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Article / Early Career | East Africa Community + 1
Are you an emerging Tanzanian conservationist looking to leverage new technologies in your conservation practice and become part of an empowering network of female conservation leaders? Apply now for our Women in...
25 March 2024
Article / Community Base | Emerging Tech
Announcing the WILDLABS Awards 2024 awardees!
Adrien Pajot
After a long application review and finalisation process, we are thrilled to finally announce the winners of the WILDLABS Awards 2024!
26 March 2024
Article / Community Base
Introducing Badges: A new WILDLABS feature!
Jake Burton
We’re unveiling badges, a new feature that allows you to showcase how you’re involved in WILDLABS. Keep track of engagement, show off your collection, and maybe even engage in some friendly competition.
12 March 2024
Discussion / Community Base
Welcome to WILDLABS!
Stephanie O'Donnell
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
Event / Community Base
The Variety Hour: April 2024
Stephanie O'Donnell
Join us this month to hear about balancing classical biodiversity monitoring with emerging bioacoustics and AI, a new report about bridging biodiversity and business, using passive acoustic monitoring to evaluate...
18 April 2024
Conversations & Questions
Akiba
Community Member
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| Also some other bat experts I'd recommend reaching out to, if you haven't already (for this and any bat acoustic questions) - Adrià López-Baucells, Nils Bouillard, Kate Jones,... |
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Acoustics | 2 minutes 8 seconds ago | |
| If you have the resources, I would suggest testing the sensitivity and directionality of the system at relevant frequencies both with and without an external mic, and let the... |
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| We're seeking training data for AI for wolf ID - we at T4C manage 3 Wildbook platforms: Wild North, Whiskerbook and the... |
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AI for Conservation | 1 day 2 hours ago | |
| Thanks for the reply. I'm curious to hear more about your friend's issues with this set up! |
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Acoustics, Biologging | 1 day 4 hours ago | |
| Hi everyone,Some of you will have noticed that WILDLABS was inaccessible or frustratingly slow on Friday (April 26th, 2024). Aside from... |
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Community Base | 1 day 6 hours ago | |
| Very useful! Thanks a lot! |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 4 days 12 hours ago | |
| Thanks, Thomas! I will definitely look into this more. I like the idea of finding ways to adjust the base plate/attachment point to something more biodegradable/sustainable, so... |
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Biologging, Marine Conservation | 5 days 6 hours ago | |
| Thank you Robyn. Sure I will send more information to your email |
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Citizen Science, Acoustics, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Human-Wildlife Conflict | 6 days 7 hours ago | |
| Hi Phani,An entry point might be to participate in a challenge related to conservation on:KaggleDrivenDataFruitPunchMax Planck Institute of Animal BehaviorYou could also reach out... |
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AI for Conservation | 6 days 9 hours ago | |
| You can also do these things or feed it your own sources that it must not hallucinate from (and keeps confidential) if you have the paid-for version. |
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AI for Conservation, Emerging Tech | 6 days 12 hours ago | |
| SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR WILL ALSO DETECT AND LOCATE CHAINSAWS, MOTORBIKES, BICYLCLES, FIREARMS, MACHETES in fact anything metal. I have been concentrating on trying to get... |
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AI for Conservation, Drones, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Wildlife Crime | 6 days 14 hours ago | |
| I'm not an expert in this field, but have been doing some self study for a local project... Resolving animals in an image is not purely height related - but rather a combination... |
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AI for Conservation | 6 days 20 hours ago |
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WILDLABS Project Officer
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I run a startup with interest in conservation
You can reach out to me at [email protected]
www.thinkevolveconsulting.com
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I am the Wildlife Ecologist for the Cleveland Metroparks. I run a long-term, urban ecology project using over 200 wildlife cameras paired with vegetation monitoring sites. This project investigates wildlife distribution and species relationships in our 24,000+ acre park system.
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Marine, Wildlife and Conservation Biologist
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Entrepreneur building AI-driven acoustic monitoring technology for comprehensive wildlife conservation, protection and ecosystem health monitoring.
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United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP WCMC)
Software Developer at UNEP-WCMC Informatics Team
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My name is Lennart Suselbeek. I am the owner of the company Wildlife Monitoring Solutions (WMS) in the Netherlands. WMS specialises in camera traps and other forms of Wildlife Monitoring Solutions (audio monitoring, thermal imaging, etc). I have a PhD in ecology.
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Chris Jones
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Brendan Joy
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Molly Blank
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Biomedical Engineer realizing human wellbeing through ecosystem restoration
Ciro Martínez
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Acoustic engineer and PhD student specializing in AI-based solutions, sound, and image processing for the Marine Mammals Laboratory (CESIMAR-CONICET) in Argentina. My primary focus is on the detection and classification of Southern Right Whale calls in PAM recordings.
Vanesa Reyes
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I hold a PhD in Biological Sciences and specialize in bioacoustics and passive acoustic monitoring of cetaceans in the Argentine Sea and Antarctica. Recently, I've also embraced computing to leverage technology in enhancing our conservation efforts.
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InConversation: Season 1*Final Episode*
Esther Githinji
Tap into our new and exciting community-focused conversation series! In this first season of InConversation, we're in East Africa with host Esther Githinji. Listen in as we chat one-on-one with your favourite...
30 April 2024
Article
What better way to conclude InConversation Season 1: East Africa than by delving into the exciting yet complex world of #tech4wildlife innovation across the region. This episode is going to be double the insight and...
30 April 2024
Careers
The North Carolina Zoo seeks a dynamic, motivated and progressive individual to serve as the Associate Curator of International Conservation within the zoos’ Conservation, Education and Science (CES) program. The...
29 April 2024
Article
Earth Blox dataset review: Meta Global Canopy Height (1m)
29 April 2024
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Article
A Year of Supporting East African Conservation Technology: Lessons on How You Can Amplify #Tech4Wildlife
29 April 2024
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Careers
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27 April 2024
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24 April 2024
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TRAINING WORKSHOP ON DATA MANIPULATION WITH SPSS AND VISUALIZATION WITH POWER BI
24 April 2024
Indepthresearch
Careers
Ecologist Postdoctoral Research Fellow
23 April 2024
alexrood
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Esther Githinji
East Africa Coordinator
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Connecting with people who understand the technology, species, and habitats you’re working with is so important to building your conservation tech network. Whether you’re looking for expert advice or just want to chat about your experiences, our Groups will help you find your corner of the WILDLABS community.
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SEE Shell is an innovative phone app that uses machine learning to identify products made from the shell of the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle.
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You’re invited to the WILDLABS Variety Hour, a monthly event that connects you to conservation tech's most exciting projects, research, and ideas. We can't wait to bring you a whole new season of speakers and discussions!
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A set of highly discriminating STR DNA markers developed in a collaboration between the SASA wildlife forensics lab and University of Leicester researchers is being used to detect laundering of wild peregrine falcons into the captive-bred market for onward sale as racing birds in the Middle East.
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Listen in on our interview with human-predator conflict expert, Gabi Fleury and gain a deeper understanding of the importance of holistic, ethical and community-led approaches to developing tech solutions for conservation.
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WILDLABS Collections will help you dive deeper into the conservation tech topics that matter most to you, and find favorite resources from other community members. Start exploring our collections below!
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EarthRanger: All you need to know!
Netty Cheruto
3 August 2022
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