Tag "Amazon Rainforest"
Global Positioning System
Activists Use GPS Systems to Track Illegal Logging Operations in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest on earth. It covers 5% of the world’s surface area and reaches into nine South American countries. Deforestation normally starts with logging. Loggers
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Earth from Space: Adeus, Amazon Rainforest Deforestation
24 years of Amazon Rainforest deforestation in the Brazilian state of Rondônia are shown in a simulated animation. Source: ESA