Poachers take advantage of cover of night to evade rangers. WWF installed a thermal infrared camera that can sense poachers in darkness using their body heat. This is a game changer for rangers and allows them to track down poachers through darkness. According to Colby Loucks, lead of the WWF’s Wildlife Crime Technology Project, “Poachers can no longer use the cover of night to run and hide. Their days of evading arrest are over.” WWF is collaborating with FLIR Systems Inc. to use their thermal imaging technology. FLIR (forward-looking infrared) technology is used for military and defense purposes. Google.org has provided a $5 million grant to WWF’s Wildlife Crime Technology Project to support technology to fight wildlife crime.
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Three ghostly figures march at a steady pace from left to right across a grainy screen—a small caravan of poachers on the hunt for wildlife in the Maasai Mara …
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WWF develops a new technology to stop poachers in their tracks An innovative camera and software system helps rangers detect human activity in protected areas
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FLIR is the world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of thermal imaging infrared cameras.
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