Treetop sensors help Indonesia eavesdrop on forests to curb illegal logging
7 Min Read SOLOK, Indonesia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Clipped onto a rope, climbing high up in a tree swaying in gusts of wind, Topher White finally reaches the roof of the rainforest and opens a laptop to run checks on a machine he built to transmit 24-hour live sound from the surrounding forest. The machine is one of 27 “Guardian” sensors eavesdropping on forests in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, to listen out for chainsaws as a way to tackle illegal logging in the region. Over the next five or six years, White hopes to install tens of thousands of these audio sensors in fore...
Source: reuters.com