

00:23Cities world over, like Kampala, have recorded a decline in the number of pollinators.

00:35A third of the food that we depend on depends on the vital work of these species. But due

00:44to land degradation, loss of habitants for these pollinators, climate change, intense

00:51use of pesticides and chemicals, their numbers have been declined and we've risked losing

00:59them world over.

01:03Hanen Tinserwanga is a local environmentalist involved in organizing the Bee Run. He is dedicated

01:09to transforming empty spaces in Kampala to oases for pollinators. And that's also what runners

01:16and volunteers do along the racetrack of the Bee Run, planting trees and flowers that should

01:22attract the useful insects.

01:24We are not just going to do the planting, but we are planting species of plants that have

01:32nectar that can support the diversity of these insects. So we are specifically wanting to

01:39focus on nectar species of flowers and trees.

01:44As we can see, we have a lot of land, but less trees and more houses. So we should protect

01:50the pollinators by planting more trees, lifting them up and building a better generation.

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