by Jorge M | Jun 7, 2020 | Camera trapping, Technical guides, Thoughts and comment, Uncategorised
(Above) Masdevallia hortensis, found in cloud forests at elevations around 2600 meters The 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...
by Anne Dangerfield | Mar 11, 2019 | Camera trapping, Thoughts and comment
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...
by Anne Dangerfield | Jan 10, 2019 | Camera trapping, Human Wildlife Conflict, Thoughts and comment
Arribada recently returned from field sites in Assam, India where we tested the image quality and detection abilities of low-cost thermal sensors for detecting elephants in conflict areas. Arribada is working on these thermal cameras as a winner of the WWF and...
by Anne Dangerfield | Sep 25, 2018 | Camera trapping, Human Wildlife Conflict, Thoughts and comment
Our last blog post left you with preliminary test results of thermopile and microbolometer thermal sensors to be used in an early animal warning system. Funded by WWF and WILDLABS, this Arribada Initiative project aims help reduce human-wildlife conflict by creating...
by Anne Dangerfield | May 22, 2018 | Camera trapping, Human Wildlife Conflict, Thoughts and comment
Re-Cap If you read our previous blog, you know that we are developing a low-cost automated animal detection system to help reduce human-wildlife conflict. But in case you missed it, here’s a summary. The Arribada Initiative was one of two winners of WWF’s Human...