Species
Camera Traps
In landscapes around the world WWF scientists and field staff are using cameras equipped with infrared triggers, called camera traps, to obtain critical data about wildlife and their habitats. Now you can access the same pictures used by our scientists to study wildlife and their habitats and make important decisions about conservation. More on Camera Traps
Why are Camera Traps Important for Conservation?
This short film will give you an overview on how the technique of camera trapping is used to estimate tiger numbers and how this aids in tiger conservation.
Images from Ecuador
In 2006 Ecuadorian conservationist Santiago Espinosa received a Russell E. Train Fellowship from WWF’s Education for Nature Program (EFN) to conduct research in wildlife ecology. Santiago’s research involved spending long periods of time in the Amazonian rainforest, and turned up photos that highlight the spectacular and wide variety of wildlife that lives in Yasuní National Park. View the photos
Images of Tesso Nilo
On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, WWF is collaborating with the Riau Forestry Department, using camera traps to help conduct presence/absence surveys that will provide a range map for tigers in Sumatra's lowland rainforest. The cameras will also help provide a density estimate of tigers in various habitat types and determine whether there are adequate prey species for tigers to subsist. The results could have significant implications for species and forest preservation here and around the world.
Images from the Amazon
These lush forests are home to a stunning variety of life. WWF’s AREAS Amazonia project has captured never-before-seen images of the Amazon’s species – from jaguars to armadillos. View a gallery from the Amazon.
Images from Sumatra
On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, WWF is collaborating with the Riau Forestry Department to use camera traps to help conduct presence/absence surveys. View galleries from Sumatra
Images of Amur Leopards
A camera trap in a protected area in the most south-eastern part of Russia has captured on film 8 Amur, or Far Eastern, leopards – one of the world’s most endangered wild cats. View a gallery from Russia
Images from Costa Rica & Panama
In Southern Costa Rica and western Panama, scientists are using camera traps to gather critical information on some very rare and elusive animals. View a gallery from Costa Rica and Panama
