00:00These drones are helping to prevent an environmental disaster.
00:03Ghana is using them to fight illegal gold mining that's destroying forests and poisoning rivers
00:09there. The drones can cover huge areas within minutes. Drone pilots are trained to spot
00:14excavators and mining activity close to rivers. Their footage goes straight to a control room,
00:20where an AI system analyzes the images and flags anything suspicious. If a site looks
00:25illegal, the team sends exact GPS coordinates to security forces. In years past, where there
00:32wasn't any area of view or any AI, we just go by word of math. You get people to tell
00:37you,
00:38oh, there's illegal mining happening here, and before the task force gets there, there's no one
00:43there. So with this, we're able to get precision, like point blank, the location. Using drones gives
00:50Ghana a real chance to protect its land and water.
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