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== Machine Learning Application Areas ==
 
*[[Species Identification|Species identification]]: Machine learning tools are increasingly being used to help in the identification of organisms, both from photographic documentation and (in cases such as birds) audio recordings. These tools are deployed in personal apps and as part of citizen science projects, as well as within formal scientific monitoring efforts.
=== Ecology ===
*[[Ecosystem Monitoring|Ecosystem monitoring]]: Understanding the overall state of an ecosystem can be valuable both in preserving biodiversity and in maintaining ecosystem services such as food, wood, pollination, and carbon sequestration. Machine learning has the potential to scale and democratize ecosystem monitoring.
 
*[[Biodiversity Data Analysis|Biodiversity data analysis]]: There is an increasing wealth of data available on biodiversity, species distributions, and ecosystem health (including some data gathered using ML approaches). Machine learning can be useful in working with this data and analyzing trends.
*Camera trap image classification
*Analysis of citizen science data
*Environmental sensor network analysis
 
== Background Readings ==
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*'''"Climate, biodiversity, and land: using ML to protect and restore ecosystems" (2020)'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slideslive.com/38926837/tackling-climate-change-with-ml?ref=og-meta-tags|title=Climate, Biodiversity, and land: Using ML to protect and restore ecosystems|last=Morris|first=Dan|date=2020-04-26|website=SlidesLive|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-24}}</ref>: An overview talk, with pointers to practical starting points. Available [https://slideslive.com/38926837/tackling-climate-change-with-ml?time=40751s here].
 
=== Textbooks ===
 
* '''"Artificial Intelligence and Conservation" (2019)'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781108587792/type/book|title=Artificial Intelligence and Conservation|last=|first=|date=2019-02-28|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1-108-58779-2|editor-last=Fang|editor-first=Fei|edition=1|location=|pages=|doi=10.1017/9781108587792|editor-last2=Tambe|editor-first2=Milind|editor-last3=Dilkina|editor-first3=Bistra|editor-last4=Plumptre|editor-first4=Andrew J.}}</ref>: A curated collection of case studies. Book description [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/artificial-intelligence-and-conservation/17C33AF856648B208E47A10813CEC6DF here].
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== Online Courses and Course Materials ==
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== Conferences, Journals, and Professional Organizations ==
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== Data ==
 
*'''Camera Trap ML Survey''': An overview of datasets used in current camera trap machine learning projects, available [https://agentmorris.github.io/camera-trap-ml-survey/ here].
 
== References ==