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earth ecosystem is being severely tested, remodeling the earth's ecological balance, realizing the harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and becoming a mission of scientific and technological forces to transform nature.
in the Asian Elephant Conservation Project of Xishuangbana National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, researchers have realized real-time observation and second-level early warning of wild Asian elephants' travel trajectory with the help of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data and other advanced technologies. With the help of science and technology, the Agency not only alleviated the current urgent human-image conflict, but also made new discoveries and inspirations for the ecological protection of the Xishuangdana Rainforest.Asian elephants are the largest and most representative terrestrial vertebrates in Asia, due to their scarcity, are a national I-level priority for wildlife conservation, and are listed as endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and are currently found only in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the southern border areas of Yunnan, China, and are the flagship species of tropical forest ecosystems. In the early 1980s, there were only about 170 Asian elephants in China, and with the establishment of the Xishuangbana National Nature Reserve and effective conservation measures, the number of wild Asian elephants in China has grown to about 300, of which 95% of the Asian elephant population lives in xishuangbana Nature Reserve.
As the asian elephant population grows, so does the work of the Xishuangdana National Nature Reserve: the number of Asian elephants is increasing, more and more Asian elephants are finding food to get out of their habitat - wild elephants are moving into villages and cities, human elephant conflicts are increasing; Adult Asian elephants eat about 300 kg of food a day, and the harm to humans caused by Asian elephants in human elephant conflicts is mainly manifested in large quantities of food, the destruction of crops and cash crops, the destruction of agricultural and agricultural facilities, the invasion of people's homes to steal food and damage property, and sometimes wild elephant attacks on people.
traditional monitoring methods are single and do not enable real-time monitoring in the Asian elephant monitoring approach. Monitoring relies primarily on daily manual lookouts or drone observations to obtain information on the location and number of Asian elephants. Due to the increasing frequency of elephant activity in Asia, manual monitoring alone can easily lead to incomplete observation, inaccurate location information and miscalculation.
the behavior patterns, habits and ecological environment of Asian elephant populations living deep in the rainforest are also changing, scientists need more data to understand the habits and laws of Asian elephants and provide scientific basis for the long-term protection of Asian elephants.
Asian elephant conservation experts have been exploring a new way to track and understand elephants in real time, with targeted object protection without having to travel with them at all times to keep themselves safe and protect elephants from being disturbed. And the realization of this goal depends on the addition of scientific and technological forces. Below: Warning signs set by wild elephants in frequent locations.There is no doubt that Asian elephant conservation requires the establishment of a large and complex system that takes into account the adverse natural conditions of complex landscapes and poor roads in protected areas, the appropriate localization of multi-type data collection equipment and the smooth transmission of data; Dozens of different types of business systems, such as real-time intelligent monitoring system, multi-terminal early warning system, rainforest and elephant group big data mining analysis system, visualization system and integrated resource management platform, are integrated organically to achieve intelligent, three-dimensional and sustainable asian elephant science protection and research.
In the face of the above situation, the Agency, in cooperation with Wave Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd., has used advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and big data to build an integrated solution from terminal to edge to cloud for elephant ecological protection in Asia, weaving infrared cameras, cameras, drones and other acquisition equipment in the rainforest into A data network, the realization of 24/7 real-time acquisition of images and image data, the edge end through the deployment of high-precision Asian elephant AI recognition model, real-time back-to-back images and video streams for millisecond accurate identification, and through mobile phone APP, SMS and broadcasting and other means of rapid warning, to prevent the occurrence of human elephant conflict. At the same time, the data after edge cleaning is synchronized to the cloud center, and Asian elephant AI recognition model training, optimization, data a collection, data mining and so on.
application of the Asian elephant ecological protection system not only solves the problem of real-time tracking of asian elephant behavior and human elephant conflict, but also helps to provide human insight into the habits of elephant species and the migration trajectory of populations through long-term tracking of wild Asian elephants. At present, this Asian elephant ecological protection system has been successfully warned more than 2,900 times. At the same time, based on the system collected 260,000 observational images, night-time image blur and Asian elephant debris image recognition and other technical problems have been overcome, Asian elephant AI recognition accuracy jumped from the international average of 60% to 96%, and is still improving.and technology to make the world a better place should be the responsibility and mission of every science and technology worker. With the strategy of "smart computing", the wave penetrates computing into all aspects of supporting human-to-human harmony, not only solving the problem of early warning and monitoring of Asian elephants, realizing the harmony of human elephants, but also supporting ecological co-construction by means of calculation, using the power of science and technology to support the study of ecological diversity in rainforests, and providing data basis for species conservation and scientific exploration.
the success of the Asian Elephant Monitoring and Early Warning System is an innovation in the wave of exploration of wildlife conservation, and there are many living things facing different survival dilemmas in our home state of Earth. Based on this exploration and experience, Wave said it will continue to participate in the conservation of more rare and endangered species, and penetrate the power of science and technology into the long-term proposition of maintaining the sustainable development of the Earth's ecology.