Seminar on "Technical aids and monitoring of animals in nature conservation"

On 8 March 2022, a seminar on technical aids and monitoring of animals was held at Sandmoseskolen in Jammerbugt Municipality. There was a wide range of people represented who with nature conservation on a daily basis but at different levels e.g., Animal owners / nature caretakers, employees from municipalities and agencies as well as representatives from e.g., Åge V. Jensen Naturfond etc.

Theme day at Sandmose School

The morning was built around three different topics.

  • Marianne Damholdt Bergin, Aarhus University / Danish Nature Agency talked about the possibilities and challenges of using GPS (collars and ear tags) on animals.
  • Dan Poulsen gave a presentation on a "NoFence" experiment on Fanø, where an animal experiment was made with "virtual / invisible" fences.
  • Sebastian Jensen, Nordjysk Dronecenter gave an insight into how to use drones in connection with the monitoring of animals, fences, and grazing areas.

The afternoon was i.a. used to inform animal keepers within Natureman's project areas about a 2-year trial starting from this grazing season. In the experiment, the individual animal owner undertakes to test the drone and / or gps in connection with the monitoring of his own animals. Data is collected that can generate knowledge about the usefulness of the technical aids in nature conservation. Before the experiment is started, a course is held at Nordjysk Dronecenter / Sandmoseskolen, where the participants are certified to fly a drone, and get help to set up the equipment for inspection of their own areas.

A total of 55 people participated in the theme day.

Presentations from the seminar day can be found here

For further information:

Marianne Fisker
Jammerbugt Municipality
Mail: mkf@jammerbugt.dk
Tel.: +45 7257 7308