Preface 1:Conservation and Technology: An Introduction, Alex K. Piel and Serge A. Wich 2:From the Cloud to the Ground: Converting Satellite Data into Conservation Decisions, Lilian Pintea, Samuel M. Jantz, and Serge Wich 3:Drones for Conservation, Serge A. Wich, Mike Hudson, Herizo Andrianandrasana, and Steven N. Longmore 4:Acoustic Sensors, Anne-Sophie Crunchant, Chanakya Dev Nakka, Jason T. Isaacs, and Alex K. Piel 5:Camera Trapping for Conservation, Francesco Rovero and Roland Kays 6:Animal-borne Technologies in Wildlife Research and Conservation, Kasim Rafiq, Pitcher, Ben J. Pitcher, Kate Cornelsen, K. Whitney Hansen, Andrew J. King, Rob. G. Appleby, Briana Abrahms and Neil R. Jordan 7:Field and Laboratory Analysis for Non-Invasive Wildlife and Habitat Health Assessment and Conservation, Cheryl D. Knott, Amy M. Scott, Caitlin A. O'Connell, Tri Wahyu Susanto and Erin E. Kane 8:Environmental DNA for Conservation, Antoinette J. Piaggio 9:Mobile Data Collection Apps, Edward McLester and Alex K. Piel 10:Application of SMART Software for Conservation Area Management, Drew T. Cronin, Anthony Dancer, Barney Long, Antony J. Lynam, Jeff Muntifering, Jonathan Palmer and Richard A. Bergl 11:Challenges for the Computer Vision Community, Dan Morris and Lucas Joppa 12:Digital Surveillance Technologies in Conservation and their Social Implications, Trishant Simlai and Chris Sandbrook 13:The Future of Technology in Conservation, Margarita Mulero-Pázmány
The first comprehensive text to describe the breadth of available technology for conservation and to evaluate its varied applications, bringing together a team of international experts using a diverse range of approaches.
The global loss of biodiversity is occurring at an unprecedented pace. Despite the considerable effort devoted to conservation science and management, we still lack even the most basic data on the distribution and density of the majority of plant and animal species, which in turn hampers our efforts to study changes over time. In addition, we often lack behavioural data from the very animals most influenced by environmental changes; this is largely due to thefinancial and logistical limitations associated with gathering scientific data on species that are cryptic, widely distributed, range over large areas, or negatively influenced by human presence. To overcome these limitations, conservationists are increasingly employing technology to facilitate such data collection. Innovative solutions have been driven by dramatic advances in the conservation-technology interface. The use of camera traps, acoustic sensors, satellite data, drones, and computer algorithms to analyse the large datasets collected are all becoming increasingly widespread. Although specialist books are available on some of these individual technologies, this is the firstcomprehensive text to describe the breadth of available technology for conservation and to evaluate its varied applications, bringing together a team of international experts using a diverse range of approaches. Conservation Technology is suitable for graduate level students, professional researchers, practitioners and field managers in the fields of ecology and conservation biology.