Ellie Warren
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Welcome to Day 3 of our eighth annual #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge!
We're halfway through our annual celebration of conservation tech, and we're continually surprised and amazed by the exciting, innovative, and impactful projects shared by our global community!
Explore today's entries below, and join our #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn by using the hashtag #Tech4Wildlife now through July 28th!
Here's your round-up of today's #Tech4Wildlife Twitter highlights:
Inside these @arribada_i collars is @OpenAcoustics µMoth #Tech4Wildlife. These are some of the domestic dog volunteers helping train an acoustic model to better understand endangered African Wild Dogs. Thanks Arribada for the photos . Find out more here https://t.co/NzARM5vGbk pic.twitter.com/qT78AXkk6O
— Open Acoustic Devices (@OpenAcoustics) July 26, 2023
#Tech4Wildlife photo challenge, D3! 📍🇧🇷
— Icas - Wild Animal Conservation Institute (@IcasWild) July 26, 2023
Thanks to camera traps, we could identify more than 70 species using the burrows that giant armadillos dig, which can be up to 5 meters long and serve as shelter from extreme temperatures or predators.@WILDLABSNET
📸 @ReconyxInc pic.twitter.com/kbQU3ksETz
Camera traps are a non-invasive & cost-effective #Tech4Wildlife for collecting continuous sampling data
— RSPB Science (@RSPBScience) July 26, 2023
Here's the @scnlliberia team setting up camera traps in the Gola rainforest to monitor elusive species such as pygmy hippos. To find out more visit👉https://t.co/jPywUZ4ios pic.twitter.com/14W38dtkCh
@WILDLABSNET's #Tech4Wildlife Day #3! 🦎 Let's talk habitat fragmentation & the impact tech can have on protecting and preserving local wildlife...
— Rainforest Connection (@RainforestCx) July 26, 2023
‼️ A major threat to #wildlife and their overall existence on planet Earth is #deforestation. But in the Kinabatangan floodplain in… pic.twitter.com/PJ0LLBeOTV
#Tech4Wildlife 🐢The project by researchers monitors tortoise movement using #SenseCAP K1100 and other sensors, gaining valuable data about their activity patterns. It can enable a comprehensive understanding of more wildlife behavior & ecosystem interactions.… pic.twitter.com/Mzwbz7cPLQ
— Seeed Studio (@seeedstudio) July 25, 2023
Granada and a case full of #AudioMoth Rugged ... Sierra Nevada, here we go! @OpenAcoustics #Tech4Wildlife pic.twitter.com/7Xh3xB3FwE
— Jose Lahoz-Monfort (@jj_lahoz) July 26, 2023
CREA's Margay Project cameratraps being put to innovative use 20 meters up a tree. Arboreal cameratrapping is proving to be incredibly productive for rainforest research opening up the previously understudied habitat. #Tech4Wildlife @Shaldonzoo @WelshMountainZo pic.twitter.com/NKn20VgOwM
— Cocobolo Nature (@CocoboloNature) July 26, 2023
#Tech4Wildlife We are using Birdsy AI to connect to IP cameras, allowing users to have their cams monitored by the system, recording only clips of wildlife, IDing them and saving them to the cloud. Species are logged and the cam can be live streamed on https://t.co/2P5Wrs5eAc 😀 pic.twitter.com/BdzUMfE2xj
— BirdsyTV (@BirdsyTV) July 26, 2023
#Tech4Wildlife still needs human drivers, maintaining our arboreal cameratrap array takes a bit more effort than a ground based equivalent. pic.twitter.com/WLLVIDn6oH
— Cocobolo Nature (@CocoboloNature) July 26, 2023
Hi, #Tech4Wildlife. I am using the @BirdsyTV AI technology to monitor all sort of spaces. I don't have to trawl through loads of clips or footage. The AI recognises wildlife there & saves the clip for me. I can access clips via app or browser & live stream my cam as well. #AI pic.twitter.com/tiBBQHiOYQ
— WildlifeKate (@katemacrae) July 26, 2023
The #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge gave me a good excuse to show that we have collared 3 carnivores in the #DryForest of NW Peru: Pampas cats, pumas and Sehuran foxes. We'll gather this information in a single paper, but first we have to find time. @CindyM_Hurtado pic.twitter.com/YPHw8lsgS7
— Alvaro García (@alvaro_garcia_o) July 26, 2023
And here are some of the highlights we've seen on Instagram this week:
23 likes, 0 comments - conservationph on July 26, 2023: "LOOK 👀 | EarthRanger Dashboard showing the tracks and reports recorded using ER Mobile 😮 Species observations, habitat conditions, land use changes, and its drivers on the island of Palawan were recorded using EarthRanger Mobile during the Green Assessment activity in response to Super Typhoon Odette (internationally known as Rai). This activity was led by CCIPH's Biodiversity Solutions and Community-based Conservation Solutions teams. The reports submitted were viewed along with their tracks in real-time using the EarthRanger Dashboard. With this domain awareness tool, CCIPH is currently working with several Protected Areas (PAs) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Biodiversity and Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) to pilot test EarthRanger and eventually adopt its use nationally. PA Management Offices see the potential of this innovative tool in their patrol planning, data reporting, and most importantly, day-to-day decision-making. #Tech4Wildlife".
30 likes, 3 comments - arriglobal on July 26, 2023: "Reseacher Kat was flying the drone over a bay which is an important habitat for juvenile blacktip reef sharks, when she noticed something was not quite right with one individual. At first, she thought it must be deformity on the tail, however she quickly realised that the ‘extra mass’ was in fact a long fishing line attached to the shark by a hook, which had grown large amounts of algae, weighing the shark down. From this discovery, the team were able to inform the relevant organisations on the island. #wildlabs4tech #tech4wildlife #aerialsurvey #sharkresearch".
And some entries from LinkedIn:
Here we go #Tech4Wildlife WILDLABS Community | Luciano Foglia
Here we go #Tech4Wildlife WILDLABS Community The cameras traps at Baiboosun are located within the snow leopard landscape, with some cameras reaching 3800 metres altitude. The task of collecting the footage and data involves a high level of risk for our team because of this. To learn more about wildlife and conservation in the Tien-Shan mountains please visit www.baiboosun.com ©Image lucianofoglia.com
Conservation through Education. | Wolf Fish
Conservation through Education. We involved COREsea’s research students in our aerial surveys over Koh Phangan. They got to see how we set up our automated surveys, the risks we have to watch out for on each flight, and they helped us trawl through the photos and pinpoint any fishing gear we could identify. Technology is becoming such an integral part of much of the research and conservation undertaken today, so it was great to share our work with our new generation of scientists. WILDLABS Community #wildlabs4tech #tech4wildlife #marineconservation #aerialsurveying Kat Mason Tania Kanchanarak Victoria Fahey Sol Milne, PhD Aerial Recon & Recovery Initiative (ARRI)
Learn more about this year's #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge on WILDLABS, and let us know: how are YOU using #Tech4Wildlife?
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