On the occasion of the 57th World Earth Day on April 22, the golden monkeys jumping in the forest, the spotted deer wandering through the green fields, and the hundred year old Bashan fir trees... reporters came to the candidate area of Shennongjia National Park with the theme interview activity of the Ministry of Natural Resources. This magical land is home to numerous ancient, rare, and unique creatures. Nowadays, this species treasure trove is equipped with an integrated monitoring system called "Sky Earth Humans", achieving efficient, accurate, and intelligent ecological protection. In the "Sky Earth Human" integrated monitoring system (hereinafter referred to as the "monitoring system"), "sky" refers to the satellite in the sky, and satellite remote sensing technology is like an "eye in the sky" to conduct macro monitoring of the regional ecological environment. 'Air' refers to drones, and 31 drones act like 'airborne police', conducting irregular patrols of forest areas every month and transmitting real-time footage. 'Ground' refers to monitoring on the ground, mainly including forest fire warning systems, perimeter video surveillance systems, and infrared camera monitoring. 'Person' refers to the manual inspection work of patrol personnel. The four work together to achieve the combination of civil defense and technical defense. What content can the monitoring system monitor? At the candidate area information management center of Shennongjia National Park, a tree diagram shows the functional scope of the monitoring system: species diversity monitoring, noise monitoring, fire monitoring... "From environmental quality to biodiversity, from human activities to risk prevention and control, the monitoring system covers all aspects of ecological protection," said Peng Linpeng, director of the candidate area information management center of Shennongjia National Park. Taking biodiversity monitoring as an example, in the past, data from outdoor infrared cameras was usually collected every six months, and staff had to travel mountains and rivers to specific locations to retrieve the equipment. After entering it into the computer, it took another six months for identification, which was both time-consuming and laborious. Nowadays, when the staff clicks on the infrared camera panel in the monitoring system, dynamic videos of various wild animals such as black bears, sika deer, and red bellied pheasants with adorable silly expressions appear on the screen. The video footage captured by the infrared camera on the same day can be uploaded to the system within a few minutes for intelligent recognition. We arrange the equipment according to the density of one infrared camera per square kilometer, combined with intelligent models, and currently can automatically recognize 119 types of animals with a recognition accuracy of over 90%. ”Peng Linpeng told reporters that the intelligent recognition model carried by the monitoring system covers the vast majority of nationally protected species in forest areas, which can not only distinguish protection levels, but also identify adult and juvenile animals. Fire prevention is of utmost importance in forest protection work, and the monitoring system carries out multi-level "deployment" to achieve intelligent and precise upgrading of forest fire prevention. From an aerial perspective, the monitoring system is fully integrated into the Hubei Province Fire Prevention Satellite Remote Sensing Monitoring System. Currently, there are 24 in orbit satellites monitoring every 10 minutes on average, with a maximum accuracy of 25 square meters. From the perspective of "empty space", drones integrated with advanced technologies such as high-definition cameras and infrared thermal imaging can achieve all-weather and blind spot inspection. From a "ground" perspective, in key monitoring areas such as densely populated areas and tourist gathering areas, staff have set up 5 far-infrared thermal imaging video surveillance and 246 forest fire monitoring points. In the absence of mountain obstruction, intelligent recognition and automatic precise positioning of fire points within a radius of 10 kilometers can be achieved, and real-time information such as wind speed, wind direction, temperature, humidity, rainfall, etc. of the monitoring area can be displayed. Once a fire occurs, through a monitoring system that integrates multiple types of information, staff can quickly calculate the distribution of fire prevention resources within a known radius range, including the nearest routes, firefighting teams, material warehouses, water intake points, and other information, and quickly develop the optimal fire extinguishing plan. Next, we will strengthen the information governance of different interfaces and further upgrade the intelligent recognition model. ”Peng Linpeng told reporters that in the future, the information management center of the candidate area of Shennongjia National Park will continuously improve the intelligent monitoring and management system of "one map, one network, one database, one platform", making technology truly become the "thousand mile eye" and "smart core" for guarding the treasure trove of species. (New Society)