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Digital Democracy
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Solidarity with frontline communities using technology to defend their rights. Co-building mapping & monitoring tools. Challenging tech colonialism.
Aug 23, 2019 • 21 tweets • 10 min read
What’s happening with fires in the Amazon, and what’s at stake?

1) Thousands of fires are raging across the Amazon basin, primarily in Brazil. Most of these fires are happening in areas that have already been deforested.

Map from the @guardian @guardian 2) Unlike areas like the western United States where wildfires are common, the Amazon does not generally just burn. Fires mostly happen where land has been deforested.

Read more from @vice featuring @globalforests data
vice.com/en_us/article/…