Nature's New Watchdogs
Channel: New America
Date: 09/05/2013

Nature's New Watchdogs

Carter Roberts
President and CEO, World Wildlife Fund

Robbie Hood
Director of Unmanned Aerial Systems, NOAA

Moderator
Suzanne Goldenberg
US Environment Correspondent, The Guardian

Drones have become essential to the American way of war. They've given the military nearly constant surveillance from the sky, and allow for quick attacks from afar. And now, like countless other technologies forged in the heat of battle, drones are making their way to the home front, pressed into civilian service. Call them drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, or remote-control planes; these high-tech devices have appealed to Border Patrol and local law enforcement, but also to conservationists, journalists, hobbyists, and more. How do we decide who gets to have their own set of eyes in the skies? What does it mean for your privacy and safety if your neighbors get their own drone?

http://newamerica.net/events/2013/the_drone_next_door