A new study published today by the University of Sussex shows how researchers are using AI technology and social media to help identify global threats to wildlife.
A new study published today by the University of Sussex shows how researchers are using AI technology and social media to help identify global threats to wildlife.
Researchers at Sussex have used AI to access online records from Facebook, X/Twitter, Google, and Bing, to map the global extent of threats to bats from hunting and trade.
The new study demonstrates how social media and online content generated by news outlets and the public, can help to increase our understanding of threats to wildlife across the world – and refocus conservation efforts.
The Sussex team identified 22 countries involved in bat exploitation, covering both hunting and trade, that had not previously been identified by traditional academic research, including Bahrain, Spain, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Singapore, which had the highest number of new records.
Read more at University of Sussex
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