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ICCB: Are you going? Are you presenting? Share your tech related activities! 

Stephanie O'Donnell

30 March 2023 10:58am

Hi everyone, ICCB came up again in the Variety Hour aftershow chat yesterday, and I've also been getting lots of messages/questions about what our plans are for ICCB. So,...

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Carly Batist

30 March 2023 9:09pm

Marconi and I will be there from Rainforest Connection (RFCx)! RFCx has a booth, so catch us in the exhibitor hall (teaser-there will be giveaways...) - we'll be the ones playing weird and cool animal sounds!

We also submitted 2 abstracts, one on using ecoacoustic monitoring to assess how species respond to climate change in Puerto Rico, and another on using ecoacoustic monitoring to assess effectiveness of restoration sites with maintaining biodiversity levels. 

Anddddd finally, we'll be giving a lunch-time workshop (just found our proposal was approved!) on using Arbimon to store, analyze, and interpret ecoacoustic data.

Let's have an ICCB conservation tech happy hour?? Super excited to participate in any/all conservation tech stuff happening!

Shah Selbe

26 May 2023 8:24pm

I will be there! No booth or anything but I will bring along some FieldKits (both terrestrial and underwater). I would love to meet up for a conservation tech happy hour. I think that is a great idea!

Stephanie O'Donnell

8 June 2023 4:32pm

Did we send you an invite to our workshop? I know you were on the list! We're organising a few networking things, including an event in partnership with EFN, Rufford Foundation, Whitley and CLP - keep night two free for this one!

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2023 Esri User Conference

Esther Githinji

7 June 2023 3:37pm

Don't miss out on the World's Largest GIS Conference this July. Find innovation, inspiration, and motivation as you explore all things GIS with technical experts, peers, and exhibitors. 

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UNEP Executive Director - Inger Andersen's take on why African nations have the power & tools to re-design a plastic pollution-free future

Esther Githinji

5 June 2023 1:28pm

Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) explains how the innovative approaches towards curbing plastic pollution witnessed across African nations can help in pivoting to a plastics-free future through pioneering innovative manufacturing,...

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Register your #WorldEnvironmentDay Event or Activity and Share it with the World

Esther Githinji

5 June 2023 1:07pm

It's World Environment Day! This year the focus is on solutions to plastic pollution under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution. How are you getting involved to solve plastic pollution using conservation technology?

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Field Surveyor

Cameron Frayling

16 May 2023 4:06pm

We are a team of ecologists and technologists who believe good business must be good for nature. We’re building an economy that puts nature and business in balance by incentivising the restoration of nature at scale.  

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Programme Development Manager, WILDLABS

WILDLABS and 1 more

5 May 2023 10:30am

We are looking for an experienced Programme Development Manager to join our team and help us grow our organisation's impact. The ideal candidate will have a passion for wildlife conservation and technology, and a...

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What events are you looking forward to this year?

Stephanie O'Donnell

16 January 2023 2:37pm

Hi everyone, It's my first day back in the office after a very welcome holiday break, and I'm so happy to be back! I'm taking stock of the year to come and am wondering what...

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Stephanie O'Donnell

6 February 2023 10:41am

It's pretty big for NGOs and I would say there is growing involvement from companies? But it's usually those with strong conservation partnerships. The bigger one is World Conservation Congress - but this is only every few years. We've put in a workshop aligned with our movement ecology work, will likely do some talks, and will be hosting side events (both networking and meetings). I'm hearing about quite a lot of other tech events/conversations being organised, so it should be a good place to connect with a good cross section of the conservation tech community.

Jordan Steward

27 April 2023 5:52am

Here's a new one for your calendar! 

Circle the dates for this year's EarthRanger User Conference. Hosted in Cape Town from 1-5 November 2023, the EarthRanger User Conference is a premier global annual event where conservation practitioners worldwide convene to discuss important challenges and solutions. Learn from peers and experts, get hands-on training on the tools to empower your work, and connect with some of the world’s leading conservationists and organizations.

For the first time, we’re joining forces with SMART to provide you with even more opportunities to collaborate with those in your field and improve the effectiveness of your wildlife conservation efforts. 

Pre-register to secure your spot: 

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What conservation and tech podcasts are you listening to?

Ellie Warren

16 March 2023 8:21pm

Hey Wildlabbers!I'm starting to scope out an exciting mystery project (that you can probably make a decent educated guess about based on this thread's title) and I'd like to take...

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Lars Holst Hansen

10 April 2023 9:15am

I enjoyed this recent episode:

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/the-science-show/102148044

Transcribed at :

featuring amongst others @BlairRCostelloe and @martinwikelski on biologging and other interesting wildlife tech.

 

Stephanie O'Donnell

19 April 2023 11:00am

Posting this with the caveat that I have NOT listened to this yet so it's not an endorsement. I have skimmed the accompanying article though and found it through Simon Gardener who I swear is the best person to follow on linkedin for relevant enviornment + tech content, so it's relevant and on the 'listen later' list

 

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MOOC TECH 

Stephanie O'Donnell

6 April 2023 1:06pm

The MOOC TECH will introduce the context of technologies applied to conservation, existing techniques, prerequisites for their implementation, their scientific and / or technical basis, their opportunities and...

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Wildlife Conservation Drones & Technologies Summit 2023

Lonnie McCaskill

16 March 2023 11:31am

Engage, learn from, and network with researchers, students, and other wildlife professionals from around the world that are using or interested in using drones to support wildlife conservation, management and research.

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Lonnie McCaskill

30 March 2023 4:15pm

Hi Emmah,Thanks again for inquiring. At this time there is no plans for streaming of the presentations. I'm hoping in the future we can add this option but right now doesn't look...
Wildlife Drones

12 April 2023 5:18am

We are looking forward to attending the event! 
Lonnie McCaskill

15 April 2023 3:26pm

That's Great! We're looking forward to the event and all of the networking and collaborations that might result from it! 
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Looking for collaboration in Papua New Guinea

James Wareing

6 March 2023 2:41am

Dear all,I write from the montane cloud rainforest of the Torricelli Mountain range in Papua New Guinea. My name is James Wareing and having qualified as a solicitor in London...

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Carly Batist

6 March 2023 1:29pm

Hi James, and welcome to WILDLABS! It's a truly amazing community :)

Just wondering if TCA is only focused on camera-trapping or if you all are using other conservation tech like acoustic monitoring? 

Akiba

7 March 2023 12:17am

Hi James.

I'm Akiba from FreakLabs, a conservation tech company. We're currently doing a lot of work in Australia and also there about half our time. Most of our work deals with wireless monitoring or camera trap modifications. We don't do much on the post-processing/analysis side, however we're currently engaged in several projects modifying camera traps for specific purposes. It'd be great to have a call and hear more about what you are doing over there. Since you're in New Guinea, it'd be easy to visit when we're in Australia which would make any collaborations much easier. Let me know if you'd like to have a call and explore potential collaborations.

Akiba

James Wareing

15 March 2023 10:29am

Hi Carly, many thanks for getting back to me and apologies for the slow reply. The internet has been down here for the last week. We do not currently do any acoustic monitoring but would definitely be interested. Do get in touch if you have more information in this regard. 

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