2024-01-07 06:31:36
In 35 years, more than 420 million hectares of forest have disappeared from the surface of the globe, the equivalent of 100x the surface area of Switzerland. But the massive use of artificial intelligence could well help to slow the trend.
In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, small boxes have appeared on certain tree trunks. These are sound sensors, a new weapon to fight against deforestation, explains Raimundo Cláudio Gomes, researcher at the State University of Amazonas, Friday in the 7:30 p.m.
“The advantage of this system is that it can detect an incursion of loggers cutting down trees with tractors or chainsaws.”
To achieve this, the researchers first recorded the characteristic sounds of all types of chainsaws and tractors before entrusting them to specialists.
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