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Human-wildlife conflict 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 addressing 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 prevent human-wildlife conflict, this group is the place for you!

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Human-wildlife conflict 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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Early Career Wild Felid conservationist with BS in Biology & Zoology

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@Kathinja
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A Geography Graduate with a keen interest in Geographic Information systems(GIS), a climate enthusiast, sustainable development, conservation effort and green technologies

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I graduated in Ms of Entomology, and currently I work with Conservation International Cambodia as Biodiversity and Science Senior Coordinator.

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@ImaniWilson
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Zoology with a placement year graduate from Bangor University. Interested in large African mammal movement and behaviour in response to climate change, particularly African elephants

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@ryanhuang
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Conservation scientist based in Pretoria, South Africa

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@mkm4884

Neuroscientist & engineer looking for a data/R&D role in conservation.

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@loveness

An Environmental sciences and Management graduate from SUA, passionate and eager to drive change to the Environment, making World a better place for present and future generations.

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@hyodopenguin
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I am currently a rising junior at UC Berkeley studying data science. I hope to apply data with biodiversity, especially by utilizing camera traps for species classification. People in conservation tech are truly living my dream careers, and I can't wait to get even more inspired!

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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow/ Project Manager, University of St. Andrews, UK

University of St Andrews

A Post-Doc position is available to join the team coordinating the Urban Exploration Project – a collaborative initiative in partnership between the University of St. Andrews and the National Geographic Society.

2 May 2025

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FROM VULNERABILITY TO SECURITY: INSPIRING COEXISTENCE THROUGH A RESILIENT BOMA

Ashura Rajabu

This project aimed to reduce human-carnivore conflict by building a resilient boma for a vulnerable family in Hunyari village. It served as a model for other families, promoting stronger livestock protection. The...

17 April 2025

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Arctic Community Wildlife Grants Program

World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

WWF's Arctic Community Wildlife Grants program supports conservation, stewardship, and research initiatives that focus on coastal Arctic ecology, community sustainability, and priority Arctic wildlife, including polar...

7 March 2025

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INSTANT DETECT 2.0 - ALPHA TESTING

Sam Seccombe

The worst thing a new conservation technology can do is become another maintenance burden on already stretched field teams. This meant Instant Detect 2.0 had to work perfectly from day 1. In this update, Sam Seccombe...

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INSTANT DETECT 2.0 – THE OPTIMISATION YEARS

Sam Seccombe

The Zoological Society of London's Instant Detect 2.0 is the world's first affordable satellite connected camera trap system designed by conservationists, for conservationists. In this update, Sam Seccombe describes the...

21 January 2025

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Using AI, barriers and bridges to help stop wildlife-vehicle collisions

Lars Holst Hansen

Wildlife on roads creates a significant hazard in rural areas, to humans and animals alike. Low-tech prevention methods such as overpasses give great results, but they are expensive and can’t cover every scenario. Now...

12 November 2024

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Could AI Unlock the Secrets of Animal Communication? | The Future With Hannah Fry

Lars Holst Hansen

Very nice video!

7 October 2024

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Calling for applications for Round 3 of our Satellites for Biodiversity Award Grant

Emma Oldham

The Connected Conservation is thrilled to announce our award's third round in collaboration with the Airbus Foundation. This award champions the use of cutting-edge satellite imagery to tackle biodiversity loss and...

30 September 2024

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The Human–Wildlife Initiative has opened a call for proposals (€10-70k)

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.

11 September 2024

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Call for PapersManaging Human-wildlife Conflict in Big Cats

Alex Rood

Wildlife Letters is announcing a call for papers on managing human-wildlife conflict in big cats

22 August 2024

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Judging Panel Award Winners: 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge

Alex Rood

Join us in celebrating this year’s Judging Panele Award winners!

19 August 2024

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Community Choice Award Winners: 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge

Natalie Peoples

Join us in celebrating this year’s Community Choice Award winners!

15 August 2024

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Predator Protection Device emits random lights and sounds	Hello, this device looks really interesting...has anyone tryed? what brand is it? how much does it cost? what's the range of the speakers? what kind of sound does it makes? I...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	7 years 8 months ago
HWC Tech Challenge - General Discussion	Hi Mark and Teun, we have been investigating this technology also. It is already being used, but has two problems. First, their reach is often very limited (around 50m) and the...	+13	Human-Wildlife Conflict	7 years 8 months ago
HWC Tech Challenge - Asian Elephant Case	Dear Somak, Thank you very much for writing and we are sorry information on the challenge did not reach you in time. We are certainly interested in furthering discussions...	+14	Human-Wildlife Conflict	7 years 8 months ago
HWC Tech Challenge - Polar Bear Case	Hi Gwen, That's a tough question Gwen! And for any destination in the Arctic counts: it is horribly expensive! I suggest you count on Iqaluit in Nunavut-Canada. Access is...	+12	Human-Wildlife Conflict	7 years 8 months ago
HWC Tech Challenge - Tiger Case	Thank you, Gert. My proposed solution takes security into account heavily. Excited to share it with you and the panel as well. Claire	+7	Human-Wildlife Conflict	7 years 8 months ago
HWC Tech Challenge - Additional background reading + resources	Additional information on human-polar bear conflicts can be found in this article		Human-Wildlife Conflict	7 years 9 months ago
Seeking collaboration and co-financing for PhD research: How land tenure arrangements impact upon illegal hunting in Sub-Saharan Africa	Friends and fellow researchers in the WILDLABS community I would like to hear your valuable opinions on the doctoral research project I am...		Human-Wildlife Conflict, Funding and Finance	7 years 10 months ago
acoustics for Human-Wildlife Conflict Prevention, Anti-poaching, and more	For those interested: in the acoustics channel I have posted news on our sound event recognition sensor, using conv-net: https://...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	8 years ago
Upcoming human-wildlife conflict workshop	Hello all! There's going to be a workshop led by Human Wildlife Conflict Collaboration on the fundamentals of HWC. It will...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	8 years ago
Education to combat wildlife crime	Peter, thanks for your reply and sorry for the dealyed repsonse, I have been ahving some issues getting alerts in my email. I would like to talk to you more about your...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	8 years 1 month ago
Foxlights predator deterrant	Personally, I'd order a few of the $10 radios from eBay and see how they work. They are cheap enough that if they don't work out, you wouldn't be out much money....	+23	Human-Wildlife Conflict	8 years 1 month ago
Infrastructure impacts	Hi Udayan, Many thanks for following up and it's great to hear that it's an area of interest for you as well. I'm certainly interested to hear more about the work...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	8 years 4 months ago

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