Use of drones in alpine protected areas
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The use of drones (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) has considerably increased during the last years, also in the Alpine Protected Areas.
This new technology has integrated the modern park management and is used for multiple purposes (monitoring, mapping, remote sensing, photography, technical interventions in inaccessible areas,…), offering numerous interesting possibilities. On the other hand the use of drones by park managers but particularly also by external persons may cause importunate disturbances to the protected areas.
This conference will be the occasion to get to know some examples of the very diverse possibilities of use of drones in the day to day tasks of protected areas, to discuss further potential challenges for the new technology and analyse possibilities to limit negative impacts of the flying devises.