{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FundaYao Podcast","title":"Mapping Human–Wildlife Conflict with Remote Sensing and Community Data","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8fabcb61\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1455,"description":"On the Fundayao Podcast, host Timo Balz speaks with Professor Walter Musakwa (University of Johannesburg, Fundayao co-founder) about human–wildlife conflict in Southern Africa, where people and animals increasingly share space due to land clearing, population growth, unfenced and transboundary parks, and broader pressures such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, leading to crop and infrastructure damage, injuries, and deaths. Musakwa outlines geospatial approaches to identify and manage conflict, including high-resolution satellite imagery (e.g., Pleiades for large herbivores), GPS collars, camera traps, acoustic “soundscape” devices, and participatory mapping via cell phones and community diaries. He emphasizes combining indigenous knowledge with GIS to locate hotspots and corridors, support community-led solutions, inform park responses, and influence policy, while democratizing access through open data and simple tools like Google Earth and possibly Baidu Maps.\n00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro\n01:12 What Human Wildlife Conflict Means\n03:10 Why Conflict Is Increasing\n04:08 Remote Sensing and GIS Methods\n07:16 Seeing Animals From Space\n08:23 Participatory Mapping and Trust\n09:06 Citizen Science Upload Initiative\n12:28 Hotspots Policy and Park Response\n15:36 Indigenous Knowledge Meets Satellites\n18:47 Democratizing Data Access\n21:54 China Africa Satellite Data Potential\n24:38 Advice for Early Career Scientists\n28:08 Closing and Call to Connect","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kwb7fBQniT-yrlI75O7eDGiJWvHGN0vdjh6YG1hTq68/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NWM5/MDFhYjY3ZjU2YTA3/NDRkZGNiODc1Mzcz/MTU0Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}