The idea is to enable the forest's inhabitants - the Pygmies - to use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to communicate with logging companies. Over nine thousand Mbendjele Pygmies live in this part of the vast Congo River basin. The huge trees here are the center of life for the Pygmies...but the land is also used for logging.
Pygmies Use GPS System to Save Trees
The idea is to enable the forest's inhabitants - the Pygmies - to use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to communicate with logging companies. Over nine thousand Mbendjele Pygmies live in this part of the vast Congo River basin. The huge trees here are the center of life for the Pygmies...but the land is also used for logging.