of the rain forest is a major problem now a digital warning system should help brazilian environmental research institute fight fire clearing. not only can smartphones warn about these fires there are also a weapon in the battle against deforestation because the quicker the fires are reported the quicker they can be put out. sharing is caring can sometimes apply in the digital world is to every piece of information that uses positon can help other people directly unlike my last selfie on instagram so what can i do personally to actively protect the environment and the climate change. and even apps that can help you do your bit. that we. and especially interesting. it all started with the big cleanup dr sim beilin but putting out an online call to combat pollution locally was only the beginning for plan a. it see no no's that solving big problems requiring is big daily turn. climate change is not one problem climate is a lot of problems that are intertwined and our. complexity we use the data to pinpoint exactly the locations and the types of issues that happen around the world that need to be immediately

institute for environmental research. overall, these are official data that just came out this morning, year on year deforestation increased in the brazilian amazon by 30% this year over last year. so nearly 10,000 square kilometers. that's the official data. it's the highest in the past decade. and it goes, but it's important to know that doesn't cover the time we're talking about which mostly emerged beginning in august because the deforestation year in brazil goes from august 1 2019 to july 31. that's we've had several square kilometers cleared since then between august,, september and bit into october. the third point i want to make is that this mostly illegal deforestation and the fires associated with it both began and ended with the support of executive branch of the brazilian government. which has prioritize this current government has really prioritize the undoing of 15 years of governmental progress in deforestation control. the fires peaked in the second and third weeks of august following what were to liberally organize fire days in parts of the amazon, which are pretty much an open secret within the responsible government agen