Getting creative to protect the planet

Coming up with measures to protect the environment is not always easy. But, it doesn’t necessarily have to be complicated either. Sometimes, a bit of creative thinking can go a long in preserving flora and fauna. This week, Global Ideas brings you a few inventive approaches. Jürgen Schneider’s report from the Democratic Republic of Congo shows that financial incentives can do wonders to help stop deforestation. That in turn helps preserve the habitat of the bonobo, an endangered great ape and one of humankind’s closest relatives. In our background article, writer Tamsin Walker reports on a few innovative initiatives such as chilli bombs and fences made of bee hives to reduce human-wildlife conflict around the world.