24/7 Biodiversity Monitoring

40%的昆虫物种面临灭绝风险，另有30%濒临灭绝（《新科学家》2019年），然而，很少有农民积极监测或量化农场生物多样性，尽管它是衡量生态系统、景观、农场整体生物健康和关键公共利益的一个至关重要的指标。该项目将全天候监测生物多样性，其中三种独立的遥感数字技术将检测、识别和量化无脊椎动物和鸟类的品种，以及它们所依赖的开花植物的相关性。不断升级的生态挑战，加上政府为解决危机而制定的政策——如生物多样性净收益、地方自然恢复和新兴的自然资本市场——意味着需要可以广泛部署的有效方法来监测野生动物。没有足够的专业生态学家来覆盖准确量化任何一个地点的自然状态所需的区域和时间，这使得技术解决方案的能力和准确性变得有价值。这个研究项目的一个关键优先事项是作为一个“试点”，它将测试并旨在证明数字技术作为一种在农业环境中远程监测野生动物多样性和丰度的手段的有效性。

40% of insect species risk extinction, a further 30% endangered (New Scientist 2019), yet few farmers actively monitor or quantify on farm biodiversity, despite it being a critically important measure of ecosystem, landscape, overall biological health of the farm, and key public good. This project will monitor biodiversity 24/7 where three separate remote sensing digital technologies will detect, identify, and quantify varieties of invertebrates, and birds, and the correlation to flowering plants that they rely on.Escalating ecological challenges combined with Government policies devised to address the crisis - such as Biodiversity Net Gain, Local Nature Recovery, and emerging Natural Capital markets - mean that efficient methods - which can be widely deployed - to monitor wildlife are in demand. There are not enough expert ecologists to cover the areas and hours required to accurately quantify the state of nature in any one location which makes the capability and accuracy of technological solutions valuable.A key priority of this research project is to act as a 'pilot' which will test and aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of digital technology as a means of remotely monitoring wildlife diversity and abundance in a farming context.