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Newspaper articles are a great source of information on public sentiment towards nature and for analysing human-wildlife conflict. However, automated tools used for this kind of analysis often make many mistakes as newspaper headlines can be ambiguous!
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In a world full of news articles, it's not always easy to tell which ones are really about wildlife and which just mention animal names in unrelated contexts — like a story about Jaguar cars or Puma sportswear. That's where you come in!
Join our project and help us assess AI tools to efficiently make this distinction. Your participation will be crucial in curating and generating ground-proof data needed to evaluate the filter’s accuracy. This filter will be a key tool that helps researchers gauge public perception to monitor human-wildlife conflict and improve wildlife conservation.
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