AI cameras offer new hope for endangered snow leopards and mountain villagers

In Pakistan’s icy mountains, AI is on a mission to save snow leopards—and maybe your next paper carton too. With only 300 leopards left in the region, WWF and LUMS launched solar-powered AI cameras that alert villagers when a big cat is near, aiming to cut the 450 annual killings tied to livestock conflict. But here’s the twist for the paper packaging world: these rugged, low-power, sub-zero-tolerant sensors could revolutionize remote forest monitoring, offering real-time deforestation alerts in pulpwood zones. If AI can track snow leopards in the Karakoram, imagine what it can do for FSC compliance in Siberia.https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1303863-ai-cameras-offer-new-hope-for-endangered-snow-leopards-and-mountain-villagers

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