| Title | Author | Summary | Groups | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jenny Molloy |
Thousands of papers and reports about flora and fauna are published each year. While peer-reviewed published information is vitally important to conservation organisations, the ever-increasing mountain of information presents a huge... | AI for Conservation, Software and Mobile Apps | ||
WILDLABS Admin |
The Wildlife Conservation Society is accepting applications for its climate change adaptation grant program. $2.5 million US will be awarded in 2016 to US-based NGOs. The deadline to apply is April 8th, 2016. | Climate Change | ||
Alexa Montefiore |
SMART combines a ranger-based data collection tool with capacity building and a suite of best practices aimed at helping protected area and wildlife managers better monitor, evaluate and adaptively manage their patrolling activities. In... | Wildlife Crime, Software and Mobile Apps | ||
WILDLABS Admin |
When Victoria Espinel, President and CEO of BSA | The Software Alliance, spoke at the WWF Fuller Symposium, she took us on a whistle-stop tour of case studies where software and data are transforming our understanding and capacity to... | Wildlife Crime, AI for Conservation, Biologging, Camera Traps, Remote Sensing & GIS | ||
Eldar Rakhimberdiev |
Few recent technologies have been embraced by the ornithological community as rapidly as solar geolocation tracking devices. Although the first and rather large ‘geolocators’ became available more than two decades ago, with their recent... | Biologging | ||
Justine E. Hausheer |
What can light beams tell us about the state of tropical forests? New research from Nature Conservancy scientists demonstrates that lidar — a way of remotely mapping forests with lasers — is an effective and accurate tool to measure the... | Climate Change, Remote Sensing & GIS | ||
WILDLABS Admin |
The aquaculture industry is a vital producer in the global fish market— it accounts for nearly half of the fish we eat. However, many of the industry’s practices are environmentally and economically unsustainable. With the AU$3 million... | Sustainable Fishing Challenges | ||
WILDLABS Admin |
The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund makes grants for the conservation of any threatened or poorly known animal, plant, or fungus species worldwide. Anyone directly engaged in species conservation can apply: individuals,... | |||
WILDLABS Admin |
By flying through a whale's spray, a SnotBot can collect samples of mucus and DNA which researchers are hoping will offer insights into whales' stress levels. After a successful Kickstart campaign, Ocean Alliance has begun deploying ... | Drones | ||
WILDLABS Admin |
The Captain Planet Foundation is offering EcoTech grants in the amount of $2,500 to engage children in inquiry-based project in STEM fields. | Citizen Science, AI for Conservation, Sensors, Software and Mobile Apps | ||
WILDLABS Admin |
Russell E. Train Fellowships provide support for conservationists in Mozambique to pursue graduate-level study anywhere in the world with the goal of advancing conservation in country. Applicants may request up to $30,000 per year for up... | |||
Shah Selbe |
We are living in the midst of a pretty exciting era. Never before has humanity been more educated, more connected, more enabled, or more empowered than we are today. There are many reasons to be optimistic about the future of technology... | Citizen Science, Sustainable Fishing Challenges, Wildlife Crime, Drones, Sensors |
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