Vodafone UK has announced a partnership with the UK’s National Parks designed to show how technology can support conservation and help to counter the effects of climate change. Using AI-powered habitat mapping, smart sensor networks and real-time geospatial monitoring, the company will provide high-resolution data on biodiversity, visitor impact and environmental change.
The UK’s 15 National Parks – ten in England, three in Wales and two in Scotland — attract more than 100 million visitors a year.
The partnership will initially focus on the roll-out of AI-powered habitat mapping. This is intended to help transform the approach to conservation by securing detailed habitat and biodiversity data in just a fraction of the time it would take to produce manually. Vodafone has already used its technology to provide data aimed at assisting in flood forecasting along the River Severn.
