Artificial Intelligence at the Service of Biodiversity in the Pantanal

Abstract

Pantanal is one of the largest floodplains in the world, a place rich in biodiversity and, therefore, known as one of the main biodiversity hot spots in the New World. Considering this rich biodiversity and in view of the advance of agriculture, livestock, tourism, hydroelectric plants and excessive burning, constant monitoring has become even more necessary. To monitor and extract information, several Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are used, such as Artificial Neural Network (including deep learning), Random Forest, Support Vector Machine, among others. This information shows the potential of AI techniques to contribute strongly to the process of environmental monitoring, the construction of public policies, aiming at the conservation of biodiversity.