A refreshingly 'green' and exceptional voice from Brazil this month, as director Gilberto Camara of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) talks to GIM International (see page 12) about his country's efforts to monitor and save the rainforest. He has been leading the institute since 2005, working on several operations to monitor deforestation in the Amazon rainforest using remote sensing and satellite imagery to record day-to-day changes in the landscape. This has decreased deforestation, yielding input for officials whose job it is to enforce law in the forest. It's a great example from the South American country which suffered corruption and poverty for so long, and still does in many ways, demonstrating its capacity to find a solution for safeguarding the lungs of the world.
展开▼
