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Multi‐Platform Deployments of Low‐Cost Devices for Cetacean Passive Acoustic Monitoring

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Recent advances in affordable, user‐friendly devices offer new opportunities to overcome cost constraints of underwater passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) and expand acoustic data collection. In this study, we deployed low‐cost acoustic recorders and underwater cameras across a range of platforms in the Western Mediterranean, including fishing gear ...
Greta Jankauskaite, François Poisson, Irati Abascal, Javier Menéndez‐Blázquez, Clara Cánovas Pérez, Sofia Conti, Ricardo Sagarminaga, Juan Antonio Raga, David March   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa

, 2016
A worldwide surge in poaching and wildlife trafficking is threatening to decimate endangered species. This crisis also threatens the security of human beings in ways ignored until recently by decision-makers slow to begin to treat what is typically ...
Haenlein, Cathy, Smith, M L R; id_orcid, Smith, M.L.R.; id_orcid   +2 more
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The Application of Autonomous Fixed‐Wing Drones in the Sub‐Antarctic Operating Beyond Visual Line of Sight to Enable Large Area, Multi‐Species Population Monitoring in a Changing Environment

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Autonomous fixed‐wing drones operating beyond visual line of sight of the pilot were used to conduct the first aerial, multi‐species baseline reference survey at the sub‐Antarctic island of South Georgia. Long‐term population monitoring in this remote, challenging environment has historically proved difficult, with terrestrial monitoring generally ...
N. Fenney, J. Coleman, A. Fox, P. N. Trathan, M. A. Collins, P. R. Hollyman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marine wildlife trafficking: use of AI algorithms for the autodetection of shark fins, seahorses and sea cucumbers

Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability
Marine wildlife trafficking is a lesser documented but significant component of wildlife trafficking. This paper expands on innovative 3D X-ray CT technology to create targeted marine wildlife algorithms using AI for the autodetection of marine wildlife ...
Vanessa Pirotta, Vanessa Pirotta, Vanessa Pirotta, Phoebe Meagher, Ha Tran Hong Phan, Kaikai Shen, Will Thompson, Brad Dolman, Zara Bending, Zara Bending, Amy F. Smoothey, Amanda Hay, Claire E. Rowe, Ana Motamayor, Bryce Liddell, April Allende, Brendan E. Allman, Justine K. O'Brien   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Listening to the City: Evaluating BirdNET Reliability and Bias in Urban Bird Community Assessments

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
BirdNET substantially overestimates urban bird species richness, but seasonal filtering and local calibration meaningfully improve classification precision. ABSTRACT BirdNET is increasingly used for passive acoustic monitoring (PAM), yet its reliability in urban environments that have high levels of anthropogenic noise remains poorly understood.
Valeria Ferrario, Riccardo Alba, Fabio Marcolin, Giordano Brambilla, Dan Chamberlain, Enrico Caprio   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Business Model and Sustainable Development Goals for an Innovative Agricultural Waste Management: Distributed Biogas Production

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological progress and population growth have increased global pork demand; leading to a rise of methane emission from pig farming, a key contributor to climate change. Anaerobic digestion offers a sustainable solution by converting manure into biogas.
María‐Pilar Martínez‐Hernando, Carlos Reparaz, Roberto Paredes, Enrique Garcia‐Franco, Alfonso García Álvaro, Marcelo F. Ortega   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combating Rhino Horn Trafficking: The Need to Disrupt Criminal Networks.

PLoS ONE, 2016
The onslaught on the World's wildlife continues despite numerous initiatives aimed at curbing it. We build a model that integrates rhino horn trade with rhino population dynamics in order to evaluate the impact of various management policies on rhino ...
Timothy C Haas, Sam M Ferreira
doaj   +1 more source

Tourism as a Catalyst for Blue Carbon Restoration and Conservation: Pathways, Gaps, and Opportunities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tourism is a major driver of coastal economies worldwide, yet it is also a growing source of pressure on blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes. Nowadays, tourism‐led conservation/restoration is increasingly promoted under the banner of regenerative tourism, but how these projects are motivated ...
Ahalya Suresh, Enayat A. Moallemi, Melissa Wartman, A. Rifaee Rasheed, Phebe I. Rowland, Peter I. Macreadie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influencer Credibility and Responsible Tourism: A Study of Ecotourists' Economic, Socio‐Cultural, and Environmental Responsible Behaviors in Sarawak

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The tourism sector faces pressing sustainability challenges, especially during crises. The rural communities reliant on ecotourism remain vulnerable, highlighting the need for responsible tourism. This study integrates social cognitive theory (SCT) and the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) to examine how self‐efficacy and outcome expectation ...
Wei Chiang Chan, Chee Hua Chin, Winnie Poh Ming Wong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Hidden Harvest: Harnessing Colorado's Geodiversity and Environmental Heterogeneity for Sustainable Agritourism

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Colorado's geologic, pedologic, topographic, hydrological, and climatic contrasts create strong but under‐synthesized opportunities for sustainable agritourism. This review investigates how geodiversity, and the broader environmental heterogeneity within which it operates, can be used to diversify farm income, strengthen place‐based visitor ...
Bonface O. Manono
wiley   +1 more source