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Startup plans to tackle illegal deforestation in Amazon with old smartphones

2014-08-01 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Old smartphones turned into solar devices to detect illegal activities in the Amazon are the innovative response proposed by a San Francisco-based start up that has joined conservationists to protect rainforest. San Francisco tech start-up Rainforest Connection has teamed up with conservation charities and indigenous communities to protect the Amazon for illegal logging and receiving widespread support. The company which has an undergoing campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds collects...

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