“Hémera” Earth Observation Center was created in 2017 to fill the need of pushing knowledge and innovation in remote sensing application and research through strategic alliances with public and private sector at both national and international level, to impulse and support the development of agriculture, forest management and conservation, mining industry, tourism, and energy sector, among others.
The initiative will develop a prototype of camera traps to estimate the rate of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators and record environmental data in an avocado orchard of the company Agrícola Fundo Bucalemu Ltda. in the commune of Santo Domingo
The study will provide information on the current status of these biodiversity reservoirs in the sectors near Anglo American's Los Bronces operation and define actions to continue protecting the biological diversity and ecosystem of the site
The academic will observe the problem in the field and study the samples through phylogenetic analysis.