Biology Newsfeed

Eyes in the Sky Spy on Threatened Jungles

Scientific American - Posted: August 19th, 2012, 6:03pm EDT

pSINGAPORE (Reuters) - In the two minutes it takes to read this story, an area the size of 60 football pitches will have been clear-cut by illegal loggers globally, according to Chatham House, an independent policy institute in London./ppCatching the loggers and their bosses has long been a problem because of corruption, lax law enforcement and limited ability to detect the crime quickly./ppSatellite monitoring is changing that. a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eyes-in-the-sky-spy-on-threatened[More]/a

Read more

Return to the Newsfeed