World Nature Conservation Day: Startup's Gearing-up a Green Way for Future Generations

Conservation of Biodiversity: The practice of Biodiversity conservation is a beautiful art that involves the restoration and protection of natural habitants to safeguard the diverse range of life forms living on Earth. To achieve this, startups are harnessing the power of new-age technologies and techniques for wildlife monitoring using AI-powered acoustic sensors, drones, satellite remote sensing, and so on. These inventions are specifically designed and utilised for tracking the endangered species, environmental changes, and detect the potential risks interfered in the natural ecosystems.

Further they exhibit maximum efforts in conservation through executing projects on habitat restoration, initiatives on reforestation, and building wildlife corridors to uphold ecosystem resilience & genetic diversity.

“Application of Artificial Intelligence in conservation of wildlife is an emerging field. But so far the efforts (e.g. Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security or PAWS) are mostly beneficial for the large species only. Very little effort is devoted so far in using Artificial Intelligence to understand and protect lesser endangered species”, - Sandipan Sarkar, IBM Distinguished Engineer, CTO - Artificial Intelligence & IoT Practice, IBM.

Some ground-breaking startups are empowering and educating the local people to engage in nature conservation activities and pursue sustainable practices. These efforts by them help in ensuring the balance between the nature and planet seamlessly.

“Embedding environmental concepts into various subjects such as science, social studies, and language arts facilitates interdisciplinary learning and reinforces the relevance of environmental issues in everyday life”, - Kiranjit Pannu, CEO, VIBGYOR Group of Schools.