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• WILDLABS State of Conservation Tech Survey 2022

Last year, WILDLABS published the first global, community-sourced assessment of the State of Conservation Technology, which evolved from our annual community survey. Take the 2022 survey to help us build from this baseline to track trends and shape the future of our rapidly evolving community and sector.

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• The planet matters. People matter. Location matters.

This paper released by the World Economic Forum and the SPACES coalition shows how businesses can embrace the use of spatial intelligence for action on nature and climate. How can we make sure businesses apply the latest available technologies to unlock integrated nature and climate action? Let us know at [email protected]

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• Do you want automated identification models made from your bird bioacoustics data?

Bird Sounds Global (BSG) launched a web portal for annotating bird sounds. Annotating means identifying the species vocalising in the recording. The aim is to produce training and testing material for automated bird sound identification. 

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• MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

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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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• MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

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• Mara Predators Hackathon 

APPLY NOW! The Sovereign Nature Initiative has partnered with the Kenya Wildlife Trust to experiment with emerging technologies to support their predators' conservation work.Challenges will focus on:1. Lion identification using computer vision and machine learning;2. Spatio-temporal prediction modeling - wildlife mobility predictions and human-wildlife conflict mitigation.Applications close on the 12th of September

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• Ceres Wild Rhino application 

An update on Ceres Tags products that are being used in conservation 

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• Collecting Critically Endangered Plants on Cliffs using a Drone

This technology was recently tested in Kauai, Hawaii, with the National Tropical Botanical Garden and has successfully collected from 5 critically endangered species that were otherwise inaccessible.

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• New wildlife forensics lab - Singapore

Mongabay article on the recently launched Centre for Wildlife Forensics in Singapore, noting their successes so far in catching wildlife traffickers and uncovering trafficking routes

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• First-of-Its-Kind Digital Platform Reveals Migration Data for Birds Across the Americas Just In Time for Fall Migration

Interactive digital platform visualizes the incredible journeys of migratory birds, how they connect us across the hemisphere, and the widespread challenges they face throughout their full annual cycle.

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• MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera

The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.

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• Ceres Wild Rhino application 

An update on Ceres Tags products that are being used in conservation 

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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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• The planet matters. People matter. Location matters.

This paper released by the World Economic Forum and the SPACES coalition shows how businesses can embrace the use of spatial intelligence for action on nature and climate. How can we make sure businesses apply the latest available technologies to unlock integrated nature and climate action? Let us know at [email protected]

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• The planet matters. People matter. Location matters.

This paper released by the World Economic Forum and the SPACES coalition shows how businesses can embrace the use of spatial intelligence for action on nature and climate. How can we make sure businesses apply the latest available technologies to unlock integrated nature and climate action? Let us know at [email protected]

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• Mara Predators Hackathon 

APPLY NOW! The Sovereign Nature Initiative has partnered with the Kenya Wildlife Trust to experiment with emerging technologies to support their predators' conservation work.Challenges will focus on:1. Lion identification using computer vision and machine learning;2. Spatio-temporal prediction modeling - wildlife mobility predictions and human-wildlife conflict mitigation.Applications close on the 12th of September

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• Ceres Wild Rhino application 

An update on Ceres Tags products that are being used in conservation 

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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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• 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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• Key Takeaways: Building the East Africa community!

As we wrap up Year 1 of building the East Africa community, here are a few of my key takeaways and my vision for the community. Moving forward, I hope you can find opportunities through this network, to contribute to the regional efforts and channel resources, strategies, ideas and work to innovate and conserve our ecosystems.

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• Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring

Nice overview paper on technological advances to improve insect monitoring