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Latest news and events from WildTrack

Rhino monitoring in Namibia
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Rhino monitoring in Namibia

WildTrack teams led by Dr Peter Law in Namibia are monitoring black rhino for the Namibian government. We’re running pilots at three different locations (confidentiality...

23 Jun 2018 WildTrack
WildTrack counting black rhino in Namibia using FIT
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WildTrack counting black rhino in Namibia using FIT

Our team is in the field, at our first site, using a footprints-only protocol to estimate black rhino numbers for landowners and the Namibian Ministry...

04 Jun 2018 WildTrack
Our tapir study reported by Duke University
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Our tapir study reported by Duke University

Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment reports on our paper in Peer J demonstrating that FIT can be used to monitor tapir populations in the...

22 May 2018 WildTrack
ConservationFIT: update for ex-situ partners
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ConservationFIT: update for ex-situ partners

From Karin Schwartz, PhD, Scientific Coordinator for Ex-Situ Partners, ConservationFIT

05 May 2018 WildTrack
From bushmen to biometrics in Namibia
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From bushmen to biometrics in Namibia

We recently visited Namibia with Susan and Ray Ellis, founders of Footpath pictures. They produced a beautiful short film that relates how footprints produce biometrics...

20 Apr 2018 WildTrack
Giant panda publication in Biological Conservation
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Giant panda publication in Biological Conservation

With co-authors from Duke Kunshan University and the Chinese Center for Research and Conservation of the Giant Panda, we report on the use of footprints...

26 Jan 2018 WildTrack