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Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Career Opportunity - "Climate Storytelling from the Global South" to Climate Change
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Event - "AI + Environment Summit" to AI for Conservation
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Event - "Biodiversity modelling in the AI era" to AI for Conservation
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new External Link - "Soundscapes and deep learning enable tracking biodiversity recovery in tropical forests" to Acoustics
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Career Opportunity - "ZSL Research Fellow (x3 roles)" to AI for Conservation
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new External Link - "Pre-register for the Basics of R for Ecologists" to Data management and processing tools
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Career Opportunity - "PhD Opportunity: YELLOWHAMMER - Individual acoustic monitoring to study song culture evolutionwithin and between dialect areas" to Acoustics
Stephanie O'Donnell contributed to Organisation - "The BioAcoustic AI Consortium "
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Organisation - "The BioAcoustic AI Consortium "
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Career Opportunity - "PhD Opportunity: Distributed sound source localisation and separation for wireless microphone networks consisting of two-microphone nodes" to Acoustics
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Career Opportunity - "PhD Opportunity: 'FLOATERS' position at Bioacoustic AI Doctoral Network" to Acoustics
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new External Link - "Shedding light on nocturnal behavior: A cost-effective solution for remote, infrared video recording in the field" to Camera Traps
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new External Link - "Correspondence among multiple methods provides confidence when measuring marine protected area effects for species and assemblages" to Camera Traps
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new External Link - "Marine Flyways - Seabird Tracking Database" to Animal Movement
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Discussion - " Is there a good resource for learning bird calls?" to Acoustics
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Event - "Catch up with The Variety Hour: October 2023" to AI for Conservation
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Career Opportunity - "Working Student (m/f/d) GIS & RS Monitoring of Biodiversity & Agroecology in Africa & Asia" to Geospatial
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Discussion - "Project Update: Improving satellite ear tag transmitters for Polar Bears" to Animal Movement
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Discussion - "Discover Digital Earth Africa" to East Africa Community
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Discussion - "How 3D Technologies are Reshaping Forest Ecology and Conservation" to Climate Change
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Discussion - "Unravelling freshwater turtle activity with an open source, low-cost accelerometer" to Animal Movement
Stephanie O'Donnell contributed to R&D Project - "Counting Elephants from Space"
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Event - "How to Cover Conservation Technology | Mongabay Webinars" to Emerging Tech
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Article - "Leaf Litter Tech Issue: WILDLABS Spotlight" to Acoustics
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Article - "IUCN and AI2 to provide AI technology at no cost to fast-track implementation of newly signed UN High Seas Treaty" to AI for Conservation
Stephanie O'Donnell added a new Event - "Catch up with The Variety Hour: September 2023" to Acoustics
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- AgTech: Breaking out of silos
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- Brokering finance deals to fund nature restoration with Rob Gardner
This is the title of an episode of Ben Goldsmith's 'Rewilding the World' podcast series. I have been wondering for a while, how is it done? Here is a crystal clear outline.
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- Automated Image analysis
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 initiative included community engagement on predator deterrence and sustainable building practices. The success of the pilot is inspiring others to adopt similar solutions.
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- Can RGB drone data & Machine Learning be of value in Conservation?
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- Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map launched!
Conservation International is proud to announce the launch of the Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map, developed in partnership with the Nature Tech Collective!
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- eDNA sampling kits
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- Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map launched!
Conservation International is proud to announce the launch of the Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map, developed in partnership with the Nature Tech Collective!
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- Behind the Buzz Season 1: From Data to Decisions
Come along to the first season of Behind the Buzz, where we’ll bring in experts to break down the basics of global conservation policy frameworks through the lens of animal movement and explore how our community can better translate movement data to decision-making.
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- What Are Innovative Technologies, and Why Should Conservationists Care?
Conservationists use tools like drones, satellites, and camera traps to monitor ecosystems and scale their impact. But new challenges like transparency, funding gaps, and engagement remain. Web 3.0 technologies offer solutions, but adoption can be complex. Understanding their benefits and barriers is key.
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- INSTANT DETECT 2.0 - ALPHA TESTING
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 describes the extensive Alpha testing conducted at Whipsnade Zoo to validate the performance and find the limits of ZSL's Instant Detect 2.0 system.
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- Beyond the Tech Hype / Más Allá del Hype Tecnológico
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- New WILDLABS Funding & Finance group
WildLabs will soon launch a 'Funding and Finance' group. What would be your wish list for such a group? Would you be interested in co-managing or otherwise helping out?
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- Can RGB drone data & Machine Learning be of value in Conservation?
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- Can/Should UAVs Be The Answer To Urbanisation & Wildlife Conflicts
Over the years, a large number of developments have gone up in the area that I live in and the municipality is not doing what they should when it comes to upholding the laws that have been put in place to protect the wildlife in this protected paradise. Is anyone else around the world facing this in their communities? Can/should drones and open source software be the answer to better monitoring of construction companies that are in breach of wildlife regulations? I would like to get others thoughts on this subject as it can be complicated. GeoWing Academy has been using drones and opensource software to monitor some of the changes and damages to the environment to illustrate the issues to the local municipality and government. There is a PDF version of the article attached should the images in the article not be visible
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- Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map launched!
Conservation International is proud to announce the launch of the Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map, developed in partnership with the Nature Tech Collective!
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- HawkEars: a high-performance bird sound classifier for Canada
HawkEars is a deep learning model designed specifically to recognize the calls of 328 Canadian bird species and 13 amphibians.
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- Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map launched!
Conservation International is proud to announce the launch of the Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map, developed in partnership with the Nature Tech Collective!
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- Effectiveness of canine-assisted surveillance and human searches for early detection of invasive spotted lanternfly
A published research study
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- Overview of Image Analysis and Visualization from Camera traps
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- Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map launched!
Conservation International is proud to announce the launch of the Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map, developed in partnership with the Nature Tech Collective!
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- Overview of Image Analysis and Visualization from Camera traps
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- Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map launched!
Conservation International is proud to announce the launch of the Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map, developed in partnership with the Nature Tech Collective!
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- Planet Imagery is no longer available on GFW
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- Case Study: Drone-based radio-tracking of Eastern Bandicoots
Wildlife Drones was deployed by Zoos Victoria in a trial project tracking captive-bred Eastern Barred Bandicoots that were tagged and released into the wild
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- Overview of Image Analysis and Visualization from Camera traps
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- Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map launched!
Conservation International is proud to announce the launch of the Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map, developed in partnership with the Nature Tech Collective!
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- Advice for Junior Web Developer
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- Advancing Hierarchical Classification of Ocean Life
Join the FathomNet Kaggle Competition to show us how you would develop a model that can accurately classify varying taxonomic ranks!
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- New WILDLABS Funding & Finance group
WildLabs will soon launch a 'Funding and Finance' group. What would be your wish list for such a group? Would you be interested in co-managing or otherwise helping out?
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- DIY: Pressure Chamber
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- Can CBIs promote coexistence? A Case Study from Northern Tanzania
Can conservation-based incentives promote the willingness of local communities to coexist with wildlife? A case of Burunge Wildlife Management Area, Northern Tanzania
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- HawkEars: a high-performance bird sound classifier for Canada
HawkEars is a deep learning model designed specifically to recognize the calls of 328 Canadian bird species and 13 amphibians.
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- From Field to Funder: How to communicate impact?
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- Application of computer vision for off-highway vehicle route detection: A case study in Mojave desert tortoise habitat
Driving off-highway vehicles (OHVs), which contributes to habitat degradation and fragmentation, is a common recreational activity in the United States and other parts of the world, particularly in desert environments with fragile ecosystems. Although habitat degradation and mortality from the expansion of OHV networks are thought to have major impacts on desert species, comprehensive maps of OHV route networks and their changes are poorly understood. To better understand how OHV route networks have evolved in the Mojave Desert ecoregion, we developed a computer vision approach to estimate OHV route location and density across the range of the Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). We defined OHV routes as non-paved, linear features, including designated routes and washes in the presence of non-paved routes. Using contemporary (n = 1499) and historical (n = 1148) aerial images, we trained and validated three convolutional neural network (CNN) models. We cross-examined each model on sets of independently curated data and selected the highest performing model to generate predictions across the tortoise's range. When evaluated against a ‘hybrid’ test set (n = 1807 images), the final hybrid model achieved an accuracy of 77%. We then applied our model to remotely sensed imagery from across the tortoise's range and generated spatial layers of OHV route density for the 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, and 2020s. We examined OHV route density within tortoise conservation areas (TCA) and recovery units (RU) within the range of the species. Results showed an increase in the OHV route density in both TCAs (8.45%) and RUs (7.85%) from 1980 to 2020. Ordinal logistic regression indicated a strong correlation (OR = 1.01, P < 0.001) between model outputs and ground-truthed OHV maps from the study region. Our computer vision approach and mapped results can inform conservation strategies and management aimed at mitigating the adverse impacts of OHV activity on sensitive ecosystems.
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- MyProgress: Advancing GIS and R programming skills.
A fascinating journey of unleashing my potentials in spatial analysis using ArcGIS Pro and R programming.
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- Field-Ready Bioacoustics System in Field Testing
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- Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map launched!
Conservation International is proud to announce the launch of the Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map, developed in partnership with the Nature Tech Collective!
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- HawkEars: a high-performance bird sound classifier for Canada
HawkEars is a deep learning model designed specifically to recognize the calls of 328 Canadian bird species and 13 amphibians.
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- Judging Panel Award Winners: 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge
Join us in celebrating this year’s Judging Panele Award winners!
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- Feedback on PCB for Mothbox
Applications are open until April 15th
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- MyProgress: Advancing GIS and R programming skills.
A fascinating journey of unleashing my potentials in spatial analysis using ArcGIS Pro and R programming.
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- Brokering finance deals to fund nature restoration with Rob Gardner
This is the title of an episode of Ben Goldsmith's 'Rewilding the World' podcast series. I have been wondering for a while, how is it done? Here is a crystal clear outline.
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- Project Update — Nestling Growth App
We are thrilled to start a brand new group, the Latin America Community, and introduce the new Group Leaders for the 2024-2025 term: Vanesa Reyes and Juan Sebastián Ulloa Chacón. // Estamos muy contentos de iniciar un nuevo grupo, la Comunidad Latinoamericana, y presentar a los nuevos Líderes de Grupo para el período 2024-2025: Vanesa Reyes y Juan Sebastián Ulloa Chacón. // Estamos muito felizes em iniciar um novo grupo, a Comunidade Latino-Americana, e apresentar os novos Líderes de Grupo para o período 2024-2025: Vanesa Reyes e Juan Sebastián Ulloa Chacón.
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Marine Flyways - Seabird Tracking Database
Stephanie O'Donnell
To celebrate #WMBD, BirdLife is excited to share the newly identified Marine Flyways!! Seabird tracking data were shared by over 60 researchers from 48 long-distance migratory species and have revealed SIX MarineFlyways...
20 October 2023
Discussion
Is there a good resource for learning bird calls?
Stephanie O'Donnell
This question popped up on Twitter (or x?) and has had some interesting replies! I thought I'd start it as a discussion here too, and not limit it to australia, as it feels...
20 October 2023
Careers
The goal of this position is to support our remote sensing team in various tasks including to daily remote sensing related work, geo-spatial analysis and monitoring and evaluation of WWF’s conservation goals, related to...
6 October 2023
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Project Update: Improving satellite ear tag transmitters for Polar Bears
Stephanie O'Donnell
I was just delighted that WWF's Sybille Klenzendorf and Mistywest's Tony Jackson joining us to talk about the polar bear ear tag they've been working on for the past few years....
6 October 2023
Discussion
Discover Digital Earth Africa
Stephanie O'Donnell
Digital Earth Africa are doing fantastic work to make Earth Observation data free and accessible, delivering decision-ready products to the African Continent. To learn more about...
6 October 2023
Discussion
How 3D Technologies are Reshaping Forest Ecology and Conservation
Stephanie O'Donnell
Stefano Puliti joined Variety Hour to share his work using 3D photogrammetric data from UAVs for pre- and post-harvest inventory of forest biophysical properties, and talk about...
6 October 2023
Discussion
This was one of my all time favourite Variety Hour talks! @wschan gave us an awesome walk through the open-source low cost acceleratometer he designed and built as part of his...
6 October 2023
Article
Leaf Litter Tech Issue: WILDLABS Spotlight
Stephanie O'Donnell
If only there was a place where these users, manufacturers, and supporters of conservation technology could connect with one another. There is. It is called WILDLABS.
22 September 2023
Article
The partnership will support the Global South with the development, planning and management of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the high seas.
22 September 2023
Discussion
Alina has been a longtime friend of WILDLABS, and has been incredibly generous about sharing her knowledge as a Tech Tutor, an expert contributor in our research programmes, and...
13 September 2023
Discussion
Gundi: The Universal Adaptor for Conservation Technologies
Stephanie O'Donnell
'Gundi, meaning “glue” in Swahili, is a technology platform that allows conservationists to seamlessly integrate any hardware with any conservation software. This free-to-use...
13 September 2023
Discussion
In our last Variety Hour, Simon Gardner, Head of Digital Environment at NERC, popped in to share more about their open £3.6m funding call supporting innovation in tools for...
13 September 2023
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