Philippine Innovation & Environment
The Rainforest Connection and Connected Mangroves Source: Philippine Mangroves Drones, Cell Phones, the Cloud Fighting Climate Change In the Philippines, telecom company PLDT and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications are deploying drones, cell phones, digital technology and the Cloud to preserve and protect critical areas of global environmental biodiversity. Specifically, they're using technology to protect the Caimpuga Peatlands and the Aguran Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary. They contain the only remaining peat swamp forest in the Philippines. The project is called The Rainforest Connection. Another PLDT program Connected Mangroves is using technology to protect mangrove forests. These are unique ecosystems critical in the fight against Climate Change. Climate Change's Impact Peatlands can store twice as much carbon as all ...