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sanjeevafk/vanrakshak-forest-aerial-thermal

🌲 VanRakshak: Forest & Wildlife Aerial-Thermal Dataset A comprehensive, curated dataset of aerial and thermal imagery optimized for forest surveillance, anti-poaching, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, and wildfire detection via UAVs and drones. 📊 Quick Start from datasets import load_dataset # Load full dataset with instant streaming and native image/bbox decoding dataset = load_dataset("sanjeevafk/vanrakshak-forest-aerial-thermal") # Access sample… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/sanjeevafk/vanrakshak-forest-aerial-thermal.

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🌲 VanRakshak: Forest & Wildlife Aerial-Thermal Dataset

![GitHub Repository](https://github.com/sanjeevafk/vanrakshak) ![Trained Model-yellow)](https://huggingface.co/sanjeevafk/vanrakshak-forest-yolov8n) ![Colab Notebook](https://colab.research.google.com/github/sanjeevafk/vanrakshak/blob/main/vanrakshakyolov8training.ipynb) ![License](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0) ![Dataset Viewer](https://huggingface.co/datasets/sanjeevafk/vanrakshak-forest-aerial-thermal)

A comprehensive, curated dataset of aerial and thermal imagery optimized for forest surveillance, anti-poaching, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, and wildfire detection via UAVs and drones.

📊 Quick Start

python

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load full dataset with instant streaming and native image/bbox decoding
dataset = load_dataset("sanjeevafk/vanrakshak-forest-aerial-thermal")

# Access sample with bounding boxes and classes
sample = dataset["train"][0]
image = sample["image"]
bboxes = sample["objects"]["bbox"]
categories = sample["objects"]["category"]

Target Classes (6 Categories)

Class ID	Label	Description & Strategic Application
`0`	person	Human detection in dense canopy / thermal night patrols (anti-poaching & lost hikers)
`1`	vehicle	Unauthorized surveillance / patrol trucks / civilian intrusions
`2`	timber_truck	Illegal logging and illicit timber transit tracking
`3`	fire	Early-stage wildfire and active flame detection
`4`	smoke	Forest canopy smoke plumes for rapid wildfire alerting
`5`	elephant	Wildlife monitoring and human-elephant conflict mitigation

📈 Dataset Statistics

Split	Images	Bounding Boxes	Formats Available
Train	4,000	~32,000+	Parquet
Validation	3,946	~31,000+	Parquet
Total	7,946	~63,000+	Native Hugging Face & YOLOv8

📜 Citation & License

This dataset is distributed under the Apache 2.0 License.

bibtex

@dataset{vanrakshak_2026,
  author       = {Sanjeev and VanRakshak Project Contributors},
  title        = {VanRakshak: Forest & Wildlife Aerial-Thermal Dataset},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Hugging Face},
  howpublished = {\\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/sanjeevafk/vanrakshak-forest-aerial-thermal}}
}