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Satellites Save Trees
The use of satellite technology
enabled the Costa Rican Ministry
of the Environment (MINAE in
Spanish) to save 11,000 trees
located in forest areas owned by
private citizens who had planned
to fell them.
According to Costa
Rican forest laws, trees in
forests cannot be cut down, but
they can when isolated in
pastures – for example –, pending
prior authorization.
MINAE found
that farmers resorted to several
tricks in order to be authorized
to fell certain trees, but now
that has been stemmed by
resorting to the GPS.
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