Author ORCID Identifier
Atul Arun Pathak: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0605-7588
Kapil Kaushik: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7153-0055
Abhishek Gawande: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1738-8406
Abstract
The case focuses on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision (CV) technologies to solve a socially complex issue of human-animal conflict in the geographical regions surrounding the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Maharashtra state in central India. Due to an increasing tiger population, the villages surrounding the TATR often encountered tigers that strayed outside the reserve, sometimes leading to injuries or fatalities either to the humans or the wild animals involved. Valiance, a technology company, collaborated with the Forest department and other local stakeholders to create a computer vision based AI virtual wall system as a pilot project. The technology solution monitored the location 24hrs a day 7 days a week and had the capability of identifying tigers, leopards, and other predators, and sending out automated, real time alerts to help prevent human-animal conflict situations. Based on the outcome of the pilot, the solution could be refined and then a wider rollout could be planned.
DOI
10.17705/1CAIS.05514
Recommended Citation
Pathak, A. A., Kaushik, K., & Gawande, A. (2024). Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Human-Animal Conflict in India. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 55, 336-350. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.05514
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