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Four Technologies for Detecting and Preventing Illegal Logging
2015-11-05 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Participants at a recent technology summit examined the challenges and opportunities for applying and scaling up emerging technologies to monitoring forests and preventing illegal logging. Unmanned aerial vehicles, ground sensors, satellite imagery, and crowdsourcing apps can all empower people to monitor and defend forests in ways that were previously impossible. Better information must lead to action, including increasing funding, engaging local communities and governments, communicating...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical