Michael Xue, vice president of Huawei Latin America, specified that Huawei will use algorithms based on artificial intelligence to purge the data so that it can be used by researchers to generate strategies focused on preserving and caring for endangered species.
“The data transmitted from acoustic-type monitoring sensors and cameras will allow us to obtain more knowledge of endangered species,” Xue said at a press conference.
The species care initiative is part of the Tech4Nature project in partnership with the Yucatan government, the state Secretariat for Sustainable Development, by C Minds, the Polytechnic University of Yucatan and the Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Mauricio Vila, governor of Yucatan, specified that for the start of the project there will be 15 cameras and the participation of 50 students from the Polytechnic University.
Nadine Seleem, Program Officer for the Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), specified that the data generated can be used to generate comprehensive public policies that promote nature-based solutions. In addition, she said, that this project can lay the foundations for the generation of biodiversity bonds to encompass investment opportunities and resource mobilization focused on conservation.
These types of projects have been carried out in four countries such as Spain, China, Switzerland and the Mauritius Islands and now in Mexico.