OPEN SCIENCE CONSERVATION FUND

--------------▶️ OUR PROJECTS ◀️------------   🌿 Data-Driven Wildlife Conservation in Polish National Parks 🌿 With support from EEA and Norway Grants , the OPEN SCIENCE CONSERVATION FUND, SLAVIC AI and Karkonoski National Park (KPN) are setting a new standard for conservation in Poland. Using large-scale wildlife monitoring and AI-powered analysis, we've provided data-driven understanding of ecosystem and animal movement 🐺 🦊 with project "Improving the ecological connectivity in the Karkonosze National Park and its buffer zone". Key highlights: ✔️ AI filters "empty" images and classifies 17 species, from foxes to wolves. ✔️Seasonal insights reveal migration patterns, like deer shifting to lower areas in winter and wolves following them. ✔️ Connectivity models confirm the buffer zone's critical role in biodiversity preservation. Soon you will read more about this project in Kwartalink Karkonoski (in Polish) and we are planning a scientific publication together with KPN staff in 2025. This cutting-edge approach should become a standard for Poland's national parks, enabling data-driven conservation plans to protect wildlife and ensure sustainable ecosystems for the future. 🌍 #Conservation #Innovation #WildlifeMonitoring #AI #NationalParks

🌱 We’re in the Process of Change 🌱 #Transformation is underway here, as we continue to evolve and build on our foundations. Over the years, we’ve been working on several projects that will soon be shared, with new projects and initiatives also in the pipeline. As part of this #evolution, we’re sharing a glimpse into the development process of our #logo, thoughtfully crafted by Joanna Woźniak some years ago. The design embodies elements of ziemia (earth), otwarcie (openness), mitoza (mitosis), and dzielenie (division) — symbols of growth, connection, and the continuous cycle of renewal that drives our mission. Thank you for being part of this journey with us as we continue to move forward. #Evolution #ProjectsInProgress #BrandDevelopment #OpenScience #Trapper

It's not all about mammals! 😉 While our flagship software, #TrapperAI, primarily focuses on mammal classification, we’re also collaborating with other taxa. 🦋 🐞 Jakub Bubnicki, was invited and spent a few days in Norway at a writing retreat for the "#InsectAI - Using Image-based AI for Insect Monitoring & Conservation," COST Action project where discussions centered around integrating new computer vision methods with traditional insect monitoring data. Jakub helped on drafting a new Insect Data Exchange Format, similar to #CamtrapDP. This is the way how can we support this great initiative, we appreciate an invitation! The #InsectAI COST Action aims to revolutionize insect monitoring and conservation on both national and continental scales. With insect populations in rapid decline worldwide, understanding these trends and their causes is essential. The goal is to create efficient, standardized insect monitoring systems, providing up-to-date indicators to support conservation efforts. With the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the upcoming Nature Restoration Law, the project will directly contribute to EU policy implementation. 🌎 🦗 #InsectAI #Conservation #Biodiversity #AI #CamtrapDP

🌍 Busy times this autumn! 🚀 Our team Jakub Bubnicki and Piotr Tynecki had the opportunity to lead a workshop on #TrapperAI at the Białowieża Ecology Conference (https://lnkd.in/dUxdcs6b) organized by Instytut Biologii Saków PAN/Mammal Research Institute PAS. #TRAPPER is designed to manage camera trapping projects and offers a range of powerful features to help researchers and conservationists worldwide. 📸 Key features of #TRAPPER: - Fully open-source - Analyzes both videos and images - Spatial filtering & web-mapping tools - Flexible implementation for custom data protocols - Multi-user, role-based for easy collaboration - Integrated with AI (e.g., Megadetector) for species detection - Exports data in standardized formats (e.g., #CamtrapDP) 🎯Our workshop focused on hands-on training with participants’ own data, showcasing how #TrapperAI can support better wildlife research and conservation. 🌟 Exciting times ahead as we continue pushing the boundaries of conservation technology! Pictures: Marcin Churski #Conservation #CameraTrapping #OpenSource #AI #WildlifeResearch #Biodiversity

🚨 ECCB 2024 Recap! 🌍 Summer may be winding down, but we’re still buzzing from the heat at #ECCB2024 in Bologna! Our CEO Jakub Bubnicki and Peter Desmond had the honor of presenting during the session: "Towards a European Camera Trap Network for Standardized Monitoring of Wildlife: Where We Are, What Is Needed." and it was FULL of people! Their talk, titled "Camtrap DP: Enabling Local-to-Global Scale Data Interoperability Among Camera Trapping Data Producers and Users", highlighted a game-changing development in wildlife monitoring: the Camera Trap Data Package (#CamtrapDP). 🔍 What’s it all about? Camtrap DP is revolutionizing the way we manage and exchange massive amounts of camera trap data. By creating a flexible, standardized format, it allows researchers and conservationists to harmonize, exchange, and analyze data on a global scale—paving the way for better wildlife monitoring and conservation efforts. 🌿 Why it matters: - Supports a wide range of camera trap deployment designs and species classification techniques. - Facilitates integration with other biodiversity data platforms like GBIF. - Promotes the use of AI for automatic image recognition and analysis. - Unlocks the power of collaborative networks for more effective data-driven conservation. More about #CamtrapDP look here for details -> Link to the publication 📚 📚 https://lnkd.in/dTe3B5XC -> Link to repository: https://lnkd.in/dZjxW39y Pictures: Izabela Stachowicz #WildlifeMonitoring #ConservationTechnology #BiodiversityData #CameraTrapping #DataInteroperability #CamtrapDP #ECCB2024

🚀 Ready for the 4th International Workshop on Camera Traps, AI, and Ecology? We sure are! 🌍 Our Head of Technology and AI Engineer, Piotr Tynecki, will be presenting #TRAPPER.AI, an innovative open-source ecosystem designed to manage camera trapping projects. 📸🐾 Trapper is more than just software—it's a game-changer for ecological research! With its Citizen Science and Trapper AI extensions, TRAPPER.AI tackles the complexity of large multimedia datasets head-on. Unlike other tools, it's a fully open-source web application that supports spatially enabled data, diverse media types (photos & videos), and collaborative project work. 🌿 🔍 Key Features: - Seamless collaboration and data sharing between experts and citizens. - Support for Camtrap DP standard exports. - AI-powered object detection and species classification. - Human-based annotation functionality. TRAPPER.AI is already making waves, adopted by institutions and NGOs across Europe, and now gaining momentum in South America. 🌎 Ready to revolutionize your camera trapping projects? Stay tuned for Piotr's presentation! #Ecology #AI #CameraTraps #CitizenScience #OpenSource

OSCF in South America! 🌴 #TRAPPER as a Biodiversity Server in Ecuador helping to identify #vulnerable species #IUCN - spectacled bear 🐻 Fantastic work of Ed Miller, supported by our fundation and coordinated by Piotr Tynecki ! Looking forward to support more conservation oriented project in South America using #Trapper💫 https://lnkd.in/dhT_Misv

🌿 Can #AI and #OpenSource technologies help rescue nature and wildlife? 🦬🌳 Piotr Tynecki, our AI expert, explained to WWF Poland  🇵🇱 how #TRAPPER and the #TrapperAI ecosystem are contributing to this cause and what they will achieve in the near future to accelerate #wildlife #conservation. 🐾🌍 Source: https://lnkd.in/d78RXqTb #oscf | #wwf | #wwfpolska | #nature | #lynx

If you want to visit and talk with Piotr Tynecki - Head of Technology and #TrapperAI Core Developer about the #TRAPPER and #AI application for #wildlife #conservation 🌿 🐆, now is a great opportunity. Piotr will be a speaker at #PyWaw tomorrow in Warsaw!

We are thrilled to announce a strategic partnership between Instytut Biologii Saków PAN/Mammal Research Institute PAS & OPEN SCIENCE CONSERVATION FUND, and Wrocławskie Centrum Sieciowo-Superkomputerowe (WCSS). #WCSS has generously provided us with one-year access to their High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure. This access enables our #TRAPPER team of experts to train next-generation AI models for #wildlife conservation 🌳. Our current project involves using nearly 700,000 samples from our European partners to train an advanced species classification model for over 20 species 🐺 🐗. We are going to benchmark lightweight and efficient #YOLOv8 #YOLOv9 and #RTDETR architectures. The project utilizes 2xGPU A100 (160GB of vRAM) and 3 TB of storage, allowing us to work with higher-resolution images and bigger batch sizes than ever before. Stay tuned for more updates on #TrapperAI in Q2 2024.