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Activists use GPS to track illegal loggers in Brazil's Amazon rainforest [1]

Covert GPS surveillance of timber trucks by Amazon campaigners has revealed how loggers are defeating attempts to halt deforestation in the world’s greatest rainforest.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2014
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Deforestation [4], Illegal Trade [5], Timber Smuggling [6], Brazil [7], Space Technology [8]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/activists-use-gps-track-illegal-loggers-brazils-amazon-rainforest

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/activists-use-gps-track-illegal-loggers-brazils-amazon-rainforest
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/guardian-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/timber-smuggling
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/space-technology