From myth to measurable population: Chinese AI turns tens of thousands of camera-trap images into hard proof of wild jaguars in Mexico’s Yucatán.

Centuries-old stone jaguars still overlook Mexico City, but the real big cats vanished from the capital long ago. The Tech4Nature partnership pairs local conservationists with Chinese AI to scan wildlife footage, tell individual jaguars apart by their unique rosette patterns and map their movements. The data cut down on poaching and convinced local landowners to join conservation zones.

This AI wildlife model, already tested on Amur leopards, tigers and Thai wild elephants, is now ready to roll out across APEC economies. It does not save animals on its own. What it does is giving guardians the evidence they need to act.

China is willing to share computing power, algorithms and know-how for AI for good. Can cross-border tech cooperation help shield more of the Asia-Pacific’s most vulnerable species? Join CGTN's Xu Xinchen to find out.