This note proposes a low-cost AI system using traditional ecological knowledge to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Kerala, suggesting a new coexistence model.
Increasing human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in forest-fringe landscapes necessitates innovative and culturally acceptable mitigation strategies. This note proposes integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to mitigate HWC in Kerala. The proposition aims to translate African rural traditional knowledge of using alarm calls of Guinea fowls (Numida meleagris) as an intelligent technonatural alarm system to alert to the presence of wild animals. The hybrid AI system posits a low-cost, culturally acceptable alert mechanism and a livelihood-embodied coexistence model worth pilot experimentation.
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