1.
Drones for environmental
protection & conservation
Safeguarding our world with accurate aerial data

2.
Drone technology is increasingly
being used
for conservation & environmental
protection work
Since these systems offer quick,
easy and cost-effective aerial
imagery, on demand

3.
look at how drones

4.
• Mammal counting
• Flock counting
• Nest counting & more
COUNTING ANIMALS
Duke University

5.
TRACKING ANIMALS
WilliamHook
• Using radio tracker
collars/triangulation

6.
PLANT CONSERVATION
• Species identification
• Plant/tree counting
• Growth/coverage monitoring
• Plant health/stress analysis
• Biomass estimation & more
KEW GIS

7.
• Forest mapping
• Vegetation health analysis
• Biomass estimation
• Fire detection & tracking
• Storm damage assessment
• Planting / re-planting campaign
planning
• Deforestation / illegal logging /
farming / incursion monitoring
FORESTRY
Hnit-Baltic

8.
CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
• Identification of glacial
features
• Analysis of glacier dynamics
• River modeling
• Coastal erosion tracking
ETH Zurich
Utrecht University
InternationalCenter for Integrated MountainDevelopment

9.
COASTAL MANAGEMENT
• Erosion monitoring
• Storm damage assessment
• Volume estimation
• Beach replenishment
planning
ATEC-3D

10.
TERRAIN MODELING
• Morphology
• Glacial features
• River banks
• Cliff faces
• Beaches
• Volcano craters
University of Hawaii

11.
RIVER & FLOOD ASSESSMENT
• River mapping & modeling
• Water-flow simulation
• Erosion monitoring
• Flood damage assessment
• Flood defense planning
Drone Adventures

12.
With the eBee drone we could
easily identify and map
geomorphological features in
the New Zealand Subantarctics,
which due to thick vegetation
and a lack of satellite coverage
would have been impossible
otherwise. The eBee's low noise
and 'natural' appearance was
also crucial,
since this meant it didn't disturb
local bird colonies
Dr. Zoë Thomas, Research
Associate, Climate Change
Research Centre (Australia)
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13.
than taking shots manually
from manned aircraft in fact
we realised we could buy a full
drone system for what two
aerial surveys would have cost
us in the past! We expect the
eBee to become a solid and
very important component
of our research program as we
David W. Johnston, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Nicholas
School of the Environment,
Duke University Marine
Laboratory (USA)
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14.
Rotary (helicopter) drone systems are best
suited to monitoring and charting smaller
areas, enabling operators to capture video
imagery and respond to this feedback live

15.
-wing UAVs such as
eBee allow users to
map larger areas in a single
autonomous flight

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Explore a world of environmental
drone projects at:
www.sensefly.com/enviro