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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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Horizon call for EU Human-Wildlife conflict experts

David Blažević

Hi, I represent a consortium (CRO/FI/DE) which plans to apply to the call in the link: HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-01-1 Agro-pastoral/outdoor livestock systems and wildlife management If you have a research...

23 October 2023

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ZSL Research Fellow (x3 roles)

Zoological Society London (ZSL)

The Institute of Zoology (IoZ), the research division of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), is seeking to fill three new permanent positions by recruiting outstanding early-career researchers as Research Fellows (...

20 October 2023

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Restoring the Mara Elephant Population Using Coexistence Tech Solutions with Mara Elephant Project's Wilson Sairowua

Esther Githinji

Listen in on our interview with Mara Elephant Project’s Tracking Manager, Wilson Sairowua, as he explains how MEP is using software, geofencing and drone technologies to resolve human-elephant conflict across Maasai...

20 October 2023

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🚀 New Grant: 'Satellites for Biodiversity Award' Round 2

Emma Oldham

We're delighted to announce that Connected Conservation Foundation and Airbus Foundation have today launched round 2 of the ‘Satellites for Biodiversity Award’.

2 October 2023

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Human - Non-human Primate Conflict Mitigation Approaches: Lessons from Olive Baboons - YouTube

Esther Githinji

Hear about the ways Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project (UNBP) works with Laikipia's local communities to improve relationships between humans and baboons through this talk by Co-Director - Dr. Corinna Most on human-baboon...

26 September 2023

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In case you missed it... (no. 1)

Stephanie O'Donnell

Five #tech4wildlife people, projects and updates that caught our attention this month. An AI supported bear early warning system, a project that's connecting indigenous communities with high speed internet, exploring...

12 September 2023

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Video: WCS Uganda innovating Human-Wildlife Conflict solutions

Stephanie O'Donnell

The WCS team in Uganda is working with impacted communities, district leaders and wildlife authorities to come up with innovative solutions to Human Wildlife Conflicts and curb wildlife crimes in our time. Check out...

5 September 2023

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Alibaba Cloud's Geo Fencing System in the Mara

Esther Githinji

Wilson Sairowua, Tracking Manager at Mara Elephant Project (MEP) narrates how tech4change, Alibaba Cloud's Geo Fencing System paired with collaring has helped to mitigate human-elephant conflict across Maasai Mara and...

1 September 2023

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Born Free Uses Smart Maps to Save Lions, Solve Human-Wildlife Conflict

Esther Githinji

Location intelligence helps Born Free Kenya understand where communities and lions are in conflict. Outreach to fortify cattle corrals is guided by smart maps and spatial analysis.

17 August 2023

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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

Description	Activity	Replies	Groups	Updated
Technology Showroom of Artificial Intelligence (AI) aided Elephant Early Warning Systems	Hi @Tim+Vedanayagam Thank you for posting this. I'd be happy to contribute to the thermal sensing work under way. Can you confirm - have you built a thermal AI model...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	5 years 2 months ago
Mitigate Elephant-Human Conflict with ADSMO	A neoteric solution:- ADSMO(HWC): https://youtu.be/yG0Z5HaL_tc		Human-Wildlife Conflict	5 years 6 months ago
[ARCHIVED] Upcoming Event: International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence	Hi everybody! The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force, the Global Environment Facility-funded and...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	5 years 6 months ago
AI powered mobile app to save snakes	Thanks Drue for your valuable input. This is certainly not to encourage killing venomouse snakes. We can actually incorporate the featurs you pointed out to save venomouse...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	5 years 7 months ago
Trade of body parts	Tusk are illegally traded by the poachers for earning profit out of it. This needs to be stopped.		Human-Wildlife Conflict	5 years 9 months ago
Makerspaces to empower communities to develop/refine their own solutions to HEC	Hi Aditya, If you haven't already found it, you should check out our last virtual meetup, it was all about tools and spaces for collaboration and we featured a number...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	5 years 11 months ago
Tech for Rewilding Conflicts	Cool idea Ashwan. Looks similar to the virtual parks idea that Laurens is leading. Have you seen it? Also check out rewilding.io and get an entry in to the contest!	+30	Human-Wildlife Conflict	6 years 2 months ago
Foxlight to deter pumas, but how about Andean foxes?	A very good summary all-round Nilanga. Only a wholistic approach can truly resolve conflict.		Human-Wildlife Conflict	6 years 3 months ago
Mobile phones to reduce HWC	Hi all, We often think about complicated tools when people refer to the use of tech in conservation. But mobile phones can be highly...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	6 years 3 months ago
Citizen scientists to analyze HWC interventions	Thanks both for your comments, very interesting indeed! Also great to hear that so many people are eager to get involved in this kind of research and will participate with great...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	6 years 3 months ago
Wild pigs crop damage assessment and movement using GIS and drones	Dear Femke, I am actually looking for studying the crop damages using drones and also tracking the movements, may be using GPS collars. But I do not actually know about these...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	6 years 4 months ago
Locally fabricated electric/solar fencing widely spreading in Bhutan	Dear Femke, Thank you for your email. I hope I can hear from Mohan Raj. Electric fencing is one area where it can play very important role in human wildlife conflict management...		Human-Wildlife Conflict	6 years 4 months ago

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