Active members
Active discussions
Comments
Resources
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:
Header image: Ana Verahrami/Elephant Listening Project
Group curators
WILDLABS
I'm the Community Manager at WILDLABS
- 11 Resources
- 476 Discussions
- 25 Groups
WILDLABS
I'm the WILDLABS Research Lead at WWF-US
- 1 Resources
- 45 Discussions
- 22 Groups
WILDLABS Coordinator based in Southern California
- 4 Resources
- 99 Discussions
- 14 Groups
Meetup Topic Ideas - Do you have something to share?
24th May 2016 at 02:15pm
May Meetup: Wolf detectors, Multispectral Cameras and Gorilla Radios
24th May 2016 at 02:13pm
Conservation tech in SE Asia
13th May 2016 at 09:58am
20th September 2016 at 07:43am
Hi JC,
I'm looking for similar information for E.Africa (particularly Kenya). Not sure how much these overlap, but have found the following; SMART, Cybertracker, Jigzaw, WILD, MIST, METT, Land PKS. Seems like a big focus on anti-poaching/security. Are you aware/can you please point me to others you may have heard of?
Best Wishes,
Deepali
Trophy hunting and #tech4wildlife
3rd May 2016 at 01:30pm
Going into Business for Wildlife Conservation
13th April 2016 at 12:31pm
Sat 2 Apr: Science Makers: Wildlife and conservation technologies
29th March 2016 at 02:24pm
Social Tech Seed: Applications now open
23rd March 2016 at 03:59pm
WILDLABS.NET Functionality and Features - have your say
7th March 2016 at 10:02am
23rd June 2017 at 05:30pm
Can I get notifications for a group? I want to get an email each time a new topic is added to 'Drones' without having to keep coming back.
23rd June 2017 at 06:09pm
Thanks for the feedback tom! Yes, giving everyone more options around their email alerts is at the top of my list as well. It's pretty much all or nothing right now, and the lack of email notifications about new threads beginning is a big limitation we'd like to address. Will keep you posted!
9th April 2019 at 05:40pm
I think there might be room for improvement in the forum layout, and information shown.
Having only 5 threads per page restricts the number of active discussions that can be held simultaneously before one of them loses visibility by being pushed to the next page. Increasing this number, or adding an 'infinite scroll' feature found in other forum software like Discourse might help to facilitate more discussion.
Additionally, knowing which user was the last to respond to a thread would also be quite useful. This would allow users to quickly identify when admins, core contributers, or the original author have added to the discussion.
What do you do in your spare time?
2nd March 2016 at 11:04am
Indianapolis Prize Finalists announced
9th February 2016 at 04:31pm
New Groups - what's in development and what would you like?
14th January 2016 at 03:02pm
New article about WILDLABS.NET: Where Technology and Conservation Meet
24th December 2015 at 04:33pm
Second Tiger Cub Dies in Crimea Zoo After Blackout
7th December 2015 at 10:31pm
8th December 2015 at 12:11pm
Hi Sofia,
While there is a argument that the death of Bengal Tigers at a zoo in Crimea could potentially be viewed wildlife crime, your original post was unclear about how this was relevant to a professional community that is focused on collaborating and sharing ideas about conservation technology. I would argue that technological innovation might not be the most important element for finding a solution to the problem you have identified. Rather, there are political, social and economic factors that must be addressed as a higher priority, and if addressed effectively, will negate the need for a complex technological solution to this issue.
That being said, I welcome any community member who might be interested to continue the discussion below.
Cheers,
Stephanie
8th December 2015 at 12:42pm
Hi, Stephanie
"WILDLABS.NET is a community of conservationists, technologists, engineers, data scientists, entrepreneurs and change makers. Together, we share information, ideas, tools and resources to discover and implement technology-enabled solutions to some of the biggest conservation challenges facing our planet. Join the Community to share your knowledge, explore ongoing projects, ask questions and identify major questions and needs. This community is a centralised space for field based conservationists to connect directly with technology experts, to share their challenges and source new ideas for solutions. Connecting with users on the ground will help technologists and innovators to test ideas in field environments, and adapt systems that can accelerate conservation gains. The problems faced by our planet cannot be solved by people working in silos. Become part of theCommunity and work together to build the solutions." (from WILDLABS.NET front page)
Bengal tigers (especially white ones) are identified as endangered species. Blackouts can happen anywhere.. So, as this is a community based on technological solutions, discussions, and sharing ideas and collaborating, I believed someone could have an idea about what can we, as conservationists, do, in order to prevent such loses of endangered species in the zoos, in the future. I'm less interested in politics when it concerns the lives of innocent animals suffering from imperfect conditions in the zoos etc. Any loss of endangered species, anywhere in the world, is a wildlife crime, because we can not afford to let our children live in the world where there's no elephants, rhinos or bengal tigers etc.
On the contrary, this is exactly what I've been saying, that technological innovations (ideas, projects) are exactly what could we all seriously regard in order to solve such problem that happened to the animals in the Crimean zoo. For example, zoos areas could have better equipment with alternative energy generators, or some innovative energy generators. In case of a blackout for example (man-made, natural, technological), in some country for example, it immediately puts at risk the zoos |and the safety and security of its animals|(and not only, but here we discuss environmental issues), for example if it's a cold country: Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Canada etc, on my opinion, I think it would be better if the zoos be equipped with alternative power generators. So, if anyone in the community, have an idea what kind of innovations could be used for the zoos (all over the world) I would be happy to read.
Thank you,
With love,
Sofia
France24.com video segment on wildlife conservation technology
4th December 2015 at 07:51pm
7th December 2015 at 11:55am
Thanks for posting Dave - it's a neat overview of lots of different projects. I hadn't seen the SMART hook before, so worth the watch!
Bengal tiger cub dies of cold at Crimea zoo hit by power cuts.
4th December 2015 at 06:22pm
Bengal tiger cub dies of cold at Crimea zoo hit by power cuts.
4th December 2015 at 05:36pm
Rare friendship between a tiger and a goat!
4th December 2015 at 05:29pm
Frequently Asked Questions
30th October 2015 at 05:43pm
Opportunity: Executive Manager, Conservation Leadership Programme
Fauna & Flora International
7th April 2022 at 12:00am
Opportunity: Graphic Designer
FieldKit
8th March 2022 at 12:00am
Opportunity: Communications and Digital Media Coordinator
Ventana Wildlife Society
16th February 2022 at 12:00am
22nd September 2016 at 09:28am
Hi Stephanie,
A postdoc friend at Newcastle University has been involved in developing and implementing Tumbling Dice's Rana camera trap project for detecting pollinators. Not your average camera trap, Rana detects frames in which a substantial number of pixels in that frame differ from the previous frame and in which these motion-pixels are concentrated into a small area, “the blob”. They used this technology for monitoring pollinator visits to pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) in the Chilterns. They are off to Utah to start a new job in 2017 but they could be a great candidate?
It's also well worth checking out Tumbling Dice's other projects including Daisy for automated species recognition at http://www.tumblingdice.co.uk/.