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Conservation tech work doesn't stop after data is collected in the field. Equally as important to success is navigating data management and processing tools. For the many community members who deal with enormous datasets, this group will be an invaluable resource to trade advice, discuss workflows and tools, and share what works for you.

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Competition: Hack the Planet 2021

The Commonwealth

23 April 2021 12:00am

The 2021 Hack the Planet Competition is now accepting entries! This competition is looking for ideas on how to solve the challenges of our ocean with concepts that include the power of imagery, connectivity or other...

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Best global species database?

Megan Cromp

10 March 2021 10:30pm

What is the best global species database? We want to auto-populate verified species names within our platform's onboarding process and I am trying to find the right database...

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Nhanq

25 March 2021 8:35am

Both yes but mainly no, I liked the concept so much I "borrowed" it from "Endangered Safari" including the digitalized mammals.

Behind the scenes it is fairly simple:  Just add relevant animals in a powerpoint, save as JPG, import it to

https://synoptic.design/

and name the area that looks like an animal after the animal- notice it must be the same name you have in the database and the same you will use in your reports,  

Save it as a SVG- file and now you are ready to use it in tools like Power BI/ Tableau and custom lots of things like colour and it is interactive/ clickable.

Unfortunately the coverage maps in IUCN did not have good enough data quality for our national park,

So when you create a global database add a digital version of the specie and of course, always updated ranges.

Kyle Copas

6 April 2021 8:42pm

The GBIF backbone taxonomy is composed of Catalogue of Life, ITIS, the Red List and dozens of other checklists. It's just been updated again, but this blogpost from a 2019 update does a good job of explaining what it is: https://data-blog.gbif.org/post/gbif-backbone-taxonomy/

Another more recent post can help get one up to speed on using it via our species API: https://data-blog.gbif.org/post/gbif-species-api/

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Resource: WildID

Alchemy Software

8 March 2021 12:00am

WildID is excited to share their new camera trap processing and detection tools with WILDLABS! Using machine learning to identify Southern African wildlife species in large quantities of camera trap data, WildID's tool...

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Tech Tutors: How do How do I launch machine learning projects using MLOps?

Tatjana Baleta

3 February 2021 12:08pm

Hi everyone, This week we are pleased to welcome back EdgeImpulse's Daniel Situnayake. Dan will be building on his first tutorial, where he walked us through training...

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Paul Geraghty

5 February 2021 7:16pm

Dan's comments about the need for technologists and conservationists to manage and share (properly annotated) data struck a chord with me, it was right at the end of the presentation.

I fired off a point into the chat "could your old background data be my background data?" or something similar, and it got me thinking...

(Firstly, sorry for clouding this issue with my simultaneous "Ian Tuna" joke)

In the context of using AI as described in EdgeImpulse example, lets say - audio.

Lets say Group A are trying to detect the roar of lions, and Group B are trying to detect the grunt of wild pigs, and lets imagine that is in roughly the same area of Africa.  I mean they could both send out teams to capture the sound of their target animal, and the sound of NOT their target animal, e.g everything else.

Well if "serengetti sounds" was a known audio track, then all you need is the unique sound of the beast in question, am I right?

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Event: Role of GIS in Ocean Conservation

esri

26 January 2021 12:00am

Join Esri chief scientist Dawn Wright and National Geographic Certified Educator Sandra Turner on February 19th, 2021 at 1:30 PM PST/4:30 PM EST/9:30 PM GMT for a free virtual discussion and live Q&A on the role of...

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Workshop: Analyses of acoustic telemetry data with R

European Tracking Network

15 January 2021 12:00am

Join the European Tracking Network on January 18th 2021 at 2 PM Central European Time (1 PM GMT) for a free workshop on standardized analyses of acoustic telemetry data using the R packages actel and RSP!  The actel...

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Making the Most of Tech Tutors Season 2!

WILDLABS Team

30 November 2020 12:00am

WILDLABS is celebrating its five year anniversary! Throughout the rest of 2020, we'll be sharing articles, community features, and case studies showcasing the incredible projects, collaborations, and successes that this...

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WILDLABS Tech Tutors: Season Two

WILDLABS Team

24 November 2020 12:00am

The WILDLABS Tech Tutors are back! Starting this December, join us for our second season and get even more answers to your biggest "how do I do that?" questions of conservation tech. Whether you're a #tech4wildlife...

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Weekly Event: OTN Virtual Study Hall

Ocean Tracking Network

16 November 2020 12:00am

Do you track ocean species and want to meet others who are working together to solve marine conservation's big issues with telemetry? Join the Ocean Tracking Network's weekly Virtual Study Halls, taking place every...

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Training Opportunity: HarvardX TinyML Course

edX

30 September 2020 12:00am

Want to build your professional skills in TinyML? Harvard University and Google TensorFlow are offering a new online Professional Certificate program of 3 skill-building courses, designed to cover the essential "...

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Tech Tutors: Review Session

WILDLABS Team

3 September 2020 12:00am

Missing Tech Tutors? Us too! Catch up on every episode from Season 1, check out some of our community highlights, and find out what we loved most about launching this series in this mid-week Tech Tutors review session....

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Challenge: ElephantEdge

Smart Parks

11 August 2020 12:00am

Protecting elephants from conservation's most pressing issues like poaching and human-wildlife conflict requires big, bold, and innovative solutions. Hackster.io, Smart Parks, Edge Impulse, Microsoft, and several other...

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Webinar: Building location-based narratives

esri

11 August 2020 12:00am

Interested in using ArcGIS StoryMaps to tell engaging stories that inform and inspire. give your narrative a stronger sense of place, illustrate spatial relationships, and add visual appeal and credibility to your ideas...

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How do I use portable genomics in the field?

Ineke Knot

3 August 2020 12:00am

Our eighth WILDLABS Tech Tutor is Ineke Knot, who tackled the question: How do I use portable genomics in the field? You can catch up on this tutorial on our Youtube channel and read through the callaborative notes...

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