Irina combats deforestation through drone technology
Irina Fedorenko (Russia, DPhil Geography and Environment, 2014-17,Weidenfeld-Hoffmann) and her BioCarbon Engineering team recently ledan expedition by Quadro-copters into Myanmar. Responding to an urgent degradation of Mangrove forests in Myanmar’s Ayerwaddy Delta, Irinaand her team are using drones outfitted with the capacity to fire 5,000 seeds an hour in a bid to restore the forest which is vital for mitigating the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events including cyclones.