Forest dept. plans AI-enabled camera system in Munnar to check man-animal conflict
1 month, 1 week ago

Forest dept. plans AI-enabled camera system in Munnar to check man-animal conflict

The Hindu  

The Forest department will install the Anakkulam model Artificial Intelligence -enabled surveillance camera system under the Munnar forest division in Idukki. According to High Range Circle Chief Conservator of Forests Arun R.S., the surveillance camera system will be installed at human-animal conflict hotspots in Munnar. Through the AI-enabled surveillance camera system, the Forest department can identify the movement of wild animals in human habitations and take timely preventive methods. “We will fix display boards at Anchammile, Thalayar Factory, Chatta Munnar, and Ezham Mile in the Munnar range.” The boards would display warning messages when wild animals reached the roadsides in Munnar, said the official.

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Forest Department continues to monitor wild elephant near Coimbatore
1 month, 1 week ago

Forest Department continues to monitor wild elephant near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Forest Department is continuing to monitor a male wild elephant that allegedly trampled two persons to death and caused damages to properties in villages bordering forests. Field staff from Coimbatore and Periyanaickenpalayam forest ranges have been tasked to monitor the movement of the elephant, following demands from certain sections of farmers for its translocation. An official from the Department …

Wild animal attacks: Forest department to form primary response teams modelled on RRT in Munnar’s plantations
1 month, 1 week ago

Wild animal attacks: Forest department to form primary response teams modelled on RRT in Munnar’s plantations

The Hindu  

The Forest department will form a primary response team in the plantation areas of Munnar to prevent the increasing number of wild animal attack-related incidents. “In addition, the Forest department has already begun awareness camps among plantation workers in Munnar on human-animal conflict management,” said Mr. Biju. Forest officials say the illegal roadside shops and the Munnar panchayat-owned waste dumping …

Forest Department brings kumki Muthu from ATR to drive out wild elephants in Coimbatore
2 months ago

Forest Department brings kumki Muthu from ATR to drive out wild elephants in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A day after a 69-year-old man from Pannimadai near Coimbatore was trampled to death by a wild elephant, the Forest Department on Friday brought a kumki from the Anamalai Tiger Reserve to drive out wild elephants that enter human habitations. Forest Department officials said that kumki Muthu from Kozhikamuthi elephant camp of ATR was brought to Coimbatore on Friday evening. …

Forest dept. urge new methods to keep elephants away from Munnar panchayat dump yard
2 months ago

Forest dept. urge new methods to keep elephants away from Munnar panchayat dump yard

The Hindu  

The Forest department has urged the Munnar grama panchayat to purchase a 12-bore pump-action gun to keep the wild elephants from entering the panchayat-owned waste dumping yard at Kallar. Munnar range officer Biju S. said, “The animals can be kept away using a pump-action gun in three ways: by using the sound, firing rubber bullets, and firing pellets. A recent …

AI cameras prevent train collisions with elephants
2 months, 4 weeks ago

AI cameras prevent train collisions with elephants

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: There has been no elephant death on the railway tracks in Madukkarai forest range ever since AI-enabled camera surveillance system was commissioned in February 2024. According to forest department sources, 12 AI-enabled cameras were fixed in the area in November 2023 on pilot basis and officially inaugurated by the then forest minister M Mathiventhan in February 2024. Of the …

TN's Gudalur forest dept plans drone surveillance of wild animals
3 months, 2 weeks ago

TN's Gudalur forest dept plans drone surveillance of wild animals

New Indian Express  

NILGIRIS: Gudalur forest department plans to introduce thermal drone for surveillance as part of its efforts to track wild elephants, especially at night, before they enter human habitation and drive them back inside the forest. Since elephants come out of the forest at night and move into tea estate or human settlement across the six forest range of the division, …

AI-based cameras to monitor animal movement to be installed in Cauvery South Sanctuary
4 months, 1 week ago

AI-based cameras to monitor animal movement to be installed in Cauvery South Sanctuary

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: The Dharmapuri forest department is taking steps to set up an AI-based camera to monitor the wildlife movement in Cauvery South Sanctuary. Through the camera, we will get real-time updates of wildlife movements especially elephants and we can take steps to alert the residents. Through the camera, we would get real-time updates of animal movements, especially elephants and we …

AI cameras, lights to be installed in STR to combat human-animal conflict
6 months, 3 weeks ago

AI cameras, lights to be installed in STR to combat human-animal conflict

New Indian Express  

BARIPADA: Artificial Intelligence cameras and lights will soon be installed in Similipal Tiger Reserve to reduce man-animal conflicts especially in Betnoti and Rasgovindpur ranges from where most such cases are reported. Regional chief conservator of forest and field director of STR, Prakash Chand Gogineni told The New Indian Express that most cases of man-animal conflicts have been reported from Betnoti …

AI-based surveillance system to check forest trespassing besides monitoring wild animals
11 months, 2 weeks ago

AI-based surveillance system to check forest trespassing besides monitoring wild animals

The Hindu  

The artificial intelligence-based surveillance cameras installed by the Forest Department at three places in the Coimbatore Forest Division will also check trespassing of people into the forest, besides their primary task of monitoring wild animal movement towards human habitations. Tower-mounted AI-based cameras have been installed near Maruthamalai and near Ponnuthu Amman temple at Thadagam in the Coimbatore forest range and …

AI-based camera towers to help Odisha curb man-animal conflict
11 months, 3 weeks ago

AI-based camera towers to help Odisha curb man-animal conflict

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: In a major technological intervention to address escalating human-wildlife conflict in the state, the Odisha government has decided to install AI-integrated camera towers in protected areas of the state. Advanced thermal cameras integrated with AI and autonomous surveillance system are planned to be installed on high towers at strategic locations inside the forest areas to get real time information …

Munnar witnesses protests following death of auto driver in wild elephant attack
1 year, 1 month ago

Munnar witnesses protests following death of auto driver in wild elephant attack

The Hindu  

A day after an autorickshaw driver was killed in an attack by a wild tusker in Munnar, plantation workers and residents staged several protests in the town on Tuesday. ₹10 lakh given to family Plantation workers and local residents organised a road blockade in Munnar by blocking three major roads connecting Munnar and demanding that immediate action be taken to …

AI system to detect presence of elephants on Athirappilly road
2 years, 9 months ago

AI system to detect presence of elephants on Athirappilly road

The Hindu  

The Forest department has come up with a warning system to alert the presence of wild elephants on the Athirappilly road as incidents of elephant attacks have become frequent. Once the elephant reaches near the road, warning messages will appear on the LED board in English and Malayalam with red light. The warning messages on the board will disappear when …

Forest department to use drones to track rogue elephants in Hassan
6 years ago

Forest department to use drones to track rogue elephants in Hassan

Deccan Chronicle  

Hassan: The Hassan forest department plans to use a night vision drone to keep tabs on the movement of elephant herds, especially in the Sakleshpur region, where they often stray into human habitats, leading to frequent man-animal encounters. Elephant researcher, Vinod Krishnan of the Nature Conservation Foundation, finds the night vision drone a safe option to locate elephants at night, …

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