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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!

Header image: Casey Allen on Unsplash

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Elephant's Banquet

Femke Hilderink

Human-wildlife conflict can be difficult to understand without knowing its impact on people and communities. In this case study, authored by community member and Human Wildlife Conflict Tech Challenge coordinator Femke...

19 September 2017

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A first-person account of the capture of a tiger in Pilibhit: Four elephants and a bulldozer, as seen from a drone

Shashank Srinivasan

Earlier this year, WILDLABS community member Shashank Srinivasan was involved in an operation to capture the Pilibhit man-eater. In this account, he shares how they successfully managed to tranquilize and capture the...

10 August 2017

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From the Field: Developing a new camera trap data management tool

Chris Mann

Frustrated by the limitations of the tools that were available for managing large camera trap data sets, Heidi Hendry and Chris Mann set out to develop something that met their needs, and thus, Camelot was born. In...

7 July 2017

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

WILDLABS Admin

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)...

5 July 2017

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From the Field: Eric Becker and designing sensors for wildlife

WILDLABS Admin

In this From the Field interview, we speak to Eric Becker, a conservation technology engineer at the World Wildlife Fund US. He talks about his work in technology design and the key challenges he's experienced...

22 May 2017

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From the Field: Dr Raman Sukumar and Technology Developments Needed to Conserve Elephants

WILDLABS Admin

In this From the Field interview, we speak to Dr. Raman Sukumar, a world renowned expert on Asian elephant conservation. He shares his thoughts on how technology could be used for mitigating elephant-human conflict, and...

5 April 2017

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How to stop the thieves when all we want to capture is wildlife in action

Paul Meek

The Camera Traps group is one the most active in our community, with members keen to discuss approaches to data management and processing, study design, and new software and hardware developments. Indeed, the top entry...

23 March 2017

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From the Field: María José Bolgeri and tech to alleviate Puma-Human conflict

María José Bolgeri

In our new From the Field series, we're speaking with WILDLABS members to discover how they use technology in their work. Through these interviews we will be showcasing the variety of technologies our members are...

22 March 2017

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#Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Our favourites from 2016

WILDLABS Admin

Are you ready for this year's #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge? In anticipation, we're counting down our ten favourite entries from last year. Do you think you can top these?

1 March 2017

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Working with wolves: Sheepdog puppies join new flock

WILDLABS Admin

Carpathian shepherd dogs have been reintroduced to the Zarand Landscape Corridor to guard livestock and help mitigate human-wildlife conflict in Romania.

28 February 2017

Funding

Conservation Leadership Programme 2017 Award

WILDLABS Admin

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...

21 November 2016

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5 Smart Technologies That Will Crack Down On Wildlife Trafficking

WILDLABS Admin

Technology by itself will not save pangolins or elephants, but it can help make major progress.

14 November 2016

Description	Activity	Groups	Updated
Wolf protection vests for dogs	Hi all, Just saw this on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38288999 Dogs in one town...	Human-Wildlife Coexistence	8 years 8 months ago
WildLabs success! E-shepherd predator deterrent trials in USA	@Suzanne.Stone have you had any success with your trials in Idaho?	Human-Wildlife Coexistence	8 years 9 months ago
Camera Trap based Alarm Systems	Hi everyone! I have just posted about my machine-vision based elephant-detection system which I am currently attempting to develop! https://www.wildlabs.net/...	Human-Wildlife Coexistence	8 years 9 months ago
New journal article shows deficiency of studies on effectiveness of predator controls	Hi all, I thought I'd alert you to this recent journal article, which looked at all published research on predator...	Human-Wildlife Coexistence	8 years 11 months ago
How can we bridge the gap in mitigating human-wildlife conflict?	Hi John, I have two good friends in Kenya who have some answers. I'll ask them to come here and tell you more... Marie	Human-Wildlife Coexistence	8 years 11 months ago
Article: Drawing Eyes on Cow Butts May Ward Off Hungry Lions	http://gizmodo.com/drawing-eyes-on-cow-butts-may-ward-off-hungry-lions-1783744270 Drawing Eyes on Cow Butts May Ward Off Hungry...	Human-Wildlife Coexistence	9 years ago
Migration monitoring app	Hello all, Another thought I had regarding human-wildlife conflict. Since wildlife migrations occur around similar times, every year,...	Human-Wildlife Coexistence	9 years 3 months ago
Deterring bears while backpacking	Ho John, That's a great idea and thanks for sharing, but as you said, limitations on battery and speaker capacity abound. Might anyone else have any thoughts on how we...	Human-Wildlife Coexistence	9 years 3 months ago

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