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Every day, mapping and spatial analysis are aiding conservation decisions, protected areas designation, habitat management on reserves and monitoring of wildlife populations, to name but a few examples. If you are excited by the ways in which GIS is used in conservation, this is the group for you!

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Training Opportunity: Durrell Conservation Academy

Durrell Conservation Academy
Durrell Conservation Academy is now accepting applications for their popular training course program, taking place in 2021. These courses cover a wide range of general and specific conservation subjects, including GIS...

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Estimating carbon from 3d models of mangroves

Hi We've been using UAVs to create 3d models and estimate volume of mangrove patches. We're working on assessing carbon storage from these models. Has anyone worked on...

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Hello Nandini. I did something similar mapping carbon stocks of subsurface peat reserves in upland habitats in the UK. It was pretty basic though. Modelled the 3D volume of peat from uav, field survey, geostatistical analysis and 3D modelling techniques. They simply calculated the carbon stock through the volume present.

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Webinar: The Next Generation Of Animal Telemetry

BOEM
Register now for this webinar on how BOEM and NASA are accelerating small satellite technology development to innovate new solutions for tracking large marine animals. This event will look at the next phases of a...

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Era of the Condor: A Species' Future in Recovery

Ellie Warren
In this three-part WILDLABS feature article, we'll take a look at the various technologies used to fight the greatest threat to endangered condors, explore the innovations that may change the way we study and understand...

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Talking Tracking with Xerius

Ellie Warren
How does tracking technology meet the many challenges specific to monitoring birds within their home ranges and over long distances during migration? WILDLABS community member Virginie Perilhon from Xerius Tracking...

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WILDLABS Tech Hub: WWF PandaSat

WILDLABS Team
At the 2018 London Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference, we announced the WILDLABS Tech Hub, an accelerator programme created to support the development and scaling of groundbreaking technological solutions addressing the ...

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Competition: Plastic Data Challenge

The Incubation Network
Are you ready for the Plastic Data Challenge? This global contest wants your innovative ideas for improving the plastic waste management and recycling chain in South and Southeast Asia. Participants can consider...

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Hawai'i Conservation Conference

Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance
The Hawai'i Conservation Conference is accepting abstracts in several categories, including emerging technological advances in the conservation field. This is an exciting opportunity to present your latest research to...

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Instant Detect 2.0 emerges

Sam Seccombe
In the past six months Instant Detect 2.0 has physically emerged, with the first prototype systems built and ready for testing at the start of April. The ZSL team is now well into their optimisation and hardening phase...

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I am doing a research project on rhino poaching at Kruger National Park. I was impressed with the idea of Instant Detect 2.0. I do not know the cost involved with installing that...
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ESA Kickstarter: Environmental Crimes

European Space Agency
The European Space Agency’s “Environmental Crimes” thematic call offers support and funding of up to €60,000 per activity to companies looking to develop services tackling illegal water, air and land polution using...

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Conservation and Technology Conference

Bat Conservation Trust
The Bat Conservation Trust is hosting a one-day conference exploring conservation and technology for all wildlife (not just bats!) at the University of Nottingham this fall. The conference will bring together wildlife...

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Conservation remote sensing webinar series

The Conservation Biology Institute is hosting a series of Conservation Remote sensing webinars with the Society for Conservation GIS. This is quite the lineup, so I recommend you...

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WILDLABS TECH HUB Showcase

WILDLABS Team
Join us at the Tech Hub Showcase event ot hear how our winners are using technology to scale their solutions to the illegal wildlife trade. The event will take place at Digital Catapult, 101 Euston Road, London, on the...

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Meet the WILDLABS TECH HUB Winners

WILDLABS Team
In February, we released an open call for the WILDLABS TECH HUB, offering 3 months of support for solutions using technolgy to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. We were overwhelmed by an incredible 37 submissions,...

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FOSS4G 2019

Hi GIS-ers, This is a notification that the FOSS4G 2019 conference call for talks and workshops deadline is this coming Monday 15th April. This year's conference is taking...

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Eye on Earth Symposium Online: All 36 sessions will be webcast globally

Hi all, Just to share that this symposium will be available online and most of the sessions are very interesting to willdlabs community. You can check the program here:...

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Following the successful Eye on Earth Symposium at the end of October, the team has announced that video recordings of all 35 sessions are now available.

They've also shared a recording of the Global Environmental Education Partnership webinar: http://bit.ly/EoeWebinars 

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Sumatran Forest Type Maps and Data

Anyone know of any good databases or sites to find forest cover maps for Indonesia? I know that is highly specific but, I am looking for maps that show forest type for a...

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GIS Day 2018

Today is GIS Day. Today we turned our department foyer into a map gallery to celebrate. The conservation work of the RSPB is reliant on the application of up to date, accurate...

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