How AWS and Tehanu Use Generative AI to Give Wildlife a Voice in Global Conservation
About the Client
A pioneering foundation based in Rwanda, Tehanu is building the infrastructure that facilitates a circular flow of money and data between humans and other non-human species, creating an economy that benefits all life forms.
Solution
Adastra implemented AWS services to support the seamless storage and serverless execution of generative AI features. Using Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet model in Amazon Bedrock, Tehanu accurately identified gorilla preferences at a level comparable to human experts, but with significantly greater efficiency.
The Tehanu project in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park has demonstrated groundbreaking use of generative AI to infer and act on the interests of mountain gorillas. Leveraging technology solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Partner Anthropic, and with the support of Adastra, Tehanu created an automated pipeline to process behavioral data of gorillas, enabling the first-ever digital financial transactions by a non-human species. The AI solution synthesized vast academic and observational data, aligning conservation actions with species-specific preferences while supporting biodiversity efforts. This scalable, innovative approach sets a precedent for using AI to foster coexistence across species worldwide.
“Together with AWS we have made the first step in a multigenerational journey where AI can help us better understand the interests of other species—not just humans—and build new systems that work in their interests.”
– Jonathan Ledgard, Co-founder and CEO, Tehanu
