Okala

We’re partnering with a multinational company in Asia to track mangrove and coastal biodiversity restoration, and to establish scalable monitoring standards.

To restore these damaged mangrove ecosystems, our partner needed high-quality baseline data and scalable methods to quantify how well restoration efforts are actually working.

Our partners are deploying a multi-method approach across these coastal areas:

𝗕𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 (𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗩𝘀): underwater cameras use bait to attract fish and capture video. 𝗔𝗜 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴: our tools help analyse footage to remove empty sections and flag when fish appear. 𝗔𝗜-𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: sticky traps capture insects, and our AI tools count individual insects and estimate invertebrate abundance for comprehensive biodiversity monitoring.

Combined with the expertise of our ecologists to validate AI-outputs and apply statistical models, we can accurately track changes in species diversity and abundance over time and space.

This approach lets us establish robust baselines before large-scale restoration work begins, giving our partners the data they need to track real conservation impact. Great job so far to the entire team working on this project! We'll share more updates as they become available 🌊