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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
You're invited to the July 2026 WILDLABS Variety Hour. Join us to hear about how satellites, drones, and AI are helping diagnose mangrove health; an AI-powered decision support platform for Marine Protected Areas in...
20 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
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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| I am currently working with the Human-Wildlife Conflict Cell at the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON),... |
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Acoustics | 24 seconds ago | |
| Brett, that 20-device threshold is a useful number and it matches the part of this I am most careful about. What you are describing is emergent mesh resilience: at that density... |
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Camera Traps | 8 hours 41 minutes ago | |
| Antoine, this is close to the exact architecture I ended up building for, so let me answer the base-station question directly. I am Steve, a software engineer in Ohio; over the... |
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Camera Traps | 21 hours 25 minutes ago | |
| Hello!I'm Sam, a financial software engineer. For several months I've been researching social impact and conservation financing (you may... |
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Funding and Finance | 1 day 6 hours ago | |
| Hello,This is an incredible initiative, and exactly the kind of practical AI application that can make a huge impact in the conservation space!As an AI Solutions Architect based... |
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AI for Conservation, Community Base | 1 month 1 week ago | |
| Hi all,My name is David, based in Zurich, Switzerland. I run Techno-Merce, where we build satellite detection of illegal mining and land-cover change: radar fused with optical... |
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Community Base | 2 days 3 hours ago | |
| Hi everyone,I have a major update: Global Birdsong Radio is officially Open Source! 🎉A couple of months ago, I replied to @brian.maiyo mentioning that I wasn't quiteready to share... |
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Acoustics | 2 days 17 hours ago | |
| Hi Maggie, Us researchers at the Offal Wildlife Watching project are investigating scavenger behavior at hunter-provided gut piles. We're using Zooniverse to classify... |
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AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation, Geospatial, Protected Area Management Tools, Sensors, Software Development | 3 days 1 hour ago | |
| Thank you, Ahmed, and the whole eDNA & Genomics leadership team for all your hard work over the past year! We're looking forward to seeing the eDNA & Genomics community... |
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eDNA & Genomics | 3 days 5 hours ago | |
| Thank you all for your incredible work over the past year!! We truly appreciate the time, energy, and dedication you've invested in supporting and growing the Geospatial community... |
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Geospatial, Community Base | 3 days 5 hours ago | |
| Hi Diane, thanks for sharing this valuable resource. It'd be great if you could add it to The Inventory, a wiki-style database for conservation technology tools, R&D projects... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Data Management & Mobilisation, Software Development | 3 days 5 hours ago | |
| Hello everyone,Great idea! I would also join and happily-actively contribute to a HD group on technology. I am working for Callisto - Wildlife and Nature Conservation Society... |
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Citizen Science, Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data Management & Mobilisation, Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Sustainable Fisheries, Wildlife Crime | 3 days 7 hours 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.
Latest courses
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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Aziza Konyo: Entrepreneur and Environmental InnovatorAziza Konyo, the CEO and founder of BSF-Envcare Investment. With a vision to address the pressing issue of organic waste management in Dodoma city, Aziza has pioneered an organization that utilizes insect-based technology, spec
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Computer scientist, software developer, and tech tinkerer. Currently planning out a career change into conservation.
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Trying to find my way in life, hopefully into environmental tech
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- @evan21
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University of St Andrews
Final Year Biology & Geography Undergraduate at the University of St Andrews
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University of Washington
Marine eDNA scientist @ UW. Real-time nanopore eDNA metabarcoding, air eDNA, eRNA, epigenetics, pop gen & pathogen detection. From environmental sample to live dashboard, in the field. XPRIZE Rainforest. Divemaster, 1000+ dives. @Dr.eDNA
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passionate conservationist and leader of Nature Embassy organization dedicated to empowering indigenous communities through environmental restoration, clean water access, and conservation education.
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Amara
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Happy animals keeps me happy.
Trevor Wolf
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Environmental GIS Consultant with over 26 years of experience. I specialize in GIS spatial analysis, conservation planning, data collection, data conversion, editing….
David Jeczmionek
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Satellite detection of illegal mining and land-cover change for governments and protected areas — SAR-optical fusion
Wynter Parkinson
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an electrical engineer student interested in using their knowledge to help wildlife.
Giles Farmer
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Project manager, Ocean Lover, Wildlife Protector, Im here to learn as much as I can as I try to make a career move into the world of conservation.
Mariam Omari Bwanga
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Mariam Omari Bwanga a BSc Wildlife Management graduate (SUA, 2024) and conservation practitioner with experience in wildlife research, biodiversity monitoring, protected area management, and giraffe population studies using Capture Mark Recapture techniques at Grumeti Fund (RISE)
Ideas & Updates
Two days of collaborative hacking focused on Machine Annotation Services
24 July 2026
Wildlife Acoustics is proud to offer a quarterly grant program that supports the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation worldwide. Scientists may apply for a product grant...
23 July 2026
$1,000 grants to pilot AudioMoth bioacoustics on Bumicerts, GainForest's platform for nature stewards
22 July 2026
Community Spaces
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- alp-data: unified access to 35+ bioacoustic datasets
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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- Trapper Keeper: Scaling Open-Source AI Infrastructure for Global Biodiversity Monitoring
By Ed miller (@bluevalhalla) , Director at BearID Project and Software Director at Arm
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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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- Trapper Keeper: Scaling Open-Source AI Infrastructure for Global Biodiversity Monitoring
By Ed miller (@bluevalhalla) , Director at BearID Project and Software Director at Arm
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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!