Environmental Science
4 years ago

New model targets illegal logging in Brazil, saving rainforests.

Research in the Mathematical Sciences
Modeling illegal logging in Brazil
Bohan Chen, Kaiyan Peng, Christian Parkinson, Andrea L. Bertozzi, Tara Slough, Johannes Urpelainen

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Illegal logging in Brazil is a big problem causing deforestation. Scientists created a model to help catch the criminals. They used math to figure out how to stop illegal logging. By studying real data from the Brazilian rainforest, they found that targeted patrols are important to stop the bad guys.