Drawing a line in the sand: Mapping sand mining in Africa for future sustainable usage
Drawing a line in the sand: Mapping sand mining in Africa for future sustainable usage
This project will investigate whether recent advances in satellite remote sensing technology and promising techniques in the use of deep learning algorithms rooted in AI (artificial intelligence) can be used to analyze geomorphic landscape changes to automatically detect present day sand mining activities in Africa.
The ultimate goal of the project will be to produce the first ever overview of sand mining activities across the entire African continent.
The project will start in the beginning of 2022 and is funded by the Danish Villum Foundation.