{"id":11485,"date":"2016-10-27T12:31:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T10:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=11485"},"modified":"2016-11-10T16:00:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:00:26","slug":"conservation-by-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2016\/10\/conservation-by-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Conservation by drone[:af]Bewaring via hommeltuig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]You&#8217;ve seen the videos on YouTube \u2013 sweeping, breathtaking aerial shots capturing locations inaccessible to most people. On Wednesday Rhino Africa released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fzBVPKU_qX8\">a video compiled with drone footage which shows the beauty of Africa<\/a> and the results are truly breathtaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We can now gain access to previously remote areas with drones or UAV&#8217;s (unmanned aerial vehicles) controlled by remote or with the guidance of software and GPS. These flying robots were named &#8220;drones&#8221; because they resemble the monotonous\u00a0sound a male bee makes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2016\/10\/conservation-by-drone\/drone-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2016\/10\/drone-1.jpg\" alt=\"drone\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Initially, drones weren&#8217;t used for recreational activities. The first drones were utilised in the military, but today civilian drones outnumber their military counterparts. It is estimated that, by 2015, over a million has been sold. Currently, they are used\u00a0 in commercial, scientific, recreational, agricultural, and other applications,\u00a0such as policing and surveillance, aerial photography and conservation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The idea of using UAVs for conservation was conceived by Lian Pin Koh, a conservation ecologist and Serge Wich, a primate biologist in January 2011. It soon came to light that the available UAVs were too expensive for use in developing countries where they were most needed. The only solution for Lian and Serge was to build their own more affordable version, which ended up costing\u00a0less than $2,000.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, they tested their prototype in\u00a0North Sumatra, Indonesia where the UAV flew over 30 missions and collected thousands of high-quality aerial images and video footage of forests and wildlife. (<a href=\"https:\/\/conservationdrones.org\/our-story\/\">https:\/\/conservationdrones.org\/our-story\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>As their research became known, the term &#8220;Conservation Drone&#8221; was coined and by 2012 the International Anti-Poaching Foundation was using UAV&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FIrgjCNcDBI\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FIrgjCNcDBI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FIrgjCNcDBI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Worldwide organisations began using drones for conservation. In 2012 the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) started using UAVs in Chitwan National Park, Nepal to monitor rhinos, tigers and elephants, but also to deter poachers.\u00a0In the same year, Google donated $5 million to the WWF to purchase conservation drones to fly over parts of Africa and Asia in an attempt to help monitor and catch wildlife poachers.<\/p>\n<p>Closer to home UAVs have been used successfully in the Kruger National Park against rhino poachers. In 2012 a UAV was loaned to the South African National Parks authority by its manufacturer, Denel Dynamics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In March 2014, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation announced a 255 million rand donation for a three-year initiative in partnership with Nature Conservation Trust, South African National Parks (SANParks) and a South African public benefit organisation (PBO) to combat poaching in Kruger National Park and test new anti-poaching technology. SANParks is testing the use of drones and this year, the Foundation added a further 37.7 million rand to buy a helicopter for use in anti-poaching operations.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetherhino.org\/rhino_info\/thorny_issues\/the_use_of_drones_in_rhino_conservation\">https:\/\/www.savetherhino.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>In Namibia,\u00a0the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society used this technology to monitor the annual seal cull and also to combat rhino poaching in\u00a0Etosha National Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other uses for UAVs include aerial crop surveys,\u00a0aerial photography,\u00a0search and rescue,\u00a0inspection of power lines and pipelines,\u00a0counting wildlife, delivering medical supplies to otherwise inaccessible regions, and detection of illegal hunting,\u00a0reconnaissance operations,\u00a0cooperative environment monitoring, border patrol missions,\u00a0convoy protection,\u00a0forest fire detection and monitoring, \u00a0surveillance, coordinating humanitarian aid,\u00a0plume tracking,\u00a0land surveying, fire and large-accident investigation,\u00a0landslide measurement,\u00a0illegal landfill detection,\u00a0the construction industry\u00a0and crowd monitoring. (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle\">Wikipedia<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[SOURCES:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/conservationdrones.org\/our-story\/\">https:\/\/conservationdrones.org\/our-story\/<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservation_Drones\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservation_Drones<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetherhino.org\/rhino_info\/thorny_issues\/the_use_of_drones_in_rhino_conservation\">https:\/\/www.savetherhino.org\/rhino_info\/thorny_issues\/the_use_of_drones_in_rhino_conservation<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>[:af]Jy het al die videos op YouTube gesien \u2013 uitgestrekte, asemrowende lugskote van areas wat feitlik ontoeganklik is vir die meeste mense.\u00a0Rhino Africa het Woensdag`n video vrygestel wat met behulp van `n hommeltuig verfilm is. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fzBVPKU_qX8\">Die video wys die skoonheid van Afrika <\/a>en die resultate is asemrowend.<\/p>\n<p>Deesdae kan ons toegang kry tot feitlik enige afgele\u00eb area met behulp van`n hommeltuig of UAV (<em>unmanned aerial vehicle<\/em>) met afstandbeheer, sagteware of \u0149 GPS-stelsel. Hierdie vlie\u00ebnde robotte word &#8220;hommeltuie&#8221; genoem omdat\u00a0hulle\u00a0klink soos die eentonige gedreun\u00a0van \u0149 manlike by. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aanvanklik is hommeltuie nie net as blote tydverdryf gebruik nie. Die eerste toestelle is aangewend deur die weermag, maar vandag is siviele hommeltuie meer algemeen as hul milit\u00eare eweknie\u00eb. Na beraming is daar teen 2015 reeds meer as \u0149 miljoen verkoop en word hulle gebruik vir kommersi\u00eble, wetenskaplike, ontspannings- en landboudoeleindes, sowel as ander funksies soos polisi\u00ebring, toesig, lugfotografie en\u00a0natuurbewaring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2016\/10\/conservation-by-drone\/drone-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2016\/10\/drone-1.jpg\" alt=\"drone\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Die idee om UAV&#8217;s te gebruik vir\u00a0natuurbewaring is in Januarie 2011 deur Lian Pin Koh, \u0149 natuurbewaringsekoloog en Serge Wich, \u0149\u00a0primaatbioloog\u00a0bedink. Dit was egter gou duidelik dat die beskikbare UAV&#8217;s te duur was vir ontwikkelende lande waar hulle die nodigste was. Lian en Serge se enigste oplossing was om hul eie, meer bekostigbare weergawe te bou. Die prototipe se koste het uitgewerk op minder as $2,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u0149 Jaar later is die prototipe getoets in Noord-Sumatra, Indonesi\u00eb waar dit meer as 30 ritte onderneem het en duisende ho\u00eb-resolusie lugfoto&#8217;s en videomateriaal van woude en die natuurlewe versamel het. (<a href=\"https:\/\/conservationdrones.org\/our-story\/\">https:\/\/conservationdrones.org\/our-story\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Na mate Lian en Serge se navorsing bekend geraak het, is die term &#8220;Conservation Drone&#8221; gebore en teen 2012 is UAV&#8217;s ook deur die\u00a0<em>International Anti-Poaching Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FIrgjCNcDBI\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FIrgjCNcDBI)<\/p>\n<p>Hommeltuie word reeds w\u00eareldwyd vir natuurbewaring gebruik. Die WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) het dit in 2012 in die Chitwan Nasionale Park in Nepal, begin gebruik om renosters, tiere en olifante te monitor, maar ook om\u00a0te dien as \u0149 afskrikmiddel vir\u00a0stropery. In dieselfde jaar Google $5 vir die WWF gegee om hommeltuie aan te koop om gedeeltes van Afrika en Asi\u00eb te monitor en stropery te bekamp.<\/p>\n<p>Ook in Suid-Afrika is UAV&#8217;s suksesvol in die Kruger Nasionale Park teen renosterstropers gebruik nadat <em>Denel Dynamics,<\/em>\u00a0\u0149 vervaardiger van die tegnologie, dit aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Parkeraad geleen het vir natuurbewaring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Maart 2014 het die\u00a0Howard G. Buffett Stigting\u00a0aangekondig dat\u00a0hulle 255 miljoen rand skenk vir \u0149 driejaar inisiatief,\u00a0in samewerking met die\u00a0Natuurbewaringstrust, Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Parkeraad (SANParks) en \u0149 Suid-Afrikaanse openbare\u00a0winsorganisasie (PBO). Hierdie inisiatief se doel is om stropery in die Kruger Nasionale Park te beveg en\u00a0nuwe anti-stropery tegnologie te toets. SANParke toets tans die hommeltuie en vanjaar het die Stigting\u00a0\u0149 verdere 37.7 miljoen gegee vir die aankoop van \u0149 helikopter vir gebruik teen stropery bedrywighede. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetherhino.org\/rhino_info\/thorny_issues\/the_use_of_drones_in_rhino_conservation\">https:\/\/www.savetherhino.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>In Namibi\u00eb is hierdie tegnologie deur die <em>Sea Shepherd Conservation Society<\/em>\u00a0gebruik om die jaarlikse uitdunproses van robbe te monitor en ook om rensosterstropery in die Etosha Nasionale Park te bekamp.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ander gebruike vir UAV&#8217;s sluit in: opnames van gewasse, lugfotografie, reddingspogings, inspeksie van kraglyne en pypleidings, tel van wild, aflewering van mediese voorrade in andersins ontoeganklik gebiede, die opsporing van persone wat onwettige jag, verkenningsoperasies, ko\u00f6peratiewe omgewings monitor, grenspatrollie-missies, beskerming van konvooie, bosbrandbeheer, toesig, humanit\u00eare hulp, landmeting, vuur en ongelukke ondersoek, meting van grondverskuiwings, opsporing van onwettige stortingsterreine, die konstruksiebedryf en ook skare beheer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[SOURCES:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/conservationdrones.org\/our-story\/\">https:\/\/conservationdrones.org\/our-story\/<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservation_Drones\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conservation_Drones<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetherhino.org\/rhino_info\/thorny_issues\/the_use_of_drones_in_rhino_conservation\">https:\/\/www.savetherhino.org\/rhino_info\/thorny_issues\/the_use_of_drones_in_rhino_conservation<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]You&#8217;ve seen the videos on YouTube \u2013 sweeping, breathtaking aerial shots capturing locations inaccessible to most people. On Wednesday Rhino Africa released a video compiled with drone footage which shows the beauty of Africa and the results are truly breathtaking.\u00a0 We can now gain access to previously remote areas with drones or UAV&#8217;s (unmanned aerial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,29153,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-green-it-2","category-research"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 02:23:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11485"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11540,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11485\/revisions\/11540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}