European Union Asia Connect TEIN CC

WP5 Soundscape Network

Extending Asian Soundscape Monitoring Network

Advancing ecological monitoring through acoustic technologies and open science collaboration across Asia

Explore the Network
38+
Sensor Sites
700K+
Audio Files
50TB
Data Collected
100+
Researchers

Project Overview

Regional Collaboration

An ambitious effort to strengthen ecological monitoring capabilities through acoustic technologies across key Asian countries, fostering cross-border data sharing and collaborative biodiversity research.

Technology Integration

Deploying diverse networks of terrestrial, ultrasonic, and aquatic sound sensors for long-term, non-invasive environmental monitoring and species vocalization analysis.

Network Countries

Taiwan

Academia Sinica, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute

Philippines

University of the Philippines Cebu

Vietnam

Southern Institute of Ecology

Malaysia

Forest Research Institute of Malaysia

Thailand

Walailak University

Key Outcomes

Acoustic Toolkits

Developed 3 specialized tools: long-term spectrogram, chorus detector, and event classifier for comprehensive soundscape analysis.

Capacity Building

Conducted 6 workshops (3 data collection, 3 analysis) engaging over 100 researchers and technicians from 10+ countries.

Case Studies

Three distinct ecosystem studies covering forest, bat, and marine environments, demonstrating versatile applications.

Open Science Platform

Launched public data repositories and visualization interfaces supporting open science and collaborative research.

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 13

Climate Action

Monitoring environmental changes through acoustic data

SDG 14

Life Below Water

Marine ecosystem monitoring and conservation

SDG 15

Life on Land

Terrestrial biodiversity assessment and protection

SDG 17

Partnerships

International collaboration for global goals