October 2021
Can drones be used to efficiently demonstrate environmental compliance and thus ecological sustainability? This short video describes research that investigated the perceptions of farmers and rural professionals about using drones for environmental compliance purposes, and how drones use can be proactively integrated into on-farm management for better environmental outcomes.
Source: Canterbury Farmers' and Rural Professionals' Perception of Drone Use in Environmental Management. Dr Sharon Lucock (Lincoln University), Dr Victoria Westbrooke (Lincoln University), Sam Mander (The Agribusiness Group) and David Stevenson (farmer). RPF report, October 2021
Trusting in the 'Eye in the Sky'? Farmers' and Auditors' Perceptions of Drone Use in Environmental Auditing, Xiaomeng Lucock and Victoria Westbrooke, Sustainability, November 2021