Tanzania, Feb. 21 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is now banking on technology to protect its forests and has outlined plans to purchase two drones during the current fiscal year.

Tanzania Forest Services Agency (TFS) said that apart from using patrol vehicles and motorcycles, the agency was also looking into investing in technology, including purchasing drones and other technologies to combat illegal logging.

Speaking yesterday during an event to receive four vehicles and 39 motorcycles for forest patrols from the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Ms Angellah Kairuki, the commissioner for conservation at TFS, Prof Dos Santos Silayo, said there has been an increase in crimes using motorcycles and threats to officers.

The governmen...