it's one of the biggest news stories that the media hasn't been covering for
those of you that don't know the Amazon rainforest has been burning for three
weeks now and it's showing no signs of slowing down
this is of course a huge issue for not only those living there but the entire
planet the Amazon rainforest has also been referred to as the world's lungs in
the past providing our planet with 20% of its oxygen it's also believed that
once the Amazon rainforest reaches a point of no return it will start
emitting carbon which in turn would expedite the process of climate change
so with all of these negative impacts that would come from us not saving the
Amazon rainforest we decided to answer a very important question here today hello
friends and welcome back to another video here on life's biggest questions
the channel that looks to answer some of those important burning questions you
may have as you know we also answer some pretty unrealistic stuff like what if
the earth were split in half or what if giants were real however today's
question is on the more serious and realistic side and could potentially
help us save our planet I'm your host Jared Braunstein and today
we're answering the following how can we save the Amazon rainforest as always hit
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if you enjoyed it I'll be replying to some of your comments from a previous
video at the end of this one but let's just get into it so to make a long story
short the Amazon rainforest has been on fire for the past three weeks and it
seems no one is doing anything to stop it
of course this isn't unheard of every year farmers are encouraged to burn
their fields to make room for fresh crops and harvesting when the time comes
but technically it's considered illegal although Brazil's president has been the
one encouraging the farmers to burn the land as they do every year when the
president was shown statistics that the fires have increased over 80 percent
compared to the same time period last year he dismissed them saying it's just
the time of year when the farmers burn fields for crop and that this is a
regular occurrence that happens a yearly except it's not this time around we're
doing some serious damage to our environment and if the government's who
we rely on to do what's best for us as a society we need to do what we can do to
help preserve it so what can we do well obviously going to the rain forest with
buckets of water isn't going to do much we're talking acres of land burning by
the minute every day but a good start would be raising awareness to the
problem telling people who are unaware of the
situation statistics and facts in hopes that enough people talking about it
forces the government to actually do something now thankfully as of late and
moving forward in the next couple of days there is expected to be a
significant amount of rainfall which will help put out these wildfires but in
the bigger picture what else can we as a society do to help make sure this
doesn't continue happening of course there's tons of non-for-profit
organizations with their main goal being the preservation of the Amazon
rainforest Amazon watch Rainforest Action Network
rain forest trust and the World Wildlife Fund are a few of the many that you can
donate to but there's plenty of other things we could do in our day to day
lives that won't necessarily cost us much or anything at all doing our part
to help slow down climate change would be the top one using reusable items
consuming less and using your energy in much more efficient ways are just a few
of the many things we can do to help stop the inevitable now let me just say
here I'm not asking you guys to completely change how you're living your
lives I'm simply giving you some suggestions on things we can all do to
play a part in helping save the world in the long run however if we do what we
can to reduce the heat and amount of dry days the Amazon rainforest has on a
regular basis it will definitely be a big step in the right direction if we
don't do anything at all who's to say this time next year the fires won't be
even more catastrophic than they currently are at the very least I'd say
just informing those who are unaware about what's going on would be a great
idea there are also of course petitions being
circulated on the internet calling for the Brazilian government and more
specifically their president to take action as previously mentioned the
rainfall that has been happening is definitely a huge plus it's one of the
only ways to actually put out all of the fires but preventing the fires from
spreading to the point that they've gotten to is our best bet to make sure
we could keep the Amazon rainforest alive and well and finding alternative
solutions for farmers to clear the land instead of burning it will also stop the
amount of wildfires that occur annually as always I'd love to hear your thoughts
so drop some comments down below for now I'll be responding to some of your
comments from the video we did titled what if flies went extinct Papa Shango
six one nine said it's time to start kill every fly on Earth Facebook page
that would be a very very tough thing to do considering how there's
close to 17 quadrillion flies in the planet but I guess to start I'm not I'd
recommend it but you could try an T fortnight said 17 quadrillion flies just
throw the whole planet away not a laughing matter but the rate we're at
won't be before long that the planet is gone which is why we got to start taking
action to stop climate change guys mr. cat said if a fly lost its wings would
it still be a fly or be a walk that my friend is a great question and I'm gonna
answer it with this question if a turtle lost its shell would it be shirtless or
homeless sit on that and think about it let me know in the comments down below
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