New AI solution aims to prevent deforestation
17th December 2020 1:02 pm Hitachi Vantara and Rainforest Connection have announced a solution using cloud-based AI software to predict illegal logging and prevent deforestation. Rainforest Connection CEO Topher White with guardian device on forest treetop Non-profit organisation Rainforest Connection aims to make a difference in the fight against climate change using its ‘guardian’ devices – small, android-run devices placed in the rainforest treetops – to pick up sounds and stream them to the cloud. “Protecting forests is critical to climate change,” explained Rainforest Con...