Name: Why the Rainforest is Shrinking | November 12, 2019
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This is your objective explanation world events and I'm your anchor Carla Zeus, hoping your week is going well so far.

Bolivia is the scene of today's first story.

The South American country is in the middle of a political crisis following the resignation of its president earlier this week, and leaders around South America are trying to help Bolivia chart a path toward new elections.

Former President Evo Morales was first elected in 2005.

He was re elected in 2009 and 2014 and his political party, the Movement Towards Socialism Party, kept control of the government's legislature as well.

That helped former President Morales pushed through the laws he wanted.

In October of this year, he ran again for president, and while it looked like he was ahead of his opponent in the early results, there were problems with the vote count.

Opposition parties said it had been changed to benefit the incumbent president, and on Sunday, election monitors published a report saying there were serious irregularities with the vote count that had an impact on the results.

The former leader and his allies in Latin America say a coup forced him out of power.

There have been numerous coups and counter coups and Bolivian history.

It's not clear yet who will be the next person to leave Bolivia.

Everyone who is next in line to the presidency has resigned.

A political earthquake has rocked Bolivia after the country's long serving staunch he left his president, Abram rallies was forced to step down.

It's been weeks of violent protests and allegations that Morales had stolen an election to become president for 1/4 term, braless and deny that and said that he was facing a coup.

But after report came out showing widespread fraud, morale is finally on Sunday offered to hold new elections.

The offer came too late, though, for the country's opposition for the military and the police, many of whom had risen up against Morales.

It was time for morale is to leave office, and with hours Morales did just that, shocking Bolivia and much of Latin America.

He said that it was a coup that was forcing him for power, but that he recognized that if he didn't leave their re bloodshed and he wanted to avoid that.

Critics said that he had become too authoritarian, that he was never planning on leaving the presidency and that he was essentially becoming a dictator.

Several countries have offered Abel Morales asylum.

He may be out of power, but he's remaining in Bolivia.

What is the third largest island in the world, behind Greenland in New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar are Great Britain for Cuba.

Borneo, which is divided between Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia, is the world's third largest island.

75% of the island used to be covered by rainforest, according to the Smithsonian.

But a significant chunk of that, experts say as much as half of the remaining rainforest has been lost.

Earlier this season, we told you how Indonesia plans to build its new capital.

Their parts have been cleared by logging.

Parts have been burned and replaced by palm plantations.

Ivan Watson takes this to Indonesian Borneo, the largest part of the island, to explore some of the many reasons why it's changing a grinding battle deep in the jungle, firefighters on the Indonesian island of Borneo struggled to control a forest fire that threatens the national park.

This is brutal, brutal work they're doing there.

Toxic smoke in the tropical heat, out fighting here almost a week.

The rain forests in Indonesia are burning.

Fire fighters have been battling this blaze for weeks and that is peak this summer.

There were thousands of similar fires in other parts of the country fighting on the ground and in the air.

Helicopters dump giant buckets full of water on the flames.

Firefighters say this crisis was ignited by man.

Off an unusually dry summer fueled this inferno.

The haze engulfed cities in neighboring countries like Singapore and Malaysia.

While in Indonesia the smog closed airports and schools, creating apocalyptic skies.

Indonesian authorities estimate about a 1,000,000 people suffered respiratory problems.

That is not toxic like this because not everyone can enjoy the fresh air.

The forest fires also threatening one of Asia's last great rainforest, home to Oregon, Tang's symbols of an entire ecosystem under threat.

This is Poppy, and she's a one year old example of one of the world's most endangered species.

Right now she's attending a class in jungle school for free activist from the Center for Orang Utan Protection.

Take orphaned animals and teach them to survive and hopefully one day return them to the wild.

As Borneo's rainforests shrink, the orangutan population has plummeted.

The Travis deforestation Maybe because off illegal logging or like, ah, confession off the forest.

Oudeh Ah, make building or something by human and also for the forest burning.

These activists also rescue and relocate to Ranga Tang's stranded by mass deforestation, the clash between man and nature on display when an ape confronts the heavy machinery ripping down its home.

And this is what's replacing much of Borneo's jungle sprawling plantations of palm trees, Indonesia's most lucrative cash crop.

Palm fruit like this makes a vegetable oil used in around half of all household products sold in your neighborhood grocery store as Palm oil exports ballooned over the last 20 years, so did the Indonesian territory used to grow Palm's.

It's now bigger than entire countries, like England or Greece.

It's now way out of our control in Indonesia.

Even this industry insider is calling for stricter government regulation of the palm oil industry.

If we just do it halfway, we should always expect this fortress and let a fire in the future.

But this cash crop has also lifted millions of Indonesians out of poverty.

People like this former before a group homes.

I couldn't even afford to feed my Children chicken, he tells me, Forming poem.

I've been able to buy a TV and a refrigerator.

The cheapest way to clear land performing is to burn it.

The government says it's trying to crack down on these manmade fires.

Officials show me how they use thermal satellite imagery to detect fires to then prosecute palm oil companies.

They say they've opened cases against 21 companies in the last four years, but some activists fear it's too little, too late.

We relived the price, probably so please put it in the press.

Ramadani is trying to reintroduce a rescued orangutan named Michelle to the wild.

But the island halfway house, where she now lives, is in the shadow of a growing coal mine.

Michelle's protectors fear that in 20 years time there may be no forests left for these incredible animals.

Not sure I agree with my colleagues who say these things are adorable, but they are remarkable.

You're looking at what are called many cheetahs.

They're frolicking around the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Students are manipulating their every move with remote controllers, and while they're not as fast as real cheetahs, these only run about nine miles per hour.

They are hope to help with deliveries one day, or maybe emergency response.

What one you may need to shell out around $10,000 but wait'll you're spotted walking your cheetah.

Some will say it's one cool cat, while others will call you a cheetah because your pet might have cat like reflexes, but run down with batteries requiring a remote location and a recharge before it's ready to get back in its own four feet.

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