Cook Islands

Drone Use in Conservation

Cook Islands Whale Research; Centre for Cetacean Research & Conservation:

A team of researchers used infrared thermography (IRT) to monitor certain biomedical aspects (such as heart rate, respiration rate and skin temperature, etc.) of humpback whale populations near Rarotonga, Cook Islands, including using drones to follow the whales’ behaviours comprising of mother-calf interactions, diving habits, navigation, etc.

References:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00466/full?utm_source=F-AAE&utm_medium=EMLF&utm_campaign=MRK_1069909_45_Marine_20190815_arts_A#h2 (Published 2019)

http://whaleresearch.org/research/

[Last updated by Macayle Guerin March. 2021]

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Cook Islands Secretary of Transport, Ministry of Transport

P.O. Box 61, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Pacific Aviation Safety Office

PO Box 139, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Tel: +678 28500

Fax: +678 28555

 

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