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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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Human-Elephant Conflict Tech Solution in Tsavo: NdovuCare

Esther Githinji and 1 more

Read our interview with Sandra Maryanne, a young conservation tech innovator raised in Taita, Ivarenyi with first-hand experience on the challenges of human-elephant conflict within her community. To address this, she...

7 August 2023

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What Technologies are you using to Mitigate Human-Wildlife Conflict across East Africa?

Esther Githinji

Human-Wildlife Conflict is a pressing conservation challenge affecting natural ecosystems, biodiversity and local communities across East Africa. This has led to the development and adoption of diverse conservation...

1 August 2023

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Innovation wanted: Technology Testing to Mitigate Human-Elephant Conflict in West Bengal

Hirari Sasaki

JICA, Japan’s International Cooperation Agency is seeking a digital partner with a proven track record in conservation technology as we launch a pilot project to test technologies to mitigate human-elephant conflict in...

19 June 2023

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Big Life Foundation: Improving Connectivity to Fight Wildlife Crime

Big Life Foundation

In this Conservation Tech Showcase case study from Big Life Foundation, you’ll learn about their successes using EarthRanger and LoRaWAN Smart Parks Solution technologies to monitor wildlife in East Africa.

8 June 2023

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How lights help keep lions and livestock alive in Kenya

Esther Githinji

Richard Turere from Kitengela, invents flashing lights to mitigate human wildlife conflict. He came up with “Lion Lights,” a system that deters predators such as lions from attacking livestock using flashing lights....

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Deadline Approaching: Conservation Tech Award

Jordan Steward

Are you using or creating tech to protect wildlife? We want to support your organization through two $15,000 grants!

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Video: Virginia Tech tracking bobcats to preserve wildlife

Stephanie O'Donnell

Quick feature of Virgina Tech project using camera traps and biologgers to track bobcats, collecting data to inform human-wildlife coexistance efforts

26 April 2023

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Using acoustic monitoring to track infectious disease risk

Carly Batist

New paper in Trends in Parasitology discusses how acoustic monitoring can be used to assess presence and overlap of host or reservoir species, disease vectors and human activity.

8 March 2023

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Climate crisis drives a rise in human-wildlife conflicts

Ellie Warren

New article about how climate change and human-wildlife conflict go hand-in-hand. Would be interesting to hear from our climate change and HWC groups about how climate scientists and community members who are innovating...

1 March 2023

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“Smelly” Elephant Repellent

Ernest Oniba

Assessing the Efficacy of a Novel Olfactory Approach to Mitigating Elephant Crop Raiding in Uganda and Kenya

24 February 2023

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Mobilising East African nature restoration professionals

Matthew Creasey

Scholarships available for training courses focussing on nature restoration in East Africa

21 February 2023

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Hiring Full Stack Developer at Conservation X Labs

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Technology to End the Sixth Mass Extinction. Salary: $104k-144K; Location: Washington DC or Seattle WA, potential hybrid; 5+ years of Full stack development experience; Deadline March 15th - view post for full job...

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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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