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Cellphones as logging detectors

by Molly Wood
Jul 15, 2014
An entrepreneur looks to fight illegal loggers, one used cellphone at a time.
This photo taken on November 13, 2013 shows a timber company worker carrying a chainsaw in the forests of Berau, East Kalimantan, in Indonesia. A new app looks to use cellphones to detect illegal loggers. 
(BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images)
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The global problem of illegal logging

by David Brancaccio
Oct 23, 2013
A federal probe into a Virginia household wood company has revealed a larger, worldwide problem with poached wood.
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