AI Boosts Canada's Nature Conservation

0:00It's April 17th. This is Canada News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Canada's pushing AI into its nature strategy to protect vast lands and waters where a small population can't cover everything on foot. Researchers like Alamo Gonsamo at McMaster University used satellite images and machine learning to map tree counts, soil carbon, and peat lands in. Remote spots like Northern Ontario. This tech crunches massive data, humans couldn't handle alone. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney highlighted AI for expanding protected areas and restoring ecosystems. It's not the flashy chatbots, but practical tools counting animals from cameras or sonar videos by tracking salmon migrations in the Pacific, Northwest to set smart fishing quotas. Experts say it's a game changer, saving huge time while delivering reliable counts. Gonsamo's teamed up with WWF Canada and Indigenous groups, proving AI boosts accuracy on carbon storage without endless field work.

1:02Meanwhile, US offshore wind got a boost when the Interior Department dropped appeals against five East Coast projects, sets a power over 2 million. Homes despite political pushback. Closer home, Parks Canada joined travel Alberta workshops to guide social media influencers on safe, bamf behavior, like staying in cars near wildlife. A mid-a record 4.5 million visitors last year. These moves show tech and smart partnerships ramping up conservation, keeping ecosystems thriving as pressures mount.