A couple of interesting articles about the promotion of the use of Western technologies, the internet & GPS, in order to help preserve biodiversity in the Brazilian rainforest. 
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1114-google_earth-act.html
Recently, the Brazian government has offered free Internet connections to indigenous peoples in the Amazon in order to reduce illegal logging.  The internet is a tool, which will allow Indigenous peoples to connect and communicate with one another in order to protect their areas.
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1114-google_earth-act.html

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