Conservation technology and field equipment
Recorders, tags, triggers, dogs, and the community that builds them.
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Conservation EquippedTBG projectNew
Donate the cameras, laptops, phones and field gear you no longer use. TBG refurbishes what comes in and disburses it to our Fiscal Sponsorship Alliance members, so a camera sitting in a drawer becomes someone's missing field kit
Send the gear you have stopped using, rather than leaving it in a drawer to depreciate
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WILDLABS
The conservation-tech community
Ask a hardware question where people who already broke that device will answer it
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Conservation X Labs
Tech innovation challenges and the Digital Makerspace
Enter an innovation challenge, or post a technical problem on the Digital Makerspace for collaborators
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Tech 4 Conservation
AI and technology for conservation
Approach a nonprofit for AI help when you have imagery but no data science capacity
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SMART
Ranger patrol monitoring standard
Standardize ranger patrol recording so effort and encounter data become comparable across a protected area
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AudioMoth
Open low-cost acoustic logger
Build an acoustic array from cheap open hardware instead of buying a handful of recorders
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Wildlife Acoustics
Bat and bird recorders
Buy recorders when the survey turns on reliability rather than the number of units deployed
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Camtraptions
Camera-trap photography gear
Get sensors and housings when you need a DSLR camera trap rather than a trail camera
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Cognisys
Camera triggers
Source high-speed and macro triggers for images a standard motion sensor cannot catch
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Telemetry Solutions
GPS tags from 5 g
Check tag weight against your species first, since 5 grams sets the smallest animal you can collar
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WildTrack
Footprint identification technique
Identify species and individuals from footprints, which needs no capture and no batteries
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Working Dogs for Conservation
Detection dogs
Bring in detection dogs when the target is scat, carcasses or contraband people cannot find
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LightHawk
Donated conservation flights
Request a donated flight for aerial survey, or to show a decision maker the site from above
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Forestry Suppliers
Field equipment vendor
Source field kit from one vendor when a grant needs itemized equipment quotes