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Introducing The Inventory!
Jake Burton
The Inventory is your one-stop shop for conservation technology tools, organisations, and R&D projects. Start contributing to it now!
1 May 2024
Article / Community Base | Acoustics + 22
The Inventory User Guide
Jake Burton
Read in detail about how to use The Inventory, our new living directory of conservation technology tools, organisations, and R&D projects.
1 May 2024
Article / Community Base | Early Career + 2
It has been an extraordinary year supporting and growing the regional East African Conservation Technology Community at WILDLABS. We've made great strides and unlocked exciting opportunities for our community as we...
29 April 2024
Discussion / Community Base
Welcome to WILDLABS!
Stephanie O'Donnell
Hello and welcome to the WILDLABS community! With 6,000 members and counting, we want to get to know you a little better. In a couple of...
29 October 2015
Article / Community Base | East Africa Community
InConversation: Season 1*Final Episode*
Esther Githinji
Tap into our new and exciting community-focused conversation series! In this first season of InConversation, we're in East Africa with host Esther Githinji. Listen in as we chat one-on-one with your favourite...
30 April 2024
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Community Member
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The WILDLABS community forums are a fountain of knowledge. By joining discussions, we can understand what the real problems are, collaborate with people with the right expertise to solve those problems, and work together to craft real solutions. We hope you'll join the conversation!
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| Thank you for elaborating, @evebohnett ! And for the heads ups! |
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Camera Traps, Drones | 7 hours 52 minutes ago | |
| Great initiative!Just a short note: any position to distinguish garbage from real snares?Best!Lufer@Landfeelings |
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AI for Conservation, Drones, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Wildlife Crime | 10 hours 22 minutes ago | |
| Hi folks! I'm Zoe, an ecologist at the intersection of SaaS, conservation, and community science. I'm actively seeking my next professional home where I can continue weaving... |
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Community Base | 13 hours 55 minutes ago | |
| Hey Alex!Super interesting test run of the LEDs. While the power consumption may seem negligible, if you're running this instrument over >12 days, you'd get another day or two... |
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Acoustics | 2 days 11 hours ago | |
| Undoubted things will quickly evolve from just "straight" ChatGPTn, BARD, ClaudeAI, etc "standard" models, to more specialized Retrieval Augmentation Generation (RAG) , where... |
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AI for Conservation, Emerging Tech | 2 days 13 hours ago | |
| Hello!Long time, no update. @StephODonnell suggested I post here with my thesis and some reflections. ---------------------------------------------------------TL;DR... |
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Acoustics | 2 days 14 hours ago | |
| Hi Thijs, the use of that inflatable device to scare off bears suggests that the location you are using it has significant power available.Is this a common situation for the... |
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AI for Conservation | 2 days 21 hours ago | |
| I think I've landed on the Wildlife Acoustics Song Meter Mini Bat 2 for now, but I'm definitely interested to see how this cheaper tech progresses |
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Acoustics | 3 days 12 hours ago | |
| This is so cool! I am 1000% going to see if they want to come talk about it at Variety Hou! |
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AI for Conservation, Citizen Science | 3 days 13 hours ago | |
| Hi Courtney,I haven't read through all the Wildlife computer options but I have heard of people using Zinc Anode disks as a type of slowly degrading attachment point for tags. We... |
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Biologging, Marine Conservation | 3 days 14 hours ago | |
| Hi Jesse,For a material to be acoustically transparent (in air), the speed of sound in the material times its density must match that of air. Realistically, any solid... |
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Acoustics, Biologging | 3 days 16 hours ago | |
| @Andrew_Hill Amazing project and something I have been looking into as well. I do human-elephant conflict work in Asia mainly in Sri Lanka. I am using a series of Audiomoth to... |
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Acoustics | 3 days 16 hours ago |
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Jake Burton
WILDLABS Project Officer
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My name is Chris Nwachukwu, I'm an environmental educator. I hail from Imo State, Nigeria. I'm passionate about environmental education and committed to promoting ocean literacy
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Wildlife Institute of India
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Fauna & Flora
Remote Sensing Scientist
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Harvard University
animal behavior postdoc interested in learning more about acoustic ecology and passive acoustic monitoring
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- @organicjo
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Program Strategist for the Conservation Dogs Collective and founder of Nose No Limit
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- @HeatherleeLeary
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Wildlife biologist specializing in wind and solar projects, artist/illustrator, and learning robotics.
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Lucie Gallegos
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As an agronomist engineer, I specialized in environmental management and resource conservation. 🌍 Interested in developing solutions for biodiversity conservation #indicators #monitoring
Joe Miller
- @joemiller
Director - UC Santa Cruz Fort Ord Natural Reserve
Joseph Russell
- @waywardsyintist
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I lead the Applied Biology & Bioinformatics team at MRIGlobal and I am the co-inventor and lead developer of the Mercury Lab platform, a first-in-class mobile genomics laboratory product for field-forward biology in austere locations.
Cortney Dean
- @CDean
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Grad Student, UW-Stout, Beaver habitat biodiversity research, process based restoration
Ryan Smith
- @theindieg
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Running a small electronic engineering company focussed on large scale sensor networks. We have interest in bioacoustics with bat and bird recorders, as well as a host of environmental sensors.
Patrick Chwalek
- @pchwalek
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I'm a PhD candidate in the Responsive Environments Group, working on electronic systems for human and wildlife monitoring.
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In 1987, sustainability was defined by the United Nations Brundtland Commission as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”In 1987,...
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Save the Elephants is seeking a Principal Investigator for our Elephant Collective Behaviour Project. This role will spearhead research initiatives using cutting-edge video analysis tools to study elephant group...
1 May 2024
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The Inventory User Guide
Jake Burton
Read in detail about how to use The Inventory, our new living directory of conservation technology tools, organisations, and R&D projects.
1 May 2024
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300 funding and finance opportunities in free database
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30 April 2024
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Delving into #tech4wildlife Innovation across East Africa with Sandra Maryanne & Catherine Njore
30 April 2024
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Connecting with people who understand the technology, species, and habitats you’re working with is so important to building your conservation tech network. Whether you’re looking for expert advice or just want to chat about your experiences, our Groups will help you find your corner of the WILDLABS community.
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SEE Shell is an innovative phone app that uses machine learning to identify products made from the shell of the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle.
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You’re invited to the WILDLABS Variety Hour, a monthly event that connects you to conservation tech's most exciting projects, research, and ideas. We can't wait to bring you a whole new season of speakers and discussions!
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A set of highly discriminating STR DNA markers developed in a collaboration between the SASA wildlife forensics lab and University of Leicester researchers is being used to detect laundering of wild peregrine falcons into the captive-bred market for onward sale as racing birds in the Middle East.
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Listen in on our interview with human-predator conflict expert, Gabi Fleury and gain a deeper understanding of the importance of holistic, ethical and community-led approaches to developing tech solutions for conservation.
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EarthRanger: All you need to know!
Netty Cheruto
3 August 2022
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