#wildbook

According to a July 2017 from the National Academy of Sciences, a “sixth mass extinction” is underway, a trend signalled by widespread vertebrate losses that “will have negative cascading consequences on ecosystem functioning and services vital to sustaining civilization.”

Wildbook is a 21st Century platform that blends man and machine, enabling citizen scientists, researchers, and intelligent agents to collaborate on critical research to combat extinction. Wildbook is an open source, evolving platform for wildlife research.

Just as every human has a unique set of fingerprints, each zebra has a subtly different pattern of stripes–and that trait is proving valuable in a new conservation effort. A nonprofit conservation project called Wildbook utilizes crowd-sourced photos to identify and track individual animals that belong to threatened species. But it doesn’t just identify zebras. The effort extends to whale sharks, manta rays, giraffes, and more. This new technology provides a noninvasive way to study the species over time. We’re fans of the project, especially since it helps friends like our Grévy’s zebra, which is endangered.

Wildbook: Hayvanlar için Facebook

Facebook, dünyanın dört bir yanında insanları birbirlerine bağlayan devasa bir sosyal medya platformu. Facebook içinde doğal ve vahşi yaşamı korumayı hedefleyen birçok grup olsa da, tüm odak noktası nesli tükenmek üzere olan hayvanları korumak olan bir sosyal medya platformu değil. İşte burada sahneye Wildbook çıkıyor.

Wildbook, kar amacı gütmeyen Wild Me adlı grup tarafından kurulan bir…