big data and wildlife conservation
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Big Data and Wildlife Conservation
Dr Christopher [email protected]@leeds.ac.ukwww.katatrepsis.wordpress.com
27km
27km
Great crested newt(photo: Rainer Theuer)
European otter (photo: Bernard Landgraf) Great crested newt (photo: Rainer Theuer)
Lady’s slipper orchid (photo: Algirdas) Eurasian curlew (photo: Andreas Trepte)
Pyrenula dermatodes (photo: Robert Thompson)
Dark purple earth tongue (photo: Anders Janols)
Conservation organisations
Teaching and
research
Local tourist attractions
Government organisations
Private landowners
Yorkshire Dales Environment Network
(How) can we make use of big data to promote wildlife conservation in the Yorkshire Dales National Park?
What do we have?
Regional mapping (geology/climate)
Local mapping(very limited)
Some species distributions
Species distributions(very limited)
What do we need?
Data collection
QualityValidation
AccessCuration
Data analysis
Habitat suitability
Techniques are not user-friendly!
Data display
Decision-making
Software is not user-friendly!
Collection
DisplayAnalysis
(Hopefully) the end result:
Evidence-based
conservation