Data Management & Mobilisation

Description	Activity	Replies	Groups	Updated
The 100KB Challenge!	Hi Dan, Not right now but I can envision many uses. A key problem in RS is data streams for validation and training of ML models, its really not yet a solved problem. Any...		Emerging Tech, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Build Your Own Data Logger Community, Camera Traps, Connectivity, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data Management & Mobilisation, Geospatial, Sensors	6 months 1 week ago
Camera Trap Data Visualization Open Question	Another question. Right now pretty much all camera traps trigger on either PIR sensors or small AI models. Small AI models would tend to have a limitation that they would...		AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation, Open Source Solutions, Software Development	6 months 2 weeks ago
Paper: Technology's social and structural effects in environmental organizations	Hi everyone - I would like to announce a new case study paper out at CHI 2025! https://mattziegler.net/papers/Cross-Section-...		Connectivity, Data Management & Mobilisation, Ethics of Conservation Tech	6 months 2 weeks ago
Collecting interesting resources to visualise spatio-temporal data from wildlife observations	Hi, I'm collecting screenshots (and explanation if needed) of visualisations that you found useful. It could be charts, maps, tables...		Data Management & Mobilisation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps	6 months 2 weeks ago
Machine learning for bird pollination syndromes	We are putting together a special issue in the journal Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology and are welcoming (review) papers on the use of AI in bird research. https://www....		AI for Conservation, Software Development, Citizen Science, Data Management & Mobilisation	6 months 3 weeks ago
Giving different types of labeled data to the community - solutions?	Hello everyone!During my master thesis in engineering (past autumn), I developed Machine Learning for anti-poaching. As such, I recorded a...		Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Data Management & Mobilisation	6 months 3 weeks ago
Free/open-source app for field data collection	Thanks! I am familiar with EarthRanger but wasn't aware it could be used for behavioural data collection	+6	Build Your Own Data Logger Community, Data Management & Mobilisation, Open Source Solutions	6 months 3 weeks ago
Which LLMs are most valuable for coding/debugging?	thanks kristy! super helpful list.		Data Management & Mobilisation, AI for Conservation	7 months 2 weeks ago
Video evidence for the evaluation of behavioral state predictions	No, not yet. The player we attached does support slower/faster replay up to a certain precision, but I'm not sure that this will be sufficiently precise for the kind of offsets we...		Animal Movement, Data Management & Mobilisation, Sensors, Software Development	8 months 1 week ago
Firetail 13 - now available	and a short contribution in this e-obs setup, where we used Firetail VideoSync to analyze motion-triggered camera footage:		Software Development, Animal Movement, Data Management & Mobilisation	8 months 1 week ago
Detecting Thrips and Larger Insects Together	So, updated the text a bit with images cropped at 100% zoom :) we are already happy with the time reductions we got, but... would like to get at least 90% time reduction instead...		Data Management & Mobilisation, Latin America Community, Sensors	8 months 1 week ago
Mirror images - to annotate or not?	Seems like we should include some rotations in our image augmentations as the real world can be seen a bit tilted - as this cropped corner view from our fisheye at the zoo shows.	+13	AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation	8 months 2 weeks 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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