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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Developer of the Android app DC Dolphin Communicator, and others
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- @skcjones
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Australian National University (ANU)
I have a background in applied conservation with over fifteen years of experience in NGOs, government and academia. This experience has involved conducting research for ecological monitoring and species conservation.
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São Paulo State University (UNESP)
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Wildlife conservationist currently working on biodiversity monitoring and community development for AFOLU VCS & CCB projects.
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Endeavour Veterinary Ecology Pty Ltd
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Saint Louis Zoo & Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute
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An early career conservationist with special interest in community-based conservation
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- @nafein
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I recently graduated with my MS and am looking for wildlife or land conservation opportunities!
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PAJE Consultancy
Rosalind Helfand is an environmental and social policy advisor for NGOs and government from Los Angeles, CA.
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Associate Prof. working on hidden biodiversity with eDNA in terrestrial and marine environments
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23 October 2023
Interested in joining our growing global team? WILDLABS is hiring a new position based at WWF-US!
17 October 2023
Many people know of the Mozilla Foundation because of the FireFox browser and other open source software they produce together with countless volunteers. Perhaps less well known, the Mozilla Foundation also runs a...
4 October 2023
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...
18 September 2023
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12 September 2023
IDEA WILD is currently accepting applications from all countries for awards for small equipment grants. Read on to learn more.
11 September 2023
Join us in welcoming Esther Githinji, our WILDLABS East Africa Conservation Technology Facilitator who will grow and support the conservation technology community across our first regional hub in East Africa. Read on to...
1 September 2023
An engaging conversation about wildlife drones
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I am also super keen to see what peeps are interested in here. Maybe a video tutorial series of attempted fixes (e.g. trail cameras; collars) or teardowns? Various hacks and re-... |
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Community Base | 11 months 2 weeks ago | |
Here's another article I came across about tracking gear powered by animal movement, which would drastically reduce the need for batteries and increase the lifespan of biologging... |
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Climate Change, Community Base | 11 months 3 weeks ago | |
Did we send you an invite to our workshop? I know you were on the list! We're organising a few networking things, including an event in partnership with EFN, Rufford Foundation,... |
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Community Base | 11 months 4 weeks ago | |
Hello all! Bluspark is a plateform that allows natural area managers such as natural parks or reserves to optimize their day to day... |
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Citizen Science, Community Base, Connectivity, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Protected Area Management Tools, Software and Mobile Apps | 1 year 1 month ago | |
Here's a new one for your calendar! Circle the dates for this year's EarthRanger User Conference. Hosted in Cape Town from 1-5 November 2023, the EarthRanger User Conference... |
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Community Base | 1 year 1 month ago | |
Hey everyone,On Thursday 11th May, Howard Frederick from Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute will be covering a Tech... |
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Community Base, East Africa Community, Protected Area Management Tools | 1 year 1 month ago | |
Posting this with the caveat that I have NOT listened to this yet so it's not an endorsement. I have skimmed the accompanying article though and found it through Simon Gardener... |
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Community Base | 1 year 1 month ago | |
Hi Carly, many thanks for getting back to me and apologies for the slow reply. The internet has been down here for the last week. We do not currently do any acoustic monitoring... |
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Community Base | 1 year 2 months ago | |
I'm obviously quite biased, but always looking for more acoustic monitoring stuff! ;) I think all conferences nowadays should be hybrid. We obviously have the capacity to do... |
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Community Base | 1 year 3 months ago | |
Hi everyone,I am conducting a ~10 minute survey which I hope you can fill out and share with your networks... |
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Conservation Tech Training and Education, Community Base | 1 year 4 months ago | |
intrested. |
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Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Early Career, Emerging Tech | 1 year 5 months ago | |
Hi Steph. Would be interested also. |
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Biologging, Community Base, Connectivity, Data management and processing tools, Emerging Tech, Remote Sensing & GIS | 1 year 5 months ago |