Sophie is an Emmy-winning news producer and journalist, most recently working for CNN International’s two-hour flagship program Connect The World. While freelancing in Tanzania, she was a frequent contributor to the Guardian, AJ+, National Geographic, CNN, Mongabay and VOA News. Before basing herself in East Africa, she worked as a TV and radio reporter for CBC News in Montreal and produced the bureau’s morning radio show. She is fluent in French and English, speaks basic Swahili, and is literate in Arabic. View her work: http://www.tremblaylowry.com/sophie
TANZANIA–For the last year, Bathawk Recon, a Tanzanian startup company, has been using unmanned aerial vehicles—i.e. drones—to track wildlife and poachers as part of an anti-poaching initiative. This is part of a larger movement in which drones are increasingly being used for environmental research and wildlife preservation. These drones, often referred to as eco-drones, can do everything from monitor polar ice melt to help determine animal migration patterns.