Segue o bicho: desenvolvimento de uma coleira para monitoramento de animais silvestres.

Abstract

The Cerrado is one of the most diverse Brazilian biomes, characterized by a high value of endemism. Despite being the second largest biome in Brazil, the fast and intense loss of vegetation cover has become a growing concern. These characteristics confer to the Cerrado the status of World Hotspot of biodiversity, that is Rais around the globe that have great ecological diversity, but are at risk of extinction. Warning us about the dangers of converting areas of natural vegetation into pastures and cultivation areas, and their direct impacts on biodiversity. In this context, conservationist measures need to be thoroughly considered. In this project, the monitoring of the behavior of wild animals is considered a measure providing an improvement of knowledge about the relationship of species monitored with the ecosystem and allowing the definition of public policies that mini mizem the anthropic impacts. For this was carried out the development of a collar monitoring of wild animals, using radio frequency communication and geolocation, together with cellular communication. The system establishes connection with cellular antennas to transmit the location data of the animal, which are stored in the cloud. These stored data generate graphical representations and maps, which can be accessed remotely. The development of the prototype employs electronic modules, which are in the Brazilian market, creating a low-cost product.