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Following on from our launch of Spanish, we are pleased to announce that WILDLABS is now available in French!
15 July 2026
Learn about the 16 selected projects that are working to innovate, scale, and adopt conservation technology for this year’s WILDLABS Awards.
7 July 2026
Our 2026 report is here, drawing on five years of community-sourced data to explore how the field is evolving, where progress is being made, and where collective action is still needed.
16 June 2026
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We're delighted to announce the launch of our fourth Women in Conservation Technology Programme, in partnership with the Grumeti Fund and with support from the JRS Biodiversity Foundation. Join us in welcoming the 2026...
23 June 2026
Get more involved in the WILDLABS community, build your network, and leave an impact on your field by becoming a WILDLABS Group Leader.
24 June 2026
Conversations & Questions
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| Hi all,I'm Maggie Bliss - ecologist, founder of EarthPulse, where we're building a way to read ecosystem health from animal behavioral time... |
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Community Base | 2 hours 42 minutes ago | |
| I am happy to share the new World Bank report titled "Advancing Amazonian Conservation through Digital Technologies." It was a privilege to... |
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Latin America Community, Emerging Tech | 4 hours 1 minute ago | |
| Thanks Luke for your response, that makes sense and raises a good few points I had not fully accounted for, particularly model consistency across multiple sites. When I bought the... |
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Edge Computing | 8 hours 13 minutes ago | |
| Hi Maggie,The videos are from motion-triggered camera traps, nearly all of then 20s long, a few 30s, with a 2-3 s gap between videos of continuous activity. They are certainly... |
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AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation, Geospatial, Protected Area Management Tools, Sensors, Software Development | 11 hours 47 minutes ago | |
| Really good additions here — the read-only root + tmpfs point especially. That's the fuller version of a fix I've only partially applied myself (I keep /var/log off the SD, but... |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community | 21 hours 17 minutes ago | |
| Thanks Sebastian - was a pleasure to talk to you! |
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Community Base | 1 day 9 hours ago | |
| Good evening, Mr. Jorge.The tool is currently under development; it makes submitting data to iNaturalist much faster, since you don't have to fill out all the fields. |
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Data Management & Mobilisation, Camera Traps, Citizen Science | 1 day 18 hours ago | |
| I really recommend GardePro. They are not too expensive and very resilient in the field. |
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Camera Traps, Animal Movement, Community Base, Early Career, East Africa Community, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 1 day 18 hours ago | |
| This is a great resource! |
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Acoustics | 1 day 18 hours ago | |
| Hello, I am Jorge! I have been around this community for a while, but never been here. Good to be part of the group! |
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Community Base | 1 day 18 hours ago | |
| Awesome! |
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Community Base | 1 day 21 hours ago | |
| Hi Bob,Thanks so much for that incredibly detailed reply! That is extremely useful. I will look into all of those cameras. Thanks for sharing your solution for the Browning... |
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Camera Traps, Early Career | 3 days ago |
Learn & Teach
Browse our selection of self-led conservation technology courses. Learn at your own pace, connect with other participants, and create new courses of your own.
Connected Conservation Foundation scales technology to protect nature—for people and planet. We work with partners to equip Protected Areas with digital tools, boost local community education and create local tech-based careers.
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FREE Drone & GIS Mini Course from GeoWing Academy
FREE Drone & GIS Mini Course from GeoWing Academy
FREE Drone & GIS Mini Course from GeoWing Academy
QGIS For Wildlife Crime Data Analysis
QGIS For Wildlife Crime Data Analysis
QGIS For Wildlife Crime Data Analysis
Protected Area Technician (PAT) Training
Protected Area Technician (PAT) Training
Protected Area Technician (PAT) Training
Fantastic Fields: Field Data Collection the Smart Way
Fantastic Fields: Field Data Collection the Smart Way
Fantastic Fields: Field Data Collection the Smart Way
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Newcastle University
Senior Lecturer in Biological Modelling. Interests in AI, spatial data, invertebrate ecology, species mapping
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- @Lucy_Millington
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I am a PhD researcher in conservation ecology at Manchester Metropolitan University, conducting research in Peru. I'm interested in the importance of regenerating forests for conservation, and developing new methods for monitoring forest-dependent primates using drones.
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- @samurai2000
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Creator of WildGuard AI and other impactful AI projects, bridging technology with social good—from wildlife protection to advanced cybersecurity solutions.
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- @ghjuliasialelli
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PhD student @ ETH Zurich
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- @muralix
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I am part of CareClub of SVCE , very keen and ambitious towards contributing to mother earth and nature
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University College Dublin
I am a builder of imaging systems and ready for any kind of challenging endeavours like imaging on a boat around the world (done!). Polymath
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Jessica D Luchsinger
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conservation tech curious, information design, constantly thinking how to solve the 1 mile gap for whale strikes
Lisa Hoopes
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I currently serve as the Chief Science Officer for the Discovery Place museum network in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. I lead research, conservation, and education teams who work at the intersection of conservation and technology and share these technologies with our guests.
Shrey Srivastava
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Shrey Srivastava is the Founder of Passion Wisdom Fusion with Shrey (PWF), an independent lifelong learning initiative whose Ecological Systems Lab (ESL) explores the intersections of education, ecology, media and information literacy, communication, and emerging technologies.
mattisrinsche
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Audio/Midi R&D Engineer, Bioacoustics
Eric Kelian Sadera
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I am a Kenyan safari guide and Wildlife & Tourism Management student passionate about wildlife conservation, sustainable tourism, and conservation technology. I enjoy learning, sharing field experiences, and supporting efforts to protect wildlife and natural ecosystems.
Risma Daulay
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Together with Warna Asri Untuk Alam (WANA), driving change through storytelling and climate campaigns by retelling forgotten stories, restoring respect for what has always existed, and learning from the people, landscapes, and biodiversity~
Ideas & Updates
Article
Following on from our launch of Spanish, we are pleased to announce that WILDLABS is now available in French!
15 July 2026
The 191st meeting will be held 15-17 December 2026 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel as an in-person meeting with no remote participation. The meeting will include over 30 special sessions covering all areas of...
15 July 2026
Wildlife Insights (WI) is looking for a dynamic, motivated and passionate individual for the leadership role of Executive Director (ED). This is a unique opportunity for a visionary conservation leader to shape how...
15 July 2026
Community Spaces
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Conservation tech work doesn't stop after data is collected in the field. Equally as important to success is navigating data management and processing tools. For the many community members who deal with enormous datasets, this group will be an invaluable resource to trade advice, discuss workflows and tools, and share what works for you.
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- BAM (Biodiversity Around Me) widget
I am happy to introduce and share our new project BAM, to make open biodiversity data easily accessible to everyone, everywhere!
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Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in the field to analyse information collected by wildlife conservationists, from camera traps and satellite images to audio recordings. AI can learn how to identify which photos out of thousands contain rare species; or pinpoint an animal call out of hours of field recordings - hugely reducing the manual labour required to collect vital conservation data. The AI For Conservation group is intended to unite and inspire all WILDLABS community members—whether already involved in AI for conservation, or not—to understand how to use and/or directly contribute to open-source research and development efforts.
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- Deep Voice - A Free Online Platform for AI-Based Marine Mammal Sound Detection and Classification
Passive acoustic monitoring floods marine researchers with data that can take months to annotate by hand, and the AI models that could help have long required Python setup, GitHub repos, and complex config files. Funded by the WILDLABS Awards 2025, Deep Voice removes that barrier with a free, public web app that turns marine mammal sound detection into a simple drag-and-drop task.
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- Boring Fund Report for Creating Global Open-Access Ground-Truth Datasets for Insect Monitoring
Improving the computer vision detection model for the Mothbox, an automatic insect monitoring tool from Dinalab
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- Custom Hydrophone Records Dolphins
Welcome to the official group forum for our virtual course, Build Your Own Data Logger. This is your space to engage with course instructors Akiba and Jacinta from Freaklabs, find help and resources for each module, collaborate and chat with your fellow course participants, and share your progress on your own Data Logger project!
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- Open-Source Solutions for Amphibian Passive Acoustic Monitoring: Lessons from Patagonia
Monitoring amphibians across the temperate forests of Patagonia presents significant logistical and technical challenges. Remote locations, harsh environmental conditions, and the large volumes of data generated by Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) can make long-term biodiversity surveys difficult to implement and maintain. In addition, environmental data often relies on multiple independent devices, increasing costs, complexity, and logistical demands in remote field conditions. Through the WILDLABS Awards 2025, our team explored practical ways to address these challenges by combining open-source hardware, environmental sensing, and AI-assisted acoustic analysis.
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- Camera Trap Suggestions for Time-lapse Seabird Monitoring?
Looking for a place to discuss camera trap troubleshooting, compare models, collaborate with members working with other technologies like machine learning and bioacoustics, or share and exchange data from your camera trap research? Get involved in our Camera Traps group! All are welcome whether you are new to camera trapping, have expertise from the field to share, or are curious about how your skill sets can help those working with camera traps.
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- Practical Considerations for Camera Trap Photography
Trail Cameras & Custom Camera Traps: Technology, Ethics & Strategies for Success
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- TrailCam - Browser tool for preparing trail camera observations
Anyone can become a citizen scientist - even experts! If you're excited about exploring new areas of conservation tech, contributing to projects, or developing and launching your own citizen science projects or apps, this is the group for you.
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- Synthesis of Insights / Learning session 14: Rights of Nature by Tribal and First Nations
Synthesis of insights of our 14th online learning session, using dialogue to explore the workings, developments, (im)possibilities, and emerging insights of diverse approaches and praxes for Co-creation with the More-than-Human world
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Behind the Buzz Season 1
From Data to Decisions
Join us for Season 1 of Behind the Buzz, a new series where we break down complex topics with leading experts in a friendly, open space. This season, we’ll demystify key global policy processes and explore how to engage with them to support integrating critical conservation data at national and global scales, using animal movement as a lens to ground discussions.
Find these events and more in our conservation technology calendar!