wildlifemonitoring

noun
UK /ˈwaɪldlaɪf ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ/
US /ˈwaɪldlaɪf ˈmɑːnɪtərɪŋ/

Watching and checking on wild animals to see how they are doing.

The park rangers use cameras for wildlife monitoring to count the deer.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Using tools like cameras or GPS to record where wild animals live and move.

Wildlife monitoring with GPS collars helped scientists follow the wolves.

3. A school or community project where people count birds or animals in an area.

Our class did wildlife monitoring at the pond and wrote down every frog we saw.

4. Checking the health and numbers of animals in a forest or park over time.

Wildlife monitoring showed that the rabbit population was growing again.