This group is home to the protected area management tools that bring data collection, analysis, and reporting together to enable frontline conservation work in real-time. These integrated systems include many tools and topics related to other community groups, so if you're interested in this space make sure to check out our Sensors and Connectivity groups as well.
Resources for Getting Started:
- Watch the recording of our virtual meetup on Networked Sensors for Security and Human-Wildlife Conflict Prevention, including talks from WWF, SmartParks, and Sensing Clues.
- Check out this Introduction to SMART on our YouTube channel.
- Hear about the work Wildlife Protection Solutions is doing in this space.
- Watch Ted Schmidt's lunchtime lecture on Tech Readiness and Protected Area Management Tools.
- For a marine perspective, watch Max Schofield's Tech Tutors episode: How do I use open access remote sensing data to monitor fishing?
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Programme Manager, Bahari Hai Conservation
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A systems and policy specialist, currently working as the Quality & Accreditation Manager for Ceres Tag.
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Movement ecologist working at Hopkins Marine Station. Specialise on large, predatory fishes (particularly sharks and rays).
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WILDLABS
I'm the Community Manager at WILDLABS
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Junior machine learning engineer with a background in data science and physics
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PhD student on movement and behaviour of sharks
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A conservation Biologist, supporting a project securing suitable habitat for rhino conservation.
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Danau Girang Field Center & Cardiff University
Conservation biologist and PhD student specialising in movement ecology and behavioural research on Sunda pangolins in Malaysia Borneo. Using camera traps, biologging, and conservation social science.
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Careers
We are looking for an international consultant to develop and implement the SMART system for São Tomé and Príncipe terrestrial and marine ecosystems, in Portuguese
1 July 2022
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Careers
This position will support WCS’ training and capacity development work, specifically by supporting the global capacity building efforts of the Learning and Leadership for Conservation (LLC) program, including CLP and...
23 June 2022
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Article
New remote sensing papers/datasets
Carly Batist
Near real-time global 10 m land cover mapping via Dynamic World; combining Sentinel-1 & -2 data for tree species classification; detecting elephants from drone imagery; Ecuador's satellite monitoring for illegal...
13 June 2022
Funding
Global Forest Watch Small Grants Fund
Carly Batist
Global Forest Watch's Small Grants Fund is now open for applications for the 2023 grant cycle. Deadline is August 1.
1 June 2022
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New article: SMART for wildlife health surveillance
Carly Batist
Author: Diego Montecino
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| Very Insightful Ken! Great to see how the team at Ol Pejeta has been keen on integrating EarthRanger with other software, to have everything in a single system and better monitor... |
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East Africa Community, Protected Area Management Tools | 3 weeks 3 days ago | |
| Hello. I have reviewed the questions this am and all the questions on the survey that force a response should have a N/A or "I don't know" option. That... |
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Protected Area Management Tools, Wildlife Crime | 3 months ago | |
| At IUCN, we are collecting examples of best practices and case studies of tech use in and around protected and conserved areas to... |
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Protected Area Management Tools | 3 months 4 weeks ago | |
| Hi community, We're looking for a mobile lead engineer to help us protect some of the world's most endangered species and their ecosystems. Help us and put... |
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Protected Area Management Tools, Software and Mobile Apps | 9 months 1 week ago | |
| Hey everyone, Tomorrow's episode will be with Christine Wilkinson, who will... |
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Protected Area Management Tools | 9 months 2 weeks ago | |
| Hi Wildlabbers, We're getting ready for tomorrow's episode with Tech Tutor Lily Xu, who'll talk to us about how machine learning can help with conservation... |
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AI for Conservation, Protected Area Management Tools, Wildlife Crime | 10 months ago | |
| Hi everyone, WCS and the SMART Partnership are holding a hackathon next week with the aim of improving SMART (... |
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Protected Area Management Tools | 5 years 7 months ago |
Consultancy: Development and Implementation of SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) for São Tomé and Príncipe
1 July 2022 at 06:15pm
Program Coordinator - Learning and Leadership for Conservation (LLC)
23 June 2022 at 02:45pm
New remote sensing papers/datasets
13 June 2022 at 01:53pm
Are you Using EarthRanger?
9 June 2022 at 06:02am
9 June 2022 at 09:38am
Very Insightful Ken! Great to see how the team at Ol Pejeta has been keen on integrating EarthRanger with other software, to have everything in a single system and better monitor wildlife and manage resources.
Global Forest Watch Small Grants Fund
1 June 2022 at 04:19pm
Survey for Doctoral Research on Poaching in Protected Areas
11 March 2022 at 08:05pm
26 March 2022 at 10:57am
I tried to fill it out but it's not letting me finish because all the questions are set to be required? Some of them are not relevant or the info is unknown to me, but not all the questions have this as an answer option. Just something to consider FYI
28 March 2022 at 07:14pm
Hello. I have reviewed the questions this am and all the questions on the survey that force a response should have a N/A or "I don't know" option. That said, there are still some bugs that I have found with the survey. Please email me at [email protected] if you encounter any more issues and I will be happy to address them promptly. Thank you very much for taking the time to complete the survey.
Wendy
Call for solutions on technology for conservation impact
4 March 2022 at 02:07pm
Lead mobile engineer for EarthRanger
21 September 2021 at 07:14pm
Tech Tutors: How do I get started with participatory mapping?
15 September 2021 at 10:55pm
Tech Tutors: How do I use AI to fight wildlife crime?
1 September 2021 at 10:59pm
SMART Hackathon, 28th November in Las Vegas
23 November 2016 at 11:00am
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At Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya, we have deployed EarthRanger to have a central place where on one single system we can monitor key wildlife such as the collared lions & Elephants, in real time, track our assets such as our patrol vehicles, and to store and analyze our ranger collected observation data in order identify trends and insights.
The use of EarthRanger in this manner has contributed significantly to our understanding wildlife movement and interaction behavior, helped us better address HWC issues, we also have a better picture of the various incidents occurring within the conservancy and their resolution. Finally, patrol effort is now much more easily managed and visualized ensuring that all areas of the conservancy get covered.
Our ER system has been integrated with SMART, and all the data collected in the field by our rangers using SMART MOBILE can be accessed and analyzed on EarthRanger.
Our analysis of data within EarthRanger is done using Tableau which comes bundled together with EarthRanger, this is how we can identify data trends to inform better decision making in the management of our resources.
The system has been up for over 3 years and we are continuously exploring the opportunities this tool has to offer with regards to protected area management.