The New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage is collaborating with Japanese tech company Fujitsu on a project that will use drones to map and identify at - risk plants and animals in the region . Lee Stewart , head of sustainability for Oceania , announced Project Owl would gather data on the roughly " 1,000 species of flora and fauna that are endangered " , particularly the Acacia species . He added the drones would initially fly at different altitudes , while the data generated would be used to create an AI ecosystem .
The New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage is partnering with Japanese tech company Fujitsu on a project that will use drones to map and identify at-risk plants and animals in the region. Lee Stewart, head of sustainability for Oceania, said Project Owl would gather data on the roughly "1,000 species of flora and fauna that are endangered", particularly the Acacia dangarensis. He added the drones would initially fly at different altitudes, while the data generated would be used to train an AI engine.