Next generation fixed-wing drones, capable of operating autonomously beyond the standard visual line of sight, are creating datasets of major wildlife populations around South Georgia for long-term monitoring to aid conservation efforts. The team from British Antarctic Survey travelled to South Georgia earlier this month to undertake aerial surveys of …
Read More »CDA to acquire drones to monitor wildlife, forests – Pakista…
ISLAMABAD: The city managers have decided to acquire drone cameras for monitoring wildlife and forests. As a pilot project, the CDA has floated a tender to purchase a drone camera with latest equipment at a cost of Rs6.8 million for the Model Forestry Park, Malpur. “The use of drone will …
Read More »How drones and AI are protecting endangered wildlife
At a conference hosted by the Born Free Foundation, conservationists outlined how they are harnessing technology to protect endangered wildlife. Andrew Wade reports It is no small irony that as humanity destroys more and more of the natural world, it concurrently increases its ability to both study and protect it. We are living …
Read More »Niger turns to drones to protect precious wildlife
Niger is turning to drone technology to help protect a Saharan antelope and other endangered species in Africa’s largest terrestrial park. The Termit and Tin Toumma reserve in the southeast of the West African desert state is at threat from poaching, deforestation, over-grazing and armed conflict. French conservation group Noe …
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