SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool)
Definition
Open-source software for recording, analysing, and reporting on ranger patrol activity and wildlife observations. Allows adaptive management of patrol effort based on empirical threat data.
Related terms
- Acoustic monitoring
- Continuous recording of environmental sound to detect specific sound events, such as gunshots, chainsaws, or vehicle engines, that indicate illegal activity. Machine-learning...
- Camera-trap AI
- Machine-learning models trained on labelled camera-trap images to classify species, individual animals (by spot or stripe patterns), and human activities. Can process...
- Change detection
- A remote sensing technique that compares satellite or aerial images from different dates to identify areas where land cover has changed. Used...
- eDNA (environmental DNA)
- DNA shed by organisms into the surrounding environment through skin cells, mucus, faeces, urine, or decomposition. Collected from water, soil, air, or...
- Metabarcoding
- High-throughput sequencing of a barcode locus from a bulk environmental or mixture sample, identifying all taxa present from a reference database. Used...
Explained in
- Environmental DNA and Emerging Detection TechnologiesOpen-source software for recording, analysing, and reporting on ranger patrol activity and wildlife observations. Allows adaptive management of patrol effort b...