Artificial intelligence is illuminating the way to protect animal species by providing good data on what is happening to wildlife. AI gives a comprehensive view of the planet's biodiversity and assists in the formulation of conservation policy.

1. IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON WILDLIFE
Tuğçe ARSLAN

2. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in
demand in quite a variety of fields
these days. Potential applications of
Artificial Intelligence (AI), already
crucial to global supply chains and
internet operations, are explored in
various contexts such as lawmak-
ing, medicine, and the military.
Then the question comes to
mind:
What does Artificial Intelli-
gence (AI) mean for nature?
Can Wildlife be Created
with Artificial Intelligence
(AI)?
Co–authored by Harvard Uni-
versity Landscape Architect Bradley
Cantrell, Environmental Histori-
an Laura Martin, and University
of Maryland Ecologist Erle Ellis,
the paper’s content is more of a
thought experiment than a practical
program – perhaps given the ad-
vances already driven by Artificial
Intelligence (AI). Nevertheless, it’s
not that far from practice. Some
researchers are already using Ar-
tificial Intelligence (AI) systems to
understand more complex ecologi-
cal datasets.
For example, researchers have
designed autonomous robots for
hunting invasive sea stars in the
Great Barrier Reef. In addition,
applications such as wildlife–direct-
ing fences, seed–dispersing planes,
and arranging river sediments to
support biodiversity are suggested
by experts for Artificial Intelligence
(AI)–powered systems.
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3. Why are Conservationists Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
for Wildlife Conservation?
Scientists are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to understand
what puts these species at risk by providing information on where
they were born, how many survive, where they went and how far
they went. Some advantages of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in ani-
mal species conservation include:
• It helps stop the illegal animal trade on social media.
• It helps conservationists detect and stop wildlife poaching.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps assess the species population
and see changes.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms can protect animal habi-
tats by predicting animal migration patterns.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) simplifies the collection and analysis
of large and fascinating datasets quickly.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) defines animal species, classifies
them into various classes, and gives detailed information.
• Designing an appropriate plan can provide information on the
impacts and mitigation of climate change on wildlife.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) assists wildlife researchers in study-
ing wild animal species collectively and developing strategies
to conserve them.
The application
of Artificial
Intelligence
(AI) has recent-
ly transformed
wildlife conser-
vation. Artificial
Intelligence (AI)
helps researchers
identify animals’
location, sighting
date, migration
patterns, and
even an animal
social group.
In addition, con-
servationists use
Artificial
Intelligence (AI)
to monitor and
protect animals
in their natural
habitat.
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4. 1. Rainforest Connection, a San Francisco–based NGO, uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to com-
bat illegal wildlife in Africa.
2. Microsoft’s Species Classification API Demo uses a machine learning model to describe over
5000 animal and plant species.
3. The World Wildlife Fund and Intel are collaborating with researchers on a project to monitor
and protect Siberian tigers in China using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
4. Conservation Metrics, a Santa Cruz–based company, uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
and machine learning models to help researchers monitor wildlife conditions, distribution,
and population trends.
5. Wildbook, a US–based non–profit organization, uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms to
digitally tag animals like human fingerprints. Algorithms analyze the public photo and video
streams to identify individual animals instantly.
6. DeepMind, a UK–based company, has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)–based model
to identify and count animal species. It is stationed in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI), scientists recognize wild animals and protect at–risk species
before it’s too late.
7. Conservation Assistant for Wildlife Security (PAWS): PAWS is an Artificial Intelligence (AI)
based application used for predictive analysis and resource optimization. It assists rangers
by analyzing data and providing information on topography, animal population, nature
trails, and foot traffic. In addition, Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps rangers detect wildlife
crimes.
8. Saving the global bee colony: Katharina Schmidt, founder of apic.ai, and her team de-
signed a beehive monitor to collect data using TensorFlow, Google’s open-source machine
learning framework. It is supported by tracking various bee activities, such as the number
of bees, their movement mode, or whether they carry pollen. Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps
experts make informed decisions by providing complete data and analytics reports.
9. Elephant Listening Project: Cornell University researcher Peter Wrege and his team used neu-
ral networks, a subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to collect and classify data on Savannah
Elephants surviving in the dense rainforests of Central Africa. They place sound recorders in
the forest to monitor forest sounds. Then, they set up different neural networks with Conserva-
tion Metrics, a California–based company, to isolate forest sounds and locate elephants and
poachers.
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