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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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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...
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Hello!Long time, no update. @StephODonnell suggested I post here with my thesis and some reflections. ---------------------------------------------------------TL;DR... |
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Acoustics | 10 seconds 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 hours 53 minutes ago | |
Hi Matt,I measured the consumption of AudioMoth with the LED enabled and disabled, and the difference is pretty negligible at 48kHz, and probably at other sample rates as well.... |
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Acoustics | 2 hours 44 minutes ago | |
While GPT3.5 is good for some activities, GPT-4 and GPT4-turbo are much better. Anthropic Claude is also very good, on a par with GPT4 for many tasks. As someone else has... |
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AI for Conservation, Emerging Tech | 8 hours 42 minutes 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 | 18 hours 22 minutes 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 | 18 hours 58 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 | 19 hours 29 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 | 20 hours 49 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 | 21 hours 52 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 | 22 hours 28 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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Remote Sensing & GIS | 23 hours 12 minutes ago | |
Our research group has worked on this issue. Here is the paper link: |
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AI for Conservation | 1 day ago |
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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.
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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.
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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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Read in detail about how to use The Inventory, our new living directory of conservation technology tools, organisations, and R&D projects.
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