The tool, named The Guardian, uses Google technology called TensorFlow that can record sounds in the forest and send them to the forest rangers’ smartphones through the Rainforest Connection mobile application.“Basically, The Guardian is a box containing a battery, used cellphone, voice recorder and solar panel.
Collaborating with Warsi Indonesian Conservation Community , Rainforest Connection has installed 12 monitoring tools in four villages in West Sumatra, namely Sirukam, Pakan Rabaa Timur, Pakan Rabaa and Pasir Palang Timur.KKI Warsi programme manager Rainal Daus said The Guardian helped his organisation greatly in strengthening the forest security system. — The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network