Why this Nile Canal is a Very Bad Idea | Africa's Wetland Drying Up | Earth Explained!
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The Sudd swamp in South Sudan is Africa’s largest freshwater wetland. This unique landscape spreads out from the White Nile and is home to more than 400 bird and 100 mammal species. But the Jonglei Canal, a massive project aiming to divert water downstream to Egypt, could be about to change it forever. Dredging operations began in summer 2022 to reduce flooding around the swamp, much to conservationists’ concern. What impact do they fear the Jonglei Canal might have on the Sudd? And why was such a major construction project left half finished in the first place?
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I truly hope you have covered GERD with the same zeal and critical tone. Drawing the entire issue as an overreach of Egypt may be true, but the current Ethiopian government has an equal role in pressuring South Sudan to stop the project. For heaven's sake, cover all sides with your fair share of criticism. Do not forget the richest countries in Earth who are turning a blind eye to the economic destitution of African countries.
@@muethepoe4942 I’m glad that you added more light on this situation. South Sudan 🇸🇸 is a “poor” country by western standards, although we know that Africa, and South Sudan specifically, is a very rich continent and country respectively. Egypt is flexing its muscles against a poorer, less developed country because Ethiopia has threatened to go to war with Egypt 🇪🇬 over the GERD Project, thus Egypt really doesn’t want that smoke - WAR - with Ethiopia 🇪🇹 , so Egypt 🇪🇬 is not trying to bully South Sudan 🇸🇸. My advice to South Sudan: “DO NOT BUILD THAT CANAL BECAUSE IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS YOU WILL REGRET IT!! DO NOT LET EGYPT BULLY YOU!”
As a South Sudanese am truly grateful that you guys have given this issue the exposure it desperately needs. Thank you!
Hi, codeorbs!
Thanks for watching! :)
Didnt know from kenya not a good idea
We all African stand with south Soudan!
Egypt considers all the waters of the nil to be their property! They've been fighting Ethiopia for the same reason. NO CANAL IN SOUTH SOUDAN!
@@archimilo8486 an Ethiopian replying to a fake South Sudanese comment 😂
@@JabbarTV1 they're all 2 children of the same mother Africa!!
More than 2.4 million trees of sub-tropical forests are to be cut down to make an international airport here in Nepal. The region is an important habitat for several endangered species including asiatic elephant. This project will have more impacts than benefits for a long run. Hope you make a video on that too.
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That’s very depressing to hear, maybe I could contact him on your behalf.
I don’t understand how people get away with this, it’s not worth any of the money in the world. Too many human idiots with too much money and too many opportunities to ruin the planet even more. I hope they aren’t even able to get started, ever
That doesn’t matter to the rich people that control everything.
The only thing that matters is that the trees there can be sold off as valuable lumber, and having the airport located there will increase profits enough to let them buy an 8th vacation house.
Kudos to the Terra Mater team for the high quality contents as always
Thanks so much, Tyler!
We really appreciate your kind words!
Hi Tyler!
Thanks for watching!
It won't be drained. Its a tiny canal....
The only thing the canal would do is to cause more of the problems it was build to solve. More flooding but more importantly longer and harsher draughts. The wetlands serve as a water reservoir and supply downstream lands with water when there's little to go by. If you make the water move faster, you'll get more water when there's an abundance of it, so it will cause bigger floods. And there will be none remaining for the dry season.
True. These people don't count as intelligent life bro, politicians are just the most confident. They have the lowest average IQ.
Love this channel
Seriously you guys deserve so much better views and recognition
One of my fav channel with all your heart for the environment
Wow, one of your fav channels, THANKS!
We're trying our best to increase our views. 🤞🏽
Let us know if you do have any topic suggestions or soever. :)
@@terramater as much as i dislike shorts, I hear they're really good for bringing in views and subscribers. It might be worth looking into.
Hi Tyler!
We're so happy to hear that :)
Surely this is the type of thing that should become a unesco world heritage site so that it’s protected
Even if it was there's nothing they can do to stop the bribed politicians... South Sudan is still a sovereign nation
Be careful for who and what you ask for… it could contribute to the problem…
Many unesco sites are threatened.the only thing unesco can do is removing it from its heritage site list
@@Sadiku11 What is the problem? We should have more wetlands than channels.
True! The country added it to its tentative list in 2017 but upto now, it's still not inscribed. I don't know where the problem lies
The shots in this video were outstanding, great job as usual!
Thanks, Bryce!
@@terramater anytime!
The Sudd should become a formal protected area, perhaps it's time to establish a new National Park.
I grew up in South Florida as a native and already watched one swamp turned desert by canals don't let them tell you it wouldn't be destroyed
I really like this video a lot, and one thing that I want to add is, that the Blue Nile from Ethiopia contains 86% of the total river volume and it is by far the largest.
Nah, white Nile is the larger one. Go do more research
This is such an amazing channel that
covers so many topics!
Hi Jeep! We're glad you like our channel so much!
@@terramater Thank to you too!
Amazing video! Already waiting for the next one :)
Thanks! And stay tuned, the next ones are just around the corner! ;)
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We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
The cinematic is so beautiful, the ecosystem was beautiful 😮
These type of canals have already been build in the Donau river basin. Wherever they were made they ruined all the ecosystems.
Thank you Terra Mater for all the fantastic videos =)
Thank you Fabee for watching our videos! 🤗
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Great video, I hope they stop this project, Southsudan is only thinking about Egypt's money without thinking about how it will impact its own territory.
تم ايقافه من عشرات السنين لاكن مازال بعض السياسيين العملاء المرتزقه عبيد وخدم وعملاء مصرا ئيل يسعون لإكمال هذا المشروع الاستعماري التدميري لجنوب السودان لأجل مصلحة مصرا ئيل وقليلاً من الفتات من المال يلقاها السياسيين في جنوب السودان من مصر نفس عقلية النخب الجلابه الفلنقاي المستعربين السياسيين في السودان عملاء ومرتزقة وعبيد مصر
First day and am already loving the channel nice one
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We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching and welcome! :)
your videos are greate (but you also!) so iteresting and absolutly on point!
Thanks a lot, Malte! 🤗
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We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
I don't understand why people don't listen to scientists when making major decisions like this
Humans are egotistical and narcissistic. They see value as monetary, while flora and fauna find value in a balanced ecosystem so they can’t go extinct.
Typical overpopulation issue. Consuming and producing until it is all gone.
Money speaks louder
Because most people are simpletons, they don't think about the side effects of their decisions. Greed is in the way of racio...they will destroy their country for some money and foreign interest.😑💀
Brilliant content as always. Please make content on cheetah reintroduction programme in India. Historic moment in the conservation of wildlife in india.
If it’s not broken don’t fix it. Thanks terra matta.
It will be a desaster for Sudan in future, good approach by environment minister of South Sudan
Reminds me of the Aral sea, project. Ill informed.
South Sudan needs to set a price for the extra water they'll deliver to Egypt.
This channel is so underrated
True that! 😉
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Thanks for watching our videos! :)
It will not be so bad... We've got controll of the situation... yada yada. Have this government not learnt about what happened to the Aral Sea? I'm no hydrologist, but I have a bad feeling the same thing would happen to the Sudd if this goes through.
Hopefully, the Sudd can be preserved and the machines stay off forever!
This government is ruled by a military dictatorship. Not scientists, they will ruin Egypt.
And not to mention, it's the South Sudan government, not any other
They can't keep anything under control. They're basically living off of western child support 💀💀
That's great though
Sudd wetlands is located in the central Nuer tribe
Check your information well.
Nuer lives on the both sides of the Nile
Look like someone paid her to do the video. lot of misinformation in this video
@@chuolyuanestoang4316 , It's not about being paid, she is a foreigner and does not know the communities living around the Sudd. The Sudd is inhabited by the Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk and Anyuak. We have to just tell her and she will correct next time.
Dams damn the water cycle creating droughts
Is there a way to build the Nile Canal without changing the Sudd
It can't stay like this we have to do something to protect animals and people.🌳🐘🐘
5:03 . . that the canal can reduce "evaporation" (evapo-trsanspiration, is more correct) lost is a specious plea. Actually the (so-called) "lost" water makes clouds to cause rainfall to reduce temperature for humans & animals, to preserve the eco-system saving it from desertification. This bluff should be called & the South Sudanese must be educated more, on it.
Great video, Congratulations!
Maybe if Brilliant were to sponsor the South Sudanese government too, then they wouldn’t have seen the need to destroy the wetlands of their nation.
Your comment made your day! 🫶
@@terramater Ouch 🤕
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@@terramater 😂😂
Politicians did something similar to the Aral Sea and it didn’t go so well
My advice to South Sudan: “DO NOT BUILD THAT CANAL BECAUSE IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS YOU WILL REGRET IT!! DO NOT LET EGYPT BULLY YOU!”
This is madness! ... Last time Sudan and Egypt tried this, the workers got killed.
How would you even go about calculating the value of a biome?
It is rare that a war become a good thing for the nature.
The Jonglei canal will never be completed!
We the youth of South Sudan have spoken and it's final!
Such a beautiful river now mired in a political mess it doesn't deserve to be in. It really makes we are really making things very scarce for ourselves in how much we consume of mother nature's bounty.
Ethiopia nile tribute is not the second rather it is the first with a contribution of 86% of the Nile river.
Well, lets learn from the soviet, when they build several canal to divert water from the river of Amur Darya and Syr Darya to build and irrigate cotton plantation. And right now the downstream lake, which is Aral Sea, became a desert and bring several problem to several breakway soviet state, mainly salt storm, and rising temperature above global average.
So why some of South Sudanese and Egyptian want to repeat the same mistake the Soviet did? Sure in the short term this project will bring more benefit to Egypt (more water) and South Sudan (less flood). But what about long term impact?
The question is always about the long term impact 😅
Nile canal good for the country, economic strategies can feed the people.
Elephant can shift to other places.
With the elephant living and the people starving is also not logical.
Egypt is ironically killing the river that gives it life.
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I think many of us viewers would like to see alternative solutions in this video as well. What could be done instead of building a canal?
Do no mischief to what Nature has done over Millinea...!!
@Senthil . that's not a solution we asked for solutions not half baked statements
Solution to flood is move away. Egypt is selfish country in Africa. Those proceeding with this project are naive and Egypt only takes advantage of that foolishness
i dont get how making water easier to access for a whole DIFFERENT nation helps your own nation. honestly this move sounds stupid.
@Luka Bowen, Why do you ask solution for non-existent problem?
What do we do?
Gajah nya besar sekali KK 👍👍
Wow scarred
I wonder If the water supply from Jonglei canal mitigates the impact on Egyptian Nile river from Ethiopian dam GERD,
Then that makes sense Egypt wants to support the canal.
Does anyone know if it is true?
I am a South Sudanese and it is true.
However, we will never allow the completion of Jonglei canal!!!!!!!!
@@manytuch your leaders are a joke yo allow that
Great Effort, It’s really a concern to distress the life’s of 2000 elephants and 15000 crocodile, and possibility of rain reduced in the area, but helping to secure a live of 100 million Egyptians is not really a big concern!!!
We all know trusting Egypt with water is a bad idea... Maybe they shouldn't have built a dam down stream, just maybe.
ye, lets live with yearly floods and not farm at all in summer
ignorant..
@@JabbarTV1 The floods are the thing that makes Egypt fertile and gives it water, You only causing drowths and less water.
@@secondsquirrel1168 the pros of building the dam definitely out weighs the cons.. at least human lives have been saved from the floods. This canal will save the lives of hundreds if not thousands of South Sudanese as well.
The video downplays the benefits for South Sudan.
the fx are like 1db too loud
I think the opposite, I think the canal is crucial and building it will be the best thing for the South Sudanese future generations - - - the liberty of free thinking
Smash the machine...
Teach them
Corruption is no longer tolerated
hulk smash lucy
Europe dried 80% of their moderate wetlands to irrigate farmlands =D
hypocrisy
@@JabbarTV1Yeah to feed people...'
This is for greed' and will destroy farmland and fishing ...
Ignoramus
It’s indeed an option if this greed and stupidity continues 🤝
This is greed and unfortunately greed is too common around the world and they will hurt themselves.
So Ethiopia builds their dam so they can build electricity and further their country, Egypt fears of its country collapsing because of the dam. So, now Egypt is building this canal in Sudanese that could end the animal wildlife environment? that's crazy all around.
It's really sad to see it , hope it gets cancel
Also I hate it how some countries get to make dam and let less water go to the next country
Yeah the Aswan dam has ruined the ecology and fertility of the Nile Delta in Egypt. I wonder what the GERD will ruin. Less silt for fertility will make them all dependent on fertilizers, coming from other countries. Starvation will probably happen.
As an Egyptian, and environmentalist, I am in the most unfortunate position regarding this project. On the one hand I am all for the preservation of wildlife and our planet but on the other we really are running our of options regarding our water problem especially with Ethiopia's dam problem. Is that what an American would call a Catch 22? Damned if I do and Damned if I don't? What alternatives would you suggest?
The Yankees have always been great hypocrites, because they themselves built large reservoirs on the Colorado River, so the water almost does not reach Mexico, and there are almost constant droughts in the Southwest, and if you want to solve your real problems, then you are prohibited!
Egypt needs water, the population is only growing, otherwise let the EU host a couple of tens of millions of Egyptians
Shift much of the urban areas to the dry lands and free up the Nile shore back into farmable greenland. This will provide a lot of farm land which egypt really needs like back in ancient times, this will help slow down river flow and soil will hold water better with all that vegetation on the river banks,
also some of the Nile water should very slowly be put back into filling under ground water aquifers that are empty or partially empty
@@wawaweewa9159 how do you get the water to the dry land with the cities? Having cities near the Nile means less pipes.
It's really an issue which must be solved in Ethiopia.
Israel is the leader in the field and study (research and development) of desalination. Egypt needs to collaborate with Israel on desalination technology… you have the Mediterranean and Red seas, yet you haven’t been able to figure out desalination, yet your next door neighbor - ISRAEL- has.
@@Sadiku11 Considering we are in the process of building 40 plants I can safely say we got that part covered. It will barely make a difference though as desalination is overrated. Also, Israel is leading in irrigation systems particularly the drip system rather than desalination
can you say the same to ethiopia's dam that may kill the nile
"Hey, let's turn our own country's land to desert, what could go wrong? Also, the people that live there are from a different tribe, and Egypt will bribe me, so get digging baby!"
Jabbar
I hope the canal gets completed, the people of the Sud can simply farm the land after the outer marshes are drained and farm the lands on the banks of the canal
which would benefit South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt with their water & food security
I bet you didn't consider the poor majority of South Sudan's people, they have suffered enough
Instead of building South Sudan's Economy by using the waters of the Sudd for Agriculture and industrial use
To get a better GDP per Capital and per year,
The leaders are thinking of ways to destory the territory as a whole.
Wat a disgrace
the leaders are scumbags
It's a sad sad world.
Are those people hellbent on digging the canal bone headed...?! 😠😡👿 Can't they see what happened to Aral Sea..?!
If the gov are stubborn and go ahead with canal, will it have unseen benefits? Like will it allow wildlife, evaporation for rainfall... etc? I guess this is what the gov is banking on
Create a urban settlement along side the canal ... It will both the problem ...
No
This actually was the reason behind the outbreak of the sudanese civil in 1980th so people of south sudan will not allow such a destructive project to take place
Desalination would solve Egypt's water problems.
people like this minister must remain steadfast as they're, buy our animals as much time as they need. You all are doing a fantastic job, but a necessary one!
That’s just crazy… humans, we do not see a mistake before animals and humans die.
It's very sad
It’s sad that humans are still considering these ecologically disastrous projects.
The population and wildlife of South Sudan will be the biggest losers
The canal can still be built with environmental protection measures. The whole river will not be diverted.......only a small portion.
Stop that conman, you Arabs have no regard for any living creature. Curving open almost 400kms on flat lands is unbelievable crime.
Global 500 should pay to south Sudan in return get carbon credits. Eco systems which this area support storage huge carbon and maintain waste grass land in surrounding areaa
You are brilliant in this one in the world Yor hope you are criminal crooks
easy vote. save the Sudd
People of the land are Jieeng not Dinka, Nuer and Chollo (shilluk)
Egypt should pursue desalination instead
Humanity's downfall will be it's own doing!
Remember the Aral sea? And the Dead Sea? Stuff like this is never a good idea.
Hope this giant machine stays off !!very informative.
We hope that too! 🤞🏽
Glad to hear that, thanks!
Humans won't stop until the whole world dries or drowned...
Humans are very shortsighted 😭😭
this canal is idiotic on all levels, thanks for informing us!
I thought, what if they fill up aquifers that have been empty or partially emptied artificially, it will basically be safe water storage that won't evaporate and can be pumped out whenever needed during dry season
Ask the people who used to live around the Aral Sea, water diversion will kill the eco system.
We the country men will have to burn and destroy the Digging machine completely .
For real.
Not a river anymore, but a bigger volume of water:a ņew sea
The best things Egypt can do is to reduce it birth rate because no one is threatening to take over Egypt, Arab people have history of creating desert where there is no desert.
@luallual905 apparently our Egyptian brothers are claiming that since they’re an Islamic country,birth control is frowned upon by the majority.But to be honest,we will all have to compromise at one point in time.I believe it’s irresponsible of us to blatantly destroy such an impactful natural ecosystem simply because we see it as the easiest solution.
@@jeedonlual1550 your not a brother just a wannabe arab and muslim
I'm Definitely Against The Canal , Nature Was Perfectly Fine Without Our Help.
What can we do to prevent this project from starting?
Jabbar
I hope the canal gets completed, the people of the Sud can simply farm the land after the outer marshes are drained and farm the lands on the banks of the canal
which would benefit South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt with their water & food security
I bet you didn't consider the poor majority of South Sudan's people, they have suffered enough
@@emanmosharafa558 haha do you really think Egypt will allow that too happen. That will be completely counter-prpductive to what they want to achieve. You are probably not educated because it shows.
Advocate for this important natural phenomenon to be included and be protected under unep and unesco
It is the first climate emission of human development into the Earth's atmosphere. Nature balances itself but when we start consuming natural resources the natural balance becomes unbalanced so that today people all over the earth are facing the effects of climate without directly knowing it. It is the need of the day for all countrymen to unite. This is not yours, not mine, this is the problem of the people of the whole earth. So together we can reduce the impact of climate on nature. Different regions of the world have been collecting and saving a lot of data for many years. When that collected data is transferred, or provided to people. Everyone is convinced that the earth can be made habitable. We all have a responsibility towards our motherland 'Earth'.
We all love development and evaluation come with responsibility so that we can responsibly and peacefully develop the areas we have left for development. All of us born in this world need peace and development to move forward. Please help by addressing the comments I made.
We all live on earth we need to do and we do it individually, what do we do by ourselves?
We all don't think my life has any limits. When I look at the picture of the whole earth there are no lines, no boundaries. We are all born, live, and die here. I think life has no limits we need to live life to the fullest. See a connected world in the open sky without borders. There is no limit here, we make everything here ourselves, so there is no theft, here there is no limit even in the open sky, there is no limit even under the sky. I don't need to get into political issues but everyone has freedom of opinion. In my opinion, I am also free, but it does not mean that there is freedom, the world community has also started talking about borderless politics.
When problems begin to arise in the universe, none of the problems are confined to man-made boundaries. So, when trouble starts, it affects everyone who lives between the borders. So there are many problems in the world today. Among those common problems are global water climate change, food shortages, droughts, human life, and wildlife problems in the region. Various countries, organizations, and individuals around the world are ready to reduce the risk to plants, animals, and humans from its effects.
We are all doing the same thing for the world, for life, for peace, and for the future. It makes our life meaningful, when we think about the future, peace, and life beyond the limits of what we are, life becomes meaningful and important. A perfect life on earth is important. Losing one in nature is a great loss.
It all means, what problems we are facing all over the world today. All these are the result of our system development. Limited resources and their high consumption have led to climate change on our planet. Today, we humans are so evolved that we can imagine a bright and beautiful peaceful future by solving these world problems. I was born in the corner of mother earth at the turn of the century. But I live for the world, for life, for peace, for a bright human future. I am a graduate student in Nepal. I am trying to control and minimize this world's biggest disaster "climate change effect". Currently, there are many problems in our world such as climate change, drought, reduction in production, lack of food, and decline in human health. To solve this problem around us we must try to balance water and air. Today we are trying to mitigate many of the conditions in our world system such as global temperature change, drought, reduction in food production, lack of availability, environmental change, deterioration in public health, etc. We are trying to reduce and control the world's biggest disaster "Climate Change Impact". In an attempt to solve these difficult situations, new solutions have come up. Let's all help to make this work successfully.
I don’t understand how people can be so stupid.
@Jaylin. Okay then since your so wise enlightene us with a resolution then
@@aspdlsp2420 dont build a damn. egypt should help its self. they got themselves in the mess.
Why do you play music over the narration?
We are actually ugly humans especially politicians
Just move water from The Kongo. That is super easy to do. If you increase the Discharge in The White NIle, by 50%, then you can send this surpluss into this chanal.
This is bad 😔
It's not too late yet! 🤞🏽
@@terramater 👍
I am egyptian there is also another proposed project but most people think it's an impossible, if u want to make a video about it which is diverting water from the congo river to the nile
My Egyptian fellow, please do that; It will be a great alternative.
I'm southern Sudanese person and I just want tell you man that's a dream From your Egyptian government, we, the southern Sudanese, will not accept hegemony over our waters. This land will remain fertile until the Day of Resurrection. We will not allow re-drilling in this area again. you got me 😕😕😕🇸🇸🇸🇸✌🦁 we are lions of this land and we'll never gave up about our lands forever we will fight anybody else if our government has been agee that with you government there we don't gave fucking man we can fight them even coz we always people of the land and we'll never be afraids of the war coz We are born with war, and there is nothing that fears us from war so fuck you all 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕the land is for us not for our government
Africans have to make these decisions themselves. They are not easy decisions.
there Arabs for stooges of Arabs
No! Not drying up, but in the way of a more bigger project by the Creator Himself: the Nile is currently "under demolition as by architectural decisions"
to give space for a new sea which is dividing Africa