Coral reef conservation assisted by AI camera

Over 800 species of coral provide a habitat for around a quarter of the world’s marine life, but they are being degraded by over fishing, bottom trawling, warming temperatures and unsustainable coastal development.

According to Ewen Plougastel, managing director and ASEAN delivery lead, Accenture Applied Intelligence, a video camera equipped with AI is working in depths between five and 10 metres to give marine biologists at the Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation (SEF) a better understanding of the subsea environment.

Race to save the Great Barrier Reef

Since 2019 Accenture, Intel and SEF have established Project: CORaiL, which has included the installation of an artificial, concrete reef dubbed the Sulu-Reef Prosthesis (SRP). The SRP was placed in the reef surrounding Pangatalan Island before fragments of living coral were planted on it to grow, expand and provide a hybrid habitat for fish and marine life.