Data Management & Mobilisation

Description	Activity	Replies	Groups	Updated
Underwater Fish Datasets from the Mediterranean	We have made available our underwater videos on YouTube as a playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnhVZKKy8WkZKriCIV6r7upWhHNVrU_7L It's about 1.113 short video...	+2	AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation, Marine Conservation	2 years 5 months ago
Commercially available connected audio sensors	Rainforest Connection's (RFCx) Guardian devices may be of interest. They are solar-powered and have connectivity options for Wifi, GSM and satellite transfer. They've previously...		Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Connectivity, Data Management & Mobilisation, Protected Area Management Tools, Sensors	2 years 6 months ago
Interview for Technologies in Conservation	My original background is in ecology and conservation, and am now in the elected leadership of the Gathering for Open Science Hardware which convenes researchers developing open...		AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data Management & Mobilisation, Drones, Emerging Tech, Sensors	2 years 7 months ago
Help : Topics in Remote Sensing and Management of Protected Areas	Hi everyone, I seek your help for the choice of my thesis subject, I hold a Master's degree in Management of protected areas and I have...		Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation, Protected Area Management Tools, Geospatial	2 years 7 months ago
Conservation Design Project Recruitment	intrested.		Community Base, Data Management & Mobilisation, Early Career, Emerging Tech	2 years 7 months ago
Otter video help!	No, I was never able to figure out how to send these to anyone on here. I was hoping to learn how to clear these videos up if possible!		Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation, Open Source Solutions, Software Development	2 years 8 months ago
How could your work on data management be made easier?	I'll just ask the question without further explanation : How could your work on data management be made easier?I am really interested.		Data Management & Mobilisation	2 years 8 months ago
Workshop Invite: Building Partnerships between Conservation Tech and the UK Space Sector	Hi Steph. Would be interested also.		Animal Movement, Community Base, Connectivity, Data Management & Mobilisation, Emerging Tech, Geospatial	2 years 8 months ago
Data mgmt for Passive Acoustic Monitoring best practices?	Hi Alex,I'd go much further along the lines that David @dtsavage sets out. Before jumping to implementations, better think through why you want to keep all that data, and for who...		Acoustics, Data Management & Mobilisation	2 years 9 months ago
Software to aid acoustic sound files visualization/labelling + Software to syncronize video/acoustic sonograms	The open-source program Audacity can show the spectrograms and histograms and has quite a lot of other useful features, e.g. playing ultrasound calls slower, so it can be heard by...		Acoustics, Citizen Science, Data Management & Mobilisation, Open Source Solutions, Software Development	2 years 10 months ago
Multi-SD card reading hubs	Have a look at @tessa_rhinehart 's TechTutors on scaling up acoustic surveys. This is addressed at 11 min: The "hexadecapus" is the hardware, but transfer is automated by...		Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation	2 years 10 months ago
Interest in an "IT for Ecologists" webinar/manual?	Agreed that this would be super useful! It definitely would have served me well in undergrad when I was trying out some AI camera trap image analysis and ended up having to build...		Data Management & Mobilisation	2 years 10 months ago

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The Perfect Paw Print: Collecting Data with FIT

Ellie Warren

3 June 2020 12:00am

A couple months ago, we introduced you to the Footprint Identification Technique (FIT), a non-invasive way to build an identification algorithm from both wild and captive animals by photographing footprints. Today, we'...

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Webinar: Virtual Ecosystem Scenario Viewer

OCTO

28 May 2020 12:00am

This upcoming webinar featuring speakers from NOAA will explore the uses for the new Virtual Ecosystem Scenario Viewer tool in illustrating the responses of virtual marine ecosystems to a range of living marine resource...

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Talking Tracking with Xerius

Ellie Warren

23 April 2020 12:00am

How does tracking technology meet the many challenges specific to monitoring birds within their home ranges and over long distances during migration? WILDLABS community member Virginie Perilhon from Xerius Tracking...

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#FieldKit50: Earth Day Giveaway

Conservify

22 April 2020 12:00am

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day this April 22nd, our friends at FieldKit are giving away 50 of their open source sensor stations! FieldKit believes that everyone, regardless of financial resources, should...

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Virtual Field Trip: Conservation Technology with Shah Selbe

Shah Selbe

24 March 2020 12:00am

Join conservation technologist, founder of Conservify, and WILDLABS community member Shah Selbe in this free online event this Wednesday, March 25th 2020. Organized by National Geographic as part of their Explorer...

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Accepting Applications: ArcGIS Solutions for Protected Area Management

ESRI

4 March 2020 12:00am

The Esri Conservation Program is now accepting applications for grant assistance to access its ArcGIS Solutions for Protected Area Management Application. This system provides access to a suite of both mobile and web...

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Competition: Plastic Data Challenge

Ellie Warren

3 March 2020 12:00am

Are you ready for the Plastic Data Challenge? This global contest wants your innovative ideas for improving the plastic waste management and recycling chain in South and Southeast Asia. Participants can consider...

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Hawai'i Conservation Conference

Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance

28 February 2020 12:00am

The Hawai'i Conservation Conference is accepting abstracts in several categories, including emerging technological advances in the conservation field. This is an exciting opportunity to present your latest research to...

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Animove Summer School 2020

AniMove

13 February 2020 12:00am

Animal Movement Analysis summer school is offered as a two-week professional training course, that targets students, researchers and conservation practitioners that are interested to work or even have already collected...

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Virtual Meetup Discussion: Creative Approaches to Data-Driven Storytelling

Talia Speaker

19 June 2019 2:39pm

Hi all, We're about to start the final virtual meetup of Season 2! This one will be exploring Creative Approaches to Data-Driven Storytelling. We'll...

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AlexandraBr

19 June 2019 4:05pm

Hello,

Has this session been recorded? Can it be viewed anywhere after the event has ended?

Thank you,

Alexandra

Talia Speaker

19 June 2019 7:22pm

Hi Alexandra,

Yes - we recorded the session and will share it on the event page, as well as in a follow-up email to those who registered, within the week.

Thanks for your interest!

Talia

Talia Speaker

18 July 2019 10:41pm

Hi all,

For anyone still looking, the recording is and notes from this event are available here.

Talia

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Canopy height mapping with drones

Tom Swinfield

31 May 2019 12:00am

Tom Swinfield and colleagues at the Forest Ecology and Conservation Group have assessed the quality of three dimensional forest models produced from drone surveys, and conclude that concerns about their quality for...

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WILDLABS Virtual Meetup Recording: Creative Approaches to Data-Driven Storytelling

WILDLABS Team

29 May 2019 12:00am

The final event in Season 2 of the WILDLABS Virtual Meetup Series explored Creative Approaches to Data-Driven Storytelling. The recording is now available to watch, along with notes and suggested further reading based...

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A technologist's journey to protect wildlife: The reality and potential of conservation technology (recorded talk)

Ted Schmitt

22 November 2018 12:00am

Ted Schmitt joined us for a lunchtime lecture in which he shared his experiences working across Africa the past five years with protected area managers, anti-trafficking organisations, and scientists to effectively...

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Tusk Conservation Lecture 2018: Ted Schmitt

Tusk

15 October 2018 12:00am

Tusk are delighted to announce that their Tusk Conservation Lecture 2018 speaker will be Ted Schmitt of Vulcan Inc, Paul G Allen Philanthropies. He will speak about advancing Innovation in conservation, a talk that will...

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Open Data Science Conference

Ben Tregenna

7 September 2018 10:57am

Some of us from UNEP-WCMC will be heading down to London for the Open Data Science Conference (Sept19th-22nd) - it has a decent 60% discount for NGOs/non-profits! If anyone is...

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Stephanie O'Donnell

7 September 2018 4:42pm

Oh very interesting, thanks for sharing, Ben. Are your or your team presenting at all, or are you going to soak in all the information?

Easy link for anyone interested: Open Data Science Conference

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Global Audit of Biodiversity Monitoring (data gaps)

Stephanie O'Donnell

3 September 2018 3:27pm

BirdLife International are conducting a global audit of biodiversity monitoring to identify gaps in data, coverage and capacity in long-term species monitoring. The project is...

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Ocean Hack: San Francisco, 10-11th September, 2018

One Ocean Collab

20 August 2018 12:00am

A 48 hr pop up innovation lab for the ocean, bringing together a mix of designers, strategists, technologists, engineers, scientists, marine conservationists, educators, artists and buisness talent to co-create...

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Leverage Space Technology for Wildlife Protection with the European Space Agency Kick-start Grant

WILDLABS Admin

5 July 2017 12:00am

The European Space Agency is calling for Kick-Start ideas to leverage space technology for wildlife protection. Three main topics of interest have been identified: 1) Wildlife monitoring, tracking and inventory, 2)...

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Conservation Leadership Programme 2017 Award

WILDLABS Admin

21 November 2016 12:00am

The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) is a training and capacity building programme that targets individuals from developing countries who are early in their conservation career and demonstrate leadership...

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Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act grants via USFWS

WILDLABS Admin

8 November 2016 12:00am

Do you work on conserving Neotropical migratory birds? Do you need funding? Why not apply for a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act's grant program? The...

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UNEP-WCMC Informatics Ignite Talks

TimWilkinson

11 May 2016 8:30am

Come and learn about the work of UNEP-WCMC's informatics team on Wednesday the 18th May at 12:30 in room 1.25B at the David Attenborough building The event will be a fast...

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TEAM Network and Wildlife Insights

Eric Fegraus

28 April 2016 12:00am

Operating the largest tropical forest camera trap network globally, TEAM Network has accumulated over 2.6 million images. How can large datasets coupled with new techniques for data management and analysis provide...

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Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge: Winners Announced!

WILDLABS Admin

22 January 2016 12:00am

From artificial “sniffer” technologies to portable DNA sequencers, the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge received hundreds of innovative ideas to help stamp out wildlife crime. Now, the Challenge is proud to announce 16...

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Big Data and Conservation: Deluge or Drought?

WILDLABS Admin

22 December 2015 12:00am

Dr. Lucas Joppa, Scientist at Microsoft Research, considers the evolving impact of data in conservation and society. He examines the difference between ‘big data’ and ‘small data’, and explores how models such as the...

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Cheap Space, DIY Imaging and Big Data

WILDLABS Admin

21 December 2015 12:00am

John Amos, President of SkyTruth, explores how remote sensing is being used in conservation today and the importance of sky-truthing. He examines the role that citizen scientists can play in increasing transparency in...

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From Data Collection to Decisions

TimWilkinson

6 November 2015 12:00am

The speed at which data travels from the point of collection to a format which is understandable and useful for decision makers can be of critical importance. In this case study, Tim Wilkinson discusses a powerful suite...

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