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Human-wildlife coexistence is a significant challenge that only grows as habitats shrink and other issues like climate change alter the natural world. Technologies like biologging gear have become essential for proactively reducing human-wildlife conflict before it escalates, and tech projects that seek to understand population ranges and behaviour can help people learn to live with wildlife as part of our own environments. If you're interested in using technology to enhance human-wildlife coexistence, this group is the place for you!

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Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence is a shockingly common problem, often with enormous consequences for both individual animals and entire populations.

When human-wildlife conflict comes to mind, you may immediately think of wildlife crime instead - which isn't wrong, since many regions with wildlife crime problems like poaching are also areas where people may frequently deal with human-wildlife conflict, causing the two issues to go hand-in-hand. But human-wildlife conflict is a much broader issue encompassing many ways that human presence and interference can cause problems for us and animals alike. Human-wildlife conflict includes:

Elephants trampling a farmer's crops, resulting in retaliation
New real estate developments infringing on ecosystems where predator species live, leading to predators having less territory and less food, which in turn leads to predators attacking domestic animals and livestock
Freeways dividing the territory of animals like mountain lions, leading to wildlife venturing into neighborhoods or being killed by cars
Lead bullets used in hunting causing scavengers like condors to die of lead poisoning

These are just a few examples of how humans can negatively impact wildlife, and it's clear to see how many of these scenarios could escalate. Human-wildlife conflict solutions don't just include ways in which we can prevent these issues (for example, through tracking predators, monitoring populations' territories, or building barriers and wildlife crossings monitored by sensors), but also the ways in which we can help people connect with wildlife and care about learning to live alongside them.

If you're interested in solutions that can prevent human-wildlife conflict, join this group and get to know the people who are working to protect and save species around the world!

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I studied Wildlife and Ecotourism Management in University of Ìbàdàn, Nigeria, I'm a front-end developer. I am interested in conservation technology

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Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS)

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Technologist. Civic Science Fellow & Data Inclusion Specialist at OEDP.

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@csugarte
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I am a chilean PhD student working on human-carnivore conflict and coexistence. Currently working with camera traps and automated behavioral response systems.

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An avid learner interested in wildlife ecology, conservation technology and community development

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@bastiaandenbraber

20+ years traveler and management consultant turned tech founder and conservationist. Founder & CEO of ZAMBEZI ZERØ; super intelligence to safeguard biodiversity.

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I deliver policy and advocacy components of cross-regional projects and initiatives concerning international site-based conservation, including through international mechanisms such as the Ramsar Convention, Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and World Heritage Convention.

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Very nice video!

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Emma Oldham

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Frank van der Most

The Human-Wildlife Initiative operates in three areas, viz. France's Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ( PACA ) region, French-speaking Switzerland and Spain. Each has it's own call with it's own specifics.

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WILDLABS AWARDS 2025 - Ambiance: Leveraging Fear to Mitigate Human-Wildlife Conflict	Hello WILDLABS! As humbled and grateful recipients of a 2025 WILDLABS Award, we are excited to introduce our project to the community. Our...		Human-Wildlife Coexistence, East Africa Community	2 months 2 weeks ago
Automated Image analysis	Hi. Currently working on a project on an island where recreational activity is impacting breeding seabirds. Looking for AI solutions for...		Human-Wildlife Coexistence	2 months 3 weeks ago
Beekeeping training center/field school	Great dear Travis,This is a great news and an opportunity to me and my local bee keepers. It really sounds very helpful.Here is my contacts:Email: muganyizi@pales.or.tz ...		Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, East Africa Community, Funding and Finance, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Wildlife Crime	4 months ago
Mole-Rat Mystery. Can anyone help?	Good morning JocelynThank you very much for your comment, this is proving to be very useful advice and thank you so much for setting me on the right path!! This is very exciting!!...		Animal Movement, Citizen Science, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Marine Conservation, Drones, Community Base, Geospatial	4 months 2 weeks ago
Drone for Studying Migratory Birds - Research Input	Hi Nikita, If you haven't already, I'd recommend reaching out to the folks at the Cornell Ornithology lab. They're really glued into all things bird. In particular, I...		Animal Movement, Drones, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence	4 months 3 weeks ago
Subject: “Baa-bridge” – AI Sheep Stress Reduction, Seeking Genius Input!	I'm sure others here can comment better than I on models for classifying animal sounds, but from an ML pint of view, a key concern is getting enough data. 10 recordings does not...		AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Human-Wildlife Coexistence	4 months 3 weeks ago
MargoTV - new wildlife tech youtube series and subsidized conservation products!	Love it! I have a few ideas.	+15	Conservation Tech Training and Education, Funding and Finance, Human-Wildlife Coexistence	6 months ago
Data science/analyst interested in volunteering for research or app development	Hello everyone. My name is Bilal. I recently graduated with a degree in bioengineering and hold a bachelor's degree in computer science,...		AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Marine Conservation	6 months 4 weeks ago
State of the art thermal imaging core and the zoo	@HeinrichS there’s still time for you or anyone else to make a funding submission to the wildlabs 2025 grants ❤️❤️❤️I haven't applied for wildlabs funding, but I would love for...		Human-Wildlife Coexistence, AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Emerging Tech	7 months ago
Mass Detection of Wildlife Snares Using Airborne Synthetic Radar	Hats off to your team for this absolute game-changing technology! We rescue stray and wild animals in Taiwan, and the bulk of our work is saving animals maimed by wire snares...	+37	AI for Conservation, Drones, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Wildlife Crime	8 months 3 weeks ago
Instant Detect 2.0 and related cost	There's quite a few diy or prototype solutions described online and in literature - but it seems none of these have made it to market yet as generally available fully usable...		AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Sensors	8 months 3 weeks ago
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?	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 attemptThank you for your...		Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, East Africa Community, Funding and Finance, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Latin America Community	9 months 1 week ago

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