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Thermal imaging technology has dramatically reduced in cost since the mid-2000s, enabling its use in a wide variety of settings. A critical area that cheaper thermal imaging has impacted is wildlife conservation. Here, it can enable wide-reaching, impactful surveys and ongoing, passive monitoring at a fraction of the cost of other methods.
By Robert J. Burrowes
In August 2010, the secretary-general of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Ahmed Djoghlaf, warned that ‘We are losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate.’ According to the UN Environment Program, ‘the Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction of life’ with scientists estimating that ‘150-200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every 24 hours’ which is nearly 1,000 times the ‘natural’ or ‘background’ rate.
Robert J. Burrowes
Moreover, it ‘is greater than anything the world has experienced since the vanishing of the dinosaurs nearly 65m years ago.’ See ‘Protect nature for world economic security, warns UN biodiversity chief’.