Rainforest Connection Company Research Report

Company Overview

• Name: Rainforest Connection

• Mission: Rainforest Connection uses sound and artificial intelligence to protect rainforests and monitor biodiversity.

• Headquarters: 77 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 101-1717, San Francisco, CA, 94102, USA

• Key People:

• Bourhan Yassin, CEO

• Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, Chief Scientist

• Number of Employees: No information is available.

• Revenue: No information is available.

• Known For: Rainforest Connection is known for its use of bioacoustic technology and AI to combat illegal logging, support biodiversity monitoring, and preserve threatened species' habitats.

Products

• Arbimon Platform

• Description: Arbimon is an open and cloud-based platform developed by Rainforest Connection for acoustic biodiversity monitoring and insights.

• Key Features:

• Visualizer for reviewing spectrograms, listening to recordings, and audio annotation.

• Soundscapes for aggregating recordings at various temporal and spatial scales.

• Pattern matching species identification to search audio for a matching spectrogram.

• Data organization into playlists by site, time, species, soundscapes, and tags.

• Arbimon Companion

• Description: A tool to manage and deploy audio monitoring devices in the field.

• Key Features:

• Manage, track, and deploy AudioMoths from an Android phone.

• Auto-linking of recordings to deployment geo-location and attachment of photos.

• Arbimon Uploader

• Description: A desktop application for uploading audio data to Arbimon.

• Key Features:

• Supports various bioacoustic devices for file upload.

• Background uploading to enable simultaneous data analysis in Arbimon.

• Resumable uploads without losing recordings.

Recent Developments

• New Partnerships:

• Rainforest Connection has entered into partnerships with entities such as Huawei Croatia and others for biodiversity monitoring in places like Kopački Rit Nature Park in Croatia.

• Recent Publications and Research:

• Several studies and papers have been co-authored by the team, highlighting the use of acoustic monitoring in different regions for various ecological assessments, including tracking biodiversity recovery and investigating spatial distribution in Madagascar.

• New Product Features:

• Launch of new analytical tools like the Audio Event Detection & Clustering (AED-C) pipeline announced in 2023, which provides analytical summaries and exploration of sound categories without pre-labeled data.

• Innovative Use Cases:

• Active participation and technological contribution in key environmental events, such as UN General Assembly discussions on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and presentations on utilizing AI for conservation efforts.

• Global Impact Initiatives:

• Active role in global initiatives for biodiversity conservation, with projects in over 37 countries and partnerships with 70+ entities worldwide.

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