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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- @StephODonnell
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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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- @AngelMassay
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A GoodManager, a conservationist, an ecologist
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- @Agripina
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Frankfurt Zoological Society
As a wildlife conservationist, I am deeply committed to nature conservation, community empowerment, and wildlife research in Tanzania. I've actively engaged in community-based projects, passionately advocating for integrating local communities into conservation.
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Msc student on wildlife management and conservation
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- @EstherGithinji
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WILDLABS & Fauna & Flora
I am the WILDLABS East Africa Conservation Technology Coordinator
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DIY electronics for behavioral field biology
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WILDLABS & Fauna & Flora
I'm the Platform and Community Support Project Officer at WILDLABS! Speak to me if you have any inquiries about using the WILDLABS Platform or AI for Conservation: Office Hours.
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Wildlife Conservationist and Socio-ecology Researcher.
Passionate about preserving biodiversity in their natural homes, and studying the interactions between social systems and ecological environment
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- @CathyNj
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Catherine Njore is a seasoned Cartographer with over 17yrs experience and specializing in children cartography. She recently designed a Cartography: Fun with Maps Program(CFMP); a program that assists children to learn how to draw, read and use maps effectively.
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Woods Hole Group
Argos satellite system manager for North America
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- @alexrood
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WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I'm the WILDLABS Communications and Community Management Associate Specialist at WWF-US
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Holder of BSc in Applied Zoology. Ecologist at Ruaha National park
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The Ecological Acoustics and Behavior Lab at the University of New Hampshire seeks a PhD student to join our lab to investigate how forest habitat affects moose occupancy and soundscape in northern New Hampshire
13 February 2024
The primary focus of the research is to explore how red deer movements, space use, habitat selection and foraging behaviour change during the wolf recolonization process.
10 February 2024
The conclusion of the WILDLABS Awards 2024 selection process is imminent! Our external judging panel is currently deliberating to determine the 14 chosen projects. Meet them!
9 February 2024
The Wildlife Restoration Foundation is hiring a Conservation Technology Intern
8 February 2024
The Conservation Technology Laboratory within the Population Sustainability department is seeking two fellows for summer 2024.
9 January 2024
With the support of Women in Conservation Technology (Kenya) and Arm, I had a chance to work with Kijabe Environment Volunteers in Kikuyu Escarpment Forest. This was an opportunity to channel my passion for the...
1 December 2023
Funding
With $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 company), and access to the world’s biggest...
1 December 2023
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...
1 December 2023
Careers
NSERC-CREATE graduate programs (LEADS & LINK-D) on the theme of scientific leadership for global sustainability in the digital age.
27 November 2023
Gain communication skills while translating global freshwater conservation issues into a local context.
27 November 2023
TagRanger® is a state-of-the-art wildlife finding, monitoring and tracking solution for research, conservation and environmental professionals. With superior configurability for logging data, reporting location and...
23 November 2023
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Hello EO101 community!We hope you have enjoyed the EO101 lecture series! With all four parts now available on the WILDLABS YouTube channel... |
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Earth Observation 101 Community, Community Base | 1 year 7 months ago | |
The year that never was... *sigh* Yeah, taking another shot at it would be nice. There was much enthusiasm from folks at the time! |
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Community Base | 1 year 8 months ago | |
Thanks so much!! |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Biologging, Camera Traps, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions, Remote Sensing & GIS, Software and Mobile Apps | 1 year 8 months ago | |
Eugh me too! Ellie's been working with him to see if we might have him blog here as well.. *FINGERS CROSSED*! |
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Community Base | 1 year 8 months ago | |
Thanks Carly! I'll pop this on the list of features to discuss with developers. Putting broader regions on the existing list might be possible. It could also be useful to get more... |
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Community Base | 1 year 8 months ago | |
I have been waiting for journal club to come back!! 10000% down.I agree with @StephODonnell, would love it to come back!!! And now that variety hour is happening, that's more of... |
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Acoustics, Community Base | 1 year 8 months ago | |
Hello. I am a PhD candidate at Penn State University. I submitted a post to this group back in March and I am resubmitting... |
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Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Remote Sensing & GIS, Wildlife Crime | 1 year 9 months ago | |
Any results coming out of this survey that you would like to share? |
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Community Base, Emerging Tech | 1 year 10 months ago | |
During a volunteer project, I ran into some stupefying experiences with camera traps, one of those 'corner stones', it seems, of nature conservation research. Everybody who... |
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Community Base | 1 year 10 months ago | |
Hi all!Last week we introduced you to our first WILDBEAR Awardee, Alyssa Bohart. We hope you enjoyed learning more about Alyssa's work with... |
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Biologging, Community Base | 1 year 10 months ago | |
Hi all doing some spring cleaning. Just pay shipping.I have: -20 new Taoglas FXUB63 Ultra Wide Band Antenna 698-3000MHz we don't need. ... |
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Community Base | 1 year 10 months ago | |
100%! Also heard many asking about SMART Connect & Mobile, and their integration with other software.Thank you for your input :) |
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Community Base, East Africa Community | 1 year 10 months ago |
Hiring Chief Engineer at Conservation X Labs
1 May 2024 12:19pm
InConversation: Season 1*Final Episode*
30 April 2024 11:38am
Delving into #tech4wildlife Innovation across East Africa with Sandra Maryanne & Catherine Njore
30 April 2024 11:37am
Job Opening: Associate Curator of International Conservation at North Carolina Zoo
29 April 2024 9:17pm
A Year of Supporting East African Conservation Technology: Lessons on How You Can Amplify #Tech4Wildlife
29 April 2024 10:52am
9 May 2024 1:52pm
9 May 2024 1:53pm
Monitoring Team Lead, Ponterra
23 April 2024 3:19pm
Introduction and Networking
22 April 2024 9:37am
22 April 2024 10:46am
Hello and welcome to WILDLABS @loveness :)
What a great intro to what you are doing and interested in pursuing! I'd like to help direct you to our resources page, where you can check out multiple open career and academic opportunities from across your region that are posted regularly by the community. Find our Resources page linked here.
Which specific areas within conservation/conservation technology are you most interested in at the moment? We have over 32 specialised groups in our community you could explore here to help guide you as you go along your career journey :)
Best wishes!
23 April 2024 12:41pm
Hello Ms Esther👋
Thank you for taking your time to reply to me with such helpful response.
I'm interested in conservation technology such as camera traps, GIS and Remote sensing, tools like EarthRanger, wildlife tracking collars, Data collection apps. I've already joined the groups just after reading your response and I'll keep visit the Resources Page to find more opportunities.
Conservation Tech Career Pathways - what do you want to know?
17 June 2022 1:30pm
8 May 2023 2:43am
Wildlabers,
I have been randomly trying a few things here and there for a career switch. But so far it has been in bits and pieces. Meanwhile, I have started pursuing Masters in AI and ML hoping that might bring some tractions to my career search/ switch.
Meanwhile, I keep at it while being in my current job.
Thanks,
Soumya
20 April 2024 5:36pm
Unfortunately , not yet . Still digging into it in my free time. And trying to setup a camera in my bord feeder for a mini conservation project in my back garden :)
20 April 2024 5:41pm
Hi Soumya ,
Interested to know if you are pursuing distance education in ML while at your current job. I would love to hear more about your journey on course specifics and the platform you use to complete the education, and I would love to hear if you have any recommendations based on your experiences.
Thanks,
Savi
Thoughts on RooBadge?
2 April 2024 2:55pm
5 April 2024 12:31pm
Sound deterrents to prevent collisions with Kangaroos in Australia have been sold for many years. None have been shown to work. Whether the Volkswagen device will be any better waits to be seen. Collision data will have to be collected for a while to see if the VW device has any effect on collision rate.
8 April 2024 12:49am
That is an interesting concept, and it would be great if something out there worked. In the meantime, I will try not to drive at dusk 🦘
At one point, I knew the "sonic" animal guards were the most stolen components of cars. You head in, get groceries, and come out, and they are gone. They weren't on the car long enough for me to confirm that would work
20 April 2024 2:40am
Totally agree.
Inititally sceptical until I saw Helena and Graeme were involved.
MJ
Variety Hour: What do you want to see?
15 September 2022 12:46pm
17 April 2024 7:53pm
Steph, yes, I gathered as much myself, but I still wanted to put it on the agenda. It links to the bigger problem in nature conservation, and especially funding : all projects are required to be effective and successful, scalable, profitable and so on (not to mention the paper trail that applicants need to produce to prove it ). It makes sense from the donors' perspective, because if a project is not at least one of these, then it is a waste of money an how do they explain that to the public and the donors' donors. On the other hand, the IMHO ( H for honest ) over emphasis on this requirement is counterproductive and it does not fit in the world of tech development.
To start with the latter, as we all know, in the world of tech VC and startups, people are very used to the idea that a tech invention is not successful. I've read that if you haven't had two failed startups behind you, you're a better contender with your next one. 9 Out of 10 will fail and the remaining one will more than make up for the loss, is the idea. This way of looking at projects fits very well in this tech oriented forum.
Then the counter productive part : with a funding climate like that, who is going to take risks with tech development for nature conservation? Seriously, anybody reading this: if you raise your hand, please do get in touch, because I am curious how you look at the issue and how you deal with it. Whereas I do agree that nature conservation as a whole needs to be successful, I don't believe that the sponsors' stress on it for individual projects is successful itself. Nature's degradation has developed so far ( call me a pessimist ), that we need to take risks and find out if ( and hope that ) what works for silicon valley can work for nature.
Kudos for your attempt at the 'Technical difficulties'. I didn't know about it. Maybe we ( but I mean you, of course ;-) can tinker with the formula. Ask people to talk about how they overcame problems in some detail, because then it is a success story again. ( They could earn a badge! ) And if the recording is an issue, then don't record, or work on anonymity with temporary accounts, TOR, voice scramblers and the camera off. Maybe people are willing to write about their failures instead of doing a live presentation. That way, one has absolute control over anonymizing individuals and hiding the project from being identified. Little risk of a slip of the tongue.
18 April 2024 12:57pm
Thanks for your thoughts on the importance of sharing more about failure in our unique sector. You bring up some very valid points @Frank_van_der_Most and I think the perspective of 'learning by doing' is quite essential. I've shared below some stories I've covered from our East Africa community that touch on this and the perspective that has emerged has been on learning from these experiences and developing with more insight to solve conservation challenges more effectively. I hope you will find these interesting and useful.
Human-Elephant Conflict Tech Solution in Tsavo: NdovuCare | WILDLABS
Read our interview with Sandra Maryanne, a young conservation tech innovator raised in Taita, Ivarenyi with first-hand experience on the challenges of human-elephant conflict within her community. To address this, she developed a novel device known as Ndovucare.
19 April 2024 8:06am
Hi @Frank_van_der_Most,
great point and I will address this in my little talk next week.
Greetings from Austria,
Robin
Involve our young learners in climate change action.
27 March 2024 3:24pm
5 April 2024 4:01pm
Hi Cathy
I can't help personally but on seeing your post reached out to a contact who's previously been involved in the British Cartographic Society in case they had any ideas. Their advice:
"I would suggest that she becomes a member of British Cartographic Society (£45 or so) and then writes for/becomes an editor. Then, she will be able to apply for a funding budget for travel... as long as she also writes about the conference! It's a bit long winded, but I am sure that just being an Editor would be an advantage to her anyway."
I hope that helps (or that you find an easier way to get to the conference :D ) - good luck!
Here's their website -
6 April 2024 7:50pm
Thank you so much for this!
18 April 2024 11:40pm
I got assistance. super grateful!
Catch up with The Variety Hour: April 2024
18 April 2024 2:50pm
Become a WILDLABS group manager!
17 April 2024 7:36pm
Lotek Telemetry Talks Presents: Tagging Owls – Tips & Tricks from the Experts
16 April 2024 8:26pm
Are you interested in starting a new group on WILDLABS? Apply to launch one!
15 April 2024 4:33pm
Fonseca Leadership Program
3 April 2024 4:46pm
Seventh International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life
3 April 2024 4:34pm
EuropaBON'sFinal Stakeholder Conference
3 April 2024 4:29pm
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ecoacoustics
2 April 2024 2:49pm
JWO Research Grant: Biodiversity and Conservation
2 April 2024 2:45pm
9ICCGIS 2024
27 March 2024 2:28pm
Announcing the WILDLABS Awards 2024 awardees!
26 March 2024 9:52am
11 April 2024 8:35am
12 April 2024 9:28am
15 April 2024 9:24am
The Variety Hour: 2024 Lineup
22 March 2024 4:30pm
Empowering women, protecting nature: Insights from WiCT 2023
22 March 2024 7:59am
Catch up with The Variety Hour: March 2024
21 March 2024 7:39pm
21 March 2024 9:48pm
30 March 2024 3:08pm
31 March 2024 12:43pm
SMART Global Congress 2024: A quick summary
19 March 2024 6:42pm
The Freshwater Sounds Archive
15 March 2024 10:32am
Introducing The Freshwater Sounds Archive, a global database of sounds produced by freshwater species.
Submit your species-specific or unidentified sounds to the archive now and receive recognition for your contribution in a forthcoming data paper as a co-author!
3 May 2024 4:14pm