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It has been an extraordinary year supporting and growing the regional East African Conservation Technology Community at WILDLABS. We've made great strides and unlocked exciting opportunities for our community as we...
29 April 2024
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Hello and welcome to the WILDLABS community! With 6,000 members and counting, we want to get to know you a little better. In a couple of...
29 October 2015
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I think I've landed on the Wildlife Acoustics Song Meter Mini Bat 2 for now, but I'm definitely interested to see how this cheaper tech progresses |
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Acoustics | 24 minutes 57 seconds ago | |
This is so cool! I am 1000% going to see if they want to come talk about it at Variety Hou! |
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AI for Conservation, Citizen Science | 1 hour 10 minutes ago | |
Hi Courtney,I haven't read through all the Wildlife computer options but I have heard of people using Zinc Anode disks as a type of slowly degrading attachment point for tags. We... |
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Biologging, Marine Conservation | 1 hour 30 minutes ago | |
Thank you for the tip, Eve! In fact, in the area where the foundation works, there clearly are dry seasons, the past few years much drier than normal, where trees loose their... |
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Camera Traps, Drones | 2 hours 51 minutes ago | |
Hi Jesse,For a material to be acoustically transparent (in air), the speed of sound in the material times its density must match that of air. Realistically, any solid... |
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Acoustics, Biologging | 4 hours 5 minutes ago | |
@Andrew_Hill Amazing project and something I have been looking into as well. I do human-elephant conflict work in Asia mainly in Sri Lanka. I am using a series of Audiomoth to... |
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Acoustics | 4 hours 40 minutes ago | |
Hi Sarah,It depends on what question you're asking. It would make sense to upload the land cover rasters for each year and then your data (you didn't mention what form your data... |
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Remote Sensing & GIS | 1 hour 7 minutes ago | |
Our research group has worked on this issue. Here is the paper link: |
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AI for Conservation | 6 hours 14 minutes ago | |
Yeah. I’ve seen the video. Very nice. Good luck with that ! Let us know how it goes. |
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AI for Conservation | 6 hours 32 minutes ago | |
Thanks very much @LucaPego! Just to clarify, 'Products' does cover hardware, but it also includes software and databases as well. Basically anything that you can take and use in... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 7 hours 26 minutes ago | |
Hello Mike how are you? in this case you need a rifle, a pistol will give you a max of 30 mt and it depends on the size of the dart, so a rifle can give more than >40 mt range... |
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Citizen Science | 3 hours 18 minutes ago | |
Hi Steph, We appreciate the support! Thanks for the tag and your help managing the community!Patrick |
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Sensors, Acoustics, Conservation Dogs, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions | 7 hours 37 minutes ago |
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I am a forensic geneticist with a long term interest in developing and applying DNA markers to combat wildlife crime. Currently developing and validating STRs for raptors and rapid on-site species ID using the ONT MinION portable sequencer.
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MSc Conservation Biology, University of Cape Town. Studying black-footed cats. Wildlife photographer, illustrator, researcher. Live in Asheville, NC, US. travelforwildlife.com, trulywild.com
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Recent data science graduate from the University of New England in Maine, USA. Looking to enter the field of data science with a focus on environmental and social issues.
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PhD in Animal Behaviour, now run heath and education research consultancy
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Studying ML for Camera Traps at ASU
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Researcher interested in the conservation of endemic anurans from arid High Andes. Focused on behavior, ecology, physiology, and reproduction studies. Education for conservation.
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Patrick Chwalek
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I'm a PhD candidate in the Responsive Environments Group, working on electronic systems for human and wildlife monitoring.
M. Moshiur Rahman
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I am a Project Scientist at UC Davis's Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory, with degrees from Khulna University, Ghent University, and the University of Western Australia. My research focuses on fish behavior, reproductive traits, and the ecological impacts on these traits.
Eric Fortune
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Neuroscientist who sometimes steps outside to monitor biodiversity
Richard Birchett
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Richard Birchett is a Professional Wildlife & Conservation Photographer from the United Kingdom who has recently moved to Ontario, Canada. He has spent the last 22 years in the UK Military as a Survival Specialist.
Atinafu Saile
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i am phD. Candidate and conducting conservation studies on wildlife.
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Save the Elephants is seeking a Principal Investigator for our Elephant Collective Behaviour Project. This role will spearhead research initiatives using cutting-edge video analysis tools to study elephant group...
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Read in detail about how to use The Inventory, our new living directory of conservation technology tools, organisations, and R&D projects.
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