COUNTRY FOCUS: SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa has by far
the largest population of
rhinos in the world and
is an important country
for rhino conservation.
However, more than 1,000
rhinos were killed last year
as a result of poaching,
with gangs now moving
to neighbouring countries.
Intelligent CIO hears from
one woman who is trying to
combat poaching thanks to
Artificial Intelligence.
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Cutting-edge
technology and AI used to
combating poaching
C
olleen Glaeser is the Global Marketing
Director for AxxonSoft, one of the
largest tech security companies in the
world. She is also the owner of South African
luxury safari lodge, Karkloof Safari Villas, and
has seen first hand the carnage rhino and
elephant poaching can have.
Therefore, she has innovatively combined
both AxxonSoft and Karkloof to combat it.
“The technology utilises the latest
surveillance and security solutions, and
incorporates Deep Learning, which is a
method under Artificial Intelligence (AI).
This technology has been adapted to tell the
difference between humans and animals.
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AXXONSOFT’S
DEEP LEARNING
SOLUTION NOW
ALERTS THE
OPERATORS IN THE
CONTROL ROOM
TO AN IMMEDIATE
POACHING THREAT.
“Prior to the incorporation of Deep Learning
in anti-poaching surveillance, software
often failed control rooms and response
units in that false alarms were on many
occasions, set off by animals, insects and
the weather. Control rooms were not able to
tell the difference between an actual threat
and a false alarm, which often resulted
in exhausting resources as teams were
dispatched for animals who had touched the
fence while grazing in their natural habitat.
“AxxonSoft’s Deep Learning solution now
alerts the operators in the control room to an
immediate poaching threat as poachers try
and breech the fence perimeter to enter the
reserve or park.”
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