Drone flight in Indonesia
16 April 2019 12:08pm
18 April 2019 5:07pm
Thanks so much Sol! How long did it take you to get permission to fly? And were there any costs associated with getting the permit?
4 June 2019 1:33pm
Hi Sophie,
Sorry- I only just saw your reply!
It took about 3 months to get it through the department of civil aviation, but this doesn't mean much, because the Indonesian system may be pretty different. It cost 250RM (£50) for each drone.
Cheers,
Sol
Technology companies, FCO, and conservation NGOs come together to scale technology solutions to end wildlife crime
WILDLABS Team
4 June 2019 12:00am
AI for Earth Innovation Grant (extended)
Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation
4 June 2019 12:00am
CogX Festival of AI and Emerging Technology - free tickets for WILDLABS members
16 May 2019 12:12pm
28 May 2019 12:02pm
UPDATE: We've had quite a few members emailing us for tickets, so I'm looking forward to meeting everyone in person! We've now been allocated some extra tickets, so if you are interested you're in luck, there is still a chance to come along.
3 June 2019 4:53pm
Are there any free tickets left for CogX?
I am on [email protected]
3 June 2019 5:04pm
yep! Drop me an email at [email protected] and I'll get you a link.
Steph
Makerspaces to empower communities to develop/refine their own solutions to HEC
27 May 2019 8:27am
28 May 2019 11:37pm
3 June 2019 3:31pm
Hi Aditya,
If you haven't already found it, you should check out our last virtual meetup, it was all about tools and spaces for collaboration and we featured a number of members who have set up and are working on conservation focused makerspaces. You can watch in and connect to the members featured here.
Steph
Conservation remote sensing webinar series
5 October 2018 7:40am
3 June 2019 11:20am
CBI and SCGIS have been running a second series of webinars this year. You can find recordings of all the previous webinars signposted here.
Of note, see:
- Planetary-scale monitoring with Google Earth Engine
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The Potential of GEDI Lidar for Biodiversity Conservation Applications
The next upcioming webinar is Integrating Remote Sensing With Conservation Analysis Workflows on June 11, 10:00 PDT (register here).
How machine learning can help fight illegal wildlife trade on social media
Enrico Di Minin
31 May 2019 12:00am
Caught in the crossfire – Tapirs in tiger territory
Tim Knight
31 May 2019 12:00am
Technology lab focused on wildlife protection opens on Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Ol Pejeta Conservancy
31 May 2019 12:00am
Canopy height mapping with drones
Tom Swinfield
31 May 2019 12:00am
FLIR Conservation Discount Program
24 May 2019 4:39pm
25 May 2019 1:18am
Hi Montanamud,
Thanks so much for posting this. I'm Alasdair from the Arribada Initiative, working on the WWF / Wildlabs Asian Elephant Human Wildlife Conflict Challenge to develop an early warning system using thermopiles / microbolometers. We use the Lepton range of FLIR products. Do you know if Lepton modules will be eligable within the Conservation Discount Programme too?
Kind regards,
Alasdair
29 May 2019 6:14pm
Hi Alasdair-
Currently the Lepton is not on the list. If you would, please fill out the form on this webpage and request the Lepton be added - I will also bring it up and see if we can get it on the list.
Paper: Time-lapse photography to study colonial animals
11 April 2019 12:34pm
29 May 2019 11:02am
Thanks for sharing. This is going to be very helpful with my on-going design project!
WILDLABS Virtual Meetup Recording: Creative Approaches to Data-Driven Storytelling
WILDLABS Team
29 May 2019 12:00am
[ARCHIVED] Upcoming Event: Conservation & Technology Conference
28 May 2019 7:28pm
Environmental Management with Raspberry Pi
22 May 2019 6:35pm
25 May 2019 1:29am
Hi Marysia,
Naturebytes is a good start, there are a number of projects running using their Raspberry Pi wildlife camera traps.
Kind regards,
Alasdair
Investment Showcase and Pitching Competition
24 May 2019 1:14pm
Internship and Early Career Opportunities 2019
3 May 2019 4:33pm
3 May 2019 4:37pm
WildCRU Camera Trap Internships
WildCRU’s wide-spread and long-term camera trapping study spans South East Asia to West Africa to Scotland. Based at Tubney House, we are looking for early career undergraduate or masters students to work closely with our camera trapping co-ordinator to identify species and tag camera trap images using WildCRU’s camera trapping protocol. You will learn a variety of skills, attend WildCRU’s camera trapping workshop and have the opportunity to network with WildCRU’s international community.
Interns will be appointed for 3 month, usually on a part time basis, at £9 per hour, ideally starting 10th June. To apply, please send us a CV (no longer than 2 pages) and a covering letter detailing your experience to [email protected] and [email protected] by 24th May 2019.
More info: https://www.wildcru.org/opportunities/
24 May 2019 11:41am
Caracal
Caracal is a cloud-based data integration & analysis platform for protected areas. We are looking for creative graphic designers and frontend developers who are willing to contribute remotely to our young yet exciting conservation technology project. We primarily need help developing intuitive map icons for categorizing incidents and species, as well as building frontend components for our web app.
This project is ongoing and those interested are encouraged to email us at [email protected] or by completing this form:
https://forms.gle/e2TA24scf5Ceq7LK6
FLIR Conservation Discount Program
FLIR Systems, Inc.
23 May 2019 12:00am
Announcing DotDotGoose – open source software for counting objects in an image
22 May 2019 1:37pm
Environmental Management and the Raspberry Pi
21 May 2019 10:42pm
GWP Webinar Recording: Using SMART at scale for effective wildlife protection
World Bank Global Wildlife Program
21 May 2019 12:00am
Speed camera: Help needed to get traffic data
10 May 2019 5:26pm
16 May 2019 7:24pm
Hi Greg,
You are getting some great technical advice from folks a lot more qualified than me. But as I read through everything, I see you are potentially wanting to use your solution for citing violations. Whatever solution you install needs to be "future proof" for this from the start. Not sure how that would work where you are (Zimbabwe, I believe?), but usually the accuracy of the speed reading and the vehicle identification has to be beyond reproach. Calibration and accuracy, data integrity, etc., all need to be considered.
I would at least look into a buy vs. make decision (or a hybrid of the two) before committing to a completely homegrown solution. It sounds like you only want to install one system. You can find small but acurate radar systems and cameras pretty readily on amazon if you wanted a hybrid solution, or you could look into any one of the dozens of companies who make traffic speed monitoring equipment. You already have a place to install, so that helps. Some systems would be too expensive for your budgets or your needs, but some would be pretty reasonable. Furthermore, those companies could potentially be enticed to provide a system at a substantial discount if they can consider it a charitable contribution. But I'm just thinking out loud here, and maybe it would be difficult for these companies to ship a system to Zimbabwe.
Just my 2 cents.
Drue
17 May 2019 7:43am
Dear Drue
You are definitely correct regarding the need for any system to be reasonably accurate and very accurate should citations start to be issued. That actually was why I like the german system http://raserabwehr.de as it seems slightly more full proof than working on Doppler. If you could point me in the right direction for what you find on Amazon that would be great but as a package. The main thing is it must be easy to install and at a price that does the job.
Initially our intention will be to use it to monitor the road so we can work out which groups to target for awareness campaigns, citations would be probably the last on our list.
Anyway thanks for your thoughts and if you come up with something do let us know.
18 May 2019 12:12am
Hi Greg,
Indeed, the German solution you identified might be a better solution than what I had found on Amazon, which were mostly Doppler solutions, and thinking more about it, would not give you the ability to do long term data analytics on the traffic patterns, which might be important to achieving your objectives. A few alternatives to the German solution would be:
https://enforcementlogix.com (Canadian)
https://www.atsol.com/solutions/speed-safety/ (US)
Good luck,
Drue
WILDLABS TECH HUB Showcase
WILDLABS Team
17 May 2019 12:00am
TECH HUB Virtual Meetup Recording: Scaling technology solutions to tackle the illegal wildlife trade
WILDLABS Team
17 May 2019 12:00am
Meet the WILDLABS TECH HUB Winners
WILDLABS Team
13 May 2019 12:00am
WILDLABS Virtual Meetup Series – Season 2!
19 February 2019 3:35pm
14 March 2019 3:49am
Hi Steph.
Thanks for the clarification. I had misunderstood and thought it was a call for volunteers to propose potential talks for the virtual meetups. I hadn't realized the speakers were already chosen. Ha ha ha. I will take a look at the previous meetups to understand the format better. Looking forward to the next one and will participate in the discussion :)
Akiba
21 March 2019 2:14pm
And I'd very much like to hear about your ideas!
Mind you, it's not always the case that problem and solution sets overlap. But the more problems and solutions one knows about, the more likely it is to make a match.
Thanks,
-harold
7 May 2019 3:18pm
Hi all,
Reminder that the second event in Season 2 of the series is happing TOMORROW May 8 from 2pm-3:30pm GMT / 10am-11:30am EDT! Note that this is 3pm-4:30pm BST due to daylight savings. The meetup will focus on Tools & Spaces for Collaboration, with contributions from 3 wonderful speakers and 3 innovative makerspaces/field labs. You can still register here to join. For those who are unable to join us live, the meetup will be recorded and shared on the series page within a week of the event.
Hope to see you tomorrow!
Talia
2nd Women in Environmental Sciences Workshop
University of Manchester
7 May 2019 12:00am
Technology for Wildlife and the Looming Spectre of E-Waste
Laure Joanny
3 May 2019 12:00am
Call for papers for Data Mining and AI For Conservation Workshop at KDD2019
1 May 2019 2:28pm
How IoT is being used for Australian agriculture
28 April 2019 8:43am
17 April 2019 4:14pm
Hi Sophie,
The best thing would be to get in contact with the Department of Civil Aviation in the Indonesian state you're working in. You're right that you can fly without a permit for at low altitude in most places, but there may be diferent restrictions if the drone is used for research purposes so its worth checking. I received a license for drone work in Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) and they mainly wanted to know the drone specs, activities, flight coordinates, dates and if possible, times. The only restriction they gave us was to fly below 300 m,
There is usually a lot of back and forth between departments about who is ultimately responsible but they should be able to get it processed, as there are groups in Kalimantan using drones pretty regularly. Please let me know if you have any issues or need any other info.
Best wishes,
Sol