The Junta de Andalucía has incorporated the use of drones in the activity of the environment agents as a fundamental tool to reinforce the surveillance and custody of the territory and advance in the technification of the collective.
This measure, activated from the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment, «It is a qualitative leap in improving the public service that these professionals provide to the natural heritage and the Andalusian citizenship, ”according to those responsible.
From heaven, in bird’s view, the Drone unitcomposed of environmental agents specialized in the management of these aircraft, has been operating since 2022, consolidating throughout 2024 and 2025.
Monitoring in the natural environment
The agents that make it up have acquired the necessary training and training for the professional use of drones in the development of their functions. To date, they had the EASA operator certificate, which It allows working with aircraft whose design has been approved by the European Air Safety Agency and that is governed by Regulation 2018/1139.
This first level of operation has been key in the process of initiation and formation of the collective, allowing to improve its skills, consolidate the unit and Apply the use of drones to fundamental tasks such as the monitoring of work done in the natural environmentthe control of administrative files on the land, or the monitoring of fauna censuses and the state of the vegetation.
Greater efficacy
However, and the result of the experience acquired in the services performed, it has been necessary Expand operational capabilities to be able to carry out the work of the Administrative Police developed by the Environment Agents.
Therefore, the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment has promoted the obtaining of the non -EASA certificate, which Authorizes the use of aircraft excluded from community regulationssuch as those used in military, patrols or police surveillance. These operations are especially suitable for the development of environmental control and territory surveillance functions.
New capabilities
Obtaining this certificate allows agents to incorporate new capacities into their daily activity, such as Support in emergency situations “Including.” forest firesfloods or the search for missing persons -, remarkably expanding the scope of their interventions and improving their response capacity.
This advance is part of a broader strategy of modernization of the collective, in which Information technologies, digitalization and process automation They play a central role.
Protection and conservation
These tools facilitate Environmental data analysis and analysisThey speed up administrative tasks and allow access to advanced solutions from any point, something essential for professionals who develop a good part of their work in natural environments.
The work of the Environment Agents It is essential to preserve and conserve the rich Andalusian natural heritage, as well as forest spaces and biodiversity that compose it.
Its progressive technification, promoted from the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment, reinforces his role as guarantors of a natural environment Protected, managed with rigor and at the service of the whole of Andalusian society.
