With experts across the WILDLABS community working with every type of technology and in every imaginable environment, our platform is a great place to find advice and resources on choosing what tools are right for your conservation project. Whether you're in the market to try a new camera trap model, want to experiment with drones for the first time, or need help weighing the pros and cons of data management tools, there's someone in the WILDLABS community who can help you make a smart and informed choice!
The Community Base is our general gathering group. It's the place where we cover more general, big picture topics in conservation technology - ones that don't fit neatly into our other groups. If you don't know where to post something, just post it in this group. Our moderators will move it if needed!
At our Community Base, you'll find updates from the WILDLABS team on upcoming events and opportunities, and have the chance to shape our programs and platform with your opinions. And most importantly, the Community Base is also home to our Welcome to WILDLABS thread, the best place to introduce yourself to us and the community. Stop by and tell us what you're working on!
Whether you're new to WILDLABS and want to know where to begin, or you're a longtime member looking for a handy bank of resources, our Getting Started on WILDLABS thread will be your one-stop guide to getting the most out of our platform.
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WILDLABS & Fauna & Flora
I'm the Executive Manager at WILDLABS.
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- @TaliaSpeaker
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WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I'm the WILDLABS Research Specialist at WWF-US
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- @EllieW
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- @bluevalhalla
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BearID Project & Arm
Developing AI and IoT for wildlife
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- @Frank_van_der_Most
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FileMaker developer with a passion for nature and an interest in funding and finance
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- @nyangetamagesa
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I am currently working as research assistant at Lion Landscapes, I am deeply passionate about conservation activities and dedicated to preserve our planet's natural resources
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I am a conservation researcher
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AI Researcher, mostly NLP, with 30+ years experience. Recently consulted for a company doing drone image analysis and Google Cloud
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I am a dedicated professional with a bachelor of science in Wildlife management. I have extensive experience working in research as a Research Assistant and currently serve as a Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Supervisor.
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Purna Man Shrestha is a program coordinator of mountain spirit, Nepal. He has 6 years of working experience in human wildlife interaction focusing on wildcats, and conflicts. He has a good knowledge on wildlife survey techniques, field survey, stakeholder engagement
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Paul Edonga is from the Indigenous Pastoralist Tribes of Northern Kenya. A seasoned Leader in indigenous-led conservation of Endangered Beisa Oryx, African Small Antelopes their habitats & Dryland Forests. He's the founder of Save Beisa Oryx Community Resilience Trust-SBOC
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I am Oceanographic Research Engineer at The University of California Santa Barbara specializing in Underwater imaging. Also an avid user and maker of Trail/Remote Cameras.
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Read in detail about how to use The Inventory, our new living directory of conservation technology tools, organisations, and R&D projects.
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The Inventory is your one-stop shop for conservation technology tools, organisations, and R&D projects. Start contributing to it now!
1 May 2024
Technology to End the Sixth Mass Extinction. Salary: $132 - $160k; Location: Seattle WA; 7+ years of experience in hardware product development and manufacturing; View post for full job description
1 May 2024
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...
30 April 2024
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What better way to conclude InConversation Season 1: East Africa than by delving into the exciting yet complex world of #tech4wildlife innovation across the region. This episode is going to be double the insight and...
30 April 2024
The North Carolina Zoo seeks a dynamic, motivated and progressive individual to serve as the Associate Curator of International Conservation within the zoos’ Conservation, Education and Science (CES) program. The...
29 April 2024
It has been an extraordinary year supporting and growing the regional East African Conservation Technology Community at WILDLABS. We've made great strides and unlocked exciting opportunities for our community as we...
29 April 2024
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Great opportunity to join our team! We are #hiring. We’re excited to announce that we’re looking for a talented individual to perform the role of Monitoring Team Lead. If you’re a great team player, we’d love to...
23 April 2024
Apply to the inaugural GOSH Ambassador Program by June 15!
18 April 2024
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Are you interested in getting more involved in the WILDLABS community? Do you want an opportunity to build your network and get more connected to other conservation tech folks in your field? Apply to be a group manager!
17 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
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The Fonseca Leadership Program is open to nationals of eligible countries within WWF-US and GEF priority areas who are already enrolled/are interested in enrolling in a master’s or PhD program. Eligible countries...
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Climate Change, Community Base, East Africa Community, Conservation Tech Training and Education | 1 month 2 weeks ago | |
Awesome, thanks for the summary! |
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Protected Area Management Tools, Community Base | 2 months 2 weeks ago | |
@Rob_Appleby follow these instructions to get your Sprout badge! |
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Community Base | 2 months 3 weeks ago | |
Hi Kevin and Kim, Apologies for the delayed response; however, we were unable to provide specific information until today. We aim to reach out to each applicant in the... |
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Community Base | 3 months 1 week ago | |
Thanks @alexrood for creating this visual! |
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Community Base | 3 months 1 week ago | |
Hi Danilo. you seem very passionate about this initiative which is a good start.It is an interesting coincidence that I am starting another project for the coral reefs in the... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Biologging, Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Community Base, Connectivity, Drones, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Open Source Solutions, Sensors, Software and Mobile Apps, Wildlife Crime | 4 months ago | |
Real nice video. I'll have another look in the weekend in detail. |
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Acoustics, Community Base, Protected Area Management Tools, Remote Sensing & GIS, Sensors | 4 months 1 week ago | |
Hi!I would take a look at Although developed for camera trap imagery, it is by no means restricted to such.Cheers,Lars |
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Camera Traps, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Drones, Emerging Tech, Remote Sensing & GIS, Software and Mobile Apps | 4 months 1 week ago | |
Fire detection is a sort of broad idea. Usually people detect the products of fire, and most often this is smoke.Many home fire detectors in the US use a radioactive source... |
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Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Open Source Solutions, Protected Area Management Tools, Sensors, Wildlife Crime | 4 months 2 weeks ago | |
Some really great events to look forward to, thanks so much @carlybatist for sharing these! |
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Community Base | 5 months ago | |
Is anyone here going to the SICB conference in Seattle tomorrow? If so, I would love to meet up, chat, or talk about your research and... |
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Will you accept personal/hobbyist focused on conservation on their small plots of land (10-100 acres)?I would, and know others, who would happily pay more than the official... |
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Camera Traps, Climate Change, Community Base, Connectivity, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Sensors, Wildlife Crime | 5 months 2 weeks ago |
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7 June 2024 1:11pm
Hi all,
My name is Marykinoi Lembris, I am so excited to be joining this community. I am currently working on Human-wildlife Conflict Mitigation at the western serengeti ecosystem, I am passionate on Nature Conservation, Research and Community Conservation.
Looking forward to learn from all of you
7 June 2024 2:02pm
Interesting. What kind of wildlife is conflicting the most where you are ?
VIHAR-2024 deadline extension, June 30th (Interspeech satellite event)
5 June 2024 10:30am
5 June 2024 3:05pm
Thanks for sharing this @nkundiushuti ! I think this post would be better suited as an event, that way it will show up on the WILDLABS event calendar page. Let me know if you have any questions on how to make an event post! You just click the +Post button in the top right corner, then click "event."
7 June 2024 8:29am
hi Alex!! I already posted the event, I just wanted to posted an update: the deadline was extended.
7 June 2024 1:45pm
Fantastic!!
Where do I go with technical questions about this platform?
5 June 2024 4:52pm
5 June 2024 6:03pm
@JakeBurton is the go-to person for all questions and problems relating to the website! Jake, can you help with this?
We're in the process of updating some of the content on the website, so thank you for drawing our attention to this!
5 June 2024 6:33pm
Thanks, @alexrood !
6 June 2024 8:20am
Hi @Frank_van_der_Most thanks for flagging that old/broken link. I have updated it to send to this thread here - https://wildlabs.net/discussion/new-platform-help-troubleshooting-bugs
Although as Alex mentioned feel free to come directly in future to me if you have an issue instead. I will reply to your DM!
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation call for proposals
5 June 2024 10:01pm
UK's ISPF offers ≤ £80.000 grants for international research collaborations
5 June 2024 6:01pm
ICI calls for €20-25M project applications for Colombia
5 June 2024 5:50pm
New WildLabs Funding & Finance group
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Meta: Does anyone know how to Stay logged in to Wildlabs.net?
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Thanks for your insights Kim!
3 June 2024 5:37am
But the use of the browser password manager should make it no big deal for people even if they got logged out once a day. Which I’m sure is not the case for the wildlabs site.'
"Big deal" is very subjective...
I use firefox on linux and have tabs unloaded when not in use for ~30 minutes. After 24-48 hrs if I click on the wildlabs tab I'm logged out. I then have to click on login and have my password manager fill out the form. Then it brings me to my profile page (why? why doesn't it go back to where I was which is where I wanted to be, just logged in?), then I have to click on the feed page, which displays the global feed which is also not of my interest. Finally I get to click on my feed. Is is a "big deal"? I can't claim it is. Does it keep me from checking wildlabs? Definitely! I participate in a dozen forums/discords and wildlabs is the most annoying to check in for a quick "oh, let's see whether there's something interesting".
3 June 2024 7:43am
It's still a choice to close your tabs. Closing all your tabs tends to get you to have to login again.
However.... Despite the expiry date on the cookie. linkedin.com logs in without ever having to re-enter your password. So I guess there is a way in principle to make it so you don't have to log back in. Such would a way then also work with your auto tab closer.
However, that's not something that I'm going to investigate. If someone wanted to, the clue would be in the cookies and the final answer would be available from the wildlabs site developer. Myself, I would never have guessed that so many people would find this annoying. But everyone is different.
Announcing: BeetlePalooza 2024
31 May 2024 9:00pm
Research in community-based conservation programs: best practices & challenges
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28 May 2024 8:04pm
Hey there! Here are some people you may way to reach out to:
- @EstherGithinji
- Kate Tointon from Fauna and Flora International's Conservation Leadership Programme
- @Abigail
I'll keep thinking about other possible contacts!
29 May 2024 12:25am
Hi Yanna,
Your project seems not particularly technology oriented, which is okay, of course. However, if you're not already calling or searching there, I would suggest checking out
cheers
Frank
30 May 2024 3:29pm
Thank you so much Alex!
FSCF call for ≤ $25K threatened species projects
29 May 2024 3:16pm
Thoughts on new MSc in Conservation Technology
24 May 2024 3:54pm
28 May 2024 5:42pm
Hi Emma,
Have you spoken to Kate Jones? She would be happy to speak with you about her team's work developing the MSc Ecology and Data Science at UCL, which sounds incredible and comprehensive. This MSc is the best conservation tech programme I've heard about so far, so it would be worth chatting to her team!
Steph
MSc Ecology and Data Science
This new MSc, the first of its kind globally, provides students with the interdisciplinary skills, theoretical and practical expertise needed to apply cutting-edge innovations in data science,
UCL Division of Biosciences29 May 2024 12:14am
Hi Emma,
Thank you for your outline. Feel free to send me an outline ( I sent you my email in a private WildLabs message ), but from your description I would like to give two comments already,
1) Besides learning about these technologies, the course should in my view also include learning the skills of finding out about new technologies and assessing them. The list of technologies that you are giving seems state of the art, but in the course of the students career it is likely to change completely a couple of times over. Much of what is on the list would not be there ten years ago. Even only three years ago AI (as we now think of it ) would probably not be on the list, but ML would.
2) Perhaps you were planning this already, but when it comes to 'correct use and validation', in my mind, that should definitely include the social/societal aspects of these technologies, no matter if it is about use in the global North or global South. What I am after is Technology Assessment.
Hopefully, this is of use to you
cheers
Frank
29 May 2024 12:44pm
Building on Frank's comments, I'd also think about including some conversation about the ethical use of technology - Trishant's talk at Tech Tutors a little while ago sparked a really important conversation here in our community, one that would be valueable to have with your students.
GENZ in STEM Episode 10: Conservation technology, the meaningful career you may have never heard of
28 May 2024 6:09pm
WILDLABS team members Alex Rood and Esther Githinji sit down with the GENZ in STEM podcast to share resources on how to get started in conservation tech.
NCTFJ call for JM$ 500-5000K proposals
26 May 2024 5:05pm
WILDLABS Conservation Tech Meetup, Cambridge
24 May 2024 10:58am
🌊🐋 Join the Coastal and Marine Wildlife Working Group of The Wildlife Society! 🦈🐢
23 May 2024 10:53pm
Wildlife Data and Technology Side Events at World Biodiversity Forum 2024
23 May 2024 9:16pm
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES WORKSHOP 2024
23 May 2024 9:01pm
Who's attending the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos?
20 May 2024 9:50pm
22 May 2024 8:29am
Sounds great.
At what day will you present your talk?
Greetings from Austria,
Robin
22 May 2024 5:39pm
We'll be presenting Wednesday morning as part of session 10.1b on "Integrating earth observations and biological tools in ecology and evolution to cogenerate knowledge towards meeting the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets." For the side events, we're planning tentatively for a social Monday evening (following the welcome Apéro) and a meeting Wednesday during or after lunch on leveraging animal movement to meet conservation/policy goals.
We'd love to see you!
International Elephant Foundation call for $15K projects
22 May 2024 5:09pm
Save Our Seas, small grant call (±$5K)
19 May 2024 8:05pm
REDAA call for £1-1.5M projects
19 May 2024 5:03pm
Share Your Work in a Conservation Technology Video
17 May 2024 9:06pm
Survey on European biodiversity monitoring communities
7 May 2024 3:39pm
Biodiversa+ is running a survey to map the European biodiversity monitoring landscape, identify opportunities for collaboration, and strengthen coordination for improved monitoring.
300 funding and finance opportunities in free database
4 May 2024 3:12pm
WILDLABS downtime and performance issues due to AI bot attack
29 April 2024 3:35pm
1 May 2024 6:05pm
I noticed the site being annoyingly slow some time last week. Thank you for clearing that up, for finding the cause and solving the issue.
I'm not claiming deep knowledge on AI, but as a member this community, I'd be happy to give you my insights.
For starters: I am not categorically against bots scraping 'my' content, whether for AI training purposes, search engines, or other purposes. In principle, I find it a good thing that this forum is open to non-member users, and to me that extends to non-member use. Obviously, there are some exceptions here. For example when locations of individuals of endangered species are discussed, that should be behind closed doors.
Continuing down this line of reasoning, apparently it matters to me how 'my' content is being used. So, if someone wants to make an AI to aid nature conservation, I say, let them have it. There is the practical side of scraping activities that may be blocking or hindering the site, but there may be practical solutions for this. I don't know, say, have special opening hours for such things, or have the site engine prepare the data and make it available as a data dump somewhere.
Since purpose matters, organizations or individuals wanting to scrape the site should be vetted and given access or not. This is far more easily said than done. However, every step in the direction would be worth the while, because most technology publicly discussed here has good use for nature conservation, but equally bad use for nature destruction. For example, it's good to acoustically monitor bird sounds to monitor species, but also comes in handy when you are in the exotic bird trafficking business.
One could argue that since we allow public access, we should not care either about why bots are scraping the site. I would not go that far. After all, individual people browsing the site with nefarious purposes in mind is something else than a bot systematically scraping the entire site (or sections thereof) for bad purposes. It's a matter of scale.
The Inventory User Guide
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Introducing The Inventory!
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Hiring Chief Engineer at Conservation X Labs
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Hi all,
My name is Loyce Majige, I am very passionate with wildlife conservation and I am looking forward to learn, engage and explore new opportunities!