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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
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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 / 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
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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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| Yep, SD card energy consumption is typically the biggest factor in deployment duration. Some cards, such as large 256GB SanDisk Ultra card will use more than 5 times as much... |
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Acoustics | 12 minutes 3 seconds 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 | 24 minutes 57 seconds 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 | 1 hour 10 minutes 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 | 1 hour 30 minutes ago | |
| Thank you for the tip, Eve! In fact, in the area where the foundation works, there clearly are dry seasons, the past few years much drier than normal, where trees loose their... |
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Camera Traps, Drones | 2 hours 51 minutes 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 | 4 hours 5 minutes 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 | 4 hours 40 minutes ago | |
| Hi Sarah,It depends on what question you're asking. It would make sense to upload the land cover rasters for each year and then your data (you didn't mention what form your data... |
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| Our research group has worked on this issue. Here is the paper link: |
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AI for Conservation | 6 hours 14 minutes ago | |
| Yeah. I’ve seen the video. Very nice. Good luck with that ! Let us know how it goes. |
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AI for Conservation | 6 hours 32 minutes ago | |
| Thanks very much @LucaPego! Just to clarify, 'Products' does cover hardware, but it also includes software and databases as well. Basically anything that you can take and use in... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 7 hours 26 minutes ago | |
| Hello Mike how are you? in this case you need a rifle, a pistol will give you a max of 30 mt and it depends on the size of the dart, so a rifle can give more than >40 mt range... |
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Citizen Science | 3 hours 18 minutes ago |
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Jake Burton
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I am a forensic geneticist with a long term interest in developing and applying DNA markers to combat wildlife crime. Currently developing and validating STRs for raptors and rapid on-site species ID using the ONT MinION portable sequencer.
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MSc Conservation Biology, University of Cape Town. Studying black-footed cats. Wildlife photographer, illustrator, researcher. Live in Asheville, NC, US. travelforwildlife.com, trulywild.com
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Recent data science graduate from the University of New England in Maine, USA. Looking to enter the field of data science with a focus on environmental and social issues.
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PhD in Animal Behaviour, now run heath and education research consultancy
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Studying ML for Camera Traps at ASU
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Researcher interested in the conservation of endemic anurans from arid High Andes. Focused on behavior, ecology, physiology, and reproduction studies. Education for conservation.
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I'm a PhD candidate in the Responsive Environments Group, working on electronic systems for human and wildlife monitoring.
M. Moshiur Rahman
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I am a Project Scientist at UC Davis's Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory, with degrees from Khulna University, Ghent University, and the University of Western Australia. My research focuses on fish behavior, reproductive traits, and the ecological impacts on these traits.
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Neuroscientist who sometimes steps outside to monitor biodiversity
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Richard Birchett is a Professional Wildlife & Conservation Photographer from the United Kingdom who has recently moved to Ontario, Canada. He has spent the last 22 years in the UK Military as a Survival Specialist.
Atinafu Saile
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i am phD. Candidate and conducting conservation studies on wildlife.
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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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Travel grants for insect monitoring an AI
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InConversation: Season 1*Final Episode*
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Earth Blox dataset review: Meta Global Canopy Height (1m)
29 April 2024
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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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EarthRanger: All you need to know!
Netty Cheruto
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