Here’s How We Can Stop Illegal Logging and Poaching on the Spot (video added)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.care2.com/causes/heres-how-we-can-stop-illegal-logging-and-poaching-on-the-spot.html

by Susan Bird July 3, 2014

Do you ever wonder what we can possibly do to end the plague of deforestation caused by illegal logging around the world? Does it worry you that we can’t seem to stop the creeping catastrophe of animal poaching? These seem to be hopeless problems with no solution.

Physicist and engineer Topher White, founder of the Rainforest Connection (RFCx), would disagree with that conclusion. He believes he has the answer, and it’s all about smartphones. Your smartphones, to be precise — the ones you’re probably throwing away or trading in.

Creative use of upcycled Android smartphones powered by flexible solar panels is “[t]echnology that can stop illegal logging and poaching on-the-spot,” according to the RFCx. ”It’s our answer to climate change and global mass extinctions.”

That’s a bold statement, but this idea could actually work. In fact, it does work, as RFCx’s earlier pilot program in the forests of Western Sumatra has already proved.

Hey Loggers and Poachers: We‘ll Be Listening From the Trees

FULL story at link. TWO videos below.

[boomer55]

1. Let the seal teams go after those who hire the poachers.