. >> reporter: nonprofit organization sciarc is working to lays ir-scan sites that are most at risk of being destroyed. that data can be turned into a blueprint or virtual model. in cases of sites already destroyed there are several groups like the mosul project that are crowd sourcing identification of the projects for future reconstruction. >> this can give us some idea of the things that have been lost. >> other organizations like the american school of oriental research are monitoring by satellite image and sources on the ground and providing weekly upstairs of the destruction. >> it's all about documentation. right now. without documentation we won't know what we are missing. so it will be much harder later to restore anything. >> mary snowy al jazeera. >> that's our show for today, i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. >> al jazeera america - proud to tell important stories of native lives. >> oak flat to the apaches is an ancestral place. what'll happen to this after the mine...this will sink away and be destroyed. >> were the apache consulted on this before it was put into