VIENNA , Oct. 10, 2024 /CNW/ -- Huawei hosted the Innovations for Biodiversity Forum this week to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Huawei's TECH4ALL digital inclusion initiative and share insights into how technology is revolutionizing biodiversity protection. Launched in 2019 and aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, TECH4ALL leverages technology and partnerships to create a positive impact in four domains: environment, education, health, and development.
In the environment domain, Huawei TECH4ALL has run nature conservation projects in 53 protected areas with global and local partners in forest, wetland, and ocean ecosystems around the world. "Over the past five years, Huawei's TECH4ALL program has demonstrated how technology can be a powerful force for good, addressing global challenges in environmental protection, education, and digital inclusion," said Harvey Zhang , CEO of Huawei Austria . The Innovations for Biodiversity Forum focused on TECH4ALL nature conservation projects in Europe , including findings of biodiversity monitoring in the wetland ecosystem around Austria's Lake Neusiedl.
The quality of the reed bed habitats in this ecosystem is declining, negatively impacting amphibian species, mammals, and bird life. Since 2021, audio monitoring devices have collected more than 2 million individual audio files of 69 bird species. This vast dataset will help develop a conservation management plan for the ecosystem, including controlled fire management .