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Article / Early Career | East Africa Community + 1
Are you an emerging Tanzanian conservationist looking to leverage new technologies in your conservation practice and become part of an empowering network of female conservation leaders? Apply now for our Women in...
25 March 2024
Article / Community Base | Emerging Tech
Announcing the WILDLABS Awards 2024 awardees!
Adrien Pajot
After a long application review and finalisation process, we are thrilled to finally announce the winners of the WILDLABS Awards 2024!
26 March 2024
Event / AI for Conservation | Biologging + 3
Catch up with The Variety Hour: March 2024
Stephanie O'Donnell
Variety Hour is back! This month we're talking about making AI more accessible with Pytorch, new developments from WildMe and TagRanger, and working with geospatial data with Fauna & Flora. See you there!
21 March 2024
Article / Community Base
Introducing Badges: A new WILDLABS feature!
Jake Burton
We’re unveiling badges, a new feature that allows you to showcase how you’re involved in WILDLABS. Keep track of engagement, show off your collection, and maybe even engage in some friendly competition.
12 March 2024
Discussion / Community Base
Welcome to WILDLABS!
Stephanie O'Donnell
Hello and welcome to the WILDLABS community! With 6,000 members and counting, we want to get to know you a little better. In a couple of...
29 October 2015
Conversations & Questions
Akiba
Community Member
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The WILDLABS community forums are a fountain of knowledge. By joining discussions, we can understand what the real problems are, collaborate with people with the right expertise to solve those problems, and work together to craft real solutions. We hope you'll join the conversation!
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| Hello everyone I am a current Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay and am working with a local national park to create a camera trap project.... |
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Data management and processing tools, Camera Traps, Conservation Tech Training and Education | 1 minute 54 seconds ago | |
| It's fun having these start running in the forests! |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects, AI for Conservation, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions | 38 minutes 24 seconds ago | |
| Hello everyone!I'm thrilled to join this dynamic community of innovators and explorers. My name is Latifa, and I bring passion for adventure, a love for nature and a deep... |
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| 'Most importantly, we have to make it play a MIDI version of the DoctorWho theme song when you arm the device. That has to be the #1 feature if you ask me!' Seconded! |
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Acoustics, Biologging, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions, Sensors | 6 hours 54 minutes ago | |
| I would be interested in projects where the use of technology has gone wrong ( in whatever sense one can think of ), where the ( sometimes big ) promises of new tech simply... |
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| Hi Matthew,Thanks for your advice, this is really helpful!I'm planning to use it in a seagrass meadow survey for a series of ~20 drops/sites to around 30 m, recording for around... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Data management and processing tools, Emerging Tech, Sustainable Fishing Challenges | 1 day 10 hours ago | |
| How about an extra "insurance" membrane - like a baloon or even a condom with a knot underneath the heat shrink? ...That would not take up too much space! Ahh stupid me! The... |
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Biologging | 1 day 20 hours ago | |
| Saul Greenberg is a great guy! He has made a few very useful videos regarding the Timelapse/Megadetector integration:https://grouplab.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/grouplab/uploads/... |
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Camera Traps | 1 day 21 hours ago | |
| Hi Johnathan!Here are a few examples where UAVs and AI has been used to spot animals. https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/3/179#:~:text=These%20vehicles%20follow%20flight%... |
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AI for Conservation | 1 day 22 hours ago | |
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| Just finished my PPWC training courtesy of Wildlabs. Will do much better in my greening initiative from new lessons learned.... |
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Climate Change | 2 days 6 hours ago | |
| Might very well be so! I highly encourage you to take up the challenge! |
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Biologging | 3 days 5 hours ago |
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Jake Burton
WILDLABS Project Officer
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WILDLABS members are working in conservation tech on every continent. No matter what you’re working on - or where - you’ll find someone to connect with in our community. To message people directly, create a profile today!
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UX Researcher @WhatsApp/Facebook, working with WWF/TRAFFIC on Coalition on End Wildlife Trafficking Online. Wildlife x Design enthusiast
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Co-founder of EONEF, I maximise conservation teams's work using tethered helium balloons
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Postdoc using genomics and ancient DNA to help conserve a critically endangered cockatoo species
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I am a Senior Research Associate at the Wildlife Institute of India and pursuing my Ph.D. on movement ecology of Indian Wolves in the state of Maharashtra, India.
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Cara Penton
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Based in Darwin and West Arnhem Land I work as an ecologist specialising in cross-cultural community based environmental research. My research interests are integrating AI into community-based models with local governance.
Jay Qi
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DrivenData
Lead Data Scientist and contributor to zamba, a tool for automatic species classification from camera traps
Vaileth Jairosy Sanga
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Vaileth Sanga Coexistence and Education Coordinator Vaileth holds a Bachelor degree in Wildlife Management from the Sokoine University of Agriculture. She is a true champion for our human-elephant coexistence and education projects.
Theodora Venance Shirima
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Theodora Venance is a wildlife management graduate from Sokoine University of Agriculture with a passion for entomology and conservation. With experience at the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, she specialized in butterfly identification and data analysis.
MURIITHI GIDEON WANJAU
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I am a digital advocate in environmental conservation and community development.
Francois Prinsloo
- @PrinsFrank
I'm SANParks Honorary Ranger and Snare Removal Co-ordinator for the North of Kruger National Park
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Ellie Warren
WILDLABS Editor
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Your experiences and knowledge are important to the future of conservation tech - so share your story! Post a new article, event or opportunity and help create a living hub for conservation technology that everyone can use.
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InConversation: Season 1*New Episode*
Esther Githinji
Tap into our new and exciting community-focused conversation series! In this first season of InConversation, we're in East Africa with host Esther Githinji. Listen in as we chat one-on-one with your favourite...
16 April 2024
Article
Watch our interview with pioneering young Tanzanian vulture researcher Vainess Laizer! Her research investigating the breeding success of white-backed vultures in the western corridor of the Serengeti ecosystem using...
16 April 2024
We’ve received lots of interest in opening new groups on WILDLABS, so we’re rolling out a formalized process to get them off the ground.
15 April 2024
Funding
EDGE Fellowship 2025-2027
16 April 2024
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Research Assistant, Lion Landscapes in Nanyuki
11 April 2024
EstherGithinji
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Applied hierarchical modelling (AHM) for species distribution and abundance
9 April 2024
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Careers
Post Doctoral Research Assistant at ZSL
9 April 2024
alexrood
Article
Celebrating #IWD2024 in Collaboration with SHE Changes Climate, Shortlist Futures & Women in Renewable Energy
9 April 2024
Esther Githinji
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Esther Githinji
East Africa Coordinator
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Connecting with people who understand the technology, species, and habitats you’re working with is so important to building your conservation tech network. Whether you’re looking for expert advice or just want to chat about your experiences, our Groups will help you find your corner of the WILDLABS community.
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SEE Shell is an innovative phone app that uses machine learning to identify products made from the shell of the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle.
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- The Variety Hour: 2024 Lineup
You’re invited to the WILDLABS Variety Hour, a monthly event that connects you to conservation tech's most exciting projects, research, and ideas. We can't wait to bring you a whole new season of speakers and discussions!
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A set of highly discriminating STR DNA markers developed in a collaboration between the SASA wildlife forensics lab and University of Leicester researchers is being used to detect laundering of wild peregrine falcons into the captive-bred market for onward sale as racing birds in the Middle East.
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Listen in on our interview with human-predator conflict expert, Gabi Fleury and gain a deeper understanding of the importance of holistic, ethical and community-led approaches to developing tech solutions for conservation.
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In a recent publication we tested Underwater Passive Acoustic Monitoring (UPAM) as a feasible non-invasive technique to study the calling behavior of therathened aquatic Andean frogs under natural conditions in the extreme environments of PUNA in the central Andes of Argentina
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WILDLABS Collections will help you dive deeper into the conservation tech topics that matter most to you, and find favorite resources from other community members. Start exploring our collections below!
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EarthRanger: All you need to know!
Netty Cheruto
3 August 2022
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Rob Appleby
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