Welcome to the WILDLABS Community

WILDLABS is home to the global conservation technology community of 8,600 people in 120 countries discussing 1,500 topics like biologging, camera traps, and machine learning. With engaging spaces to ask questions and collaborate together, share your own work, and discover new ideas and innovations, WILDLABS is your platform to connect with #Tech4Wildlife experts and projects from around the world. Explore

Stephanie O'Donnell

Stephanie O'Donnell

Community Manager

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Our Top Picks

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

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After a long application review and finalisation process, we are thrilled to finally announce the winners of the WILDLABS Awards 2024! 

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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

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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...

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Event / Community Base

The Variety Hour: April 2024

Stephanie O'Donnell

 Join us this month to hear about balancing classical biodiversity monitoring with emerging bioacoustics and AI, a new report about bridging biodiversity and business, using passive acoustic monitoring to evaluate...

18 April 2024

Conversations & Questions

Description Activity Replies Groups Updated
Hi!We are investigating the ability to use belly pattern of Great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at larval stage for picture-...
Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools, Software and Mobile Apps 3 hours 30 minutes ago
Thanks for your thoughts on the importance of sharing more about failure in our unique sector. You bring up some very valid points @Frank_van_der_Most  and I think the...
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Community Base 6 hours 30 minutes ago
Already an update from @hikinghack: 
Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects, AI for Conservation, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions 8 hours 48 minutes ago
More cool things surrounding the Mothbox project keep happening! Here’s a recap of cool developments over the past month!New Teammate! Bri...
Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects 14 hours 29 minutes ago
Got it. We should definitely be able to handle those images. That said, if you're just looking for counts, then I'd recommend running Megadetector which is an object detection...
AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps 1 day 1 hour ago
Hi folks!@Chelsea_Smith from Fauna & Flora joined last month's variety hour to share more about Fauna & Flora's work with...
Remote Sensing & GIS, Data management and processing tools, Protected Area Management Tools 1 day 7 hours ago
Hi everyone, @craig joined last month's Variety Hour to chat about Tagranger, which you can read more about here. A TagRanger®...
Biologging, Connectivity, Sensors 1 day 8 hours ago
Hi everyone!@LashaO  and @holmbergius from the Wild Me team at ConservationX Labs gave a superb talk at last month's Variety Hour,...
AI for Conservation, Camera Traps 1 day 8 hours ago
Hi everyone! @zhongqimiao was kind enough to join Variety Hour last month to talk more about Pytorch-Wildlife, so the recording might be of interest to folks in this thread. Catch...
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AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Open Source Solutions 1 day 8 hours ago
Thanks Carly! I will keep anyone interested in this project posted on this platform. Cheers
Acoustics, AI for Conservation 1 day 9 hours ago
Can't beat Dan's list! I would just add that if you're interested in broader protected area management, platforms like EarthRanger and SMART are amazing, and can integrate...
Data management and processing tools, Camera Traps, Conservation Tech Training and Education 1 day 17 hours 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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Community Base 2 days 5 hours ago

Connect & Collaborate

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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coder, conservation newbie

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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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Afrotropical ecologist specializing in birds of the Congo Basin and Afromontane regions

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Latest members

Cara Penton

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

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

Vaileth Jairosy Sanga

  •  |  Sanga

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

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

MURIITHI GIDEON WANJAU

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I am a digital advocate in environmental conservation and community development.

Francois Prinsloo

Francois Prinsloo

I'm SANParks Honorary Ranger and Snare Removal Co-ordinator for the North of Kruger National Park

Ideas & Updates

Organized by the Ecology and Society program, UPeace. Guest speaker: Donald Solick, M.Sc. 

18 April 2024

Event

The Variety Hour: April 2024

Stephanie O'Donnell

 Join us this month to hear about balancing classical biodiversity monitoring with emerging bioacoustics and AI, a new report about bridging biodiversity and business, using passive acoustic monitoring to evaluate...

18 April 2024

Apply to the inaugural GOSH Ambassador Program by May 15! 

18 April 2024

Article

Become a WILDLABS group manager!

17 April 2024

alexrood

Funding

EDGE Fellowship 2025-2027

16 April 2024

carlybatist

Article

InConversation: Season 1*New Episode*

16 April 2024

EstherGithinji

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Get involved

WILDLABS Meetups
Join us in person!

You’re invited to connect with fellow WILDLABS community members in one of our upcoming in person meetups! Drop by one of our happy hour events to meet other community members, hear what peers are working on, and chat with the WILDLABS team. 

Find these events and more in our conservation technology calendar! 

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2:00 pm ~ 5:00 pm America/Denver

Talia Speaker

Join us on February 20th in Boulder, Colorado for a WILDLABS meetup convening local groups working in conservation technology to connect, exchange ideas, and brainstorm future in-...
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5:00 pm ~ 8:00 pm America/New_York

Alex Rood

*Join WILDLABS on March 4th in NYC for a conservation tech networking event alongside WWF, USFWS, IFAW, Microsoft, and more! *Sold Out*
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5:00 pm ~ 8:00 pm America/New_York

Alex Rood

Join WILDLABS on March 7th in Washington, DC for a casual in-person meetup.
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Explore & Discover

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!

5 May 2022

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Best Practice Guides

Stephanie O'Donnell

17 February 2023

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Collection

3 August 2022

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Rob Appleby

Rob Appleby

Community Member

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