http://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-deforestation-idUSKCN0YO0BThttp://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-deforestation-idUSKCN0YO0BT
"Panama's indigenous groups first started using drones to monitor their ancestral lands last year, the FAO said.
The current FAO
drone project began in February and is being carried out through the
U.N.'s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Programme (UN-REDD), in partnership with Panama's environment ministry
and the non-governmental Rainforest Foundation.
The
project focuses on seven ethnic tribes in Panama. Up to three
representatives of each tribe, including women, are trained to use
drones, download and interpret images, produce detailed maps and collect
data.
The project's first drone flight was last month, the FAO said."
Even forest tribes see the economical usefulness of drones. Let's just hope the idiots don't spoil a good thing.
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