A startup backed by billionaire venture capitalist Chris Sacca and Airbus SE says it can turbo-charge forest re-growth in the aftermath of devastating wildfires like those raging across the US West Coast.
Australia-based Dendra Systems uses specialised drones to survey vast areas of scorched land and produce an action plan to restore plant and tree life. The drones can then be used to sow seeds of native species much faster than traditional manual planting methods, at the same time providing a constant flow of real-time data on the progress of regeneration.