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Activists use GPS to track illegal loggers in Brazil Amazon rainforest

2014-10-15 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Covert GPS surveillance of timber trucks by Amazon campaigners has revealed how loggers are defeating attempts to halt deforestation in the worlds greatest rainforest. Raids by law enforcement officers are expected early on Wednesday morning, acting on the evidence handed to them by Greenpeace Brazil. The activists went undercover in the remote and dangerous state of Pará to secretly place GPS tracking devices on trucks suspected of illegal logging, the first time the tactic has been used. It...

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