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The Guardian: Activists use GPS to track illegal loggers in Brazil’s rainforest

Odani sawmill, located in Placas, Par·, linked with logging and processing of illegal timber. An investigation by Greenpeace used covert GPS locator beacons to monitor logging trucks. During the day, empty logging trucks travel deep into the rainforest and at night they travel from illegal logging camps to sawmills in SantarÈm, These sawmills regularly export timber to Europe, China and the United States. 3∞28'21.36"S 54∞24'33.05"W
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17 October 2014 at 3:29 (Updated on 14 September 2020 at 11:51)
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