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Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography | ISSN: 2157-7625 | Volume 8
July 11-12, 2018 | Toronto, Canada
International Conference on
Environmental Microbiology & Microbial Ecology
International Conference on
Ecology, Ecosystems & Conservation Biology
&
From bird monitoring to environmental education
Marketa Zarybnicka, Petr Kubiznak, Vlastimil Osoba, Tomas Kotek
and
Jan Kuchar
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
T
he quality of people's knowledge of nature has always had a significant influence on their approach to wildlife and nature
conservation. However, direct interactions of people with nature are greatly limited nowadays, especially because of
urbanization and modern lifestyles. As a result, our segregation from the natural world has been growing. In this light, we have
developed a unique technology of camera monitoring that offers to generate enormous amounts of high-quality biological
and engineering data with minimum effort and allows the public to be involved in scientific research in undemanding ways.
In particular, we have developed and tested a method of automatic camera monitoring that allows the collection of unique
knowledge on breeding biology in cavity-dwelling animals. This system enables the remote acquisition, storing and sharing
video, audio, and text data on everyday animal activities inside bird boxes, and live-streaming animal life on websites. The
technology developed has potential to be applied across the world and society, and it can be incorporated into multiple
scientific fields, including education, environmental and computer science, ecology, and social science. This approach offers a
powerful open door for moving youngsters and others to have a fabulous time figuring out how to act like researchers and gives
expansive chances to building up the until now disregarded instructive potential of Citizen Science.
Biography
Marketa Zarybnicka has her expertise in ecology, behaviour and conservation of birds and small mammals. Her researcher on Boreal owl in air-polluted areas in
the Czech Republic has gradually transformed into a Citizen Science project that aims for camera monitoring of bird nesting and collecting of biological data with
the help of the public.
zarybnicka@fzp.czu.czMarketa Zarybnicka et al., J Ecosys Ecograph 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7625-C3-039