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Android Phones Help Brazilian Tribe Save Amazon Rainforest
Brazil's Surui tribe became the first indigenous group to receive validation for their carbon offsets project last month, after four years of collaboration with the Google Earth Outreach team.
With the help of Facebooktools such as Android smartphones, members of the Surui tribe measured the carbon stock of their lands in the Amazon Rainforest. The tribe members submitted a proposal to the Rainforest Alliance, which was approved last month, enabling the tribe to sell their carbon offsets on the global carbon market.
The approval makes the Surui's project the first emmissions reduction effort in Brazil to be certified by both the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Climate, Com… Continue reading...
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