Discarded cell phones to help fight rainforest poachers, loggers in real-time

Mongabay
By Rhett ButlerJun 24, 2014, 7:41 pm72 pts
A technology that uses discarded mobile phones to create a real-time alert system against logging and poaching will soon be deployed in the endangered rainforests of Central Africa. Rainforest Connection (RFCx), a San Francisco-based non-profit startup, is partnering with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL)…

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