Posted On: 03/27/2013 9:27:11 AM
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Tucurui reservoir where The tigerlynk prototype was tested.
In recent years, this strange underwater forest has become an important source of income for local villagers who swim to the bottom with hydraulic chain saws. Able to cut up to 10 trees a day, the lake loggers can earn the equivalent of $330 a month, an outstanding wage in a region where few people earn even a fourth as much. The work, however, can be dangerous. Several loggers were killed by newly cut trees shooting to the surface before the workers learned to tie the trees down with ropes to control their upward "fall."
Today, the Tucurui loggers fear a new threat to their livelihood: the arrival of an international logging company with an electronically operated underwater cutting system. However, company officials promise jobs for all. Indeed, with some 1.5 million submerged trees awaiting harvest, even locals agree there should be plenty of work for everyone for many years to come.
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In recent years, this strange underwater forest has become an important source of income for local villagers who swim to the bottom with hydraulic chain saws. Able to cut up to 10 trees a day, the lake loggers can earn the equivalent of $330 a month, an outstanding wage in a region where few people earn even a fourth as much. The work, however, can be dangerous. Several loggers were killed by newly cut trees shooting to the surface before the workers learned to tie the trees down with ropes to control their upward "fall."
Today, the Tucurui loggers fear a new threat to their livelihood: the arrival of an international logging company with an electronically operated underwater cutting system. However, company officials promise jobs for all. Indeed, with some 1.5 million submerged trees awaiting harvest, even locals agree there should be plenty of work for everyone for many years to come.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/...amazon.asp
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