BANGALORE: In a month's time, any movement within the 650 sq km area of Nagarahole tiger reserve will be captured with the help of 400 cameras to be fixed.
On Thursday, the initiative was launched with the assistance of CSS Corp, a global technology services company donating 200 cameras to the ministry of Forest, Government of Karnataka, in the phase-1 of the project. By the end of January 2014, the cameras will start functioning in the tiger reserve.
T G Ramesh, CEO of CSS Corp handed over a scouting camera to Ramanath Rai, minister for forest. Speaking at the occasion, Ramanath Rai said that such initiatives will help the ministry in improving the system at tiger reserves. "As it can constantly capture the movement of tiger or any specie in tiger reserve, it helps the department in conducting research," Rai said.
The forest department will install the cameras across the national park in suitable metallic enclosures that protects the cameras from being damaged by elephants or other animals.
The department will also be training the forest guards on using the cameras. The photographs taken by the cameras will have to be downloaded once in five days by transferring the images through the memory chip. The camera can also help in tracking smuggling, theft of forest resources "Forest has always attracted me as a wildlife photographer. Tiger is at the apex of the eco-system and its conservation is a must, To begin with we are giving 200 cameras in phase 1. Besides, for the phase 2, additional 200 cameras will be given. We are also providing a jeep for the forest guards to collect the pictures from the cameras once in five days," said T G Ramesh.
How does it work?
The cameras are equipped with infra red motion censors, which can be triggered at once by any movement, in a certain region of interest monitored by these cameras. They automatically capture high quality pictures, (upto 8 mega pixel) or records video clips according to preset customer settings. "Like the way, the human beings have unique finger prints, the tigers have unique stripes. With the help of these photographs, we can identify each of the tigers. This can also help the department in its research towards other wild species," said Sarath Champati, wildlife conservation specialist, who heads the NGO Kabini Foundation.
The Scoutgaurd cameras have been imported by Australia and the project estimate is Rs 75 lakhs, completely taken care off by CSS Corp.
Aadhar for tigers!
Based on the unique stripes of the tigers, the department will start giving biometric identity to the cards along with a unique number to each of the tigers. "As of now we have 300-350 tigers in Karnataka. With the help of this unique numbering, we can have an accurate data of tigers. The cameras will update us in tracking the movement of the tigers," said R Gokul, Conservator of Forests and Director, Nagarahole Tiger reserve.
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On Thursday, the initiative was launched with the assistance of CSS Corp, a global technology services company donating 200 cameras to the ministry of Forest, Government of Karnataka, in the phase-1 of the project. By the end of January 2014, the cameras will start functioning in the tiger reserve.
T G Ramesh, CEO of CSS Corp handed over a scouting camera to Ramanath Rai, minister for forest. Speaking at the occasion, Ramanath Rai said that such initiatives will help the ministry in improving the system at tiger reserves. "As it can constantly capture the movement of tiger or any specie in tiger reserve, it helps the department in conducting research," Rai said.
The forest department will install the cameras across the national park in suitable metallic enclosures that protects the cameras from being damaged by elephants or other animals.
The department will also be training the forest guards on using the cameras. The photographs taken by the cameras will have to be downloaded once in five days by transferring the images through the memory chip. The camera can also help in tracking smuggling, theft of forest resources "Forest has always attracted me as a wildlife photographer. Tiger is at the apex of the eco-system and its conservation is a must, To begin with we are giving 200 cameras in phase 1. Besides, for the phase 2, additional 200 cameras will be given. We are also providing a jeep for the forest guards to collect the pictures from the cameras once in five days," said T G Ramesh.
How does it work?
The cameras are equipped with infra red motion censors, which can be triggered at once by any movement, in a certain region of interest monitored by these cameras. They automatically capture high quality pictures, (upto 8 mega pixel) or records video clips according to preset customer settings. "Like the way, the human beings have unique finger prints, the tigers have unique stripes. With the help of these photographs, we can identify each of the tigers. This can also help the department in its research towards other wild species," said Sarath Champati, wildlife conservation specialist, who heads the NGO Kabini Foundation.
The Scoutgaurd cameras have been imported by Australia and the project estimate is Rs 75 lakhs, completely taken care off by CSS Corp.
Aadhar for tigers!
Based on the unique stripes of the tigers, the department will start giving biometric identity to the cards along with a unique number to each of the tigers. "As of now we have 300-350 tigers in Karnataka. With the help of this unique numbering, we can have an accurate data of tigers. The cameras will update us in tracking the movement of the tigers," said R Gokul, Conservator of Forests and Director, Nagarahole Tiger reserve.
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