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Adapted from "Mobile Phones Can Surf the Internet, Take Photos, Play Music and . . . Protect Forests"
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Adapted from "Mobile Phones Can Surf the Internet, Take Photos, Play Music and . . . Protect Forests"
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Money doesn't grow on trees, but timber thefts are thriving. Every year, forests the size of Panama are lost. Some of the destruction is by small farmers clearing land to raise crops and livestock, but the bigger problem is illegal logging.
All over the world people raid national parks at night. They create false forestry management plans so they can log in protected areas. They grow banned species of wood in order to cut them down.
The World Bank estimates that illegal logging costs close to $15 billion annually in lost revenue for governments. The practice leads to unsustainable development and hurts the welfare of the people who depend on forests. It threatens the biodiversity of wildlife. It fuels climate change by reducing trees, which absorb the greenhouse gases that are warming our planet.
But a clever use of mobile phones is helping to change the game. Smartphones placed in tree canopies and powered by solar panels can detect the sound of chainsaws from far away. The phones then alert officials to logging. Two weeks into Rainforest Connection's pilot project, these mobile phones have helped already helped to catch thieves. One program is even using recycled smartphones to track illegal logging.
Consumers can help protect endangered forests by looking for the Forest Stewardship Council certification when buying wood products.
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Question 1.
The MAIN purpose of the Rainforest Connection project is to stop people from
growing banned species of wood.
clearing land for farming and livestock.
creating false forestry management plans.
Read the passage and answer the following question(s).
Adapted from "Mobile Phones Can Surf the Internet, Take Photos, Play Music and . . . Protect Forests"
Read the passage. Then answer the questions that follow.
Money doesn't grow on trees, but timber thefts are thriving. Every year, forests the size of Panama are lost. Some of the destruction is by small farmers clearing land to raise crops and livestock, but the bigger problem is illegal logging.
All over the world people raid national parks at night. They create false forestry management plans so they can log in protected areas. They grow banned species of wood in order to cut them down.
The World Bank estimates that illegal logging costs close to $15 billion annually in lost revenue for governments. The practice leads to unsustainable development and hurts the welfare of the people who depend on forests. It threatens the biodiversity of wildlife. It fuels climate change by reducing trees, which absorb the greenhouse gases that are warming our planet.
But a clever use of mobile phones is helping to change the game. Smartphones placed in tree canopies and powered by solar panels can detect the sound of chainsaws from far away. The phones then alert officials to logging. Two weeks into Rainforest Connection's pilot project, these mobile phones have helped already helped to catch thieves. One program is even using recycled smartphones to track illegal logging.
Consumers can help protect endangered forests by looking for the Forest Stewardship Council certification when buying wood products.
Resize Columns
Question 1.
The MAIN purpose of the Rainforest Connection project is to stop people from
growing banned species of wood.
clearing land for farming and livestock.
creating false forestry management plans.
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