Indigenous Communities Using Technology to Monitor Illegal Logging in the Amazon October 6, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment A growing number of Indigenous communities in Central and South America are harnessing the power of high-resolution satellite imagery, sophisticated drone equipment, and the latest smart-phone technology to precisely document and act on threats to their lands such as fires, gold-mining, logging, and deforestation for agriculture. But it’s not without its risks: community forest monitors have had their lives threatened. Rainforest Alert explores the groundbreaking research linking community-based monitoring and forest protection from the Eden de la Frontera community in the Peruvian Amazon.Early results show a “measurable reduction of deforestation”. Find out more about the study: https://rainforestfoundation.org.Project run by Rainforest Foundation US, The Indigenous Organization of the Eastern Peruvian Amazon (ORPIO-AIDESEP) and World Resources Institute.