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The WILDLABS Community Base is the ideal place to get oriented with the all that our community platform offers, hear about news and opportunitys, and to meet new friends and collaborators. 

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InConversation: Season 1*New Episode*

Esther Githinji

8 December 2023 1:38pm

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...

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WILDLABS Awards - Ask your questions!

Adrien Pajot

7 December 2023 4:07pm

AboutWith $60,000, $30,000, and $10,000 grants available for 14 outstanding projects, the support of engineering and technology talent from Arm (the leading semiconductor design...

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Adrien Pajot

7 December 2023 4:18pm

Question received by email: 

"Could you please let me know the policy on indirect costs? Do you cover them, and if so is there a percentage that you will cover?"

Answer:

We do encourage people to budget their indirect cost in the "Other costs" section of the budget. 
There is no limitation for these costs but we reserve the right to ask you questions about each line of your budget. 

Adrien Pajot

7 December 2023 4:22pm

Question received by email:

"We are based in a specific country and am I am emailing to enquire if we are eligible to apply for the Wildlabs Award project funding from this region please?"

Answer:

There is no restriction linked to your country of residence so yes, you are eligible to apply !

Adrien Pajot

7 December 2023 4:28pm

Question: How will my application evaluated ?

Answer: The selection process is the following: 

  1. The WILDLABS team will review every applications in order to check the eligibility criteria and make a first round of selection.
  2. The WILDLABS selected applications will go through an Arm evaluation for a second round of selection. 
  3. The WILDLABS+Arm selected applications will be evaluated by a judging panel that we are currently building for the third and final selection round. 

As written in the Terms and Conditions, individuals participating to this selection process ARE NOT eligible to apply. 

Moreover, we will ask each individual to NOT review applications to which they are closely related (i.e from the same organisation).

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WILDLABS Awards 2024: Further Information

Adrien Pajot

1 December 2023 11:00am

More information for those interested in our newly launched WILDLABS Awards, supporting 14 outstanding conservation technology projects with $60,000, $30,000, and $10,000 grants. Read carefully ahead of submitting your...

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WILDLABS AWARDS Webinar

Adrien Pajot

30 November 2023 12:17pm

On the 11th of December at 4pm GMT, Arm and WILDLABS will present the newly launched 2024 WILDLABS AWARDS. If you have any questions, join us !

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Wishlist for kit in a field-based Research Station or tech testing space?

Stephanie O'Donnell

27 November 2023 10:41am

Hi wildlabbers!A colleague is looking to crowdsource some advice: what would be on your wishlist for kitting out a field based space for research and tech development?...

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Stephanie O'Donnell

28 November 2023 3:25am

Regine Weckauf over on linkedin: 

'Little to do with research and tech development, but given how hard it is to attract and retain experienced staff to field based positions, I know it makes a difference how nice the space is. Just because it's the "field", shouldn't mean staff living in basic conditions, regardless of how many times we've been told to see it as a badge of honor. If you have the money, put in nice bathrooms, kitchen, living spaces, and private accommodation. Maybe even a nursery? It creates more local employment opportunities and people genuinely want to visit.'

 

Carly Batist

28 November 2023 2:25pm

Love the idea for in-house gear/supplies! It can be SOO difficult to travel with batteries, electronics parts with airline regs, country policies, etc. and shipping recorders/trail cams/etc. gets VERY (prohibitively) pricey in some countries with customs and taxes. Would be great to have an in-country place to source that kind of equipment. 

Housing educational resources related to that tech (in the form of people, print materials, computer tutorials) in-house would be similarly awesome. Particularly/especially in local languages.   

Having in-country wet labs as well helps the eDNA/genetics folks, since sample import/export permitting can be (always seems to be?!) a nightmare, so if you can even just do PCR and/or extractions in-country that helps a ton. 

In terms of overall field-station-wishlist - honestly, just the promise of continued funding and staff. Every field station I've been to or worked at is in a constant search for enough money to get through the next month/year, because the funding comes in the establish a station but then not to maintain it long-term. It's not sexy for a wishlist per se, but boy is it over-looked and much-needed. 

@hikinghack from Dinalab would probably have lots of good insights on this! 

Brett Muir

29 November 2023 7:59pm

My suggestion would probably be a 3D printer and Solder Station with a stock of common components. With those two things you can solve most problems.

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Atos and WWF partner up to leverage technology to support biodiversity conservation

Esther Githinji

27 November 2023 9:32am

Atos & the WWF announced a 3-year strategic partnership to leverage technology to support biodiversity conservation & encourage businesses to decarbonize. 1 of the 4 main initiatives of the partnership is: Atos to develop responsible IT solutions for WWF & its partners.

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The Ultimate Biodiversity Fact Sheet. 14 stats to convince people about the importance of nature.

Oliver Dauert

9 November 2023 5:10pm

You have probably been there before.

The person in front of you is not convinced that nature is that important.

🎉 Enter the stage: Fact Sheet. 

✅ Sources so people can learn more
✅ Easy to save on your phone & use at any time 
✅ Never look for powerful stats or arguments again

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Wild Cheat Sheets - Wildya

Free cheat sheets that will help you to build your better and wilder self. Topics of our wild cheat sheets are focusing on mental health & nature.

Wildya
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Insight; a secure online platform designed for sharing experiences of conservation tool use.

Cleo Graf

7 November 2023 1:01pm

A secure platform designed for those working to monitor & protect natural resources. Insight facilitates sharing experience, knowledge & tools to increase efficiency & effectiveness in conservation. By sharing we reduce time & money spent to find, test, & implement solutions.

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Welcome to Insight

Wildlife crime refers to any illegal activity that involves the taking, trading, or possession of wild animals and plants, or their parts and derivatives.

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A SPOTLIGHT ON CUTTING-EDGE BIOMONITORING TECHNOLOGIES

Thomas Luypaert

31 October 2023 9:09am

Join us in our session to feature the latest developments and applications in groundbreaking biomonitoring tech in the tropics

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ANDREA VARELA

15 November 2023 6:10pm

Hello!The Galápagos Islands can be considered Tropics? We do drone monitoring of the marine iguanas with the project Iguanas from Above :)Thanks.Andrea Varela
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Help Panama Fight Ecocide

Andrew Quitmeyer

23 October 2023 7:59pm

There is an illegal mining contract (it's literally against the constitution of Panama!) Being forced upon the people and nature of panama by the Canadian mining company First Quantum and a handful of corrupt...

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1st Wildlife Scientific Conference 2023

Esther Githinji

25 September 2023 11:10am

Don't miss the Wildlife Research & Training Institute (WRTI) 1st Wildlife Scientific Conference to be held in Naivasha, Kenya, under the theme: “Use of Wildlife Science for enhanced Biodiversity Conservation and...

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Read the 2022 WILDLABS Annual Report

WILDLABS Team

18 September 2023 12:11am

The WILDLABS community had a banner year in 2022 as we launched our new platform, created more community-centered programmes, and broke new ground in impactful research and workshops. Read more in our 2022 WILDLABS...

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In case you missed it... (no. 1)

Stephanie O'Donnell

12 September 2023 11:49am

Five #tech4wildlife people, projects and updates that caught our attention this month. An AI supported bear early warning system, a project that's connecting indigenous communities with high speed internet, exploring...

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Lars Holst Hansen

13 September 2023 6:23am

Hi Steph! Nice with this "sporadic series"! The bear alarm in China reminds me of the Bear Repeller by the Hack the Planet guys:/Lars
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