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Jon Caris

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Director of the Spatial Analysis Lab at Smith College. Teaching, learning, and collaborating with brilliant students & faculty

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Build Your Own Data Logger Community

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Solar panels in the tropics

Welcome to the official group forum for our virtual course, Build Your Own Data Logger. This is your space to engage with course instructors Akiba and Jacinta from Freaklabs, find help and resources for each module, collaborate and chat with your fellow course participants, and share your progress on your own Data Logger project!

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Module 8: In the Field

Welcome to the eighth and final module of our Build Your Own Data Logger virtual course. We’ve built, coded and tested our data logger. Now we’re taking it into the field.

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Remote Sensing & GIS

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Help : Topics in Remote Sensing and Management of Protected Areas

Every day, mapping and spatial analysis are aiding conservation decisions, protected areas designation, habitat management on reserves and monitoring of wildlife populations, to name but a few examples. If you are excited by the ways in which GIS is used in conservation, this is the group for you!

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Gender Equality in Conservation

Meet the women and men supporting gender equality in conservation #tech. Here is a panel discussion the Women in Conservation Tech (WiCT) led in November 2022, during the EarthRanger User Conference (ERUC). Opening up on women's challenges in #conservation is a step towards equality. However, cultural norms and traditional #gender roles continue to pose challenges to achieving full gender equality in #kenya and the globe.

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Ethics of Conservation Tech

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MozFest 2023 call for proposals on Tech & Biodiversity

Over the last few years the conservation movement has been enthusiastically deploying new technologies that make it possible to observe and protect the natural world in ways once unimaginable. But are there any potential risks we need to consider as we deploy the new, exciting technologies?

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Gender Equality in Conservation

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Open Source Solutions

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Deep Sea BRUVS Development

This group is a place to share low-cost, open-source devices for conservation; describe how they are being used, including what needs they are addressing and how they fit in to the wider conservation tech market; identify the obstacles in advancing the capacity of these technologies; and to discuss the future of these solutions - particularly their sustainability and how best to collaborate moving forward.

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New: Satellites for Biodiversity Award

Conservation partnership launches new award to advance biodiversity conservation from space

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Earth Observation 101 Community

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Earth Observation 101 - would you like an end of course Q&A?

Welcome to the official group for our virtual course, Earth Observation 101. This is your space to engage with course instructor Dr Cristian Rossi, find help and resources for each module, collaborate and chat with your fellow course participants!

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We need more people using Earth observation data

The role of no-code geospatial software in the fight against climate change

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Conservation Tech Training and Education

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Solar panels in the tropics

There are educators everywhere working to teach and train the next generation of sustainability minded students. Whether in formal settings (K-12, undergraduate, graduate) settings or informally as science communication now it is more important than ever to work towards advancing Conservation Tech education. By working on interdisciplinary teams we can help develop teaching and training tools to help expand the field of Conservation Technology creation.

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Gender Equality in Conservation

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Drones

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Call for Data: A Global Database of Tree Crown Footprints from RGB Imagery

Used to pick up signals from tracking gear on the ground, collect images of wildlife and habitats from the air, gather acoustic data with specialized hydrophones, or even collect snot samples from whales' blowholes, drones are capable of collecting high-resolution data quickly, noninvasively, and at relatively low cost.

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New conservation tech articles from Mongabay

Five articles that include conservation tech published at Mongabay

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Data management and processing tools

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Commercially available connected audio sensors

Conservation tech work doesn't stop after data is collected in the field. Equally as important to success is navigating data management and processing tools. For the many community members who deal with enormous datasets, this group will be an invaluable resource to trade advice, discuss workflows and tools, and share what works for you.

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New: Satellites for Biodiversity Award

Conservation partnership launches new award to advance biodiversity conservation from space

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Software and Mobile Apps

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Phone / tablet for behavioural observations

The software and apps used and built by the conservation tech community are as varied as the species and habitats we work to protect. From fighting wildlife crime to collecting and analyzing data to engaging the general public with unique storytelling, apps, software, and mobile games are playing an increasingly large role in our work. Whether you're already well-versed in the world of software, or you're a hardware expert looking for guidance from the other side of the conservation tech field, this group will have interesting discussions, resources, and ideas to offer.

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Gender Equality in Conservation

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