EcoAcoustics: Listening to the Rainforest for Conservation

The video explores the Kalimantan rainforest in Borneo, focusing on Dr. Eddie Game's use of bioacoustic monitoring to assess the impact of mining and logging. By deploying smart microphones, the team records environmental sounds to analyze the health of the ecosystem. The data helps guide forestry companies in sustainable logging practices. The video highlights the surprising noisiness of healthy rainforests, challenging common perceptions of nature as quiet.

What changes in the soundscape indicate environmental degradation in the rainforest?

What misconceptions do people have about the sounds of a healthy rainforest?