Are we not helping poachers?

08 August 2014 1 968 Report

Normally when we are out in the field or just visiting parks, we take pictures of both fascinating plants and animals then upload them with the locality on top of that.

Don't you think we are somehow helping poachers?

Robert H. Archer

I do not think so. The poachers are skilled trackers and hunters and know where to find their target. However, SANBI has a Sensitive species list to use for public biodiversity access and it is being used in its citizen science project www.Ispot.org.za to automatically limit or dilute the precision of the coordinates of Sensitive species. It thus relies on an accurate name. Other similar websites like www.Inaturalist.org use a “geoprivacy” option.

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