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Cameras and AI reveal rare wildlife in Cambodia

Chea Sareach (centre), biodiversity and science senior coordinator of Conservation International Cambodia, ranger Hou Sophoan (right) and local community member Pan Sok review photos from a camera trap in the Cardamom mountain area in Koh Kong province. (Photo: AFP)

CARDAMOM NATIONAL PARK, Cambodia - Above the patter of rain cascading through the jungle canopy comes the haunting call of a pileated gibbon singing to fend off intruders in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains.

It is being recorded as part of work harnessing hidden microphones, cameras and artificial intelligence to reveal the secrets of species living deep in the rainforest and help protect them.

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