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Dronetech environmental meetup slides BGW2016
The environmental meetup discussed using drone technology for poaching prevention, monitoring air pollution, and measuring climate change impacts. Key speakers emphasized the alarming rates of poaching and the financial incentives driving it, highlighting the need for innovative solutions like the Anti-Poaching Engine (APE) to track and intercept poachers. The event aimed to foster collaboration among conservationists and technology experts to enhance wildlife protection efforts.
Dronetech environmental meetup slides BGW2016
- 1. Welcome Environmental meetup @Dronetechevents @Gemma_Screen #BGW2016Snapchat: dronesforgood
- 2. @dronetechevents #BGW2016 Welcome -Gemma Screen Poaching prevention - Jax Metcalfe The cost of illegal fishing & Chocolamentary - Mat Bjerregaard Networking & drinks
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- 5. @dronetechevents #BGW2016 Inspiring stories ofdronetech & the environment
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- 9. @dronetechevents #BGW2016 Jax Metcalfe Founder,Poaching Prevention ● Poachingprevention.org ● Facebook page ● @poachingprevent
- 10. MONITORING MAPPING PREDICTINGPREVENTING
- 11. Poaching on anindustrial scale
- 12. 100,000 pangolins killedby poachers each year
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- 16. • Poachers killbetween 30, 000 & 40,000 elephants each year / more than 1 every 15 minutes • In 2012 the poaching rate was 7.4% • Population growth rate for African elephants is estimated at 5%
- 17. At the beginningof the 20th century there were 500,000 rhinos across Africa and Asia Now there are fewer than 29,000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 early 1900s 1970 today • Poaching caused Africa’s black rhino populations to decline by an estimated 97.6% between 1960 and 1995 • 1,338 rhinos were poached for their horns in Africa last year; 1,175 of which were killed in South Africa • Currently more than 3 rhinos a day are poached in South Africa alone • Since 2007 rhino poaching in South Africa increased by almost 9,000%
- 18. 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 01998 2000 20022004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 South Africa is home to more than 80% of the world’s rhinos Recorded number of rhinos poached in South Africa Year
- 19. Why poaching isso prevalent Demand £14 billion per year pangolin scales - £415 per kg ivory - £775 per kg rhino horn - £42,000 p/kg High profit / low-risk
- 20. IMPLICATIONS Loss of ecosystem services•vegetation, nutrient cycling, seed dispersal and germination • firebreaks • hydrology Economics Wildlife tourism, employment • Poaching of flagship species robs states and communities of their natural assets • Undermines sustainable economic development, and has serious economic and social consequences that threaten the livelihoods of communities dependent on wildlife tourism and natural resource Terrorism & criminal organisations • Feeds in to well known terrorist organisations and organised crime • Annual income from ivory to militias, operating in the entire Sub-Saharan region, £ 3.0–8 million
- 21. The human cost •More than 1,000 rangers killed worldwide & many more injured over the last 10 years [source] IUCN • Poachers also loose their lives during incursions with rangers improvised gun
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- 24. Prof Thomas Snitch Predictthe locations of IED weapon caches in Iraq and Afghanistan, with over 93% accuracy Same pattern recognition applied to poaching Supercomputer-based capability, APE, recognises behavioural patterns in the movement of poachers and rhinos which it uses, along with topographic and seasonal data etc., to predict rhino location & the poachers point of entry into the protected area during the threat window The Anti-Poaching Engine (APE) generates precise flight paths for UAVs in coordination with on- ground ranger patrols
- 25. The software predicts,one day in advance, where the animals will be and where the poachers are likely to strike. Based on those findings, recommendations on where to position the rangers are produced, along with flight plans for UAVs; these are then encrypted and sent directly to the anti-poaching team in the field Anti-Poaching Engine (APE) How it Works 1. Predictive Analysis
- 26. Rangers are prepositioned wherethey can quickly cover all ingress and egress to the threat areas The mobile ground control is driven as close to the threat area as possible UAVs equipped with RGB & FLIR FPV zooming cameras are launched Everything seen by the cameras is transmitted back to the ground control system in real time UAV Mission Profile UAVs are flown constantly during the threat window, with batteries rapidly swapped out and aircraft relaunched to assure solid coverage Autopilots allow the UAVs to patrol a pre- programmed route, diverting only when anomalies are identified. 2. Prepositioned Rangers 3. Position Ground Control 4. Fly UAVs
- 27. When a potentialpoacher is spotted, UAV operators radio their exact position and direction of travel to nearby rangers who intercept and capture them A complete record of everything collected by the UAVs is stored for future analysis. After the mission is complete, data including animal sightings, weather conditions, poacher engagements, etc. are sent back to the analytical team to be integrated into the main database for the area. This additional data helps the heuristic Anti-Poaching Engine to become even more accurate over time. 5. Vector Rangers 6. Data Input
- 28. We will enableNPs, reserves, conservancies & partner NGOs to utilise our anti-poaching solutions package free of charge • UAVs with accompanying GPS, surveillance equipment & laptop etc. • Specialist training & support • Access to/output from the APE predictive analytical model
- 29. @dronetechevents #BGW2016 Mat Bjerregarrd, Conservationscientist & drone pilot The human cost of illegal fishing Chocolamentary @visualpersist Youtube Instagram visualpersistence.com #chocolamentary
- 30. Want to findout more? Environmental #dronechat: Tues 21 Jun, 5-6pm @dronetechevents More from Mat & Jax at #DTE17 10-12 May 2017 dronetecheurope.com Or get in touch: gemma@whisper.media