Congo pygmies go high-tech to protect forest home

GPS devices in hand, African pygmies head to the forest to put their habitats on the map and ward off the bulldozers.

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[ianchall]

potential for abuse

So instead of having to send field agents to try to ferret out native medicinal sources, drug companies can read the location off a map provided by the very natives themselves. Seems like a recipe for abuse. It begs the question, what is being done to safe-guard this data on behalf of those who are ill equipped to recognize the value of what they are providing?

[sadchild]

what do you get when cross a pygmy and a GPS

come on, there's GOT to be a joke in here somewhere.