The purpose of this memo is to explain and recommend the Rainforest Connection project by Mr. Topher White
Summary
Climate change is the main issue right now and people never realize that deforestation take a big part in it. We always believe that transportation is the main cause of the environmental issues, but in fact, deforestation cause almost 30% more than the transportation in terms of carbon emissions. If you are looking for an environmental justice, preserving our earth, and protect our environment, we should also look to reduce the deforestation. Mr. Topher White here created a project called Rainforest Connection where we can use the used phones to fight against deforestation by alerting the forest guard if there are any suspicious voices in certain areas. The machine itself have already perfected by him, by adding few technologies such as: New model solar panel and small phone connectivity tower. In my opinion, this idea is almost perfect, but there are things that should be considered. I believe the project would not be succeed if we cannot cooperate with local people and the government.
Discussion
Working with government can be very difficult, especially in developing countries. I was born and raised in Indonesia and based on my experience, every single decision is based on money and
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Even the illegal activities in Indonesia can be later be clarified as legal if the owner of the project knows the government or have enough money to bribe the law enforcement. I believe that these things are not only happened in my home country but also many other developing countries. If we can work with other big organization and exposed what happened in Indonesia, that is when the project can be done, because the government will be obligated to help