Seminar
Drone Ecologies
Cabot Institute for the Environment
University of Bristol
5-6.07.2021

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Drone Vision: Warfare, Surveillance, Protest
Chair: Sarah Tuck, Behjat Omer Abdulla, Ignacio Acosta and Mhairi Sutherland

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Seminar exploring the opportunities and risks of aerial monitoring for biodiversity conservation
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On 5-6 July 2021, the University of Bristol hosted an interdisciplinary workshop that explored how drones and other monitoring technologies are being implemented as part of biodiversity conservation initiatives around the world. Bringing together social scientists, engineers, anthropologists, geographers, ecologists, technicians, political ecologists, practitioners and other experts, we explored the opportunities that such technologies offer — for example, for democratising the way that knowledge about nature is produced, or yielding new insights into forest loss or habitat restoration. We also explored the potential risks of new monitoring technologies, and what we can do to ensure that they are not exploited to infringe on the rights of rural communities.

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