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On episode 3, Fresh Fiction's Preston Barta and James Cole Clay discuss what's happening this week at the cinema and on television. We also have filmmaker and scientists interviews to share. So, pull up and chair and listen in! This week's happenings include: FILM SASQUATCH SUNSET THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE ABIGAIL REBEL MOON: PART TWO TV EARTHSOUNDS  SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS PALM ROYALE INTERVIEWS This week's interviews include: SASQUATCH SUNSET directors David & Nathan Zellner EARTHSOUNDS producer Sam Hodgson, marine biologist Dr. Beth Goodwin & Bourhan Yassin (CEO of Rainforest Connection)

Over the last few years, Artificial Intelligence has evolved immensely. Not surprisingly, advanced AI and machine learning algorithms are increasingly being incorporated in sectors across the world. One particular sector, which AI is revolutionizing is wildlife conservation! With an increasingly urgent demand for effective and affordable conservation action, scientists, NGOs, and governments are turning to AI and related technologies for solutions.The earliest and most ubiquitous adoption of AI in conservation is the use of remote sensing to monitor natural ecosystems. Remote sensing has proved to be a far more effective and cost method than manual alternatives, to not only predict and detect threats to ecosystems but also collect high volumes of data for ecological research. Around the world, conservationists are incorporating a wide plethora of remote sensing technology, such as satellites, UAVs, camera traps, and camera traps. These technologies aid in the monitoring of wildlife populations and diseases, analysis of vegetation, the detection of forest fires and environmental impact assessments.One particular technology becoming increasingly popular for conservationists is bioacoustics. Countless species of wildlife produce sound for communication and navigation, hence broadcasting immense amounts of information about, not only themselves but their entire population in their environment. Additionally, acoustic monitoring helps in the detection of illegal logging and poachers. The use of acoustic monitoring systems allows researchers and conservationists to tap into this gold mine of ecological data. Moreover, other than being cost-effective, acoustic monitoring systems also can cover larger radii than camera traps, hence allowing for the collection of larger quantities of data.In this episode, I interview Bourhan Yassin. He is the Founder and CEO of Rainforest Connection, one of the leading conservation technology start-ups in the world. We discuss in depth how bioacoustics and AI are revolutionizing conservation and some of the projects the organization is involved with!If you enjoyed this podcast, do not forget to share and subscribe! You can also listen to The Think Wildlife Podcast on other platforms, such as YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anishbanerjee.substack.com

Topher White uses technology to detect illegal logging in rainforests. You might have seen stories about how he repurposed old cellphones and powered them with solar panels to listen remotely in the forests. While collecting this audio data, he uses AI tools to identify the specific sounds of chainsaws and trucks to send alerts to local officials.His organization, Rainforest Connection, has been successful in reducing illegal logging in protected areas. Now he has a new project underway, called "Delta." This new tool is geared towards home users. They can deploy it in their backyards or on camping trips and other outdoor excursions. Delta can collect sounds and help users learn more about the local wildlife around them and even build stories about the animals over time.In this podcast, we'll discuss the evolution of the Rainforest Connection, their first innovative tool (known as "The Guardian"), and the details of their newest tool, Delta. This new product will become available through a Kickstarter campaign starting on June 20, 2023.

This chat with conservation innovator Topher White will give you a feeling of celebration and wonder. In 2013, he created the ingenious Rainforest Connection, a nonprofit which is helping to preserve biodiversity in 34 countries and counting. And now, he is launching another pioneering technology! But this time, it's one we can all bring to our own backyards, neighborhoods, and even on vacation. All of that, in the service of making a personal connection with the natural world around us, in fascinating and delightful ways.   00:00 Preview 00:54 Intro & Welcome 02:02Topher's Bio Topher is a conservation technologist & founder of Rainforest Connection (RFCx). His new project launched in 2022, Squibbon, is a product that allows us to connect with our environment by listening. His accolades include: National Geographic Explorer Rolex Laureate World Economic Forum Young Global Leader 04:42 Topher as an innovator “The day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea” -  Peter H. Diamandis Many of the best ideas in the best space sound bad at first. Getting to the point that something actually works or is executed is a long journey. Best ideas are in high competition spaces. 05:49 High Rainforest Connection The idea originated from listening in rainforests. There's a lot of sounds originating in the rainforests outside of just animals. The lives and expressions of animals and the way they interact with each other provides rich data. New tools and approached were adopted to use bio acoustics to understand entire ecosystems. Tune into Episode 124 with Rainforest Connection (RFCx) CEO Bourhan Yassin for more on the work being done to connect rainforests in the world. You can listen to the vibrant and amazing sounds of the rainforests via the Rainforest Connection App, available for download in the app stores. Listening to the sounds of nature may be the best but least utilized tool to protect the environment. 07:07 The Squibbon Journey Squibbon is designed to bring the sounds of nature to the consumer market and make what was previously only available for conservationists available to any household. People typically think of the sounds of nature as serenity and relaxation but there's much more insights available that can matter to the average person's everyday life. Humans usually interact with nature primarily visually, but now Squibbon offers the opportunity to interact audibly and add much more interaction as hidden creatures & tiny creatures that we may not be able to see can become part of the experience with nature. Human listening is also limited and Squibbon will unlock more sounds that will give much more insights into nature e.g. Prey vs Predator How animals feel Animal movement How animals interact with each other 11:58 Nature isn't some place we have to go to It's great for us to enjoy when nature overlaps with us. Wildlife is already part of our day to day lives and we may not notice them while they notice us. The only real conservation is local conservation. Top down approaches to conservation are still dependent on people who are on the ground committed to preservation. Conservation of the environment in your backyard may be more powerful than conservation efforts at the Government, State or Corporate level. Lives can also be enriched by deeper interaction with and conservation of local environments and neighbourhoods. 14:50 Break ...

Acoustic data is unique. Almost all species make noise — insects, mammals, amphibians, birds and reptiles. Threats like illegal logging, poaching and mining also make noise. Acoustics are the best way to understand the creatures that inhabit our living planet and the activities that threaten it on a scale impossible with any other type of data. As such, RFCx has built the connective tissue to make acoustics a scalable worldwide approach to data collection and analysis for conservation management. If you haven't yet had the chance, make sure to register for our 2024 Real Leaders Impact Awards. Our Impact Award winners gain access to a values aligned community, credibility through Real Leaders, and access to our network of Impact capital sources. Reserve your entry free of charge before applications open using the link below! bit.ly/3Ktajcf Also, check out Outsource Access for all of your Virtual Staffing Needs. At an affordable rate you can outsource the work you need to get done at an extremely affordable rate. You can find more info about them here using this link. https://outsourceaccess.com/

Hub Culture presents: The Chronicle Discussions, Episode 81: Live from COP27 - New Narratives Stan Stalnaker of Hub Culture in conversation with J. Carl Ganter, Co-Founder and Director of Circle of Blue, and Topher White, Founder and Executive Chair of Rainforest Connection. Live from the Hub Culture Climate Pavilion at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Produced by: New Angel Productions

Guest:Topher White Founder Rainforest Connection Rainforest Connection (RFCx) builds and deploys scalable, open acoustic monitoring systems that can halt illegal logging and poaching and can enable biodiversity measurement and monitoring. Lester Kiewit speaks to Topher White, Founder of Rainforest connection.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Planet Forward, plus Hitachi and Rainforest Connection join forces to defend the Rainforest. And giant mining company Anglo-American builds world's largest hydrogen-powered truck!

Bourhan walks us through his journey to Rainforest Connection and some of the challenges he faces and some that he has already overcome. He also goes on to give us first-hand advice on how the right talent is the single most important factor in the success of an organization.

Among these new technologies are smart windows, and we aren't talking about Microsoft's operating system. This exciting, cutting-edge window technology allows consumers to block either all light or just some with less energy than it takes to charge a smartphone. This type of light control could potentially save billions of dollars on heating, cooling and lighting costs.   Check out our MSE Company Database and free professional development guide for materials scientists and engineers!   In today's episode, Ameen Saafir,  the CEO and Co-Founder of Tynt Technologies, shares his mission which is to make energy-efficient smart windows affordable for everyone. He has been an advisor for eco-friendly companies such as Rainforest Connection, Nano Hydrophobics, SUNTAP, and Twelve, spanning areas such as deforestation, solar energy, and CO2 emissions.   In this conversation, we discuss:

In honor of Earth Day, host Barry Ross revisits conversations with innovative executives and individuals who are using technology as a tool to better our planet. Guests include Topher White, founder of Rainforest Connection, an organization dedicated to combating illegal logging and deforestation; Atmosic Technologies founder and CEO David Su, who explains how energy harvesting could reduce electronic waste; and Alaka'i Technologies co-founder Brian Morrison and BMW Group Designworks' Peter Falt, who are pioneering electronic vertical takeoff and landing (EVTOL) aircraft that could reduce carbon emissions and transform the way we travel.

What happens when a tree falls in a forest and no one is listening? The sound starts with truck engines and chainsaws and ends with a small piece of forest being silenced. Illegal logging is slowly thinning out the world's forests, paving the way for widespread deforestation. With limited resources and difficult terrain, it's a hard problem to tackle. National Geographic Explorer Topher White—who considers himself a war photographer for climate change—has found that by listening for the sounds of logging through hundreds of recycled cell phones nailed high in treetops from Indonesia to Eastern Europe, the stewards of the world's trees might have a chance to detect and prevent illegal logging. For more information on this episode, visit nationalgeographic.com/overheard. Want More: Check out this article to learn more about how illegal lumber makes its way into the global supply chain. National Geographic has detailed explanations of both gibbons and deforestation.  Take a look at this project to use waste from coffee production to help renew destroyed forests.  Also Explore: Take a look at the last known footage of a Tasmanian Tiger. To learn more about Topher White and the Rainforest Connection, take a look at their website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the final episode of Season 2, Mary-Jane Lintin chats with Sid Verma (General Manager - Industrial Solutions and IIoT Practice at Hitachi Vantara). They discuss Hitachi Vantara's important collaboration with the Rainforest Connection and the future of this project. This episode concludes our environmental series. We'll be back in a couple of months for Season 3 for more “People of Hitachi”! Music by Jago Thornton.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Accounting for roughly one-fifth of carbon emissions produced each year, deforestation in places like Africa, Asia and South America is one of the main contributors to climate change. On this episode of The Big REthink, Topher White, conservation technologist and founder of Rainforest Connection, joins host Brian Rowley to explain how his organization is using technology to stop illegal logging and poaching right at the site. He also details the challenges of designing devices that can withstand rainforest conditions, and the expanding role AI will play in future conservation efforts.

“This is an incredibly exciting time to be part of the field of bioacoustics,” our guest on this episode says, and she's so right: if you care about wildlife conservation, or really like technology and interesting solutions to big challenges, this episode is for you. Laurel Symes is assistant director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's bioacoustics lab, which was founded in the 1980s to study whale songs and elephant rumbles, and it just received a massive $24 million gift and changed its name to the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics.  The Cornell program is therefore about to expand this field in many ways, from technology development to implementation, so we discuss their plans and the implications with this repeat guest, who previously joined the show to discuss her own fascinating work on the soundscapes of rainforests (episode 86). Many bioacoustics researchers like her have been featured by this show, so after discussing Laurel's exciting news, we feature some of our most popular acoustic ecology segments: get ready for an absorbing crash course on what people are learning about animal behavior and ecosystem health with these increasingly affordable and ubiquitous listening devices! If you want to hear any of the episodes featured in full, look up the episode numbers listed here in your podcast app of choice, or click its link to hear it via the Mongabay website: Elephant Listening Project, episode 95 Indri lemur choruses, episode 107 Gibbon songs, episode 82 Humpback whales sharing songs, episode 77 Right whales discovered singing for the 1st time, episode 72 Rainforest frogs, episode 54 Please invite your friends to subscribe to the Mongabay Newscast wherever they get podcasts, or download our free app in the Apple App Store or in the Google Store to have access to our latest episodes at your fingertips. If you enjoy the Newscast, please visit www.patreon.com/mongabay to pledge a dollar or more to keep the show growing, Mongabay is a nonprofit media outlet and all support helps! See all our latest news from nature's frontline at Mongabay's homepage: news.mongabay.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by searching for @mongabay. Episode artwork: Topher White of Rainforest Connection installing a bioacoustics device in the forest canopy. Image by Ben Von Wong.   Please share your thoughts and ideas! submissions@mongabay.com.

In this episode of IoT Time Podcast, Ken Briodagh, Editorial Director at IoT Evolution, sits down with Brad Surak (hitachivantara.com/en-us/company/leadership/brad-surak.html), President, Digital Solutions, Hitachi Vantara (hitachivantara.com), to talk about how COVID-19 has transformed IoT...maybe for the better? We also talk about The Rainforest Connection (rfcx.org), a wonderful program that leverages IoT to help protect these ecosystems. Don't forget to subscribe! To become a sponsor of IoT Time, please email kbriodagh@tmcnet.com or tweet @KenBriodagh. Visit IoTEvolutionExpo.com for updates on IoT Evolution Expo 2021: It's Time to Grow, taking place in Miami, with our newly announced dates in June, and to submit a proposal to our Call for Papers! Also check out our newest event, The 5G Expo, at 5GExpo.com. Click here to subscribe to the IoT Evolution newsletter. iotevolutionworld.com/eNewsletterSignup.aspx Please check out "IoT Time: Evolving Trends in the Internet of Things," a book by Ken Briodagh about the ongoing influences shaping the IoT. To get a copy, it is available on Amazon for $14.99 (a.co/d/8neDtlu).

Topher White founded the nonprofit Rainforest Connection with the intent of creating a low-cost monitor that could help remote communities in their efforts to halt illegal logging, which is an enormous threat to tropical habitats. As it turns out, the best way to track people who are cutting down trees is sound. Using old cell phones linked to an artificial-intelligence platform in the cloud, White developed a system that can detect chainsaws in real time and send automated alerts to authorities. Today, Rainforest Connection is recording audio continuously from over a 1,000-square-miles of forest across 12 countries. That scale, along with rapid improvements in machine learning, have opened up tantalizing possibilities for understanding what the sounds of nature really mean.

How do we stop deforestation in remote areas of the world? Hear what Topher White, Founder and CEO of Rainforest Connection has to say. Deforestation accounts for 17% of all global carbon emissions and wreaks havoc throughout the entire planet’s ecosystem. Topher White has created a simple, yet incredibly effective way, of stopping the people responsible for illegal logging in their tracks. If you would like to donate, volunteer, or learn more, visit rfcx.org. If you enjoyed our episode please make sure to subscribe and leave us a review. If you want to nominate a social impact leader who is finding scalable sustainable solutions for world pressing problems, please reach out to us at guest@gettingtherepodcast.com. To access more stories, blog posts, videos, quizzes (and more!), highlighting leaders tackling humanity's biggest problems, follow us on: LinkedIn | Medium | Website | Facebook | Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gettingtherepodcast1/message

Rhett Butler is the founder of Mongabay, one of the most popular environmental science and conservation news sites in the world. He has such an interesting background and some wild stories. We talk about rainforests, deforestation, climate change, bioacoustic monitoring, close encounters with elephants and gorillas, and what it is like to be friends with Jane Goodall. Rhett’s work: https://www.mongabay.com/ https://news.mongabay.com/author/rhettbutler/ https://twitter.com/rhett_butler www.instagram.com/rhettbutler Sources for topics discussed: Jane Goodall: www.janegoodall.org zero deforestation commitments: https://bit.ly/2xCBrC6 Steve Winter: www.instagram.com/stevewinterphoto Hollywood mountain lion photo: https://on.natgeo.com/2KeDgfM aye-aye lemur: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aye-aye Health in Harmony: http://healthinharmony.org/ Rhett Butler publications / bioacoustic monitoring: https://data.mongabay.com/about.htm Dr Jodi Rowley: http://jodirowley.com/ Frog ID: https://news.frogid.net.au/ Rainforest Connection: https://rfcx.org/ Planet Labs: https://www.planet.com/ Wildlife Conservation Network: https://wildnet.org/ Acaté Amazon: https://acateamazon.org/ Global Forest Watch: https://www.globalforestwatch.org/ World Resources Institute: https://www.wri.org/ David Quammen: http://www.davidquammen.com/ Virunga documentary: https://virungamovie.com/ Impossible Foods: https://impossiblefoods.com/ Global Fishing Watch: https://globalfishingwatch.org/ Full show notes @ https://bit.ly/2KVw9Yx --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/escape-the-zoo/support

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes: SKILLSHARE: Two months of unlimited access to more than 20 thousand classes for just 99 cents Inversion Is a Thinking Technique Used By Billionaires Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? That's a Heated Debate This Nonprofit is Using Old Cell Phones to Save the Rainforest To read more from the man who popularized the simulation hypothesis, check out "Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies" by Nick Bostrom, which is all about what might happen when the robots surpass us in intelligence. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase, Curiosity will get a share of the sale. Want to support our show? Register for the 2018 Podcast Awards and nominate Curiosity Daily to win for People's Choice, Education, and Science & Medicine. Just register at the link and select Curiosity Daily from the drop-down menus (no need to pick nominees in every category): https://curiosity.im/podcast-awards-2018 Learn more about these topics and more onCuriosity.com, and download our5-star app for Android and iOS. Then, join the conversation onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram. Plus: Amazon smart speaker users, enable ourAlexa Flash Briefing to learn something new in just a few minutes every day! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode we take a look at the role technology plays in conservation efforts. First we speak with Topher White of Rainforest Connection, which deploys used cell phones in tropical forests around the world to provide real-time monitoring of forests and wildlife. Its network alerts local communities when illegal logging activities are taking place and can then be stopped, for example. Then we speak with Matthew Putman, he's the CEO of Nanotronics and an applied physicist with a keen interest in conservation. We discuss some of the technologies that he sees making the biggest contributions to the way we approach conservation, and why he believes these advances can help turn the tide against environmental degradation. Plus we round up the past weeks' top news. Please help us improve the Mongabay Newscast by leaving a review on its page at Android, Google Play, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, or wherever you subscribe to it. Thanks, and we also hope you will tell a friend about this podcast!

Minter Dialogue Episode #136 — This interview is with Topher White, founder and CEO of Rainforest Connection, a not-for-profit initiative that uses entrepreneurial flair and technological know-how to help stop deforestation. Topher recently made a rousing speech at TEDxCern and was a laureate at the Netexplo 2015 Forum. A man on a mission to track down illegal tree loggers, Topher has installed his system in rainforests across three continents. A fascinating story. Meanwhile, you can comment and find the show notes on myndset.com where you can also sign up for my weekly newsletter. Or you can follow me on Twitter on @mdial. And, if you liked the podcast, please take a moment of your precious time to go over to iTunes to rate the podcast.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

Fast jeder von uns hat alte Mobiltelefone zuhause rumliegen. Die könnten jetzt dabei helfen, den Regenwald zu retten. Denn in seinem Projekt „Rainforest Connection“ baut ein junger Amerikaner alte Handys zu Warngeräten um – und verteilt sie im Urwald.Der Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wissen/green-radio-kann-rainforest-connection-den-urwald-retten