Air Shepherd. The use of drones fitted with high-resolution infrared cameras has contributed to a dramatic reduction in poaching in the areas it has been deployed.
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Technology is changing everything. It’s allowing rangers to anticipate potential problems. Instead of simply reacting to an animal being killed or a colleague getting injured, they can now get ahead of the game.”
Ted Schmitt, business development manager at Paul G Allen Philanthropies, the conservation wing of Seattle-based technology company Vulcan Inc, was speaking at the 2018 Tusk Conservation Lecture at the Royal Geographic Society in London. The timing was poignant. Just a few days earlier, Microsoft co-founder Allen, who created Vulcan, had died at the age of 65.