Digitising Data Collection for Enhanced Wildlife Management

Ol Pejeta Conservancy, seeks to conserve biodiversity with a key focus on threatened species including the critically endangered black rhino. To achieve this, the conservancy undertakes robust wildlife monitoring where field teams routinely capture wildlife sightings, mortality, human-wildlife conflicts, intrusions and environmental hazards. For a long time, such data was recorded on paper datasheets and later transferred to spreadsheets for analysis. This was characterized by errors, missing information, loss of data and delayed decision making.

 

This solution enhanced wildlife monitoring and management through digitized data collection to reduce chances of error, missing information and delayed submissions. The project provided ruggedized phones and  undertook necessary installations and training . All data is now relayed to managers within 24 hours of collection. This has greatly enhanced decision making with major influence on response time for HWC incidences and animal rescue.