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• Introducing the WILDLABS On the Edge Fellows

<p>We're proud to introduce the first <strong>WILD</strong>LABS On the Edge Fellows for 2022, Loretta Schindlerova and Meredith Palmer! Working alongside expert Edge Impulse mentors, these two fellows will use embedded machine learning to bring innovative projects to life.</p>

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• EarthRanger Announces Inaugural Conservation Tech Award Recipients

<p>On 3rd November 2021, Earthranger Announced <a href="https://giraffeconservation.org/">Giraffe Conservation Foundation </a>and<a href="http://lionguardians.org/"> Lion Guardians</a> as the inaugral Conservation Tech Award Recipients. The two organizations are Harnessing the Power of Technology to Protect Endangered Species and Promote Human-Wildlife Coexistence.</p>

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• News: The Latest in Conservation Tech (March 24)

<p>Check out this round-up of three of the latest conservation tech studies and news.</p> <p><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></p>

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• News: The Latest in Conservation Tech

<p>Check out this round-up of three of the latest news stories from the conservation tech world. </p> <p><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></p>

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• WILDLABS Virtual Meetup: Data Analysis in Movement Ecology (Recording)

Our second meetup in Season 4 explored the latest advancements and emerging developments in data analysis for movement ecology. Watch now to hear short talks from leading experts Sara Beery, Somayeh Dodge, Christen Fleming, and Mackenzie Mathis, followed by an open discussion and community exchange.   

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• WILDLABS Virtual Meetups Season Four: Tracking Progress

This season, we’re bringing together leading engineers, conservationists, and academics to explore the future of technology in movement ecology and ask where exactly investment is needed to catapult this field forward. Join us to discuss emerging tools for movement data collection, analysis, and sharing, and to imagine future tech innovations that could answer questions we haven’t yet thought to ask.   

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• Download Now: The Technical Difficulties Editorial Series

<p>Our first <strong>WILD</strong>LABS Editorial Series is now available for download! Read the full Technical Difficulties collection and explore stories of challenges, failures, and lessons learned from the conservation tech community.</p> <p><a href="https://www.wildlabs.net/sites/default/files/technical_difficulties_finale.pdf">Download the full Technical Difficulties collection here.</a></p>

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• Research opportunities in the Daintree World Heritage region of Far North Queensland, Australia

Michael and Maria Parsons recently purchased a substantial 165 acre lot of land in Far North Queensland, Australia. Entirely covered by tropical rainforest, it is contiguous with the Daintree World Heritage Area and National Park. Notable for its extensive size and impressively high biodiversity, the property will eventually be bequested for inclusion in the Daintree National Park system. It will soon become legally protected as a registered Nature Refuge and wildlife and biodiversity research facility, under Queensland’s “Protected Areas Programme.”

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• Technical Difficulties: The Path to Success

<p>In his contribution to the <a href="https://www.wildlabs.net/resources/news/introducing-technical-difficulties-editorial-series">Technical Difficulties Editorial Series</a>, Internet of Elephants founder Gautam Shah shares the lessons learned from challenges throughout his unique career path as an entrepreneur working and engaging the public in conservation tech stories.</p> <p><a href="https://www.wildlabs.net/sites/default/files/technical_difficulties-_case_study_9.pdf">Download this case study here.</a></p>

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• Introducing the WILDLABS On the Edge Fellows

<p>We're proud to introduce the first <strong>WILD</strong>LABS On the Edge Fellows for 2022, Loretta Schindlerova and Meredith Palmer! Working alongside expert Edge Impulse mentors, these two fellows will use embedded machine learning to bring innovative projects to life.</p>

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• Detection dogs provide a powerful method for conservation surveys

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• News: The Latest in Conservation Tech (March 24)

<p>Check out this round-up of three of the latest conservation tech studies and news.</p> <p><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></p>

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• Technical Difficulties: Lessons from the Field of App Development

<p>In this final contribution to the <a href="https://www.wildlabs.net/resources/news/introducing-technical-difficulties-editorial-series">Technical Difficulties Editorial Series</a>, Ellie Warren introduces the original John Cornell case study that inspired our ongoing conversation about the value of sharing failures and challenges with the conservation technology community.</p> <p><a href="https://www.wildlabs.net/sites/default/files/technical_difficulties-_case_study_12.pdf"><strong>Download this case study and editor's introduction here.</strong></a></p> <p><strong>The full Technical Difficulties series will be available to download as a collection in January 2022.</strong></p>

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• A comprehensive review on biodiversity information portals

Looking for biodiversity data? New review paper has an overview of biodiversity information portals, both global and country-specific 

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• Identification of Wildlife in Camera Trap Images

<p>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 <em>ClassifyMe</em> 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. <em>ClassifyMe</em> is IDEAL for field researchers, allowing users to sweep through camera trap imagery using field computers instead of office-based workstations.</p>

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• News: The Latest in Conservation Tech

<p>Check out this round-up of three of the latest news stories from the conservation tech world. </p> <p><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></p>

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• Module 8: In the Field

Welcome to the eighth and final module of our Build Your Own Data Logger virtual course. We’ve built, coded and tested our data logger. Now we’re taking it into the field. 

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• News: The Latest in Conservation Tech (March 24)

<p>Check out this round-up of three of the latest conservation tech studies and news.</p> <p><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></p>

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• WILDLABS Virtual Meetups Season Four: Tracking Progress

This season, we’re bringing together leading engineers, conservationists, and academics to explore the future of technology in movement ecology and ask where exactly investment is needed to catapult this field forward. Join us to discuss emerging tools for movement data collection, analysis, and sharing, and to imagine future tech innovations that could answer questions we haven’t yet thought to ask.   

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• Technical Difficulties: Can You Hear Me Now?

<p>In her contribution to the <a href="https://www.wildlabs.net/resources/news/introducing-technical-difficulties-editorial-series">Technical Difficulties Editorial Series</a>, Gayle Pedersen discusses how the failure of underlying infrastructure can complicate conservation technology work, and how the culture of avoiding failure publicly prevents conservationists from avoiding the same challenges.</p> <p><a href="https://www.wildlabs.net/sites/default/files/pdfresizer.com-pdf-resize_1.pdf">Download the case study here.</a></p>

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• Call for citizen scientists to help unravel the mysteries of South Sudan’s forests

<p>Motion-sensing wildlife-tracking cameras in South Sudan have captured 425,000 photos, documenting species not previously known to be found in this richly forested area.</p> <p>The team is now asking for <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/southsudanwildlife/south-sudan-diversitycam">your help</a> to identify animals in the camera trap photos. Your identifications will help them understand biodiversity, abundance, behavior, and distributions, which will ultimately lead to better conservation planning in this extraordinary environment.</p>