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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Octophin Digital
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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BearID Project
Conservation biologist using camera traps to develop automated methods of photoID
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Recent Environmental Science and Data Science graduate looking to learn more about the conservation tech world. www.TeodoroTopa.com
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I am biologist, I have studied wild life and ethnobiology at Amazon and caimans in Brazil
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Researcher at Forest Research Institute Baden-Wuerttemberg, Passive acoustic monitoring of woodcock
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Want to compete in the iWildCam 2020 competition identifying species in camera trap images to support biodiversity monitoring efforts and automatic species classification model improvements? Because the Workshop on Fine...
4 May 2020
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's MARS ocean observatory may someday make conducting deep-sea research more accessible and affordable thanks to Deep-Sea Connect, their new wireless system engineered to ...
31 March 2020
Trapped inside during the COVID-19 quarantine and looking to engage with conservation science without leaving your desk? Citizen science projects like those on Zooniverse offer a great opportunity to impact scientific...
18 March 2020
The Esri Conservation Program is now accepting applications for grant assistance to access its ArcGIS Solutions for Protected Area Management Application. This system provides access to a suite of both mobile and web...
4 March 2020
2020 marked our fifth year holding our annual #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge, and our community made it a milestone to remember. Conservationists took to Twitter last week to share their best high-tech snapshots from...
4 March 2020
Are you ready for the Plastic Data Challenge? This global contest wants your innovative ideas for improving the plastic waste management and recycling chain in South and Southeast Asia. Participants can consider...
3 March 2020
Fueled by Artificial Intelligence, Wildlife Insights provides access to over 4.5 million camera trap records.
17 December 2019
Although invaluable for conservation and ecological research, camera traps frequently take pictures of people as well as wildlife. This has important implications for privacy and human rights and may ultimately...
22 November 2018
A recent online video of a baby bear's efforts to scale a steep cliff took what seemed like an inspirational moment viral. But after the initial enthusiasm for the video came some controversy when scientists pointed out...
22 November 2018
In this case study, Sam Seccombe documents his efforts to track down an off-the-shelf remote camera setup with the capability to stream quality, reliable video from the field. As he explains, it was a slighlty more...
25 July 2018
Are you an architect, engineer, designer or a scientist? Can you design and manufacture a prototype open source plant-BES (bio electrochemical system) to power a camera trap and environmental sensors in tropical forests...
3 April 2018
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Empowering communities to monitor & report on their environment
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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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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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Hi all, Members of the Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA) are running our next citizen science conference virtually Oct... |
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Hi Paul, I would be interested to see how your project turned out if there is a link to it anywhere? Also, in case it's of interest, UNEP and TED Ed developed the... |
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I'll be there - there are several technology sessions that are planned for it... Muki |
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The Citizen Science Group at the DLR-Institute of Data Science in Jena, Germany is looking for a computer scientist to join their team... |
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Illegal logging erodes biodiversity, exacerbates climate change, and bankrolls political corruption. Law enforcement officers,... |
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Applications are invited for one PhD studentship as part of the European Research Council (ERC) funded project named ECSAnVis (Extreme... |
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@Sivakumar This thread seems interesting |
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It might be worth getting in touch with the European Citizen Science Association as well. Some stakeholders whom are developers are already affiliated with ECSA as well.... |
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Mangrove Watch over here in Australia might be of interest to you if you don't know about it already :) |
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Hi Citizen Science members! I was forwarded this survey and thought it might be of interest to some of you. I'm interested to... |
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Learning Resources: Exploring Species Interactions with Snapshot Serengeti
25 November 2020 12:00am
Event: StreamingScience's #Tech4Wildlife Thursdays
3 August 2020 12:00am
From Autonomous Cars to Aqualink: Developing a Reef Monitoring System
9 June 2020 12:00am
The Perfect Paw Print: Collecting Data with FIT
3 June 2020 12:00am
Get To Know FIT
6 May 2020 12:00am
Competition: iWildCam 2020
4 May 2020 12:00am
#FieldKit50: Earth Day Giveaway
22 April 2020 12:00am
Connecting to MBARI's Deep-Sea Instruments
31 March 2020 12:00am
Webinar: Citizen Science Online
26 March 2020 12:00am
Enter the Zooniverse: Try Citizen Science for Yourself!
18 March 2020 12:00am
Accepting Applications: ArcGIS Solutions for Protected Area Management
4 March 2020 12:00am
#Tech4Wildlife 2020 Photo Challenge In Review
4 March 2020 12:00am
Competition: Plastic Data Challenge
3 March 2020 12:00am
Hawai'i Conservation Conference
28 February 2020 12:00am
A New Cloud Platform Unveils the Most Diverse Camera Trap Database in the World
17 December 2019 12:00am
Tech In the Wild: Where technology meets conservation
22 August 2019 12:00am
Citizen science conference
31 January 2019 1:21am
Camera traps designed for animals are now invading human privacy
22 November 2018 12:00am
Viral bear video shows how drones threaten wildlife – and what to do about it
22 November 2018 12:00am
WILDLABS Virtual Meetup Recording: Next Generation Wildlife Tracking
12 November 2018 12:00am
Job Opportunity: Computer Scientist for Citizen Science Development
2 October 2018 6:39pm
Ocean Hack: San Francisco, 10-11th September, 2018
20 August 2018 12:00am
The unexpected difficulty of getting videos from the field
25 July 2018 12:00am
The Plant-Powered Camera Trap Challenge
3 April 2018 12:00am
Adventure Scientists - call for volunteers for new timber project
26 March 2018 10:13am
Landsense Innovation Challenge
19 February 2018 12:00am
Technology Empowered Conservation Lecture Series
18 January 2018 12:00am
FIT Cheetahs
4 December 2017 12:00am
PhD studentship at the Extreme Citizen Science group, developing data collection tools for non-literate participants
18 October 2017 6:36am
Download New Conservation Tech Guidelines: Camera Traps, Acoustics and LiDAR
11 October 2017 12:00am
5 February 2019 11:42pm
I'll be there - there are several technology sessions that are planned for it...
Muki