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Meet the winners of The Boring Fund 2024! 

WILDLABS Team

17 December 2024 7:36pm

It’s finally time to announce the winners of The Boring Fund 2024! From 16 September to 9 October, we received a whopping 227 applications for the first-ever round of The Boring Fund, run in partnership with Arm. ...

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Frank van der Most

18 December 2024 6:17pm

Congratulations to the winners! Good luck to winners and applicants alike with your efforts to get the boring but necessary stuff done!
Ben Weinstein

24 January 2025 5:12am

Our workshop is up and applications are here: https://weecology.github.io/AI_for_ecology_workshop/aplicar.html
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Tech4Nature Award

Frank van der Most

26 November 2024 12:14am

This is an award for work done within categories of technological innovation in area-based conservation, tech use for red-listed species conservation, and the inclusion of indigenous peoples, local communities and...

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WILDLABS Awards 2025: Apply Now 

Adrien Pajot and 2 more

22 November 2024 4:55pm

Applications are now open for 15 projects to receive 5 grants of $50,000 and 10 grants of $10,000, engineering and technology support from Arm, and access to the world’s biggest conservation technology community. Apply...

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Derechos Humanos y Conservación

Vanesa Reyes

14 November 2024 1:43pm

Desde el equipo Latinoamericano de Derechos y Comunidades de Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) estaremos compartiendo el webinar “Derechos Humanos y Conservación: Ejemplos para un futuro sostenible en Latinoamérica...

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COP16 - Eyes on the ground

Adrien Pajot

25 October 2024 3:52pm

For those not able to attend COP16, here is a discussion to share what’s happening on the ground in the Conservation Tech space. Of course, this can’t be exhaustive, as many...

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Adrien Pajot

8 November 2024 2:13pm

Monday, 28/10/2024

The second week has begun, marking the sixth day for the WILDLABS Team. We definitely noticed a shift in the atmosphere at COP today, with the arrival of numerous heads of state and the departure of many attendees over the weekend. This week is expected to be when key negotiations and validations take place.

Innovation Expo

Third rotation of the innovation expo: 


Green Zone

We were not aware of any CT related event in the Green Zone today. 

Blue Zone

  • Scaling Biodiversity Monitoring through Artificial Intelligence - One of the events we co-organized and the final installment of a series focused on AI and technologies shaping the future of conservation. At the Geo Bon Pavilion.
  • Skylight — Combatting IUU Fishing with Cutting-Edge AI. After a first week about Earth Ranger, AI2 will present Skylight this week at the Geo Bon Pavilion.

 

Negotiations

Here is a report for today.

Adrien Pajot

8 November 2024 4:46pm

Tuesday, 29/10/2024

Seventh day for the WILDLABS team at COP. Less and less people. 

Innovation Expo

Third rotation: 


Green Zone

  • Artificial Intelligence for Conservation Potential, Challenges and Ethical Considerations - Casa Humboldt 
  • Guacamaya Project was presented at Casa Humboldt 

Blue Zone

  • Combatting IUU Fishing with Cutting-Edge AI (presented in Spanish) at Geo Bon Pavilion
  • Harnessing Animal Movement Data to Advance Biodiversity Goals - One of the two sessions we co-organised as part of the MoveBon initiative that @TaliaSpeaker is jointly leading with @lhughey. This session showcased five incredible speakers who demonstrated how animal movement data can inform biodiversity conservation efforts. Among them, Vera Voronova, who was awarded the 2024 MIDORI Prize for her outstanding work with the Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative the day before. Little did we know at the time, she would go on to receive the prestigious Earthshot Prize just one week later.


Negotiations 

Today's daily report. 

Bonus - Social Events

@jsulloa organised another social event the evening with the local AI and conservation community at the Gayabo Cafe. A great moment to conclure our presence there. 

Adrien Pajot

8 November 2024 4:51pm

Wednesday, 30/10/2024

Eighth and last day for WILDLABS at COP. 

Innovation Expo 

Fourth and last rotation of the Innovation Expo:

Green Zone

We were not aware of CT related event in the Green Zone today.

Blue Zone

  • Skylight — Combatting IUU Fishing with Cutting-Edge AI - Geo Pavilion 
  • Earth System — Harnessing AI for Environmental Impact - Geo Pavilion 
  • Mapping Nature’s Footprint: The Global Ecosystem Atlas - Geo Pavilion 
  • Harnessing Animal Movement Data to Advance Biodiversity Goals - Session 2 
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Monitoring Biodiversity in Megadiverse Regions - In the Brazil Pavilion

Negotiation

Today's report. 

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Who gave you your last research travel grant? | ¿Quién le concedió su última beca de viaje de investigación? | Quem lhe concedeu sua última bolsa de viagem de pesquisa?

Frank van der Most

16 October 2024 6:21pm

Someone asked me how their NGO based in Africa could fund visiting scholars who come to their NGO. The NGO runs a biological station for research, wildlife conservation, local...

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Brandon Hays

18 October 2024 7:19pm

That is challenging and I'd be keen to hear other people's suggestions! 

From the academic realm, I'll say that many graduate students get travel funding through scientific societies. E.g. the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation has seed grants:

https://tropicalbiology.org/grants-awards/atbc-seed-research-grant/

And Society for Conservation Biology has grad student awards:
https://conbio.org/mini-sites/scb-awards/student-awards

These are often restricted to members unfortunately. National/regional societies might be good resources for people to look into. 

Frank van der Most

4 November 2024 1:49pm

Oops, sorry about that. I wrote a reply a few weeks ago, and I am pretty sure I clicked the button, but apparently something went wrong. So, another attempt

Thank you for your answer, @brandon. I had overlooked  the scientific societies. 

Membership may be an issue, but I noticed that the ATBC has diversified fees depending on career stage and the member country's economic development, and the SCB membership fee depends on income.

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Traducción de idiomas / Language translation

Wade

2 October 2024 9:27pm

Durante la Hora de la Variedad de esta mañana, el tema de la traducción entre idiomas se discutió con cierta extensión.  Específicamente en el contexto de estos foros y...

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Kim Hendrikse

3 October 2024 6:57am

Me encanta esta grupa. Tengo cinco anos Duolingo 😀

Frank van der Most

3 October 2024 6:59pm

Thanks for writing this all down, @Wade !

During the discussion, I claimed that searching WILDLABS content in a different language is not possible in spite of the translation tools in browsers. Someone ( was it @carlybatist ?) then pointed out that this might work with ChatGPT. I haven't had the chance to test that yet. If it works, then that would be awesome.

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¡Gracias por escribir todo esto, @Wade! Durante la discusión, afirmé que no es posible buscar contenido de WILDLABS en un idioma diferente a pesar de las herramientas de traducción de los navegadores. Alguien (¿fue @carlybatist?) señaló que esto podría funcionar con ChatGPT. Todavía no he tenido la oportunidad de probarlo. Si funciona, sería fantástico.

Vanesa Reyes

7 October 2024 3:32pm

Gracias @Wade, por iniciar esta conversación. La traducción en Mac quedó impecable! Nos encantaría seguir escuchando sus experiencias y sugerencias sobre cómo hacer que nuestros foros y eventos sean más accesibles e inclusivos en diferentes idiomas. En cuanto a Chrome, existe una opción similar con la extensión de Google Translate (y también hay una opción parecida en Edge). Si escribo un mensaje, puedo seleccionarlo, hacer clic derecho y elegir "Traducir". Esto abre un pop-up de Google Translate y me permite seleccionar el idioma de destino (aunque está limitado a un número específico de caracteres 😕). Sin embargo, como menciona Frank, el problema con estas soluciones es la limitación para buscar contenido en otros idiomas dentro de la plataforma, ya que la traducción es solo superficial y no afecta la búsqueda de palabras clave en el contenido original. Sería interesante explorar opciones de integración más profundas, como el uso de herramientas de inteligencia artificial que faciliten tanto la traducción como la búsqueda y navegación en varios idiomas.

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Thank you, @Wade, for starting this conversation. The Mac translation worked flawlessly! We would love to continue hearing your experiences and suggestions on how to make our forums and events more accessible and inclusive in different languages. As for Chrome, there’s a similar option using the Google Translate extension (and a comparable option in Edge). If I write a message, I can select it, right-click, and choose "Translate". This opens a Google Translate pop-up and allows me to select the target language (although it is limited to a certain number of characters 😕). However, as Frank mentioned, the issue with these solutions is that they don’t support searching content in other languages within the platform, as the translation is only superficial and doesn’t affect keyword searches in the original content. It would be interesting to explore deeper integration options, such as using AI tools that can facilitate both translation and searching/navigating across multiple languages.

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EOCA call for applications ≤€30K

Frank van der Most

31 October 2024 4:41pm

The European Outdoor Conservation Association will soon open its half-annual call for project applications. Applications must protect a threatened species or habitat ( including marine habitats ), be related to outdoor...

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