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Ronan Hugtenburg

Software developer at Octophin Digital and student at Aberystwyth University. Bug Fanatic🪲

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Acoustic Monitoring

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Looking for plant and animal eco-acoustics specialists in the Alps

Bioacoustic monitoring is one of our biggest and most active groups, with members collecting and analysing acoustic data from every type of wildlife, from birds and bats to big cats, and even reptiles!

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New papers on passive acoustic monitoring

PAM & transfer learning, defining occupancy in surveys, effects of anthropogenic noise on fish, soundscapes to track ecosystem recovery, detecting sharks with echosounders, using PAMGuard to detect marine mammals

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AI for Conservation

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Underwater Fish Datasets from the Mediterranean

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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Tiger, Tiger, in the Night... Now Visible in Real Time

Press Release for International Tiger Day – July 29th, 2022: For the first time ever, wild tigers and their prey have been detected by AI-powered, cryptic cameras that transmit the images to the cell phones and computers of park managers. Just as important, the elapsed time from the motion sensor triggered by the passing tiger, to running the AI, to transmission to the cell network, to the Internet, and to the end user is less than 30 seconds, making this technology a true real-time system.

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Camera Traps

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Underwater Fish Datasets from the Mediterranean

Looking for a place to discuss camera trap troubleshooting, compare models, collaborate with members working with other technologies like machine learning and bioacoustics, or share and exchange data from your camera trap research? Get involved in our Camera Traps group! All are welcome whether you are new to camera trapping, have expertise from the field to share, or are curious about how your skill sets can help those working with camera traps.

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Tiger, Tiger, in the Night... Now Visible in Real Time

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Citizen Science

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Using social media for Citizen Science projects - examples

Anyone can become a citizen scientist - even experts! If you're excited about exploring new areas of conservation tech, contributing to projects, or developing and launching your own citizen science projects or apps, this is the group for you.

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Bird Sounds Global web portal

A new web portal for annotating bird sounds has been opened called Bird Sounds Global (BSG). It is part of project LIFEPLAN, and its key objective is to develop global, automated software for bird sound identification.

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Climate Change

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Applications of Conservation Technology to the Power Grid

The conservation tech community has the power to help us understand and overcome the enormous challenges posed by climate change. Join our Climate Change group to meet others who are passionate about using their expertise to innovate new solutions and find reasons to be optimistic about tech's potential in the fight against climate disasters.

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Call for Abstracts for #AGU22 Fall Meeting: Applications of Earth Observations for Addressing Environmental and Development Challenges in Africa

#AGU22, where Science Leads the Future, will take place in Chicago and online everywhere on 12th-16th December. Submit your abstract by 3rd August, for the Global Environmental change session on: Applications of Earth Observations for Addressing Environmental and Development Challenges in Africa, to meet the global Earth and space science community to share findings, connect, and advance the field

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Community Base

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Get to Know WILDBEAR Awardee Alyssa Bohart

The WILDLABS Community Base is the ideal place to get oriented with the all that our community platform offers, hear about news and opportunitys, and to meet new friends and collaborators.

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Introducing WILDBEAR Awardee Alyssa Bohart

Get to know Alyssa Bohart, our first WILDBEAR Award recipient, who works with GPS-collared bears in Canada.

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Data management and processing tools

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Underwater Fish Datasets from the Mediterranean

Conservation tech work doesn't stop after data is collected in the field. Equally as important to success is navigating data management and processing tools. For the many community members who deal with enormous datasets, this group will be an invaluable resource to trade advice, discuss workflows and tools, and share what works for you.

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CERES TAG

Ceres Tag sends just in time alerts and GPS location to have the power to track and trace.

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Early Career

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A Triphibian Surveillance Vehicle

Just starting your conservation tech career path? Our Early Career group is the best place to network, chat about your master's projects, and seek advice from your peers and those who have been down this path before! Join now to get to know community members and students from around the world!

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Emerging Tech

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Survey: The role and applicability of block-chain technology in conservation survey

Technology is changing and evolving faster than ever, and as it does, our community members are looking for the next big thing to revolutionize their conservation tech work. To chat about your favorite new tools that are just emerging in the field and discover innovations you haven't yet heard of, join this group!

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CERES TAG

Ceres Tag sends just in time alerts and GPS location to have the power to track and trace.

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Ethics of Conservation Tech

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Tech Tutors: How do I build a community-owned conservation tech research project?

Over the last few years the conservation movement has been enthusiastically deploying new technologies that make it possible to observe and protect the natural world in ways once unimaginable. But are there any potential risks we need to consider as we deploy the new, exciting technologies?

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New article (Reuters): Orca stuck in river to be lured to sea using drone with loudspeakers

"A drone emitting orca sounds will be used in attempt to guide the animal, whose health is fast deteriorating"

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Footprint Identification Technique (FIT)

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WildTrack Women in Science Day, 11 February 2021

Footprints are everywhere, and are perhaps the most overlooked source of data on the planet. WildTrack's Footprint Identification Technique (FIT) can identify species, individuals, sex and age-class to a high level of accuracy from simple images of footprints taken to a standardized protocol. This technique has the benefit of being non-invasive, cost-effective and draws on the strengths of community-skills such as tracking and observation. Our WildTrackFIT community is composed of users in >20 countries and we have FIT species algorithms developed for a range of species from big cats to Pachyderms, bears, mustelids, and even small mammals.If you see footprints as part of your fieldwork, or in another capacity, we'd love to hear from you!

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Human-Wildlife Conflict

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Hello there

Human-wildlife conflict is a significant challenge that only grows as habitats shrink and other issues like climate change alter the natural world. Technologies like biologging gear have become essential for proactively addressing human-wildlife conflict before it escalates, and tech projects that seek to understand population ranges and behaviour can help people learn to live with wildlife as part of our own environments. If you're interested in using technology to prevent human-wildlife conflict, this group is the place for you!

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Human-wildlife conflict one of the greatest threats to wildlife species - WWF and UNEP report

Report says the problem is as much a development and humanitarian issue as a conservation concern and risks derailing the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Open Source Solutions

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How can open source tools make conservation tech more sustainable and accessible?

This group is a place to share low-cost, open-source devices for conservation; describe how they are being used, including what needs they are addressing and how they fit in to the wider conservation tech market; identify the obstacles in advancing the capacity of these technologies; and to discuss the future of these solutions - particularly their sustainability and how best to collaborate moving forward.

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Identification of Wildlife in Camera Trap Images

Camera trap wildlife surveys can generate vast amounts of imagery. A key problem in the wildlife ecology field is that vast amounts of time is spent reviewing this imagery to identify the species detected. Valuable resources are wasted, and the scale of studies is limited by this review process. The use of computer software capable of extracting false positives, automatically identifying animals detected and sorting imagery could greatly increase efficiency. AI has been demonstrated as an effective option for automatically identifying species from camera trap imagery. Currently available code bases are inaccessible to the majority of users; requiring high-performance computers, advanced software engineering skills and, often, high-bandwidth internet connections to access cloud services. The ClassifyMe software tool is designed to address this gap and provides users the opportunity to utilise state-of-the-art image recognition algorithms without the need for specialised computer programming skills. ClassifyMe is IDEAL for field researchers, allowing users to sweep through camera trap imagery using field computers instead of office-based workstations.

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Protected Area Management Tools

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Live Q&A Discussion on EarthRanger: All you need to know about the system!

Protected area management systems empower essential frontline conservationists to monitor wildlife and ecosystems in real-time. With tools like SMART, EarthRanger, and Esri's Conservation Land Management toolkit, users can collect, integrate, and display data from across landscapes to ensure that key information from the field gets to decision-makers in time to make a difference. This group is the place for new and experienced users of these tools alike to ask questions, share experiences, and work together to improve their effectiveness in critical conservation landscapes around the world.

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Tiger, Tiger, in the Night... Now Visible in Real Time

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Remote Sensing & GIS

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Earth Ranger Projection

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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CERES TAG

Ceres Tag sends just in time alerts and GPS location to have the power to track and trace.

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Sensors

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Sulcata tortoise tracker options

Want to talk about sensors that don't quite fit into any of our tech-specific groups? This is the place to post! From temperature and humidity to airflow and pressure sensors, there are many environmental sensing tools that can add valuable data to core conservation monitoring technologies. With the increasing availability of low-cost, open-source options, we've seen growing interest in integrating these kinds of low bandwidth sensors into existing tools. What kinds of sensors are you working with?

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CERES TAG

Ceres Tag sends just in time alerts and GPS location to have the power to track and trace.

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Software and Mobile Apps

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Hello there

The software and apps used and built by the conservation tech community are as varied as the species and habitats we work to protect. From fighting wildlife crime to collecting and analyzing data to engaging the general public with unique storytelling, apps, software, and mobile games are playing an increasingly large role in our work. Whether you're already well-versed in the world of software, or you're a hardware expert looking for guidance from the other side of the conservation tech field, this group will have interesting discussions, resources, and ideas to offer.

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Bird Sounds Global web portal

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Sustainable Fishing Challenges

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Tech Tutors: How do I use open access remote sensing data to monitor fishing?

This group welcomes those in our marine conservation tech community to collaborate together on challenges related to sustainable fishing practices. Inspired by this thread focusing on minimising the impact of trawling gear on seafloor environments, the Sustainable Fishing Challenges group is a place to share resources, pose challenges, brainstorm creative solutions, and begin collaborative projects.

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News: The Latest in Conservation Tech

Check out this round-up of three of the latest news stories from the conservation tech world. <a href="https://wildlabs.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=13a5323dc43234ee66d95cc90&id=fce1034265">See more conservation tech news by subscribing to our bi-monthly digest. </a>

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Wildlife Crime

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A Triphibian Surveillance Vehicle

Wildlife crime is a complicated challenge, so it's no wonder that the conservation technology community has explored solutions with every type of technology, all with the aim of predicting, preventing, and stopping crimes like poaching, illegal logging and fishing, and the sale of animal products like ivory. Join our Wildlife Crime group to meet others who are working on potential solutions to this global challenge and to add your own expertise to the conversation!

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New paper: Predicting poaching hotspots in the largest remnant of the Atlantic Forest by combining passive acoustic monitoring & occupancy models

Julia Martínez Pardo et al., Published in Biological Conservation

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