The Hon Sussan Ley MP
Minister for the Environment
The Morrison Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP) is bringing together scientists, the latest AI technology and the traditional knowledge of Cape York Indigenous rangers to boost the survival rates of turtle hatchlings in Australia’s remote far north.
NESP is supporting a collaboration between technology giant Microsoft, CSIRO and Aak Puul Ngantam (APN) Cape York to give rangers critical, real-time information to protect endangered turtle nests from feral predators.
Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said the world-first AI-infused cloud-based system would make a real difference to the work of local rangers and to the survival rates of sea turtles.