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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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Apply to Beta test Instant Detect 2.0	Will you accept personal/hobbyist focused on conservation on their small plots of land (10-100 acres)?I would, and know others, who would happily pay more than the official...		Camera Traps, Climate Change, Community Base, Connectivity, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Sensors, Wildlife Crime	1 year 7 months ago
Seeking Host Organisations for Travel Scholarship Application	Hi Eva, Me and my colleagues run a small NGO based on Yogyakarta in Indonesia, although our projects are spread around the country. One of our active project is working with...		Community Base, Animal Movement, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Marine Conservation, Geospatial	1 year 7 months ago
Thermal cameras for monitoring visitors in highly vulnerable conservation areas	Hi,This is a really late answer but I was new to wildlabs then. I have a security appliance that uses state of the AI models and user defined polygon areas of interest that...		Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Camera Traps, Sensors	1 year 7 months ago
New Toolkit to Help Communities in Africa to Live Safely with Elephants	@lucyeking99 opened this month's Variety Hour with a tour of Save the Elephant's evidence based toolbox of tried and...		Human-Wildlife Coexistence	1 year 8 months ago
Seismic detectors	Hi Antoine, Sorry about the late reply. The field trials were abandoned mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We're planning to improve our prototype and conduct field trials...		Human-Wildlife Coexistence	1 year 9 months ago
What Biologgers are you using?	Hey Stephanie,Thanks a lot! Sorry I missed your message but of course I can ask our users about their experience with sensors!		Animal Movement, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Marine Conservation, Protected Area Management Tools	1 year 10 months ago
Interested in being part of the Enduata Emaa CBO's Green Planet Ambassadors Project in Amboseli?	@richardturere Hello :) and a warm welcome to WILDLABS! Here is the link to @Lekato Samuel Lekato - Founder and Chairman, Enduata Emaa CBO. Sam is interested in conservation...		Citizen Science, Climate Change, Community Base, Connectivity, Conservation Tech Training and Education, East Africa Community, Human-Wildlife Coexistence	2 years ago
Human/animal detection/alerting	Super, nice to hear. BTW, this project appears new, but it's been in operation b yseveral parties for more than 10 years, so it's mature.No one is playing with it yet as I only...		Human-Wildlife Coexistence	2 years ago
pneumatic artificial muscle applications in conservation tech?	Hi all! I am a mechanical engineer working in the Aerospace Engineering department at a University, and I have the opportunity to take over...		Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Marine Conservation, Open Source Solutions, Sensors	2 years 1 month ago
"FISH BANK PROGRAM"(Transforming fishing cat and fish farmer conflict into conservation)	Thank you		Human-Wildlife Coexistence	2 years 1 month ago
Automated Elephant-detection system	What's the definition of low cost really? Using various cnn models for objection detection the results can be very accurate. The costs would vary. The cheapest Jetson Nano (Old...	+26	Human-Wildlife Coexistence	2 years 1 month ago
Looking to contribute	Hi everybody 👋🏽,I'm a UX designer, and I design interfaces and improve user experiences/flows. I would love to contribute to conservation...		AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence	2 years 3 months ago