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Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

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Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

Rainforest connection looks very promising. The basic idea is to deploy old cell phones with solar power arrays throughout an area, have them listen through their microphones, and...

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

This is really interesting. Thanks, Edmund. Do you know what the status is of the IBAMA pilot?

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

Equipment used by The Prusten Project has the capability to listen in to logging practices in a manner similar to Rainforest Connection. The most interesting aspect...

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

This is really interesting. I'll share with colleagues @ WWF. Thanks, Courtney!

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

I've just come across an interesting article, 4 Cutting-Edge Technologies to Catch Illegal Loggers, published by WRI September last year that discusses a number of...

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

Hi Rachel, you could use active RFID tags that would geolocate the timber as it moves through the supply chain. Any attempt to remove the tag would cause an alert and give a...

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

Hi Rachel, London-based social enterprise Project Provenance Ltd is doing some fabulous pioneering work on developing full life-cycle traceability tools that can be...

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

I commend Gavin's invitation to look at blockchain technology, particularly in the area of counterfeit goods. I believe DNA sensor data used to identify and track...

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

Many thanks, Chris. Whilst my understanding of blockchain technology is quite superficial, I can see it may have multiple additional applications for conservation, as...

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

A new article by Lyndsie Bourgon in the Smithsonian magazine highlights recent innovations that may be of interest to members of this discussion. The article is a fascinating read...

Comment / Ideas for tackling illegal logging with technology?

@victoria from Global Trees Campaign just flagged an event for us over on twitter that might be of interest to this thread in particular. Starting in jus ta few hours, the...

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Welcome! I work with WWF in Washington, DC on the Wildlife Crime Technology Project and with TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. I'm passionate about harnessing...

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Good afternoon, everyone! I am the Director for The Prusten Project, an innovative project seeking to monitor and protect wild tiger populations using acoustic monitoring...

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Hello Stephanie, and hello all. ORYX is a new travel brand, partnering with global NGO's to raise money and awareness for them, by taking high-level, super-prime donors on...

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Hi everyone I'm a data scientist at ARM in Cambridge, UK. I'm here to help turn data into insights and actions. If you have projects that could benefit from some...

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Hello everyone! I'm excited to participate in such a great campaign as United For Wildlife! I knew from the very beginning that it would become a groundbreaking progress....

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Hello all! I'm studying for an MSc in Conservation Science at Imperial College London. My background is in radio, audio, and international relations. My main wildlfie...

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How fantastic! Another acoustics person! I am the Director of The Prusten Project, an organization working to track tigers using their vocalizations in the wild. Great to see you...

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Hi everybody I'm a involved in sea conservation, more specific in public politics and use the technology for solve some problems in the sea and the coast. I am still planning...

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Hi everyone! I am a Brazilian biologist, and a PhD student at University of Salford, UK. I have been monitoring primates in Atlantic Forest since 2008, especially the...

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Hi all My background is working in many different industries around the use of embedded systems as well as small form PCs and other devices. Working with existing technology to...

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Hi Stephanie, Hi all, My name is Dominic Goodwin, and I'm Director of NatureCounters - innovating for ecologists. I've been a life-member of Fauna and Flora...

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Hi - Reuben Katz here. I founded hack4good global hackathon project. Feel free to reach out with ideas for the next hack4good initiative. I'm happy to help with anything you...