Next big idea in forest conservation? Crowdsourced forest monitoring

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceApr 25, 2014, 9:45 am50 pts
In the Brazilian Amazon, deforestation alerts are being submitted via smartphones. On the ground technicians send alerts to a database stored in 'the cloud.' This information is added to maps, which, along with satellite imagery, are used to inform law enforcement. And the speed of this process is getting real…

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