New blog post from DeepMind about SnapshotSerengeti! https://deepmind.com/blog/article/using-machine-learning-to-accelerate-ecological-research
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Interesting post on what we can do as technologists to combat climate change: http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/
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Article on monitoring whale strandings using satellite data: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50040890
New blog by Google AI about the Google/GBIF/iNat/Visipedia Collaboration: "Weโre pleased to announce a new collaboration with GBIF, iNaturalist & Visipedia to bring open-source datasets and models to the world-wide community for the advancement of global biodiversity research." https://ai.googleblog.com/2019/10/a-new-workflow-for-collaborative.html
this is such a great collaboration with gbif ... i hope it starts a trend of sharing progress using ML within biodiversity study, conservation, etc....
Nice blog! My impression is that a lot of state fish & wildlife services donโt contribute to GBIF when they complete their studies? Iโd love to hear from people who have contributed based on their camera trap survey data, and what pain points there are.
@Siyu Yang good point! I'd also be interested to hear more.
Interesting take on AI for "social good" for the AI4SG NeurIPS workshop: https://www.benzevgreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/19-ai4sg.pdf
New article in Communications of the ACM talking about some of @Ben Weinstein and my work with camera traps: https://cacm.acm.org/news/243929-cnns-catch-animals-in-the-wild/fulltext
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/ai-ocean-whales-study.html?referringSource=articleShare
In much sadder news: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/coronavirus-poaching-rhinos.html
Some trepid optimism about how disrupted travel during the pandemic may enable authorities to halt illegal wildlife traffickers: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/science/coronavirus-disrupts-illegal-wildlife-trafficking-for-now.html
Even trepid optimism is nice to hear right now
Analysis of data gaps helps pinpoint areas of illegal fishing: https://globalfishingwatch.org/data/what-can-we-see-when-ais-signals-disappear/
The photos in this article are pretty shocking. https://en.mercopress.com/2020/04/28/argentina-s-eez-flooded-by-chinese-jiggers-catching-tons-of-squid
I wrote a blogpost about how we trained a ML model for a anti-poaching smart-camera system I developed:
https://engineering.q42.nl/hack-the-poacher/
If anyone has tips / ideas on train with Tensorflow, please let me know!
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/15/967377462/pillagers-of-tropical-forests-cant-hide-behind-clouds-anymore
Great work being done by the Global Forest Watch, UMD, and Wageningen University, using satellite imagery to monitor deforestation for rapid response.
Game developers at Internet of Elephants just released a new free mobile game titled, Unseen Empire, about a camera trapping project to monitor clouded leopard habitat.
https://www.internetofelephants.com/unseen-empire
They plan to include new studies, habitats, species, and researchers in their next version of the game. Contact Gautam Shah at gautam@internetofelephants.com if interested.
Not sure if this fits the M.O. of this group, but I thought some would find it interesting. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-could-spot-wildfires-faster-than-humans/
New funding opportunity came out today that will definitely be of interest here
Total fund:ยฃ3,600,000. Award range:ยฃ500,000 - ยฃ750,000
Apply for funding to develop software systems, which will help to improve biodiversity monitoring by automating the analysis of images and videos.
Your application should:
- outline how the tools proposed for development will improve the monitoring of biodiversity through automated analysis
- develop robust and verified software tools which can be broadly used across environmental science
- include research technical professionals such as research software engineers and data scientists
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be between ยฃ500,000 and ยฃ750,000. We will fund 100% of the FEC.
Hi everyone,
There a few recent US Federal decisions, relevant to many research topics in this group, that I am personally concerned about. I thought I would share them here as News releases. I will be calling my representatives and letting the know my personal feelings about these particular decisions. If you are also concerned and would like to make your opinions known, here are the links to phone numbers for House [https://www.house.gov/representatives ] and Senate members [https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm] indexed by state.
In particular, I am personally concerned about the Interim Final Rule Removing Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations
And Saturday's Executive Order to 'rapidly expand timber production'
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-rapidly-expands-timber-production/
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