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Relaxation of UAV rules

To: Carl Clifford <>
Subject: Relaxation of UAV rules
From: Tom Tarrant <>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 12:45:24 +1000
I wonder if anyone has done a study of the effects of drones on wildlife?
Would birds equate them with raptors?

Tom


On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Carl Clifford <>wrote:

> The use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones as they are often called,
> for applications such as bird and other wildlife surveys has been somewhat
> limited in Australia, because of licensing problems. The Civil Aviation
> Authority has just relaxed licensing rules for UAVs of 2 Kg or less. this
> will make the use of UAVs for environmental purposes much more practicable.
> See  http://www.abc.net.au/news/**2013-03-01/drones-set-for-**
> large-scale-commercial-take-**off/4546556<http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-01/drones-set-for-large-scale-commercial-take-off/4546556>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
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