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19.06.2013

The American non-profit organization Rainforest Connection has announced a project to protect the rainforests of Indonesia from illegal logging, reports NewScientist. The organization proposed to install in the forests where "black loggers" operate, sound sensors that can respond to the sound of a saw and immediately notify the forest services about cutting down (indicating the location of violators). It is proposed to use smartphones based on Android as sensors.

The pilot project, which starts in June, will involve new smartphones - their Rainforest Connection was provided by partner companies. Going forward, however, the organization wants to use used devices donated by users. Special software will be installed on the devices and fixed on trees. Each phone, claims Rainforest Connection, is able to "listen" to the territory with a radius of half a kilometer. The microphone of the device in search of noise will be permanently on. The smartphone will be powered by solar panels.

Rainforest Connection does not rule out that public control may subsequently be established over the felling. Through mobile applications, the facts of illegal logging will be notified not only to special services, but also to everyone.

The rain forests of Indonesia are the third largest in terms of area after the forests of the Amazon and the Congo Basin. The forests are home to many species of animals and birds, many of which are endangered. According to the Rainforest Connection, more than a million hectares of forest are cut down annually in the country.

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