GSRIT

Research Project

AJ-CORE GSRIT

The project integrates satellite Earth observation, climate information, field surveys, socio-economic data and wildlife-conflict records to identify and predict human–nature conflict hotspots.

Main components

• Climate-risk and land-use/land-cover analysis

• Human–wildlife conflict and illegal wildlife trade evidence

• Socio-economic and qualitative field research

• AI-assisted knowledge organisation

• GIS-based risk-index and dashboard development

• Community and policy engagement

GSRIT 2.0

A proposed follow-on phase will validate and upscale GSRIT across selected South African national parks and compare key drivers and management approaches with bear–human conflict landscapes in Hokkaido, Japan (Future plan).