RFCX IN THE NEWS

Broadband Breakfast: 5G Will Help Enhance Environment Protection and Sustainability, Conference Hears

Because of its facilitation of real-time monitoring and more efficient use of systems, 5G technology will help tackle climate change and beef up environmental sustainability, an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation event heard Tuesday. 5G technology’s ubiquitous connectivity and lower latency enables climate technology that decarbonizes manufacturing plants, enables rainforest monitoring, and limits greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. See how Rainforest Connection is utilizing 5G and how it can help us achieve the mission of mitigating climate change effects.

La Prensa Latina Bilingual Media: Huawei offers its technology to green NGOs

Huawei has offered its technology to non-governmental organizations with around 14 research projects related to environmental conservation in 10 countries, according to executives of the telecommunications giant. All coming together at the LATAM ICT Congress 2022, Rainforest Connection’s Director of International Expansion, Chrissy Durkin, spoke on the dire need for action in the conservation space. With the impacts of habitat destruction on plant and animal populations being more negative than ever, and the detrimental effects of shrinking rainforest cover on the atmosphere, this is a worldwide issue that needs addressing now.

Peninsula 360 Press: Forest connectivity-Why are trees making phone calls?

One visit to the forests of Borneo was enough for San Francisco software engineer Topher White to decide he had to attach cell phones to trees in forests and jungles to stop illegal deforestation. This is how Rainforest Connection was born, an organization founded in 2014 to prevent illegal deforestation, stop animal poaching and carry out bioacoustic control of forests and jungles. This organization that began using obsolete cell phones now has state-of-the-art technology since they use a more sophisticated system that is capable of covering 3km per device called “Guardian System”. Read on to see how we do it!

Pesquisa FAPESP: The machines that make biology a science of large numbers

DNA sequencers, recorders, drones and other devices of increasing use allow immense savings in time and impose a methodological twist

Based on this approach, called acoustic landscape, Cerqueira and colleagues at Utah State University in the United States assembled 92,283 minutes of sound recordings from 143 open areas and wetland or upland forests, representing six natural environments and two modified by human action, of a national park in Roraima.

HPE: HPE OEM joins Rainforest Connection & Evertreen to leverage Social Responsibility Program

HPE OEM Solutions Social Responsibility Program is a year-long social responsibility initiative where they aim to raise awareness and engage their internal community to deliver on various social topics. During first quarter 2022 they kicked off their program with a focus on combating deforestation and supporting habitat protection, partnering with Rainforest Connection to make the ultimate impact.

Announcing Bourhan Yassin as Rainforest Connection’s new CEO

Rainforest Connection is excited to announce that current COO, Bourhan Yassin, has been appointed as the new CEO for the …

The Straits Times: What does deforestation sound like? Eavesdropping on the rainforest to detect threats

The tropical forest can be an assault to the senses. The air is laden with strong scents, and the bright colours of flora and fauna are distracting. Above all, it is hard to miss the hum of life. In a bid to protect the tropical forests of the world, Rainforest Connection has scaled the trees from Cameroon to Sumatra with gadgets and gizmos aplenty. In this article from The Straits Times, the process by which RFCx detects illegal logging to save forests and reverse the effects of climate change.

HUAWEI BLOG: PROTECTING INDONESIA’S FORESTS THROUGH THREAT RESPONSE

In this Huawei blog post, we discuss the technologies, processes, and use cases that enable rangers and communities to take action to protect endangered ecosystems, with a focus on West Sumatra.

Huawei Blog: Nature Thriving: The Wolves of Aoos Gorge, Greece

In Greece’s spectacular Aoos Gorge and surrounding mountains, Nature Guardians – acoustics sensors networked to cloud AI – have been deployed to detect the gunshots of poachers and hunters who target local wildlife, including wolves, bears, and the endangered Balkan chamois. See the latest project updates in Greece, and how a recent visit from our Lead Field Installation Specialist, Lawrence Whittaker, went!

NatGeo: You can now hear rainforest sounds worldwide—here’s why that matters

A massive acoustic monitoring effort covers about 480 square miles in the Republic of Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park—an area about the size of Los Angeles. It’s part of Cornell University’s Elephant Listening Project, established in 1999 to detect communication among forest elephants and pinpoint poaching activity. Learn about this project, how they’re sharing Rainforest Connection acoustics, and why it’s so important to make this ability accessible to others.