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This group is for anyone interested in applying software to conservation and wildlife research. Whether you're a developer eager to contribute to conservation or a newbie with valuable data and ideas but limited software experience, this group connects people with diverse expertise. It provides a space for asking questions, sharing resources, and staying informed about new technologies and best practices.

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TWS2023 - get in touch

Tobias Petri

5 November 2023 8:13pm

Hi, I'll stick around at the TWS2023 Louisville with our friends from e-obs to do some live Firetail demos and discuss your ideas and requirements. Would be great to get in...

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Tobias Petri

5 November 2023 9:04pm

I'm registered with the TWS2023 app, so feel free to nudge me there as well

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Payment for ecosystem services - mobile money case study?

Anna Colquhoun

27 October 2023 2:59pm

Hello everyone! I'm writing an article for the GSMA's flagship annual report on the intersection of mobile money and payment for ecosystem services. I'm looking to...

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Arky

3 November 2023 12:36pm

The folks at AB Entheos in Nairobi are also looking at wild life damage insurance https://ab-entheos.co.ke/

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DeepFaune: a software for AI-based identification of mammals in camera-trap pictures and videos

Simon Chamaillé-Jammes

14 July 2023 3:14pm

Hello everyone, just wanted to advertise here the DeepFaune initiative that I lead with Vincent Miele. We're building AI-based species recognition models for camera-trap...

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German Forero

24 October 2023 8:46pm

Hello to all, new to this group. This is very exciting technology. can it work for ID of individual animals? we are interested in Ai for identifying individual jaguars (spots) and andean Bears (face characteristics). Any recommendation? contact? thanks!

German

Kim Hendrikse

25 October 2023 8:57am

That's a very interesting question and use case (I'm not from deepfaune). I'm playing with this at the moment and intend to integrate it into my other security software that can capture and send video alerts. I should have this working within a few weeks I think.

The structure of that software is that it is two stage, the first stage identifies that there is an animal and it's bounding box and then there's a classification stage. I intend to merge the two stages so that it behaves like a yolo model so that the output is bounding boxes as well as what type of animal it is.

However, my security software can cascade models. So if you were able to train a single stage classifier that identifies your particular bears, then you could cascade all of these models in my software to generate an alert with a video saying which bear it was.

Ed Miller

4 November 2023 4:51am

Hi @GermanFore ,

I work with the BearID Project on individual identification of brown bears from faces. More recently we worked on face detection across all bear species and ran some tests with identifying Andean bears. You can find details in the paper I linked below. We plan to do more work with Andean bears in 2024.

I would love to connect with you. I'll send you a message with my email address.

Regards,

Ed

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

Esther Githinji

20 October 2023 1:31pm

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...

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Frank van der Most

27 May 2024 3:54pm

Super interesting interview! I especially liked the last minutes where Wilson Sairowua explains about the experimental farm to see which crops elephants like and dislike. Just...
Esther Githinji

28 May 2024 8:12am

Great suggestion @Frank_van_der_Most ! It's really interesting to see conservation tech interacting with other forms of environmental tech. There is definitely room for effective...
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Software for recording field data?

Becky Heath

6 September 2023 3:01pm

Heya - I'm after modernising our field data collection process from paper records to directly digitised recording. I'm planning on getting 2-3 tablets, and am looking for apps...

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Antoine Ede

22 September 2023 11:08am

Have a look at kobocollect, very easy to use and reliable, can collect data and then send them to the cloud when you have internet.

Other solution:

QField - Efficient field work built for QGIS

SMART Conservation Software - Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (smartconservationtools.org)

EarthRanger: Protecting Wildlife With Real-Time Data

Courtney Marneweck

22 September 2023 4:05pm

I second Kobo/CyberTracker for tracks, but if you have money for an ArcGIS Online license, Survey123 is great (offline use - but can't record tracks)

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Conservation Systems Developer

Jake Burton

24 August 2023 11:13am

New senior position in IUCN’s Science and Data Centre. Supporting, developing and maintaining the technological foundation that underpins The IUCN Red List of Threatened species and its underlying database.

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Firetail 11 - GPS and sensor analysis

Tobias Petri

18 July 2023 5:04pm

I'm very happy to announce  that Firetail 11 is now available, including an all-new website! (yay!)Version 11 features a great set of options for researchers,...

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Lars Holst Hansen

11 August 2023 12:15am

Hi Tobias! 

This sounds great and I am looking forward to trying it out after returning from field work! 

Very cool with the Vectronic Activity data! I am looking forward to check How we can use that! 

Cheers,

Lars

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How are the Arts intersecting with Conservation Technology in a rapidly changing world? 

Esther Githinji

2 June 2023 10:30am

The Arts, Culture, Technology and Climate Change. Do they have a place together and can they successfully intersect to generate new sustainable realities? This is a current...

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New Add-ons for Mbaza AI

Marundu Muturi

4 July 2023 12:00pm

At Appsilon, we are always working to enable our users to get the most out of our solutions. With this in mind, we are happy to introduce two new add-ons to Mbaza AI. 

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The role of low-code Earth observation tools in accelerating the sustainability transition

Cassie Anderson

30 June 2023 2:13pm

We've published a paper on the role of low-code Earth observation tools in the sustainability transition. It covers how different roles in a business like analysts and executives can benefit from this tech and how it can be applied to ESG, Nature Based Solutions and insurance...

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