I am currently begining to research the topic of African Lion conservation, and in particular human-lion interaction, from a technological perspective. I would like to get an overview of what the landscape currently looks like in terms of tech solutions developed to improve lion conservation. And in particular solutions that are directed to track, understand and improve interaction between lions and humans. I came across this open-source platform that was developed using ML to improve lion identification (https://linclion.org/)
Could anyone working on this field or with knowledge of it, provide me with some pointers?
Thank you very much!
15 January 2024 3:07pm
I believe the folks at WildMe have been looking at individual re-ID of lions - @holmbergius ?
WildCru also does a ton of work on lion conservation using all sorts of tech - @Egil @AmyFitzmaurice
Lion Landscapes does a lot of work on mitigating human-lion conflict as well - @amydickman
OpenCollar as well - @Tim_van_Dam
16 January 2024 10:23pm
Hi Jacobo!
We are currently working out the details of a lion movement study in SA using a few different bio-logging devices. If you are interested in hearing more about this study, or just general chatter about wildlife technology (whats being used and where future potential lies), feel free to shoot me an email! [email protected]
Cheers!
Travis
24 January 2024 8:48pm
Isiolo County Conservancies Association is a conservation umbrella organization that brings together 12 community conservancies working in Isiolo County, East Africa, Kenya
On Human-Wildlife Conflict we are closing working with KWS (Kenya Wildlife Service ) A Government entity that leads wildlife Conservation, we recently distributed Predator lights in affected Communities in Isiolo County, and we are planning to initiate research to assess the conflict cases if it reduced by How much percentage this will be done Through Focal Group Discussion, one on one meeting at Boma, interview, and also visit those far Boma or Community without Predator Light to get the feedback. The Research will Guide all Conservation Partners to bring synergy and work together to address the Human-Wildlife Conflict.
My appeal is that ICCA is a new Organization and any willing Partner who is ready to walk with us on this journey is mostly welcome
Thank you
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
27 January 2024 12:49pm
Hello Jacobo,
we are now deploying all our collars with a custom-designed audiologger (add-on module to screw to the collar), which allows to get a lot of information about the animal's behaviour and it's environment. We're getting great data from lions in protected areas and I'm curious to see whether it could useful to better understand human-lions interactions. We have done a bit of this with audiologgers on wild boars in France and it was interesting. Reach out if you are interested to discuss this more.
Carly Batist