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Video: How Satellites and Drones Help Indigenous Peoples Protect the Amazon Forest
RFUS, Columbia University, and others teamed up to provide indigenous communities with technologies for monitoring and reporting deforestation.
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Reports
Community-Based Monitoring and Technology Can Cut Deforestation in the Amazon
Columbia University researchers unveil the preliminary findings of a year-long study on Rainforest Foundation US’s territorial monitoring work in the Peruvian Amazon.
Press
The Defenders of Darién
A spotlight on Rainforest Foundation US’s Carlos Doviaza, indigenouso Embera cartographer, and other defenders of Panama’s Darien rainforests
Stories
Smartphones and Satellite Imagery
The third of a series of blog posts covering tech-based monitoring strategies for combating deforestation, accompanied by a video from VICE News.
Stories
Training Indigenous Communities in Tech-Based Monitoring Saves Rainforests
The first of a series of blog posts covering tech-based monitoring strategies for combating deforestation, accompanied by a video by If Not Us Then Who?
Multimedia
Video: Communities Combat Coca Growers
“If Not Us Then Who?” and Rainforest Foundation US present a video about indigenous monitors who use technology to fight deforestation.
Multimedia
Video: Indigenous People in Peru Are Using Satellites And Drones To Fight Deforestation
Vice News follows the indigenous community of Buen Jardín de Callaru as they locate and confront illegal coca growers.
Stories
Indigenous Communities Fight Back with Drones
Indigenous communities are using 21st century solutions to defend their ancestral lands from encroachment.
Multimedia
To Protect Panama’s Forests, Train Indigenous People to Fly Drones
Rainforest Foundation US is training teams of indigenous people to fly drones. These teams will support communities to document and deter illegal invasions on their lands.
Stories
Ground-Breaking Technology Allows Remote Forest Communities to Report Illegal Activity in Real Time
Rainforest Foundation US’s sister organization in the United Kingdom unveils a new strategy for combatting illegal invasions on indigenous peoples’ lands.
