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In this PC World/IDG News Service column, Ken Banks examines how mobile technology is beginning to transform conservation work, which has traditionally lagged behind the development sector in adopting ICTs, highlighting GPS/GSM animal-tracking projects such as Fauna & Flora International’s elephant-collaring work in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy, which sends SMS alerts to farmers and wildlife managers when elephants approach fences or cultivated land.
Region
Africa
Country
Kenya
Category
Conservation
Organisation / Author
Ken Banks