70 International attention and courageous efforts have cleared many countries of terrifying landmine hardships. In the last 10 years, Rwanda, Nicaragua, and Mozambique were declared mine-free. Great progress has also been made in longburdened countries including Angola, Chad, and Laos. This momentum made the ambitious goal of a mine-free world by 2025 seem like a possibility. That is, until the conflicts Demining with Drones Lessons Learned in the Desert Prove Useful Elsewhere in Ukraine, the Middle East, and elsewhere that have resulted in an increased use of improvised mines and other explosive devices. Now, 2025 is no longer feasible. But promising technology support from drones, sensors, and GIS software is making mine clearance work safer, faster, and more accurate. “There are many different scenarios where drones can help mine action because everything is geospatial,” said Elephants drink from the river along one of their migration routes. John Fardoulis of Mobility Robotics conducts a drone flight for demining work in Iraq.
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