Citizen science is rapidly becoming an invaluable tool in conservation. With technology providing new and interactive ways for anyone to contribute to conservation work from anywhere in the world, and on their own schedule, more conservationists than ever are turning to mobile apps and crowdsourced data analysis to speed up their projects and strengthen their data.
Similarly, more affordable and accessible tools like Audiomoth have opened the door for people to get involved in massive data collection efforts like the Silent Cities project, giving a glimpse into how our wider understanding of nature and conservation could be transformed as technology becomes increasingly user-friendly.
This group is your place for all things related to citizen science. Whether you're looking to get involved in a new conservation tech project, you're thinking of launching your own citizen science-powered project, you'd like to discuss capacity building and how citizen science can empower local communities, or you want to share a great resource or project you've found, this group will help you connect with others who are excited about making conservation tech accessible and effective!
To learn more about citizen science, check out this 2020 WILDLABS feature on Zooniverse projects.
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Conservation Technologist, National Geographic Explorer, and Founder of Conservify and FieldKit
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I'm a marine biologist working at Local Ocean Conservation as a marine research and data manager. I love exploring the wonders of the underwater world and learning about the amazing creatures that live there. I'm passionate about protecting our oceans and raising awareness.
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I am the WILDLABS East Africa Community Coordinator
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WWF-Tanzania GIS Specialist/Developer/Trainer
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Field Assistant for Nature-Mates Nature Club working on Butterfly Conservation Projects in India
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Jack of all Trades. I've been a zoo keeper, a conservation geneticist and a web developer who specialises in conservation projects and orgs.
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Remote Sensing Scientist
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A systems and policy specialist, currently working as the Quality & Accreditation Manager for Ceres Tag.
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In this Conservation Tech Showcase case study from Fieldkit, you'll learn how accessible tools are revolutionizing environmental monitoring through innovative sensor technology.
23 May 2023
In this Conservation Tech Showcase case study from Happywhale, you’ll learn about how AI tools are helping researchers and citizen scientists identify and protect humpback whales.
16 May 2023
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Consultancy opportunity at ZSL for an experienced monitoring specialist to support species monitoring in rewilding landscapes across Europe
31 January 2023
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Rainforest Foundation UK is looking for a developer who wants to put their skills to use in the fight against climate change and social injustice.
19 December 2022
Rainforest Foundation UK is looking for a FullStack developer with an interest in environmental justice and the development of rainforest monitoring systems
6 December 2022
Adventure Scientists is looking for an experienced online community administrator to manage a digital meeting-place for our scientists and adventurers, internally referred to as “The Platform.”
11 October 2022
Map of Life (MOL) and the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change are seeking a Software Engineer who is interested in developing new technologies to support effective global biodiversity education, monitoring,...
26 September 2022
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This paper released by the World Economic Forum and the SPACES coalition shows how businesses can embrace the use of spatial intelligence for action on nature and climate. How can we make sure businesses apply the...
23 September 2022
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Bird Sounds Global (BSG) launched a web portal for annotating bird sounds. Annotating means identifying the species vocalising in the recording. The aim is to produce training and testing material for automated bird...
17 August 2022
The [email protected] team is looking for a data scientist with strong skills in python and pytorch development. [email protected] is a citizen observatory of plant biodiversity & research platform at the crossroads of data science,...
7 July 2022
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A new web portal for annotating bird sounds has been opened called Bird Sounds Global (BSG). It is part of project LIFEPLAN, and its key objective is to develop global, automated software for bird sound identification.
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Do you have a wild animal tracking story that involves adventure or misadventure? Share it with us! From going around in circles for hours... |
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Biologging, Citizen Science, Drones, Remote Sensing & GIS | 2 weeks 3 days ago | |
That sounds like a really neat project! Do fish get re-caught often enough that individual ID is useful? Is sample bias (more data from popular spots) an issue? |
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AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Software and Mobile Apps | 1 month ago | |
Hello all! Bluspark is a plateform that allows natural area managers such as natural parks or reserves to optimize their day to day... |
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Citizen Science, Community Base, Connectivity, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Protected Area Management Tools, Software and Mobile Apps | 1 month 1 week ago | |
Hi Jim, could you please update us on your final choice and experience so far? |
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Citizen Science, Software and Mobile Apps | 4 months 2 weeks ago | |
Hi Adrià! Thanks for sharing the link and congrats on the plans to upscale it! I will explore the page more and reach out with a few questions about setting up stations and... |
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Citizen Science | 6 months 2 weeks ago | |
Full article here: Lauha, P., Somervuo, P., Lehikoinen, P., Geres, L., Richter, T., Seibold, S., & Ovaskainen, O. (2022).... |
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Acoustic Monitoring, AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Software and Mobile Apps | 6 months 3 weeks ago | |
The open-source program Audacity can show the spectrograms and histograms and has quite a lot of other useful features, e.g. playing ultrasound calls slower, so it can be heard by... |
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Acoustic Monitoring, Citizen Science, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps | 7 months 2 weeks ago | |
Some folks doing work in this space - Wildlife Drones, Conservation Drones, UAV Wild, AfricanDrones, Oceans Unmanned, Geonadir. |
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Drones, AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech | 11 months 2 weeks ago | |
G'day Wildlabs champions, Are you interested in the intersections of technology design, citizen science, and artificial intelligence... |
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Citizen Science | 1 year 8 months ago | |
If you're traveling with kids, consider https://www.ecoexplore.net. They can earn points and badges for their observations of plants, animals, insects, and fungi, and can... |
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Citizen Science | 1 year 10 months ago | |
Hi Zoe, This looks really interesting! Is the initiative on social media at all? I would like to share it with the Australian Citizen Science Association membership. Also, is... |
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Citizen Science | 1 year 10 months ago | |
Hi all, Members of the Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA) are running our next citizen science conference virtually Oct... |
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Citizen Science | 1 year 10 months ago |
FieldKit: Accessible Sensor Technology for All

23 May 2023 10:26pm
Animal tracking stories
22 May 2023 2:19am
Happywhale: AI-Powered Whale Identification

16 May 2023 10:00am
Crowdsourcing individual ID for pop dyn?
1 May 2023 5:36pm
Bluspark - Integrated management platefmorm for protected areas
28 April 2023 9:28pm
USD500 available for your workshop
6 March 2023 1:30pm
Key Conservation Platform Launch Party!
2 February 2023 6:17am
Consultancy opportunity: Wildlife monitoring specialist
31 January 2023 11:26am
Data upload solution for a citizen science project?
21 September 2022 8:55pm
20 October 2022 10:54am
If you have a server and can host a solution, install on the server your own instance of Next Cloud, Pydio or similar - it's exactly what you need without reinventing the wheel.
23 October 2022 8:25am
Strongly supporting the Nextcloud/owncloud suggestion -
apart from bringing everything you list in your requirements, it would give you a lot of features that might be useful as the project grows (versioning, failover for lost/failed data, sharing, ..)
Available for more advice, if needed.
19 January 2023 5:21pm
Hi Jim, could you please update us on your final choice and experience so far?
New issue of BES' Ecological Solutions and Evidence Journal
13 January 2023 3:43am
The British Ecological Society's journals always have topics that will interest our conservation tech community - in this particular issue, you'll find research on a large-scale camera trapping effort to monitor mammals, as well as the role of citizen science in data analysis for that project.
WEBINAR: Earth, Wind & Fire: Amphibian Response to Wildfires, Windfarms, & More
11 January 2023 5:59pm
FULL STACK DEVELOPER (FOREST COMMUNITIES MONITORING SYSTEM)
19 December 2022 10:40am
Crowdfunding Aerial Baseline Study of Ghost Gear in Koh Phangan, Thailand
18 December 2022 11:06am
We are developing a project in Thailand, using drones to locate lost & discarded fishing gear across Koh Phangan, Thailand.
We're 86% there & only need $1500 to get us over the line. If you can help us, we would really appreciate it!
This project uses drones to create a baseline survey of lost fishing gear & document effects of entanglement on marine species.
We are working with Core Sea & Koh Phangan Sea Guardians to develop a locally led method for ongoing monitoring for discarded fishing gear, using drones.
Thank you, Sol, Tania & Kat
ONLINE TRAINING: Project Planning for Wildlife Conservation
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Full-stack developer - Consultancy
6 December 2022 11:01am
Using social media for Citizen Science projects - examples
21 June 2022 2:40pm
4 November 2022 3:19pm
Hi Ashley! Thanks for sharing those handles!
4 November 2022 8:32pm
Hi Natalia!
This is not for birds, but we are running a whole bat monitoring programme based on citizen science, and every tool we have prepared is ready to be used at European scale! You can find all the information here: www.batmonitoring.org
Feel free to contact me if you need any information.
All the best!!
Adrià
19 November 2022 6:44pm
Hi Adrià!
Thanks for sharing the link and congrats on the plans to upscale it! I will explore the page more and reach out with a few questions about setting up stations and the data collection process.
Thanks again! Have a nice weekend!
Natalia
New article: Domain-specific neural networks improve automated bird sound recognition already with small amount of local data
15 November 2022 11:03am
New paper: Integrating machine learning, remote sensing and citizen science to create an early warning system for biodiversity
7 November 2022 7:10pm
Opinion paper describing "how data acquired from remote sensing, citizen science & other monitoring approaches could feed in near-real time to an early warning system for biodiversity that integrates automated red-listing of species with the identification of priority areas for conservation."
Software to aid acoustic sound files visualization/labelling + Software to syncronize video/acoustic sonograms
23 September 2022 1:01pm
8 October 2022 12:44am
I would also recommend Arbimon. It is well set up to handle Audiomoth recordings. Being cloud based, you will need a good internet connection for sound file upload. I'm just starting to investigate its use for Song Scope recordings. Setting up the call recognisers will be a slow process, but they can be made available to all users once done.
8 October 2022 7:33am
You could try using a video editor like DaVinci for looking at your video and audio together. I don't think DaVinci displays sonograms by default (just waveform) but I think it will open your selected audio in an external editor which would allow you to see the sonograms and make measurements with something like Audacity or Kaleidoscope.
20 October 2022 11:01am
The open-source program Audacity can show the spectrograms and histograms and has quite a lot of other useful features, e.g. playing ultrasound calls slower, so it can be heard by people.
Platform Community Senior Manager
11 October 2022 2:28pm
New paper: Benthic animal-borne sensors & citizen science combine to validate ocean modelling
10 October 2022 4:15pm
"We develop the use of benthic species as animal oceanographers by combining archival (depth, temperature) data from animal-borne tags, passive acoustic telemetry & citizen-science mark-recapture records for the flapper skate in Scotland."
Frontiers Symposium: Digital tools for reversing environmental degradation
5 October 2022 10:23am
Conservation leadership: Learning
4 October 2022 2:29pm
ONLINE COURSE: Monitoring and Evaluation for Wildlife Conservation
4 October 2022 2:04pm
ONLINE COURSE: Project Management for Wildlife Conservation
4 October 2022 2:00pm
Software Engineer, Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change
26 September 2022 1:19pm
The planet matters. People matter. Location matters.
23 September 2022 12:16pm
ONLINE COURSE: Grant Writing for Wildlife Conservation
31 August 2022 2:38pm
Do you want automated identification models made from your bird bioacoustics data?
17 August 2022 11:27am
5 May 2023 6:15pm
That sounds like a really neat project! Do fish get re-caught often enough that individual ID is useful? Is sample bias (more data from popular spots) an issue?