Indigenous communities and AI for Conservation

Sam Reynolds

@Dr_Sam_Reynolds
| He/Him

University of Cambridge

Researcher in the Conservation Evidence Group. I mainly focus on invasive species, conservation effectiveness, evidence synthesis and AI

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AI for Conservation

Hello!

I am looking for recommendations for people from indigenous communities who are either using AI or exploring the potential of AI to solve conservation problems. I came across this website (below), and people such as Michael Running Wolf.

But I was wondering if there are other 'big players' in this field of AI for indigenous communities and conservation.

Suggestions welcome!

Stephanie O'Donnell

@StephODonnell | She / Her

WILDLABS

Fauna & Flora

I'm the Executive Manager at WILDLABS.

8 May 2024 2:26pm

Commenting so I get notifications on this, super interesting question.

Sam if you're based at Cambridge, have you connected with Joycelyn Longdon? She's doing some really interesting research with AI and ethics, her PhD project title is: Monitoring Ghanaian Forests with Bioacoustics, Machine Learning and Indigenous Knowledge. I've been trying to get her as a speaker on Variety hour for the last few months as I saw her present on her research last year and it was fascinating. She might be a good person to chat to if you aren't already connected? More on her research here.