Smartphones and drones help indigenous communities fight deforestation

In areas of the Peruvian Amazon monitored by drones, deforestation was halved in one year. Photo (generic image): Yoly Gutierrez/CIFOR Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Thanks to drones and satellite technology, the Peruvian Amazon has halved the deforestation of indigenous lands in one year.

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