Friday, March 30, 2007

Brazil to offer free internet access to Amazon tribes

Brazil is going to provide free internet access to native tribes in the Amazon to help protect the world's biggest rain forest. The goal of this project is to give the tribes a way to report illegal logging and ranching to help save the rainforest. There are areas in 13 states that were chosen to receive internet access. City and state governments will be in charge of building telecenters with computers deep inside the rainforest to allow the tribes to report illegal activities. Officials also say that it will be a chance to strengthen indigenous cultures by "by linking them and providing environmental education." To read more on this story, go here.

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