ifaw’s Post

🌏Together with IFAW @ifawglobal, we developed the "AI Guardian of Endangered Species" – the first-ever AI tool to fight online wildlife trafficking a few years ago. Elephants, tigers, and pangolins are just a few of the species that this tool is helping to protect. 🐘🐅🦔 Now, with version 2.0, the AI tool can identify wildlife products from 29 different species. Watch the video to see how we’re using AI to disrupt wildlife cybercrime and safeguard biodiversity. #BaiduAI #Baiducares

Open source means sustainability too. Just a few days ago, the Linux Foundation Europe released the report: 🪴 Open Source for Sustainability - How Projects under the Linux Foundation Are Helping to Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals https://lnkd.in/dMDjzbSE And this talk refers to one of the dimensions of sustainability represented by the SDGs: protecting life on land. We are part of a great project. #OpenSource #LFE

Dive into the frontlines of wildlife protection with cutting-edge forensic tech! Scientists are leveraging various innovative methods, including carbon dating, to combat illegal wildlife trade. Here is how it works: Carbon-14, a radioactive isotope, lingered in plants worldwide, eventually finds its way into elephant tusks through plant consumption. By measuring Carbon-14 levels, experts can pinpoint the age of ivory, flagging illegal trade post-1989. Teamed up with DNA tests, this method offers law enforcement a powerful tool to target poaching hotspots and safeguard our precious wildlife. 🐘 #nucleartechnologies

A quick reminder that this webinar recording is still available to watch on demand. It’s an illuminating and important session on the large criminal networks behind wildlife trafficking, and how they’re currently being countered – watch it below: https://hubs.li/Q02rb2S40 #WildlifeCrime #IllegalWildlifeTrade #OrganisedCrime

Our ethos, which states, "To reduce human impact on the world and the creatures that live on it," naturally raises the question of "how?" This is our answer: By detecting animals from aerial and #satellite imagery, we aim to diminish poaching, predict human-animal conflicts, identify #wildlife corridors, enhance our understanding of animal behaviour to safeguard #ecosystems , and combat #biodiversity collapse.

Wildlife crime threatens biodiversity and ecosystems. To stop illegal exploitation, we must leverage technology and wildlife forensics to link crime scenes to suspects and secure justice for nature. #CoonnectingPeopleAndPlanet is how we’ll #EndWildlifeCrime. #WWD2024

Don't forget to check out our #2023AnnualReport! We've made amazing progress in the fight against #wildlifecrime. Keeping the pressure on transnational criminal networks and reaching new milestones in 2023. We have helped shift the perception of wildlife crime from a low-risk, high-reward industry to one where the risks outweigh the benefits. Explore our 2023 Annual Report to witness how we're reshaping the narrative around wildlife crime! Read more in the PDF version here! 👇 bit.ly/4ehY7sT

Failure happens—and learning from it can lead to innovation. That’s why the USAID Combating Wildlife Trafficking (CWT) Collaborative Learning Group launched the Fail Forward Video Case Competition this spring. Get inspired by this year’s USAID Fail Forward winners: USAID Mozambique SPEED, implemented by DAI, UNDP in Asia and the Pacific, Tetra Tech, and WWF-Malaysia. Join us on November 14 from 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET to learn more! USAID SPEED's video—which summarizes how support to Mozambique's criminal justice system improved the capacity of prosecutors, judges, and rangers to investigate, adjudicate, and convict wildlife criminals—also highlights the need to improve collaboration and coordination across the wildlife prosecution chain. SPEED’s support to nearly 100 prosecutors and more than 115 judges improved their capacity to use legal tools to deal with wildlife crimes. It helped more than 350 people (mostly young people) improve awareness of the importance of Mozambique’s biodiversity. Watch the video here: https://buff.ly/3ueHVpB and register for the session! #CWTFailForward #Mozambique