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Freaklabs posted in Hackaday - Identifying Creatures That Go Chirp In The Night in the Acoustic Monitoring group - 06/11/2020

I thought this article might be interesting to people in this group:

"It’s common knowledge that bats navigate and search for their prey using echolocation, but did you know that the ultrasonic chips made by different species of bats are distinct enough that they can be used for... (read more)

Acoustic, Bats, identification, Article
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polencisneros posted in Wildlife Insights - Google's latest AI project! in the Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online group - 06/11/2020

Hi all!  This is a great article summarizing Google's latest AI project:  Wildlife Insights!

https://artificialintelligence-news.com/2019/12/18/google-ai-project-aid...

... (read more)

AI, Link, Article, google, Monitoring
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Jennifer Hartman posted in Conservation dogs deployed in Assam to counter poaching in the Conservation Dogs group - 03/01/2020

Hi jprobert, my name is Jennifer Hartman and I work with Rogue Detection Teams. I wanted to share some other resources for you if you are still interested in learning more about conservatin detection dogs and thier applications. From live animals, invasive species as well as scat and toxin... (read more)

Discussion, Article, Link
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lugao posted in Conservation biologists find new applications for AI tools in the AI for Conservation group - 06/11/2020

Hi all!  This is a great article summarizing new applications for AI for conservation, and highlights @vsahai  's work with Rare as well as Wildlife Insights.

... (read more)

AI, Article, Link, Monitoring
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Laura posted in Responsible AI for Conservation? in the AI for Conservation group - 04/12/2020

Hi Ollie, 

Great article, thank you!  I mostly work with responsible AI in other contexts, at Doteveryone.org.uk and the Trust & Technology Initiative at the University of Cambridge, so don't have much to offer here, although I am very interested in the topic.  I appreciate your... (read more)

Ethics, Discussion, Machine Learning, AI, Article
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Izi Clery posted in Drones with thermal imaging in the Drones group - 05/12/2020

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/drones-and-thermal-cameras-help-detect... (read more)

Drones, UAS, UAV, Article, Thermal cameras, cryptic species
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tdjames posted in BES Guide to Reproducible Code in the AI for Conservation group - 04/12/2020

In case you missed it, last year the British Ecological Society published A Guide to Reproducible Code in Ecology and Evolution. The guide covers... (read more)

Data, Code, Best Practice, Resource, Article
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Lot posted in Drones: the pros and cons for community-based monitoring in the Drones group - 05/12/2020

Hi,

I would like to share this article with good social reflections about drones and mapping:

https://forestcompass.org/drones-pros-and-cons-community-based-monitoring (read more)

Drones, environmental monitoring, Article, Cost Benefit Analysis
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Thomas Starnes posted in New paper on using drones in challenging environments in the Drones group - 24/08/2017

Excellent - started reading this yesterday. This is a very timely and pertinent paper. Thanks for sharing. (read more)

Drones, UAS, UAV, Article, How-to
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holmbergius posted in Pairing Scientists and Citizen Scientists with AI Assistants in the AI for Conservation group - 04/12/2020

Here' s a press release we put out today talking about how we're using a deep convolutional neural network to find and curate whale shark (Rhincodon typus) sighting data from YouTube and then natural language processing to attempt to determine date and location. The AI easily outpaces... (read more)

Resource, Machine Learning, species identification, Article
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StephODonnell posted in Article and Discussion: Scale of camera trap studies in the Camera Traps group - 04/12/2020

Bringing over some of the comments we're getting on Twitter: 

@WILDLABSNET Our @UAlberta lab deploys ARUs at 1000s of sites in Alberta each year in... (read more)

Camera Traps, Resource, Article, Discussion
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Drue Freeman posted in New review: Opportunities and challenges of drones for ecology in the Drones group - 21/08/2016

Unfortunately, I could not see the full article, but the executive summary makes a lot of sense.  I think there might be a couple of other considerations. 

1) As drones become more ubiquitous it is possible that poachers also adopt the technology.  

2) Even if poachers don't... (read more)

Drones, UAV, Article, UAS, Review
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mygshah posted in Going into Business for Wildlife Conservation in the Gaming for Conservation group - 08/11/2020

Recent article I was able to publish on Stanford Social Innovation Review on alternate business models for conservation, using gaming as an example:

http://ssir.org/articles/entry/... (read more)

games, video games, sustainable finances, Internet of Elephants, Article, alternative business models
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Tomswinfield posted in Automated Forest Restoration with Drones in the Drones group - 13/04/2016

Hi Lot, great to see you here too.  (read more)

Drones, restoration, Workshop, report, Article
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StephODonnell posted in Beauty as a cheap monitoring tool for reefs? in the WILDLABS Watering Hole group - 13/03/2019

A new article argues that aesthically pleasing reefs are healthy reefs:

'This shows that mathematical approaches designed to assess the aesthetic appearance of photographic images can be used as an inexpensive monitoring tool for coral reef ecosystems. It further suggests that human... (read more)

Link, Article, Coral Reef
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StephODonnell posted in Case Study: Gaming for Good with Runescape and Angry Birds in the Gaming for Conservation group - 08/11/2020

Can games raise awareness of conservation issues like the illegal wildlife trade? United for Wildlife's Peter Jacobs has worked with gaming industry heavyweights Runescape, Angry Birds and Minecraft with the aim of engaging more young people in conservation. In his two part case study (link... (read more)

Resource, Article, Gaming, illegal wildlife trade

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