In search of a more suitable climate, food and breeding grounds, birds sometimes migrate across continents and oceans, with some regularly commuting to and from the same place, while others change direction depending on the seasons and environment. Bird migration is a miracle of animals, and it is also a magnificent soaring picture of life. Since November, the temperature has dropped and frost has quietly emerged, and the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve (hereinafter referred to as the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve) in Dongying, Shandong Province has ushered in a spectacular migratory bird season. Walking into the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve in November, you can start a precious experience of wintering rare protected species such as Oriental White Stork, Black-billed Gull, and Red-crowned Crane.
Picture: A flock of migratory birds in the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve
On November 12, the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve and Huawei jointly launched a forum on digital technologies for biodiversity conservation in Dongying, Shandong Province, with the theme of "Technology Protects Nature and Protects Birds Soaring". Industry experts in the field of environment gathered together to discuss how technology, including digital technology, can empower environmental protection and biodiversity conservation, and how to promote the intelligent construction of nature reserves.
Pictured: Guests participating in the Forum on Digital Technology for Biodiversity Conservation
The forum invited guests from the China Green Carbon Foundation, the Chinese Academy of Forestry, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Beijing Forestry University, the Fifth Academy of Astronautics, the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Environmental Protection Foundation, Transvision Intelligent Technology, Bainiao Data Technology and other institutions, as well as workers from many nature reserves in China, to discuss how to use digital technology to provide more efficient and intelligent monitoring methods and protection methods for protected areas, and draw a vivid picture of the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.
Protect the lucid waters and lush mountains, and form a characteristic plan for smart nature reserves
Liu Xiao, deputy director of the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve Management Committee, said in his welcome speech that digital technology is an important means to improve the efficiency of conservation and management. At the same time, we will work with Huawei's TECH4ALL Digital Inclusion Team to carry out a pilot project of smart biodiversity monitoring using technical elements such as perception + 5G + cloud + AI, and will continue to explore and improve the level of protection management and intelligent monitoring of nature reserves in the future, and build an intelligent species monitoring and management solution for the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve.
Photo: Liu Xiao, Deputy Director of the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve Management Committee, delivered a speech
Yang Chao, chairman of the China Green Carbon Foundation, pointed out that the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve has made remarkable achievements in ecological protection and biodiversity. In the current construction of national parks, digital means and conservation management experience should be combined to make the management of nature reserves digital, intelligent and intelligent. Chairman Yang proposed that all parties should strengthen synergies in addressing climate change and biodiversity conservation, pay attention to more solutions based on ecological species conservation, promote scientific and technological innovation in the field of nature conservation, and form an effective smart nature reserve China plan.
Picture: Yang Chao, Chairman of China Green Carbon Foundation, delivered a speech
Professor Li Diqiang from the Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Nature Conservation of the Chinese Academy of Forestry introduced the application of technology in the field of biodiversity monitoring: the use of automatic recorders, artificial intelligence algorithms, remote sensing technology, etc. to monitor different types of species in real time. With a low-power intelligent network, it realizes automatic data return and edge computing, and collects the activity rhythm of wild animals through infrared cameras, bird rings, positioning markers and other devices. He said that the efficiency improvement in the field of biodiversity monitoring is inseparable from digital technology, and the collection of information can be turned into a big data platform to better serve the management of protected areas.
Picture: Professor Li Diqiang of the Chinese Academy of Forestry shared
In addition, Nanjing Forestry University, Beijing Forestry University, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fifth Academy of Astronautics, Chuangshi Intelligent Technology, Bainiao Data Technology and other scientific research institutions and enterprises shared innovative technical research and project practice cases. The latest digital technology solutions, such as telemetry, satellite connectivity, acoustic image AI recognition, and big data analysis, have been applied in protected areas to create more intelligent biodiversity monitoring solutions and help the efficient development of scientific research and conservation in protected areas.
Huawei TECH4ALL digital inclusion to help biodiversity conservation
In 2022, Huawei TECH4ALL Digital Inclusion and its partners carried out a pilot project on smart biodiversity monitoring in the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve, and after a one-year pilot cooperation, the cooperation agreement was renewed in September 2023 to expand the monitoring area, increase the number of monitoring data samples, and improve the identification accuracy. Zhou Jianguo, Deputy Director of Huawei's China Strategy & Marketing Dept, said that TECH4ALL Digital Inclusion aims to use digital technologies to promote sustainable development in education, environmental protection, and healthcare, and uses technologies such as sensing, 4G, 5G, optical networks, cloud, and artificial intelligence to help protected areas improve scientific research efficiency, reduce costs, and achieve the goal of protecting nature through technology.
Figure: Huawei shares TECH4ALL concept of digital inclusion and its domestic and international projects in the environmental field
We will jointly build an ecological civilization and realize the beautiful vision of the symbiosis of all things
The wetland ecosystem of the Yellow River Delta is pristine, intact and extensive, which is a natural laboratory for studying the development and succession of wetland ecosystems, as well as an important habitat for many creatures and a natural gene pool of biodiversity. In the future, it is expected to become China's first "land-sea co-ordinated" national park.
On November 13, many industry and media guests went to the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve for field visits, and at the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve Ecological Monitoring Center located in Yuanwanglou, the guests saw the data and results presented by the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve Biodiversity Monitoring Platform. From the launch of the monitoring platform to November 2023, more than 38,000 videos have been identified, more than 60,000 training images have been trained, and 47 species have been trained for AI. For individuals or groups of birds in motion and flight, it can also be identified in real time, and the data report can effectively reflect the migration and activity rhythm of birds, so as to achieve "seeing without disturbing, guarding without interfering". In November this year, the case won the first prize of the "ICT China 2023 Case" sponsored by the China Association of Communications Enterprises.
Figure: Biodiversity monitoring platform for the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve
As the sun sets, thousands of birds roost freely in the wetlands to feed. With the help of science and technology, there are more methods and possibilities for the construction of ecological civilization and the conservation of biodiversity. Huawei will continue to uphold the concept of digital inclusion, leverage its technological advantages in 5G, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and other fields, and work with more partners to promote digital technology-enabled ecological protection and build a better world where all things coexist.
Pictured: Industry and media guests from all over the country visit the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve