4 papers
ELDOR: A Dataset and Benchmark for Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon Rainforest
Kangning Cui, Surendra Bohara, Suraj Prasai +12
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest causes deforestation, water contamination, and long-term ecosystem disruption, yet remains difficult to monitor at fine spatial scales.…
Detection and Geographic Localization of Natural Objects in the Wild: A Case Study on Palms
Kangning Cui, Rongkun Zhu, Manqi Wang +9
Palms are ecologically and economically indicators of tropical forest health, biodiversity, and human impact that support local economies and global forest product supply chains. W…
Real-Time Localization and Bimodal Point Pattern Analysis of Palms Using UAV Imagery
Kangning Cui, Wei Tang, Rongkun Zhu +12
Understanding the spatial distribution of palms within tropical forests is essential for effective ecological monitoring, conservation strategies, and the sustainable integration o…
PalmProbNet: A Probabilistic Approach to Understanding Palm Distributions in Ecuadorian Tropical Forest via Transfer Learning
Kangning Cui, Zishan Shao, Gregory Larsen +8
Palms play an outsized role in tropical forests and are important resources for humans and wildlife. A central question in tropical ecosystems is understanding palm distribution an…