Thursday, January 24, 2013

Illegally logged trees to start calling for help

Mongabay: Illegal loggers beware: trees will soon be calling-literally-for backup. The Brazilian government has begun fixing trees with a wireless device, known as Invisible Tracck, which will allow trees to contact authorities after being felled and moved. Here's how it works: Brazilian authorities fix the Invisible Tracck-smaller than a deck of cards-onto a tree. An illegal logger cuts down the tree and puts it onto a truck for removal, unaware that they are carrying a tracking device. Once Invisible...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0124-hance-invisible-tracck.html
Enclosure: http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/600/brazil_0333.jpg

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