Huawei, IUCN, and Kenya Wildlife Service launch Tech4Nature Kenya Coral Reef Protection Project

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Huawei, together with the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), have launched a Tech4Nature project that will be used in Kenya's Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park and Nature reserves monitor and protect coral reefs and biodiversity.

The three-year project is consistent with Huawei's TECH4ALL digital inclusion initiative and the IUCN Green List vision, and aims to strengthen the monitoring and management of nature reserves. Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park and Reserve, located on the southern coast of Kenya, faces multiple challenges, including:

Illegal fishing (inability to patrol the protected area effectively due to insufficient manpower);
The three coral islands lack remote monitoring (because the coral reefs on the edge of the island are famous diving sites, the island's natural protection faces pressure from tourism);
Lack of awareness among local communities of the poland whatsapp mobile phone number list importance of coral reef and biodiversity conservation;
The local communication network infrastructure is backward and unable to support advanced monitoring systems.
Khadija Mohamed, Head of Media and Government Relations at Huawei Kenya, said: “Tech4Nature is a project carried out under Huawei’s TECH4ALL digital inclusion initiative. It has a wide scope and aims to apply technology and innovation to all areas of today’s life, raise global standards and promote the development of technology and technology around the world. Adopt a sustainable lifestyle.”

The Kenya Tech4Nature project will deploy underwater cameras and use photogrammetry and audio monitoring technology to obtain biomass and quantity information on marine life such as parrot fish. Parrot fish are a keystone species in many coral reef ecosystems because their eating habits help prevent algae overgrowth, thereby supporting coral growth. Solutions deployed by the project will also monitor underlying cover in coral reef ecosystems, seagrass cover, and the occurrence of green sea turtles and bottlenose dolphins near coral reefs, both of which are listed as endangered and endangered respectively on the IUCN Red List. Vulnerable species.