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.

Into the Woods With a Chain Saw

October 5, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

A small group of people goes into the woods with a chain saw. That’s how it begins. It ends with the death of a tree. This illegal act, known as tree poaching, is on the rise in the United States. And the reasons for it are starting to become clear.

The Biggest No brainer in the History of the World

October 4, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNqsRQ_nX-c&feature=youtu.be

Do you know the biggest no-brainer in the history of the world? Watch Danish actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau unfold the benefits of moving from black to green energy.