Journal
AMBIO
Volume 44, Issue -, Pages S572-S583Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0708-y
Keywords
Live sound; Archive; Social media; Cyberforest; Audio census; Remote monitoring
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) KAKENHI [23601003, 26282203]
- Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Program (SCOPE) [142103015]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26700015, 23601003, 26282203] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We have developed a system that streams and archives live sound from remote areas across Japan via an unmanned automatic camera. The system was used to carry out pilot bird censuses in woodland; this allowed us to examine the use of live sound transmission and the role of social media as a mediator in remote scientific monitoring. The system has been streaming sounds 8 h per day for more than five years. We demonstrated that: (1) the transmission of live sound from a remote woodland could be used effectively to monitor birds in a remote location; (2) the simultaneous involvement of several participants via Internet Relay Chat to listen to live sound transmissions could enhance the accuracy of census data collection; and (3) interactions through Twitter allowed members of the public to engage or help with the remote monitoring of birds and experience inaccessible nature through the use of novel technologies.
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