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Greater protection for Zambia’s orphaned elephants and other vulnerable species
This past month, Smart Parks joined a scoping trip to Kafue National Park, Zambia in collaboration with a unique tech-conservation initiative. This effort at Kafue National Park originated in 2017 with Cisco, FLIR Systems, World Wildlife Fund, Game Rangers International [...]
Artificial intelligence in wildlife conservation
We would like to share some valuable insights about artificial intelligence (AI) which is now used to monitor and protect wildlife. At Smart Parks we are always on the lookout of new technologies and developments in the field that can [...]
‘Holy grail in rhino monitoring’ deployed in Liwonde National Park
Smart Parks and African Parks have successfully implanted the first GPS LoRaWAN™ enabled transmitters into the horns of two eastern black rhinos at Liwonde National Parks in Malawi. The devices provide park management with a real-time position of the critically [...]
Smart Parks power monitoring sensors for Hluhluwe-iMfolozi
The South African game reserve Hluhluwe-iMfozoli has been provided with Smart Parks power monitoring sensors. This enables park management to check the charge control unit at their LoRaWAN gateway stations in real-time. The devices provide the anti-poaching command and control [...]
First Smart Park in Kenya created with Big Life Foundation
The Big Life Foundation and Smart Parks created the first Smart Parks in Kenya to improve the protection of the Amboseli-Tsavo-Kilimanjaro ecosystem. During the installment last week, a gateway and several sensors were deployed. Gateway installment at Big Life [...]
Real-time sound meters in African game park to detect intruders
Smart Parks and Munisense are proud to announce that the first Munisense sound meters have been added to the sensor solution in a game park in Rwanda. The brand new NP-series sound meters continuously measure the environmental sound from [...]