{"id":1542,"date":"2025-07-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifesmartias.local\/?page_id=1542"},"modified":"2025-07-25T23:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T23:38:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tridivisions.com\/LSI-dev\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1542\" class=\"elementor elementor-1542\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4240c3e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4240c3e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d0b57c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63d0b57c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Welcome to LIFE SMART IAS<\/h2><p>Smart Systems for Monitoring &amp; Trapping Invasive Alien Species<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f33afb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f33afb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7458ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7458ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<strong data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"578\">About the Project<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c98df7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c98df7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"1019\"><strong>LIFE SMART IAS<\/strong> is a European initiative that builds upon the success of it&#8217;s predecessor project <strong>LIFE MICA<\/strong>, to develop and scale an innovative, integrated approach to detect, monitor, and control invasive alien species (<strong>IAS<\/strong>), particularly <strong data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"819\">coypu<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"824\" data-end=\"835\">muskrat<\/strong>. By combining smart life traps, <strong>ddPCR eDNA<\/strong> analysis, and a <strong>cloud-based dashboard<\/strong> and <strong>mobile apps<\/strong>, the project empowers stakeholders and authorities across Europe to coordinate effective action against those and other <strong>IAS<\/strong>.<\/p><hr data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1024\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92d1968 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"92d1968\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d7f6f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d7f6f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LIFE SMART IAS combines advanced environmental monitoring with real-time data processing and automated, AI-driven trapping systems to combat invasive alien species more effectively and efficiently. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04bb54f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04bb54f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3bbf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f3bbf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Smart Life Traps:<\/strong><\/p><p>Our custom-designed <strong>automated traps use<\/strong> <strong data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1044\">machine learning and vision and remote connectivity, <\/strong>to detect animal presence, spring the trap and alert operators such as trappers in real-time. This significantly reduces manual labor and improves animal welfare by shortening capture-to-retrieval times and minimise unwanted bycatch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eeda5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3eeda5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7448ed7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7448ed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cloud-Based Dashboard and mobile apps:<\/strong><\/p><p>We consolidate all inputs \u2014 ddPCR eDNA analysis, trap activity, user feedback \u2014 into a <strong data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1387\">central cloud platform<\/strong>. This allows environmental agencies, field workers, and researchers to <strong data-start=\"1459\" data-end=\"1535\">monitor populations, track trends, and coordinate actions across regions<\/strong> in real time.<\/p><p><strong>Mobile apps<\/strong> not only facilitate the access to the system <strong>in-the-field<\/strong>, but also support <strong>maintenance<\/strong> and other tasks related to traps.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f03dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61f03dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad3d988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad3d988\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Stakeholder Engagement Tools:<\/strong><\/p><p>Through tailored, user-friendly apps and dashboards, <strong data-start=\"1675\" data-end=\"1716\">citizens, landowners, and authorities<\/strong> can contribute sightings, receive alerts, and report activity. This increases data collection coverage and builds a cooperative network of IAS awareness and control.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to LIFE SMART IAS Smart Systems for Monitoring &amp; Trapping Invasive Alien Species \u00a0 \u00a0About the Project LIFE SMART IAS is a European initiative that builds upon the success of it&#8217;s predecessor project LIFE MICA, to develop and scale an innovative, integrated approach to detect, monitor, and control invasive alien species (IAS), particularly coypu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1542","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridivisions.com\/LSI-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridivisions.com\/LSI-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridivisions.com\/LSI-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridivisions.com\/LSI-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridivisions.com\/LSI-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/tridivisions.com\/LSI-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6382,"href":"https:\/\/tridivisions.com\/LSI-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542\/revisions\/6382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridivisions.com\/LSI-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}