Google Earth to Provide Amazon Tribe With Satellite Imagery to Aid Land Protection

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Rio de janeiro—Google Earth has agreed to work with the Surui, an Amazon tribe in Brazil, to provide regularly updated high-resolution satellite imagery to help the tribe monitor and protect its 250,000 hectare reserve in western Ronddnia state.rn"We have offered to work with third-party imagery providers, like governments and satellite companies, to get the most recent, high-resolution imagery available of the Surui reserve that the tribe needs to protect its land," Megan Quinn, a Google spokeswoman, told BNA June 13. "We have also offered to assist the Surui develop Google Earth 'layers' that tell the story of the tribe's struggle to safeguard its land and culture."