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Amazon teenagers speak out as deforestation rates climb

Amazon teenagers speak out as deforestation rates climb | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
Teenagers from the Amazon rainforest speak about their hopes for the future.
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Meet 4 Indigenous Activists Fighting for the Future of the Amazon

Meet 4 Indigenous Activists Fighting for the Future of the Amazon | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
Nemonte Nenquimo, Emergildo Criollo, Sandro Piaguaje, and Taita Pablo Maniguaje are committed to protecting the natural resources of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon.
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Crowdsourcing in the Amazon Rainforest to Educate and Conserve!

Crowdsourcing in the Amazon Rainforest to Educate and Conserve! | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it

" IBM has been charged by the Brazilian government with a tough sustainability problem: monitor and track biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest. The task is no small undertaking, considering there are at least 40,000 varieties of plant species that can be found in the Amazon"

The Morpho Institute's insight:

IBM creates a "citizen science" app that allows Amazon schools and communities to collect data on Amazon biodiversity - resutls in "massive data" collection and gives Amazon communities a new understanding appreciation of the world they live in! 

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Amazon Indigenous People Utilizes Modern Technology to Map 3.7 Million Acres of Ancestral Lands

Amazon Indigenous People Utilizes Modern Technology to Map 3.7 Million Acres of Ancestral Lands | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
Matsés Indigenous People of the Peruvian Amazon Complete Historic First Mapping of 3.7 Million Acres of Ancestral Lands
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Life Among the Trees - A Google Science Fair 2014 Hangout On Air with Dr. Meg Lowman - YouTube

The Wall Street Journal calls her "Einstein of the Treetops." National Geographic calls her "the real-life Lorax." She's known as "Canopymeg" for all the tim...
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