Living Planet: Apps not arms

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August 26, 2016

Despite conservation efforts, swathes of Brazil’s Amazon forest are still lost to deforestation. Small-scale illegal logging can be difficult to monitor, even with satellite-imaging technology. Now, one indigenous tribe is looking to GPS mapping on smartphones to protect their forest.

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