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Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in the field to analyse information collected by wildlife conservationists, from camera trap and satellite images to audio recordings. AI can learn how to identify which photos out of thousands contain rare species; or pinpoint an animal call out of hours of field recordings - hugely reducing the manual labour required to collect vital conservation data.

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AI for Conservation Office Hours: are you interested?

Hi Wildlabbers! Let me introduce myself, I’m Lucas - I’ve just started interning at WILDLABS with a background in languages and Latin American Studies and I’m...

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Hi Wildlabbers! 

We're now going ahead with a small pilot of around ten 1:1 office hour sessions with Microsoft AI for Earth specialists. More details coming very soon.    

For the time being sign-ups are now closed, but thank you to everyone who has been interested. We will keep you updated on how the 1:1s go and whether there will be further sessions to sign up for later in the year. 

Cheers, 

Lucas

We've now wrapped our first run of AI for Conservation Office Hours and you can read my review of how it went and lessons learned here

Given the overall success of the programme, we're excited to announce that in early spring next year we will be coordinating a second round - so keep an eye out for further updates in the new year on the application and sign-up process. 

Also, we'd love to know whether you'd be interested in having a 1:1 so comment below and tell us what conservation tech challenge you would like to cover or how a session could help you in your conservation work. 

Many thanks, 

Lucas 

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community announcement

AI for Conservation Office Hours: 2021 Review

We've wrapped our first AI for Conservation Office Hours, a new programme where we set up 1:1 sessions with conservationists using or thinking about using AI so they could receive expert guidance from data scientists at...

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article

Low-cost underwater camera trapping and deep learning

Wake Forest University
This study breaks ground in outlining a methodology for a system of low-cost, long-term camera traps (Dispersed Environment Acquatic Cameras) that can be deployed over large spatial scales in remote marine environments...

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article

The race to save California's rarest butterflies

BBC
In pursuit of saving the Monarch butterflies, Carlo Mondavi- pioneer of the Monarch challenge- was inspired to develop the world's first fully electric smart tractor tractor with co-founder and Chief Executive, Praveen...

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article

Environmental Data Justice

Joycelyn Longdon
This research article explores the challenges of achieving environmental data justice, with the continued advancement in technology and growth in available data. The author emphasises the necessity to prioritise ...

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article

Caiman: Images as Sources of Intelligence

Sensing Clues Foundation
CAIMAN is a product from the Sensing Clues Foundation that automatically classifies animals on images from camera traps. It aims to be available by the end of 2021, contact the Sensing Clues team for more details. This...

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funding

Opportunity: GEO-Microsoft Planetary Computer Programme

Group on Earth Observations
The GEO-Microsoft Planetary Computer Programme invites the GEO community to be among the early adopters of Microsoft's  Planetary Computer. The Programme will support a number of 12-month projects that use The Planetary...

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event

How do I analyze large acoustic datasets using PAMGuard?

Jamie Macaulay
The recording is now available from our Tech Tutors episode with Jamie Macaulay, who answered the question, "How do I analyze large acoustic datasets using PAMGuard?" In this episode, Jamie taught us how to use the free...

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Which are major open challenges that AI can help to solve in nature conservation ?

Years ago I worked in innovation management on the international developement sector.  Institutional governance in uptaking new tech was quite slow.. However I now see that...

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Looks good, but what is the added value compared to other examples as Obsidentify and Plantnet?

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discussion

AI/ML Engineer Job at Dryad

https://www.dryad.netJob description"Dryad is an environmental IoT startup based in Berlin-Brandenburg. Our mission is to develop a large-scale IoT network that allows public and...

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event

Geo for Good Lightning Talks: Nature Conservation

Google Earth Outreach
Join the Google Earth Outreach team on August 19th for the 5th episode of Geo for Good Lightning Talks. You’ll hear from NGOs, scientists, and practitioners on how they use Google mapping tools to address issues in...

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article

Building Sustainable Support with Edge Impulse

Ellie Warren
Today, we're chatting with our WILDLABS Fellowship: On the Edge partners at Edge Impulse about how conservation tech funding and support can be more sustainable, and why reimagining how fellowships make an impact is so...

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WILDLABS Community Call: August 12th

WILDLABS Team
Catch up on our August 12th Community Call, where we welcomed the conservation tech community to join us for a discussion on our exciting programme updates, research results, and how you can get involved in our new...

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Wildlife Insights Launches

Wildlife Insights
Wildlife Insights is excited to announce the public release of their new platform! Read on to learn about all the useful features you'll find on Wildlife Insights, and check out WILDLABS' Tech Tutors episode with...

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event

Opportunity: Lead an ML Workshop

Edge Impulse
Our friends at Edge Impulse are seeking pitches for workshops during their embedded ML event, Imagine! WILDLABS community members with experience with embedded machine learning are welcome to propose workshops to lead...

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How do I get started with Wildlife Insights?

Nicole Flores
Catch up on our Tech Tutors episode with Nicole Flores, who answered the question, "How do I get started with Wildlife Insights?" Watch the full session below and on Youtube, and check out the resources shared by Nicole...

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How do I get started with Megadetector?

Siyu Yang
Catch up on our Tech Tutors episode with Siyu Yang, who answered the question, "How do I get started with Megadetector?" Watch the full session below and on Youtube to learn how this tool can speed up the process of...

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