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Funding / AI for Conservation | Community Base + 3
With $60,000, $30,000, and $10,000 grants available for 14 outstanding projects, the support of engineering and technology talent from Arm (the leading semiconductor design company), and access to the world’s biggest...
1 December 2023
OUT NOW: Our three-year trends report delivers the first global assessment tracking evolving perceptions and engagement in the tech for biodiversity and conservation space. Here are five things we found.
15 November 2023
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WILDLABS just released our three-year trends report sharing insights into how perceptions and engagement with technology for biodiversity and conservation are evolving. Take the 2023 survey and share it widely to help...
15 November 2023
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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
Join us this month to hear about a new toolkit from Save the Elephants, a tool to help you to host, visualize, and share massive orthomosaics and 3D models, Earth Species Projects' work to apply ML to biologging data,...
16 November 2023
Conversations & Questions
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As I approach the completion of my Bachelor's in Mechatronics Engineering, I am eager to explore career opportunities within the field of... |
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Early Career | 56 seconds ago | |
good to know that GPS coordinates can be used to sync the time. Does GPS resolution allow to a desired time resolution (e.g. seconds) ? Does choice of time resolution... |
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Acoustics, Biologging, Remote Sensing & GIS | 6 hours 14 minutes ago | |
Hello everyone. I'm part of a team working on a low-cost, deep-sea camera (BRUVS) project and we're currently facing challenges with our... |
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Camera Traps | 16 hours 28 minutes ago | |
camtrapR has a function that does what you want. i have not used it myself but it seems straightforward to use and it can run across directories of images:https://jniedballa.... |
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Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps | 22 hours 9 minutes ago | |
And here's how I would explain it to the government officials in a power point. I'm making the point that the wolves have been shooed away. |
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AI for Conservation | 1 day 1 hour ago | |
Dear community,For my MEng thesis at Imperial College London, I am building deep learning model that automatically postprocesses shark... |
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Marine Conservation | 2 days 8 hours ago | |
Hi Theresa. In comparison to traditional survey, I think that the time/cost benefits of acoustics are good. Certainly the set-up, maintenance, and data management... |
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Acoustics | 2 days 8 hours ago | |
Thank you Thomas, you are absolutely right but when I Mailed them, I didn't get a response about the price , shipment and so on! Thus I arrived to find some loggers in India... |
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Biologging | 3 days 17 hours ago | |
You might be interested in reaching out to the team at National Audubon Society's Migratory Bird Initiative. They just released the Bird Migration Explorer a year ago and likely... |
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Biologging, Remote Sensing & GIS | 4 days 6 hours ago | |
Hi All,I understand Okala are doing a lot of work with ML and cameratraps, you could try and contact them. |
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AI for Conservation, Camera Traps | 4 days 11 hours ago | |
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Software and Mobile Apps | 4 days 23 hours ago | |
Hi Ninying,One benefit of the Pinpoint tags is that they are user-rechargeable, something pretty much unheard of for satellite tags for decades! If you can recover the tags... |
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Biologging | 5 days ago |
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Birder, Conservation Tech Engineer, Ocean Conservation Engineer (Sofar Ocean Technologies)
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Independent data scientist 🌌, PhD in plant molecular genetics 🪴, I like to communicate data visually.
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- @Tjomme
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Building a community of AI professionals working on the Sustainable Development Goals.
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I like solving problems
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- @GeorgieLawson1
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Sustainability consultant working on projects relating to climate tech, nature and biodiversity, international development and financial impact reporting. Has previous experience working with conservation NGOs across Africa
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- @Agnethe
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PhD researcher at Cardiff University looking at computer vision in disease ecology
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Dimitris Bormpoudakis
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I am interdisciplinary environmental scientist, specialised in Biodiversity Management. I am currently working for the National Observatory of Athens, using remote sensing and artificial intelligence tools to monitor and model biodiversity and ecosystem services across biomes.

Aamer Mihaysi
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Deeply intrigued by AI, I navigate its limitless potential with a commitment to making a positive impact.

Tim McGrath
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Geographer, Program Manager, Engineering Manager

Fiona Murdoch
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I am an ecologist and passionate about the Mallee environment of north-west Victoria, Australia and the restoration of landscapes. I am the founder of Mallee Conservation and steward of a 490ha conservation property.

Abhi
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Working to enable effective conservation using technology since 2008

Dena Jane Clink
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My main research interests are passive acoustic monitoring and automated detection. I am the SE Asia Team Lead at the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics.
Ideas & Updates
Pomp!! Color! glamour and jubilation filled the first ever wildlife scientific conference dubbed “Use of Wildlife Science for enhanced Biodiversity Conservation and improved Livelihoods” that took place at the Lake...
1 December 2023
In a threatening world full of challenges to both humans and non-humans in existence, soliciting for diverse sustainable solutions to promote coexistence is vital and the answer lies in the advancement and adoption of...
1 December 2023
With the support of Women in Conservation Technology (Kenya) and Arm, I had a chance to work with Kijabe Environment Volunteers in Kikuyu Escarpment Forest. This was an opportunity to channel my passion for the...
1 December 2023
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- Mozilla Foundation, funding for nature conservation
Many people know of the Mozilla Foundation because of the FireFox browser and other open source software they produce together with countless volunteers. Perhaps less well known, the Mozilla Foundation also runs a funding program, which I believe may be an potential source of support for certain nature conservation projects.
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- Into the Underwater Savanna: BRUV Surveys In Seagrass Beds
Using baited remote underwater videos (BRUVs) to survey seagrass habitats along Kenya’s North Coast
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- ICOTEQ launch TAGRANGER® system of products
TagRanger® is a state-of-the-art wildlife finding, monitoring and tracking solution for research, conservation and environmental professionals. With superior configurability for logging data, reporting location and engaging in GPS-beating ranging technology, TagRanger® will direct you to the exact Tag location with a precision that gets you within touching distance (‘Finding’).
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- #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Judges' Panel Honorees
Please join us in celebrating this year’s top #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge Honorees as chosen by our panel of leading conservation organization judges, and enjoy the story contained within these entries about how our global community is using conservation tech, and where their bold and innovative ideas will take our field next.
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- Automatic extraction of temperature/moon phase from camera trap video
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- PiCAM: A Raspberry Pi-based open-source, low-power camera system for monitoring plant phenology in Arctic environments
Dedi Yang and co athors publiched a paper on a Raspberry Pi-based open-source, low-power camera system
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