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.
Want to find out more about WILDLABS? Check out our recent community call:
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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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- 56 Discussions
- 24 Groups
- @EllieW
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- 64 Resources
- 124 Discussions
- 14 Groups
Purdue University
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- 48 Discussions
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- @Angele
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Working with IPLCs and applying data/geospatial tools for a conservation/carbon forestry project in the Philippines 🌿
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Neuroscientist & engineer transitioning to conservation tech. I have experience working with large imaging datasets, pose estimation and positional tracking, and machine learning. Looking to get involved with GIS, remote sensing, and AI for conservation.
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- @bioNathan
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Innovation Design Engineer studying at MSc + MA level. Previously a Robotics engineer with specialisms in remote sensing, control systems & electronics design. Transitioning to ecological contexts. I use bioinspiration to inform tech design, both product & infrastructure.
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Tech 4 Conservation
President, Tech 4 Conservation
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- @kalado
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Botswana Predator Conservation Trust
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- @Jkavutha
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I am currently pursuing an MSc Conservation Biology at the University of Kent. My research interests are based around wildlife economies and how communities can be at the frontline to drive initiatives that promote sustainable livelihoods and safeguard wildlife habitats.
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- @Seagoose
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Ecologist & Conservationist. Women for the Environment, Africa Fellow. National Geographic Explorer.
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Key Conservation
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Wildlife conservationist
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What can soundscapes tell us about ecosystem functioning and health? We are looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher in ecoacoustics for Nature Recovery at Oxford
2 April 2024
A grant of $150,000 will be awarded to one successful applicant with a proposal that's strongly linked to biodiversity and conservation. The grant will support a research project or programme for up to three years (...
2 April 2024
18 month postdoc research position, Netherlands, EU-funded
28 March 2024
After a long application review and finalisation process, we are thrilled to finally announce the winners of the WILDLABS Awards 2024!
26 March 2024
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You’re invited to the WILDLABS Variety Hour, a monthly event that connects you to conservation tech's most exciting projects, research, and ideas. We can't wait to bring you a whole new season of speakers and...
22 March 2024
As we launch the search for our third Women in Conservation Technology cohort, let’s take a moment to reflect on the highlights of our 2023 journey and shine a spotlight on the incredible women of our inaugural...
22 March 2024
SMART Global Congress, the first global gathering of conservation professionals using SMART, was held in Windhoek, Namibia from March 10-13. Here is a snapshot of what we learned!
19 March 2024
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SNZCBI) is seeking two postdoctoral fellows to engage more directly with identifying conservation metrics for vertebrate communities and populations.
14 March 2024
The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior at its sites in Constance and Radolfzell offers an international, interdisciplinary, and collaborative environment that opens up unique research opportunities. The goal of our...
13 March 2024
Hussey Labs seeks a senior post-doctoral researcher/senior research associate for movement ecology of Greenland halibut in the context of fisheries management across Baffin Bay-Davis Strait, Eastern Canadian Arctic.
13 March 2024
Texas A&M is seeking applicants for a fully funded Ph.D. assistantship to begin a long-term study on collared peccary (also known as javelina) ecology in southern Texas.
13 March 2024
The Lonely Hearts Club Challenge is a $1 million commitment and open funding call for early-stage organizations and solutions focused on fostering meaningful social connection, teen belonging, and wellbeing in a tech-...
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Hi @Frank_van_der_Most,great point and I will address this in my little talk next week.Greetings from Austria,Robin |
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Community Base | 1 month 2 weeks ago | |
I got assistance. super grateful! |
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Climate Change, Community Base, East Africa Community, Conservation Tech Training and Education | 1 month 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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Community Base | 5 months ago | |
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 |
Opportunity: Graphic Designer
8 March 2022 12:00am
Survey on Economic Value of Ecological Data
27 January 2022 12:51am
Opportunity: Communications and Digital Media Coordinator
16 February 2022 12:00am
Introducing the WILDLABS On the Edge Fellows
10 February 2022 12:00am
Media stories highlight WILDLABS research & community
10 February 2022 12:00am
Media stories highlight WILDLABS research & community
9 February 2022 8:03pm
The WILDLABS Fellowships & Awards Programme
28 January 2022 3:58pm
WILDLABS Fellowships & Awards: Matchmaking between tech and conservation
28 January 2022 3:22pm
AI for Conservation Office Hours: 2021 Review
14 December 2021 12:00am
The State of Conservation Technology 2021
13 December 2021 12:00am
Digital Naturalism Conference Sri Lanka 2022
22 November 2021 2:53pm
3 December 2021 5:56pm
great to see a new DiNaCon!
can't make it there myself, but highly recommended.
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WILDLABS Fellowships
22 July 2021 12:23pm
22 July 2021 2:39pm
Congratulations, Steph.
This sounds like a great idea and a big step forward. Looking forward to hearing about all the projects. Also happy to help out if needed :)
Akiba
22 November 2021 2:52pm
Super cool! amazing thing to launch!
WILDLABS State of Conservation Tech Survey 2021
19 November 2021 12:00am
Protecting Communities & the Amazon: Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge open until Nov 17!
9 November 2021 4:13pm
Updated conservation tech directory site!
28 September 2021 3:14pm
11 October 2021 11:17am
Great did not know that this list exist
22 October 2021 8:06pm
Quick note that we've done another update last week, so the site now has 489 resources listed! The figshare link and PDF have also been updated.
23 October 2021 2:35am
Thanks Carly. It's such a useful resource :)
Training the Trainers
22 October 2021 5:04pm
Conservation grants for field vehicles
23 July 2020 3:14pm
14 October 2021 10:17am
Hi everyone,
Trying to revive this conversation. Has anyone any leads on car manufacturers, foundations, NGOs, etc who support buying (or repairing) vehicles for conservation?
Thanks,
Yvan
Workshop on tech use in Nature
13 October 2021 12:41pm
Hiring - Technologist in US
28 September 2021 5:23pm
Community Call: September 23rd
22 September 2021 9:54pm
WILDLABS Journal Club: DIY camera trap, optimising use of biologgers, Allen Coral Atlas
21 May 2021 8:19pm
19 June 2021 11:38am
oh shoot, how did I lose track of you on my list? Sorry - you should have an invite today.
19 June 2021 11:47am
Alright - everyone who has asked for an invite on any social platform *should* have a calendar invite in their email from me (it'll be from my @fauna-flora.org email). If I've somehow missed you, can you please shout?
Steph
16 September 2021 7:48am
Hey Stephanie, I remember this idea being kicked around and I indicated interest some time ago, but if I am not on the list you have going, I would love to passively follow, appreciating the timezones likely will be difficult for me to follow live from Australia.
Tech Tutors Capacity Building Episode: Call for Input
19 August 2021 8:37pm
23 August 2021 11:32am
Thanks for posting, Ellie!
Hi all, would love to have a chat with anyone who has experience or insight in this area (and possibly put together a perspectives piece based on this episode). Looking forward to hearing from you all!
Community Call: 12 August 2021
10 August 2021 6:17pm
IUCN Marseille
8 July 2021 8:48am
23 July 2021 5:04pm
Hi Oliver,
We are coming down, and I was just wondering... Seeing as as are no longer un the EU (very sad face) it might be a good idea for us to get cards and flyers printed by a local company rather than trying to bring them through customs ourselves.
Do you know of any local helpful printing companies?
See you there!
Cris.
30 July 2021 1:57pm
Will be there virtually! Not in the EU so unfortunately wouldn't be able to go with COVID restrictions, but looking forward to connecting with folks online!
And a plug that WILDLABS has a session :) - https://www.iucncongress2020.org/programme/official-programme/session-43507 ("WILDLABS: Broadening participation in conservation technology innovation and application")
Journal Club tomorrow (July 30, 10:30am EST) - review paper discussion
29 July 2021 5:21pm
29 July 2021 9:33pm
Hi. I can give a brief blurb on the state of wireless sensor networks if you want. I don't think it will be a very deep dive due to time limitations, but can discuss how we're seeing it in terms of field deployment of wireless sensor networks.
Akiba
Hack4Nature : tech for biodiversity
25 January 2021 10:11am
29 January 2021 8:49pm
Is this available for participants outside of France? I'd love to be involved!
8 July 2021 8:45am
Yep Its sill open you can join Slack hack4nature.slack.com ?
8 July 2021 8:46am
Yep Its sill open you can join Slack
https://join.slack.com/t/hack4nature/shared_invite/zt-t1rw4ee8-3_nFMzc~4zyyrkT~YucE8w ?
Earth Defenders Toolkit Global Launch
8 July 2021 5:54am
Nominations for Pathfinder Award for innovations in nature conservation - due by 15 July
7 July 2021 4:30pm
WILDLABS Journal Club: Project Rattlecam, whaleshark eDNA & the Problem with innovation challenges
2 July 2021 5:10pm
2 July 2021 5:10pm
Read more:
- The problem with innovation challenges
- Project Rattlecam. Read more about Project Rattlecam founder Emily Taylor’s work using conservation tech with snakes on WILDLABS here.
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Individual haplotyping of whale sharks from seawater environmental DNA (June 2021)
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eDNA sampled from stream networks correlates with camera trap detection rates of terrestrial mammals
Carly's in case you missed it:
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New Species on WildMe: new wildbooks (Grouper Spotter, Salamander Wildbook), ML support now for bobcats, clouded leopards, ocelots, great white sharks, Indo-pacific humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins
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SeaBee: establish drone-based infrastructure for scientific research in Norway (pilot training, data storage, ML algorithms, specs/data standards, etc.)
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Reckoning with elitism & racism in conservation: Mongabay article, interview with Colleen Begg, South African conservationist
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Underwater AI detection: created by Jake Easterling of Scubotics, upload videos and ID the fish you saw!
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Evidensia.eco: From WWF, Rainforest Alliance & iseal; effort to make credible evidence about impacts & effectiveness of market-based sustainability approaches accessible to inform policy & practice
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CarbonPlan: non-profit that analyzes climate solutions, builds open tools/resources for evaluation & deployment of them, improving transparency & scientific integrity of carbon remocal
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DevelopmentSeed: engineering & product company accelerating application of accessible geospatial analysis (Cloud Geo), planetary AI, etc. to make evidence-based decisions that benefit the planet
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Remotely monitoring honeybees: Best Bees Company installs hives on commercial and residential properties (pays property owners) & use software system to monitor and record colony health, data shared with researchers
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GoodAI community: “empowering companies that use AI to help deliver on SDG’s”; online discussion boards, company directory, job board, responsible AI resources
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Highest resolution global map released: from Impact Observatory, Esri & Microsoft AI for Earth; using Sentinel-2 imagery at 10-m resolution & image segmentation CNN (UNet)
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Brazil’s wildlife forensics initiative: Amazonas state using isotope ratio mass spec to detect geographic origin of animals (captive-bred vs wild-caught, and where in the wild), products (timber, gold, etc.)
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ConservationAI: UK ngo detecting & classifying animals, evidence of illegal activity from pictures and thermal images collected by camera traps, drones (can use 3/4G comm’s for real-time monitoring); upload data to site, models (TensorFlow automatically run them and give you analytics dashboard
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New Analytics Lab from Conservation Science Partners (US non-profit): develop & prototype software, computational environments & data products to monitor land use, analyze ecosystems, develop climate change projections, etc.
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eBioAtlas: from NatureMetrics & IUCN; creating global atlas of life for Earth’s rivers & wetlands using eDNA; interfaces with IUCN RedList & GBIF; freely available
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Global Environmental Crime Tracker: from the Environmental Investigation Agency; central public database of illegal wildlife & timber activity (pulls from publicly available info, media coverage); currently for Asia, Africa & Europe
Tech Tutors 3 is Coming: Call for topics & presenters!
23 June 2021 11:22am
24 June 2021 2:08am
Oh, so excited to hear more about what's been going on. Looking forward to watching Tech Tutors 3 also. There's been something missing in my late evenings :)
24 June 2021 3:33am
A suggestion for something I repeatedly get asked:
- How do I create maps of land cover change for my area and assess accuracy, using free software and limited (or no) coding skills?
Any takers?? I keep meaning to take a look at the latest plugins in QGIS, for example, but haven't got around to it...
Ollie
2 July 2021 10:10am
Great suggestion Ollie, it gave us an excuse to ask NASA to teach a tutorial.. We are so excited about this new season, we'll be sharing the first part of the lineup next week, so stay tuned.
Extra suggestions still welcome!
23 February 2022 4:27pm
Just re-upping this in hopes that I can get some more responses if it gets to the top of people's feeds.