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Case study: GPS helps Brazil’s environmental team save the forest

By Jonathan Wheatley

Published: May 28 2009 21:39 | Last updated: May 28 2009 21:39

On the southern fringes of the Brazilian Amazon, internet connections are a rarity, writes Jonathan Wheatley. But GPS systems work anywhere.

They have become an important tool in helping one of the most active non-government organisations in the area to press ahead with its work of mapping out rural properties and helping ranchers and farmers to stay within the law.

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