Greetings from the CICRA biological station on the Madre de
Dios River. I wanted to take some time to write down what I plan to do over the
next 8 days. The overarching goal of my time here is to provide training on the
operation of drones (planes, specifically) to the staff here. They will be
purchasing an aircraft similar to our Skywalker and will use it to patrol the
station’s property. They will be looking for illegal mining encroachment,
especially. The training I will provide, while covering the systems in depth on
the ground, will also include quite a lot of time flying. We will make the best
of the training flights by using them to image some important targets. Those
targets include:
- Gold mines (both active and inactive)
- Tree plots
- Uncontacted indigenous populations
While these subjects are varied, they will allow us to
answer a number of questions and hopefully provide a foundation on which we can
continue to grow the program. Stay tuned to hear more about what we find and
what it means. This morning we're off to do our first training flight which will overfly and map the illegal mining activity on ACCA property.
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