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AI-Powered Drones Planting Trees in Mongolia
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Ulaanbaatar, August 30, 2023 /MONTSAME/. At the Yalbag River Valley of Selenge aimag, Mongolia, an experiment of utilizing drones equipped with machine learning for facilitating the planting of trees is currently in progress. The primary objective of this experiment is to reforest the Valley, which has been severely affected by human activities, such as artisanal and illegal gold mining.
In November 2021, Oyu Tolgoi LLC committed to plant 100 million trees by 2030 under the "One Billion Trees" National Campaign initiated by the President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa. As a part of this commitment, Oyu Tolgoi received its initial task to reforest the Yalbag River Valley, which spans an area of 334.7 hectares.
The experiment is being conducted with the support of the Rio Tinto Group and AirSeed Technologies, an Australian company.
Using a fleet of highly advanced "octocopters," AirSeed Technology is fighting deforestation by combining artificial intelligence with specially designed seed pods that can be fired into the earth from high in the sky.
