In Guatemala, new AI technology will be ‘listening’ for illegal deforestation

Mongabay
Apr 30, 2026, 5:05 pm184 ptsTrendingTop
FLORES, Guatemala — This March, rangers on patrol in the Maya Forest came across the feathers of hunted birds and paths that had been cleared through the trees. These led them to a 2-hectare (5-acre) opening in the forest where squatters likely planned to settle and then expand. The people who’d cleared the…

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