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How to catch illegal logging in the Amazon? Make the trunk call

2013-01-16 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Trees in Brazils Amazon rainforest are being fitted with mobile phones in an attempt to tackle illegal logging and deforestation. Devices smaller than a pack of cards are being attache d to the trees in protected areas to alert officials once they are cut down and the logs are transported. Location data is sent from sensors once the logs are within 20 miles of a mobile phone network to allow Brazils environment agency to stop the sale of illegal timber. The technology, called Invisible Tracck,...

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