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Article / Community Base | Acoustics + 22
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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Akiba
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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| So... WildLabs just launched the Inventory and there is a SERIOUS lack of insect cameras on there. So, a call out to this community to get... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 37 minutes 31 seconds ago | |
| Hi everyone,I'm Heinrich Schulz - a business analyst (SAP HCM and Security) by profession, but a pasionate citizen scientist in my personal life. My interests in camera trapping... |
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Community Base | 49 minutes 4 seconds ago | |
| Thank you for your addition, Robin! |
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Camera Traps, Drones | 3 hours 36 minutes ago | |
| I noticed the site being annoyingly slow some time last week. Thank you for clearing that up, for finding the cause and solving the issue.I'm not claiming deep knowledge on AI,... |
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Community Base | 3 hours 58 minutes ago | |
| Hey! I would recommend a few things:1) set up at least two in the same site kind of back to back or side to side if you have that many. Directionality can influence the number of... |
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Acoustics | 3 hours 54 minutes ago | |
| You won't get any audio if you don't allow enough time for the hydromoth/audiomoth to write. So when you do a continuous recording you need to experiment a little. I'm sure there... |
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Acoustics | 4 hours 3 minutes ago | |
| Same issues here. A MEMS is a great idea to pot, but you really need a piezoelectric element for this to work and not a MEMS based on capacitance (btw they're all capacitance,... |
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Acoustics, Biologging | 3 hours 58 minutes ago | |
| Congratulations! My first hydromoth was just arrived yesterday and so excited! Looking forward for the update from your project!!! |
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Acoustics, Biologging, Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions, Protected Area Management Tools, Sensors, Software and Mobile Apps | 4 hours 16 minutes ago | |
| Also some other bat experts I'd recommend reaching out to, if you haven't already (for this and any bat acoustic questions) - Adrià López-Baucells, Nils Bouillard, Kate Jones,... |
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Acoustics | 22 hours 5 minutes ago | |
| If you have the resources, I would suggest testing the sensitivity and directionality of the system at relevant frequencies both with and without an external mic, and let the... |
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Acoustics | 1 day 2 hours ago | |
| We're seeking training data for AI for wolf ID - we at T4C manage 3 Wildbook platforms: Wild North, Whiskerbook and the... |
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AI for Conservation | 2 days 2 hours ago | |
| Very useful! Thanks a lot! |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 5 days 11 hours ago |
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Acoustic engineer and PhD student specializing in AI-based solutions, sound, and image processing for the Marine Mammals Laboratory (CESIMAR-CONICET) in Argentina. My primary focus is on the detection and classification of Southern Right Whale calls in PAM recordings.
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I hold a PhD in Biological Sciences and specialize in bioacoustics and passive acoustic monitoring of cetaceans in the Argentine Sea and Antarctica. Recently, I've also embraced computing to leverage technology in enhancing our conservation efforts.
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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
Article
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
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InConversation: Season 1*Final Episode*
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Earth Blox dataset review: Meta Global Canopy Height (1m)
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A Year of Supporting East African Conservation Technology: Lessons on How You Can Amplify #Tech4Wildlife
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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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EarthRanger: All you need to know!
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