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Here's how satellite alerts are stopping deforestation in Africa

A member of Bouzid family shows a picture on his phone of of their farm, in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya, October 28, 2020. Picture taken October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed - RC2CSJ9VSCDX

Technology is being used all across the world to help protect the environment and stop climate change. Image: REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

Sonia Elks
Journalist, Reuters
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