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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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A New Cloud Platform Unveils the Most Diverse Camera Trap Database in the World

Zoological Society London (ZSL)

Fueled by Artificial Intelligence, Wildlife Insights provides access to over 4.5 million camera trap records.

17 December 2019

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New technology trialled to better monitor human-gorilla conflict in Uganda

WILDLABS Admin

The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), a coalition of World Wildlife Fund and Fauna & Flora International, has teamed up with Inmarsat, the world’s leading mobile satellite communications company,...

23 July 2019

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Caught in the crossfire – Tapirs in tiger territory

WILDLABS Team

It is common knowledge that the illegal trade in tiger bones and body parts poses a grave threat to the remaining populations of Asia’s most iconic big cat. But this grisly business also has a detrimental impact on...

31 May 2019

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Technology lab focused on wildlife protection opens on Ol Pejeta Conservancy

Ol Pejeta Conservancy

Ol Pejeta Conservancy partners with conservation and technology organisations to kick-start a research and innovation centre for wildlife conservation

31 May 2019

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HWC Tech Challenge: Smart Parks field update

Smart Parks

As a winner of the Human Wildlife Conflict Tech Challenge, Smart Parks is working in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and WILDLABS to develop a smart solution that uses the power of the Internet of...

25 March 2019

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Arribada Initiative Update: Testing our prototype thermal cameras with elephants in India

Arribada Initiative

Arribada recently returned from field sites in Assam, India where they tested the image quality and detection abilities of low-cost thermal sensors for detecting elephants in conflict areas. Arribada is working on these...

1 March 2019

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Nominations for the 2019 Tusk Conservation Awards Now Open

Tusk

Each year Tusk honours extraordinary individuals battling on the frontline in the fight for wildlife conservation in Africa. Nominate your 2019 Conservation Heroes now.

12 February 2019

Funding

The Ecosulis Rewilding Tech Challenge

Cain Blythe

With the aim of advancing rewildling-related technology in the UK and introducing new talent and ideas into the field of rewildling, Ecosulis is thrilled to announce the launch of their first ever Rewilding Tech...

14 January 2019

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HWC Tech Challenge Update: Testing our prototype thermal cameras in the Arctic

Arribada Initiative

Arribada just returned from their first thermal camera field trials in Greenland, where they tested the image quality and detection abilities of their chosen thermal sensors in an arctic climate, assessed their...

9 January 2019

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Viral bear video shows how drones threaten wildlife – and what to do about it

WILDLABS Team

A recent online video of a baby bear's efforts to scale a steep cliff took what seemed like an inspirational moment viral. But after the initial enthusiasm for the video came some controversy when scientists pointed out...

22 November 2018

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Beehive fences and elephants: Tanzanian case study offers fresh insights

Katarzyna Nowak

In this case study, Katarzyna Nowak writes about her work with the Southern Tanzania Elephant Project (STEP) trialing beehive fences as human-elephant conflict mitigation tools. Earlier this year the research team...

27 August 2018

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Using crowd-sourced funding to track snakes

WILDLABS Team

The understanding of the interplay of movement, behaviour and physiology that biologging offers has applied relevance for a range of fields, including evolutionary ecology, wildlife conservation and behavioural ecology...

30 July 2018

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 Conflict	8 years 5 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 Conflict	8 years 6 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 Conflict	8 years 6 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 Conflict	8 years 8 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 Conflict	8 years 8 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 Conflict	8 years 10 months 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 Conflict	9 years 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 Conflict	9 years 1 month ago

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