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Vance Russell added a new Discussion - "Conservation Finance: Towards a New Model for Landscape Restoration. New Book" to Funding and Finance
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Vance Russell added a new Discussion - "200 Basemaps with a couple lines of code" to Geospatial
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- AI for Conservation Office Hours: 2025 Review
Read about the advice provided by AI specialists in AI Conservation Office Hours 2025 earlier this year and reflect on how this helped projects so far.
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- Apis Nomadica Labs: Mobile Bee-Search for the Future of Food & Medicine
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- Zimbabwe Shines: 5 Key Takeaways from Ramsar COP15
Making waves in wetland conservation: Explore the outcomes and insights from Ramsar COP15, a premier global event on wetland protection and sustainability
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- Free online tool to analyze wildlife images
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- IUCN Red list R client.
Everything you need on the IUCN Red list is now accessible from R, outputted as tibble to facilitate data query, analysis, and visualization.
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- BoutScout – Beyond AI for Images, Detecting Avian Behaviour with Sensors
In this case, you’ll explore how the BoutScout project is improving avian behavioural research through deep learning—without relying on images or video. By combining dataloggers, open-source hardware, and a powerful BiLSTM deep learning model trained on temperature data, the team has reduced the time needed to analyse weeks or even months of incubation behaviour to just seconds. This has enabled the discovery of new patterns in how tropical birds incubate their eggs across different elevations and climates. With tools soon to be released on PyPI, including a no-code platform for behavioural analysis, this work offers a fresh, scalable approach for conservationists and researchers working on breeding data at the tropics.
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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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- Online Ocean-Focused GIS Course
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- Zimbabwe Shines: 5 Key Takeaways from Ramsar COP15
Making waves in wetland conservation: Explore the outcomes and insights from Ramsar COP15, a premier global event on wetland protection and sustainability
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- AI for Conservation Office Hours: 2025 Review
Read about the advice provided by AI specialists in AI Conservation Office Hours 2025 earlier this year and reflect on how this helped projects so far.
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- Free online tool to analyze wildlife images
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- AI for Conservation Office Hours: 2025 Review
Read about the advice provided by AI specialists in AI Conservation Office Hours 2025 earlier this year and reflect on how this helped projects so far.
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- AI for Conservation Office Hours: 2025 Review
Read about the advice provided by AI specialists in AI Conservation Office Hours 2025 earlier this year and reflect on how this helped projects so far.
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- BoutScout – Beyond AI for Images, Detecting Avian Behaviour with Sensors
In this case, you’ll explore how the BoutScout project is improving avian behavioural research through deep learning—without relying on images or video. By combining dataloggers, open-source hardware, and a powerful BiLSTM deep learning model trained on temperature data, the team has reduced the time needed to analyse weeks or even months of incubation behaviour to just seconds. This has enabled the discovery of new patterns in how tropical birds incubate their eggs across different elevations and climates. With tools soon to be released on PyPI, including a no-code platform for behavioural analysis, this work offers a fresh, scalable approach for conservationists and researchers working on breeding data at the tropics.
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- Zimbabwe Shines: 5 Key Takeaways from Ramsar COP15
Making waves in wetland conservation: Explore the outcomes and insights from Ramsar COP15, a premier global event on wetland protection and sustainability
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- Siguiendo Ballenas: rastreo satelital desde el espacio revela sus rutas migratorias // Tracking right whales from outer space reveals their migratory routes
Un ambicioso proyecto internacional está usando transmisores satelitales para monitorear los viajes migratorios de ballenas francas australes, permitiendo entender sus sorprendentes patrones de desplazamiento en tiempo real. // An ambitious international project is using satellite tags to monitor the migratory journeys of southern right whales, allowing researchers to understand their surprising movement patterns in real time.
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Article
Geospatial Announcement: Introducing New Geospatial Group Leaders
Elsa Carla De Grandi and 2 more
We are thrilled to welcome our 3 new Group Leaders for the 2024-2025 term, Vance Russell, Ahmed Junaid, and Elsa Carla De Grandi!
22 August 2024
Discussion
Change group name to Geospatial?
Vance Russell
Hi Folks,I would like to propose a name change of the Remote Sensing/GIS group to Geospatial. Here's the main reason, Remote Sensing and GIS are components of Geospatial. GIS is...
15 June 2024
Discussion
Remote Sensing & GIS Group Leadership
Vance Russell
Hi Folks,I'm interested in being the group leader for the Remote Sensing & GIS group, but it would be great to have a co-lead. Anyone care to join me? Thanks!Kind...
8 May 2024
Discussion
Upcoming tech4wildlife gatherings
Vance Russell
Hi All, I'm looking for upcoming tech4wildlife conferences, workshops and gatherins during 2019 espeically in London, Glasgow and Bristol, but also interested beyond that...
14 February 2019
Discussion
Tech for Rewilding Conflicts
Vance Russell
Hi Folks. Wondering if anyone can suggest some specific tech to reduce conflicts from potential spp reintroduction and livestock for trophic species, in particular golden and...
22 November 2018
Product
Earth Blox transforms complex nature and climate data into clear, decision-ready insights for risk mitigation, regulatory compliance and opportunity identification. It helps teams act with confidence in a world where environmental insight drives business success.
Product
Mobile geospatial data collection app that synchs between your phone/field instruments and desktop QGIS. Great app, needs some more work to become seamless and easier to use.
Vance Russell commented on "Conservation Finance: Towards a New Model for Landscape Restoration. New Book"