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Nathan Hahn
Colorado State University
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Amid accelerating threats to species and ecosystems, technology advancements to monitor, protect and conserve biodiversity have taken on increased importance. While most innovations stem from adaptation of off-the-shelf devices, these tools can fail to meet the specialized needs of conservation and research or lack the support to scale beyond a single site. Despite calls from the conservation community of its importance, a shift to bottom-up innovation driven by conservation professionals remains limited. We surveyed practitioners, academic researchers, and technologists to identify limitations of currently-available technologies, barriers to the development of new tools, and emerging technology needs. High cost was the main barrier to technology use across occupations, while development of new technologies faced barriers of cost and partner communication. Automated processing of data streams was the largest emerging need, and respondents focused mainly on applications for individual-level monitoring and automated image processing. Cross-discipline collaborations and expanded funding networks that encourage cyclical development and continued technical support are needed to address current limitations and meet the growing need for conservation technologies.
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ecosystems, biodiversity, off-the-shelf devices, Cross-discipline collaborations
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Editorial decision: Major revision
On 14 Oct, 2021
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Received 11 Aug, 2021
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On 02 Aug, 2021
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 11 Jul, 2021
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On 01 Jul, 2021
Editor invited
On 31 May, 2021
Submission checks complete
On 31 May, 2021
First submitted
On 27 May, 2021
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Amid accelerating threats to species and ecosystems, technology advancements to monitor, protect and conserve biodiversity have taken on increased importance. While most innovations stem from adaptation of off-the-shelf devices, these tools can fail to meet the specialized needs of conservation and research or lack the support to scale beyond a single site. Despite calls from the conservation community of its importance, a shift to bottom-up innovation driven by conservation professionals remains limited. We surveyed practitioners, academic researchers, and technologists to identify limitations of currently-available technologies, barriers to the development of new tools, and emerging technology needs. High cost was the main barrier to technology use across occupations, while development of new technologies faced barriers of cost and partner communication. Automated processing of data streams was the largest emerging need, and respondents focused mainly on applications for individual-level monitoring and automated image processing. Cross-discipline collaborations and expanded funding networks that encourage cyclical development and continued technical support are needed to address current limitations and meet the growing need for conservation technologies.
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