On a smaller scale why not. I attend the forest nearby at times, neighbors do it even more often .. but we can't ensure good care of a whole field set.

Even if there were large social efforts for people to gather and maintain nature, we'd still be at the mercy of pest / insects / microscopic life acting at night.

Tech in this field is going very fast. See e.g. [1]. Deep learning can be adapted easily to various tasks.

[1] https://robomechjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s4...

thanks a lot

ps: I was also thinking about monitoring fungi, microbes etc. (and the usual temp, humidity, acidity)