Postcode Meerkat -
watching over Kruger National Park
Poachers
Article taken from country life: https://www.countrylife.co.za/wildlife-2/postcode-
meerkat-watching-kruger-national-park
17 March 2017
The Kruger National Park launched a wide area
surveillance system, known as Postcode Meerkat,
earlier in the year.
South African National Parks (SANParks), Peace Parks
Foundation and South Africa’s Council for Scientific
and Industrial Research (CSIR) have partnered to
research, develop and manufacture this innovative
system.
The Postcode Meerkat comprises a suite of radar
and electro-optic sensors that will detect, classify,
monitor and track humans moving in the park over a
wide area. In addition, this system was designed to be
mobile so that it could be rapidly deployed to prevent
poaching crisis zones from developing.
Check out a short video of Postcode Meerkat in action
below.
5 things you should know about
Kruger’s Postcode Meerkat
Article taken from Low velder: https://lowvelder.co.za/381067/5-things-know-krugers-
postcode-meerkat/
30 March 2017
The Wide Area Surveillance System in the
Kruger National Park is proving to be exactly the
gamechanger the anti-poaching team needed. SKUKUZA – T he Kruger National Park (KNP) is striking
back at wildlife crime with a new project making the
reserve safer.
On 28 March 13 poachers were arrested in 24 hours.
Much of this success can be ascribed to the new
gamechanger in the KNP, the WASS. The initiative is a new set of eyes in the sky that
identifies poachers and their movements.
Mr Nicholis Funda, head of the KNP anti-poaching
2017
September
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