Project Description
AABR National Forum 2024 – The Rs of Restoration
Presenter – Danny Pettingill
The adoption of drone technology is increasing across industries providing advancements and efficiencies in data collection, analysis and on-ground outcomes. This technology provides significant opportunity in the landscape management sector to collect data, utilise multispectral and GIS workflows and deploy on ground outcomes more efficiently whether deploying drones or traditional boots-on-the-ground workforce.
This talk will dive into how drones can be deployed as a data collection and decision-making tool to provide better outcomes for the industry and in restoring landscapes.
Danny is the Director of Firetail Environments, specialising in environment and sustainable agriculture & carbon projects, and drone workflow and deployment services. Firetail works in the niche between agriculture and conservation to promote management for biodiversity and production through sustainable environmental management techniques.
Danny’s passion is in collaboration and design, having made a career as a designer, artist, engineer and educator at the forefront of innovative practice, and he brings this energy into landscape development, restoration and sustainable farming projects. He is the former Manager – Operations and Projects with Loddon Plains Landcare Network, has recently finished his term as a Director of Landcare Victoria Inc. and currently sits on the City of Greater Bendigo Farming and Agribusiness Advisory Committee.
In 2020, Danny was a top 12 finalist for the National Landcare Australia Bob Hawke Award for efforts and actions in promoting sustainable agriculture in Victoria and is a former recipient of the DEECA Our catchment our Communities Leader in Innovation Award undertaking research in advancing techniques in landscape function, catchment health and decision-making in land management and project design.