Huawei and Partners Explore Conserving Nature with Technology at Huawei Connect 2022 Paris
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PARIS, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
The third stop on the global tour for HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 kicked off in Paris
this Monday. Themed "Unleash Digital", the major themes explored by industry
leaders, experts, and partners from the ICT and green development sectors
included unleashing digital productivity, promoting Europe's green and digital
transition, and building stronger digital ecosystems.
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 introduced the Tech4Nature – Solutions in Focus publication.
Developed under the Tech4Nature partnership between IUCN and Huawei,
Tech4Nature – Solutions in Focus analyzes the best practices of using
technology to achieve effective nature conservation outcomes, with the
publication detailing 22 projects in 19 countries.
"There is a clear growing momentum and buy-in from the conservation community
to use more technology but also to develop and create new ways it can be
applied. The appropriate deployment of technology will help ensure more
sustained benefits from its application to achieve fair and effective
conservation action," said James Hardcastle, Head of IUCN Protected and
Conserved Areas.
At the session, the NGO Rainforest Connection outlined the various Nature
Guardian projects it is running 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. By harnessing
the power of sound, we are able to track thousands of species globally and
automatically detect the presence of illegal activities," said Bourhan Yassin,
CEO of Rainforest Connection.
Examples of projects currently running in Europe using acoustics technologies
include monitoring dolphins and whales off the Irish south coast and studying
the impact of climate change on bird and amphibian life in Austria's wetlands.
Nature Guardian projects in Italy and Greece are focusing on preventing illegal
logging, poaching, and other damaging human activities.
Also at the session, the Swiss Porini Foundation introduced the pilot project
it is running in Switzerland with partners IUCN and Huawei. The project aims to
improve accounting on 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 imagery to boost the
transparency and traceability of forest carbon sink transactions and ensure the
sustainable management and utilization of forest resources.
The session concluded with a panel discussion covering how digital technology
can enable green transformation in Europe, with TECH4ALL
(https://twitter.com/HUAWEI_TECH4ALL)partners, academics, and representatives
from industry organizations exploring the technological and strategic roadmap
for achieving this aim.
Conference attendees could also visit the TECH4ALL exhibition booth onsite to
learn more about other TECH4ALL digital inclusion projects running in Europe.
These include a world-first project of its type in Norway, which was deployed
over 2021 and 2022 to save the nation's endangered wild Atlantic salmon from
extinction. The solution uses camera tech coupled with an AI-powered gate
system to identify the invasive Pacific salmon – an aggressive resource
competitor and prolific spawner – and filter the invader into a holding tank,
delivering an outcome that was previously impossible. Under the education
domain of TECH4ALL, the France DigiTruck project was also on display, outlining
the free training in digital skills offered to empower communities in need,
notably unemployed young people and senior citizens.
Read more about Huawei's TECH4ALL projects:
https://www.huawei.com/en/tech4all/
Follow the Huawei TECH4ALL Twitter account:
@HUAWEI_TECH4ALL
SOURCE: Huawei
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Caption: Experts deliver their speeches at HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 in Paris
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