Camera trapping

Three years in Antarctica – affordable and durable time-lapse monitoring

How it started The Arribada Initiative strives to make conservation technology open, affordable, and accessible to all who need them. Combining clever design and low-cost off-the-shelf parts, we have delivered plastic waste trackers, animal biologgers, acoustic...
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Open source monitoring systems for pollinators & orchids

(Above) Masdevallia hortensis, found in  cloud forests at elevations around 2600 metersThe tropical Andes are a global biodiversity hotspot expected to suffer more pronounced effects of global warming than any other mountain ecosystem worldwide. The likelihood that...
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Progress report – February 2020 – Thermal imaging for human-wildlife conflict

Our idea for an alert system combines low-cost thermal sensors, machine learning and wireless transmission to build an affordable system that alerts communities to the presence of elephants, providing a chance to safely act before a human-elephant conflict (HEC)...
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Building a better camera trap

A few months ago, I went tree climbing to become a certified tree climber, advancing Arribada’s goal to improve the design and installation of arboreal technology and provide project design and field installation assistance to our partners. The first step toward this...
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