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All stories- Drones tested for counting Amazon river dolphins on the Juruá River in BrazilWWF-Brasil and Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable DevelopmentIn November 2016 researchers compared drone and boat surveys of tucuxi and pink river dolphins on the Juruá River and found drones gave higher accuracy for counting animals in groups. Later work in the Mamirauá reserve added thermal cameras.2 sources · Added 27 Oct 2026
- Drones fire seed pods into fire-damaged land in Canada, backed by federal fundingFlash Forest (with federal and provincial governments, landowners and First Nations)From spring 2021 Flash Forest used drones to fire seed pods into burned land across Canada, planting over 300,000 pods in its first season. Canada's 2 Billion Trees programme contributed C$1.3 million.2 sources · Added 27 Oct 2026
- Phones, satellites and drones used to map banana crops and diseases in DR Congo and BeninAlliance of Bioversity International and CIATA machine-learning platform combined field data from phones, satellite imagery and drones to map banana crops and threats in DR Congo and Benin, reaching 97% overall accuracy according to the Alliance.1 source · Added 27 Oct 2026
- Local drone pilots map Cyclone Idai flooding to route rescue boats, MozambiqueLocal drone operators trained by FutureWater and Hiview, supporting INGCOn 23-24 March 2019, after Cyclone Idai, drone operators in Chimoio mapped flooding for Mozambique's disaster agency, locating stranded communities and improving routing of rescue boats for food and evacuation.1 source · Added 27 Oct 2026
- Drone imagery helps plan shelters in Rohingya camps, Cox's BazarLocal Government Engineering Department (LGED) and World Bank EMCRPIn 2020, with site access closed by COVID-19, Bangladesh's LGED used georeferenced drone images of Rohingya camps to plan shelter layouts and assess solar nano-grids remotely.1 source · Added 27 Oct 2026
- VillageReach and DRC ministry fly vaccines to a remote Equateur villageVillageReach and DRC Ministry of HealthIn 2019 drones from Mbandaka carried vaccines, syringes and medicines to a village of 6,500 residents in Equateur; flights took about 20 minutes versus six hours by road.1 source · Added 27 Oct 2026
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