the global forest watch platform is also dedicated to protecting forests and their inhabitants it combines satellite technology with open data and crowdsourcing. temperatures c o 2 levels and even current weather phenomena can be found on the website earth now . here u.s. space agency nasa presents comprehensive satellite data and real time you can track how tropical storms are forest fires like here in australia are developing on earth now. various natural disasters are also explained. the alfred baker institute also plans to incorporate non scientifically compiled data. once holidaymakers to upload observations about beaches and coastlines. the topic of marine life in particular. well as a citizen scientists because trash is something everyone can relate to everyone knows what a bottle or a plastic bag is and this helps us to cover a much better area geographically and to better fill in the white spots we still have on our map. for as a citizen scientist i can help organizations call and invite others to help clean them up. information is important but taking action is vital. there's no

another example the global forest change database at the university of maryland uses a map to show the state of the world's forests since 2013 users have been able to call up info based on satellite images they can see the effects of forest fires illegal logging and reforestation over long periods the platform is also dedicated to protecting forests and their inhabitants it combines satellite technology with open data and crowdsourcing. data platforms make the problems more visible and with an app everyone can do their bit to help tackle them the c o 2 tracking every forest and focuses on individual consumption and it gives you the chance to create and manage your own forest. the oral eco app is similar enter your daily habits with a few clicks and the app will calculate your carbon footprint and show you how to shrink it it also invites you to be a climate hero by supporting carbon offset projects that help people and the planet . or the digital activists in berlin mobilizing people is an important factor in tackling the global problem the climate for dickson has made people. unclear

forests. impact the global economy china's economy we've failed to slow down the global economy will feel the slowdown like almost everything in recent weeks the slump in oil prices comes back to the corona virus outbreak china the world's biggest importer of oil was turning back tank is as its economy began to contract saudi arabia called for a massive cant in production but russia disagreed and didn't response riyadh ramped up production indonesia is a net importer of oil production has been steadily on the decline and domestic consumption on the rise some fear volatility in the sector may not bode well for the future prospects of indonesia's domestic industry with lower prices. at the active enough for did festers but a foreign investment into the oil sector in need and what we need the most right now is investment coming in to really push to a level of production because our oil lifting the production of oil currently on a declining path. executives at indonesia's state owned oil company pertamina away in the prospects of an indefinite price war. we will add to our stock because the price

forests is. impacting the global economy china's economy will feel the slowdown the global economy will feel it a slowdown like almost everything in recent weeks the slump in oil prices comes back to the corona virus outbreak china the world's biggest importer of oil was turning back tank is as its economy began to contract. saudi arabia called for a massive cut in production but russia disagreed and in response riyadh ramped up production indonesia is a net importer of oil production has been steadily on the decline and domestic consumption on the rise some fear volatility in the sector may not bode well for the future prospects of indonesia's domestic industry with lower prices. attractive enough festers but a foreign investment into the oil sector. and what we need the most right now is investment coming in to really push level of production because our oil lifting the production of oil currently on a declining path. executives at indonesia's state owned oil company pertamina away in the prospects of an indefinite price war that. we will add to our stock because the price is low but demand is

greenhouse gases so i'll depleted of nutrients requires more fertilizer and the global appetite for meat means that more and more rain forest is being cleared to make way for cattle grazing land. dietary recommendations. advice no more than 40 grams of meat per day around 500 grams of fruits and vegetables. 250 grams of dairy products. much of the world this would entail a substantial change in how we eat. this diet would be a major benefit to our health. the health of the planet. my call here is to get the food agenda right into the climate negotiations and right into all the climate actually to understand that it's not enough to just decarbonize the world's energy system we need to decarbonize to get sustainable food systems as well. knows a change of mindset is what's needed after all it's consumer habits that shape demand for each one of us has to decide what we do for our health and the future of our planet. so how much meat do you eat i actually have been eating meat for 9 years already so you return yeah ok so the vegetarian diet a diode you would recommend for say everybody here definitely i'd least i would recommen

forest or grasslands would be. awful impact on biodiversity and so on. so how to secure the global food supply in the long term charter says not simply by producing more land for travelers reporter saw agricultural production has already been highly optimized in most western countries and many other countries that means the natural potential for producing food on a given amount of farmland has already been reduced. and we have to think about changing things and the entire nutritional system to address this problem more effectively he runs. the scientists have taken a closer look at global food consumption and come up with 2 strategies this is absolute it's absurd to expect increased yield on long to solve the problem of world food security 3rd to one half of all food is being thrown away. so the 1st strategy calls for less food waste the 2nd is about raising animals for meat. 2 the scientists call this strategy feed no food the idea here is that animals should not be fed anything that people could eat when we feed plants to animals and then eat their meat many valuable calories are

greenwash their image even as they continue to contribute to global warming we always said they're going to grow up and that's tried before the rain forest for the reality is the past 20 years all the rain forests are pretty much gone and certain countries is because we believe that you know we should convert it into other use it's a. paper for human fuel for humanity needs but i think there is a new model saying that you can still protect the rain forests and make money for the company and also giving benefit the communities while protecting the environment then that should be a new model going forward. just a few kilometers outside the protected sound the rain forest has disappeared here wildfires tore through the area after a prolonged period of heat but many times it's international companies who clear the forest in order to sell timber to gain grazing land for cattle or to set up palm oil plantations. in his area hard tonneau has set up the cutting gunman tie a project to show others how the forest can be used to make money without destroying it in the process. he says the money from carbon emissions trading can help with that. hard

global co2 emissions. the practice of controlled burns ther harvest and destruction of rain forests and even livestock flagellantse addressed to put a dent in agriculture's carbon output. some hope can be seen in the u.s. as demands for beef products have dropped significantly. additionally, interest in alternatives like beyond meet soared inat have recent years. implement think solutions globally remains an uphill battle, even as more people in the europe and u.s. take on vegetarian alternatives. globally, consumption is expected to rise 50%. >> you are the last, best hope of earth. >> we are in the beginnings of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. how dare you. >> it will take policy makers and companies years of diligent growth -- diligent work and collaboration to move the industry away from its polluting methods. some executives are confident they can be green and show a profit. >> that was just one of the many quicktakes you can find on the bloomberg. also find them at bloomberg.com along with the latest business news and analysis 24 hours a day.

communities to protect forests for the future we want if you're hearing what we're hearing find out more. coronavirus pandemic could see a spike in food prices in kenya the global outbreak is hitting all sorts of local businesses will catch up with our correspondent in the capital nairobi. trade is in your grandchildren's supplies a country normally imports almost $5000000000.00 worth of goods from china. by the chinese province of the center of the outbreak that allows factories derby open a ghost town to beijing's show of confidence that it has things on their control. let's do business so far kenya has been spared the coronavirus but the economy is suffering because of its extensive trade relationship with china with travel bads in place flights canceled and restrictions on certain imports businesses are starting to have trouble keeping shelves stocked economists warn prices are likely to spike. in nairobi the store shelves are well stocked for now but many shop owners warn their supplies of clothing electronics and other goods made in china could run out by months and. shipping is tapering off in kenya's major port mombasa due to restrictions on trade with

forests then i think you see numbers continuing to increase i'd much rather see countries adopting the majors that was a nice successful they'll fish are chair of the world health organization's global outbreak and response network thank you very much. well large parts of western europe are going into long town in a bid to stop the spread of the corona virus in france all non essential businesses as we heard of been shut down french prime minister ed one for the announced that of ours cafes stores and in most restaurants will have to close he described coated 19 as the biggest health crisis in a century france's tourist sites have already been shut as part of nationwide emergency measures already say 91 people have now died from the corona virus in the country and 4 and a half 1000 others have been infected one of the latest now from france lisa lewis reporting for us in paris lisa straight to lockdown measures there how are people responding was this expected. people were expecting that the government would take such measures measures at one point but i don't think they were expecting them last night especially as the government also gave for one hour far to restaurants and hotels

global co2 emissions. the practice of controlled burns after harvest, the use of inorganic fertilizers, the destruction of rain forestsaddressed to put a dent in agriculture's carbon output. some hope can be seen in the u.s. as demands for beef products have dropped significantly. additionally, interest in alternatives like beyond meat and impossible burgers have soared in recent years. for those who can't quit beef, scientists are developing cows with digestive systems producing less methane. implementing these solutions globally remains an uphill battle, even as more people in the europe and u.s. take on vegetarian alternatives. increased meet demand -- meat demand means consumption is expected to rise 50%. >> you are the last, best hope of earth. >> we are in the beginnings of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. how dare you. >> it will take policy makers and companies years of diligent work and collaboration to move industry away from its polluting methods. each of these industries is working on answers. with some executives competent they can be green a

drilling in the republic of congo could devastate the global environment vast oil reserves were discovered there last year anything paid and forests government says it will protect the land despite allowing companies to conduct oil exploration in the capital brazzaville malcolm webb has our report. beneath the swampy forest lies carbon equivalent to about 20 years of emissions from fossil fuels in the us it's stored in peat lands that scientists discovered here in the republic of congo 3 years ago the government didn't allow us to go there and film this is the government's video but it did allow oil companies to drill there last year with. its licensed oil exploration in blocks of land across more than half of the peak lands and environmentalist say if wells extracted risks releasing 30000000000 tonnes of carbon stored in the peat. it would be catastrophic even if we tried to exploit the oil in an eco friendly week we still have to destroy the ecosystem plans or it will make the area want to see before the exploitation of other resources and also indeed. so what. the river congo is the world's 2nd largest river by volume and the r

trade as the global pandemic continues using and market dropped by more than 9 percent as the country announced a 4 week down and speak to a debate opponent who is live in hong kong forests in this uncertainty of a coronavirus continuing to affects markets across asia give us that picture. that's right fully that and the fact that the us congress could not agree on a trillion dollar stimulus package to help the world's largest economy is affecting markets across the age of pacific you mention new zealand for the very same reason astray in markets are also down the benchmark a.s.x. is down earlier in the day nearly 9 percent on the opening its claw back some of those some of the gains now down 6 percent with banks leading the losses that's the 5th straight week of losses for the australian markets hong kong to taking a head to the hang seng index is down now about 4 percent hong kong is facing a 2nd wave and an unprecedented surge in corona virus infections the finance secretary has given a grim indictment of the economy saying that the worst is yet to come and giving a very gloomy outlook china on the other hand also down not as much as the rest of the region down about

de force forestation this drone in particular you're looking at is dispersing seeds out of spain and can transport up to half a 1000000 seeds on each flight that's pretty cool. and our global food report says the u.k. doesn't make the top 10 cuts when it comes to being stocked and prepared we're in explain and then later add the sports h.q. we're going to hand takes us to hong kong where a photo finish made waves at the hong kong derby a very bad. banks geysers financial survival they say money the bellatrix clutch it is it is a central plank support diana cummings i don't call them i know it's a stop to that. is you'll be via reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or i'm a bit loose shallowness. as nations across the globe struggle with how to cope with corona virus and the new reality where and like in the u.s. the u.k. is seeing the same type of panic buying in their stores defra the department for and vironment food and rural affairs over in the u

globally, probably about 12 trillion >> $4 billion here, 12 trillion there. what more does need to be done i'm joined now by kim forest, chief investment officer at boca capital partners, nisha patel, and subadra rajappa, great to have you here with so many different pieces we've got equities, rates, munis. kim, let me just start with you on equities. we are in a little bit better footing today. what do you think is priced in terms of expectation about how many trillions of support is on the way? >> i think that the government, the u.s. government, and actually the governments around the world have said, look, we are going to throw the kitchen sink at this and they are it is very, very clear this isn't like 2008 where there was a real tussle to get $850 million in an aid package passed we're all hearing, the first 800, that's quickly gone and we have to do more. the fed, i mean, the piece at the top of the hour with the boston fed saying they're going to do whatever it takes, i think that is true the thing is how long is this going to last? and none of us know, none of us. but i think it's pretty clear that support is

states is leadership in the global fight against climate change and then he wants to invest in a can see a conservation and public lands project to help heal our soils and our forests and prairie lands. he wants to end the greed. he says of the fossil fuel industry and hold them accountable. as for former vice president joe biden let's run down his policies. he wants to ensure the us achieve 100% clean energy economy and reach net 0 emissions. no later then the year 2050 he also wants to include using federal procurement system which spends about billion every year to drive towards that 100% clean energy and 0 emissions vehicle standards and he also has to protect biodiversity to by slowing down extinction rates and helping leverage natural climate solutions by conserving 30% of america's lands and waters all of that by the year 2030 so those are the policies for the 2 leading candidates. but we're not done of course coming up later this hour we're going take a closer look at the plans from senator elizabeth warren and michael bloomberg so stay tuned for that and don't forget to. the following that throughout the day, especially on election tuesday. still ahead on

forests with you. you warned of this back in 2008. and before that as well. i wonder what you make not only of this outbreak, but just the global, look, it's important to think about -- we talked about the 1918 pandemic, how many flights were there in 1918? zero. how many flights do we anticipate in 2020? 40 million flights. the nature of our world and the connectivity of our world has changed so dramatically we're going to continue to see these outbreaks again and again. >> the reason we were in the forest, that's basically the front line of where that transmission may occur, a hunter kills an animal, the animal's blood has been carried back, skinning the animal, might get blood on the hunter and with a cut, enters the human body. >> for many people they may feel what we're experiencing is a groundhog day and it's certainly the case these epidemics are going to continue into the future. but a lot has happened since 10, 12 years ago when we were doing this. there's been a tremendous investment. now the u.s. government invests something on the order of $12 billion a year for health security. it needs to be sustained, it's not en

look at data provided by wwf, global witness, aand eia, yoyou find ththat noty are we e going into a record-breaking year of lan defenderers murdered t to protet their forest and environment, the u.s. economy is depressed by about $1 million due to illegal logging imports, and illegal logging is ththe third-largest tranans-national crime. goddard: a tree, in fact, is more complex than we know. it has more chromosomes than wee have. it can easilyly be a victm because it may be illllegal to takke that spepecies, dependingn what genus and spspecies itit ir wwhere it's locateted. lalancaster: trees can b be poad just as any sort of traditional wildlife can be poached. if you can't identifify it, yoou can't protect it, andnd so our goal is really to dedevelop a database that can be used, hopefully one day, by anybody y in thehe worln order to do this sort of identificication toelp ththem fight illegal logging. huff: a lot of cases we've had, it's very difficult to prove that wood wasas obtained illegay once it gets processed in a mill oror once it's rememoved fm the national forest. basically, we have a stump and we have wood. it was very difficult to tie that

fuels the global economy and is driven by millions of dedicated hardworking people who are working every day to deliver these products. these folks are our nation's farmers, ranchers, foresters and producers. this includes those who manufacture and sell equipment, who drive trucks and barges to move product, who provide seed and fertilizer, and who store, process, and market these products. it spans small and large businesses, from family farms to community banks, to universities, to science, veterinarians, and livestock operations. in my home state of georgia, agriculture is our number one industry. it accounts for more than one in seven jobs and we have 42,000 farms in georgia. i grew up working in the soybean fields and the feed lot of my family's farm. i know firsthand how hard those in agriculture work to provide poultry, peanuts, pecans, cotton, cattle, and blueberries. the risk they take each day and the exposure to global markets and changing regulations, technology, consumer pressures, economic pressures, our ag industry rises to all these challenges. this is especially true right now as our country faces the coronavirus outbreak. we have all seen how vital each rol