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AUNA & FLORA is an
F international conservation charity and non-governmental organisation dedicated to protecting the diversity of life on Earth . Fauna & Flora works closely with local conservation partners around the world to save nature .
In Vietnam , Fauna & Flora faced the challenge of habitat degradation due to cardamom crop planting in protected reserves , particularly in the fragile ecosystem of Mu Cang Chai forest , home to highly endangered primates , including the western black gibbon and the Indochinese grey langur .
It needed to track changes in the fragile ecosystem of the forest and also measure the extent of degradation in the gibbon ’ s habitat caused by cardamom cultivation .
Aiforgood Asia , an international NGO focused on AI and technology for environmental and social governance ( ESG ) projects , approached Fauna & Flora . By mapping the locations
IT specialist partners with conservation charity to detect illegal cardamom cultivation
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To address the challenge of forest degradation in Mu Cang Chai forest in Vietnam , Aiforgood Asia partnered with Crayon for its expertise in data and AI to develop a Proof-of-Concept computer vision-based solution that utilised remote sensing and Machine Learning to detect illegal cardamom cultivation in satellite imagery . Aiforgood Asia approached Fauna & Flora to explore innovative and cost-effective solutions to track changes in the forest and measure the extent of habitat degradation . Lam Van Hoang , Country Director at Fauna & Flora International , Vietnam , told Intelligent SME . tech more about the project .
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