PARIS, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The third stop of the HUAWEI CONNECT World Tour 2022 kicked off in Paris on Monday. Under the banner "Unleash Digital", the main themes explored by industry leaders, experts and partners from the ICT and green development sectors were: unleashing digital productivity, promoting Europe's green and digital transition and building ecosystems. stronger digital
At the event, Huawei hosted an afternoon session and panel discussion exploring the vital role of technology in supporting nature conservation in Europe, during which it launched the publication Tech4Nature - Solutions in Focus.
Developed within the framework of the Tech4Nature partnership between IUCN and Huawei, Tech4Nature - Solutions in Focus analyzes the best practices of using technology to achieve effective results in nature conservation, and the publication details 22 projects in 19 countries.
“There is a clear and growing push and buy-in from the conservation community to use more technology, but also to develop and create new ways of applying it. The proper deployment of technology will help ensure more sustained benefits from its application to action. fair and effective conservation," said James Hardcastle, IUCN Head of Protected and Conserved Areas.
In the session, the NGO Rainforest Connection presented the various Nature Guardian projects it is carrying out in Europe with Huawei and local partners in ocean, wetland and forest ecosystems.
"Rainforest Connection uses AI and big data analytics powered by Huawei Cloud to monitor biodiversity and protect ecosystems around the world. Harnessing the power of sound, we are able to track thousands of species around the world and automatically detect the presence of illegal activities," said Bourhan Yassin, CEO of the Rainforest Connection.
Some examples of projects currently being carried out in Europe with acoustic technologies are the monitoring of dolphins and whales off the south coast of Ireland and the study of the impact of climate change on the life of birds and amphibians in wetlands in Austria. . Nature Guardian projects in Italy and Greece focus on preventing illegal logging, poaching and other harmful human activities.
Also in the session, the Swiss Porini Foundation presented the pilot project it is carrying out in Switzerland with its partners IUCN and Huawei. The project aims to improve the accounting of carbon sinks in protected forest areas. The Porini Foundation has developed a forest carbon sequestration application based on cloud computing, blockchain and high-precision satellite images to promote transparency and traceability of forest carbon sink transactions and guarantee the management and sustainable use of forest resources.
The session concluded with a panel discussion on how digital technology can enable green transformation in Europe, where TECH4ALL partners, academics and representatives from industry organizations explored the technological and strategic roadmap to achieve this goal.
Conference attendees were also able to visit the TECH4ALL booth to learn about other digital inclusion projects taking place in Europe. Among them is a world-first project of its kind in Norway, which was deployed throughout 2021 and 2022 to save the country's wild Atlantic salmon from extinction. The solution uses camera technology in conjunction with an AI-powered gate system to identify invasive Pacific salmon - an aggressive resource competitor and prolific breeder - and filter the invader into a holding tank, achieving a result that was previously it was impossible. In the area of TECH4ALL education, France's DigiTruck project was also on display, offering free training in digital skills to empower communities in need, especially unemployed youth and the elderly.
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