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Jamaican Drones – Combatting Illegal fishing

May 16, 2015 theDroneInfojamaican drones, poaching, stop poachers0 comment

Much like drones fighting poaching in Tanzania, Jamaican Drones are flying to fight illegal fishing activities You say Jamaica and I think Bob Marley, warm breezes, and an amazing tourist destination. You say Jamaican Drones and I think innovation. You probably remember our series on drone use to stop poachers in Tanzania (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). This is not the first use for drones in wildlife conservation, but it is great to see the concept spreading across the globe. The Caribbean Journal, among other publications, is reporting the…

Crowdfunded Drones: The KickStarter Splash Drone and More

April 2, 2015 theDroneInfoAir Shepherd Drone, ares drone, crowdfunded, crowdfunded drones, elephants, Kickstarter Splash Drone, poaching, rhinos, splash drone0 comment

Crowdfunded Drones will have success in 2015. You only have to look at the KickStarter Splash Drone to understand that this is true. I often check out KickStarter and IndieGogo to see what ideas are floating around in this space. We have spoken about the KickStarter Splash Drone a few times because it is truly an amazing success in terms of donations. Here is a summary of a few of the crowd funded drone projects that have caught our eye. KickStarter Splash Drone We had to start here. With five days…

Drones are helping with wildlife conservation

March 23, 2015 theDroneInfoconservation, counting, india, melghat, poaching, tigers, wildlife0 comment

The Times of India ran an article this weekend interviewing Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, the chief conservator of forest (CCF) & field director of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR). The focus of the article was wildlife conservation. This caught our eye as the article was discussing the fact that UAV/drones will help conservation efforts in two important areas: Enabling a more accurate count of the melghat tiger population. The population has dropped from 80 to 30 tigers over the course of the last decade and it can be difficult to track them down to keep an…

Drones In The News

Rhino Poaching being prevented in Africa with drones

March 23, 2015 theDroneInfoafrica, conservation, poaching, rhino, rhinos, tracking0 comment

As we noted this morning with regards to tigers in India, we are seeing drones used to protect rhinos in africa, tracking rhinos and preventing rhino poaching. This post from HuffPost shares some great information. Angiew / Pixabay “Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology designed by Spanish engineers will be used to fight rhino poachers in national parks in Africa. The ranger drone is fitted with thermal vision that can report potential irregularities in real time. Designed to be an easy tool for use by park rangers, its makers say…