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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Careers
Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact on our community? Seattle-based Vulcan is looking to hire a science leader to support its work advising the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
4 June 2022
Lacuna Fund seeks proposals from organizations interested in developing datasets for equitable climate outcomes in climate & energy and climate & health.
3 June 2022
FFI is now accepting applications for The Conservation Leadership Programme's Executive Manager. The closing date for applications is Sunday, 24 April 2022. Download the Application Pack here.
7 April 2022
Careers
The FieldKit team is now seeking a freelance Graphic Designer with a passion for conservation technology! If you'd like to use your skills to connect with a conservation technology community, please send a cover letter...
8 March 2022
Ventana Wildlife Society is now seeking a Communications and Digital Media Coordinator to join their team and use digital media to tell the story of their work, including the conservation technology-heavy recovery...
16 February 2022
We're proud to introduce the first WILDLABS On the Edge Fellows for 2022, Loretta Schindlerova and Meredith Palmer! Working alongside expert Edge Impulse mentors, these two fellows will use embedded machine learning to...
10 February 2022
Following the release of our 2021 State of Conservation Technology research and report, the WILDLABS community has been featured in many articles, including two new features in The Hill and Mongabay. Header Image: ...
10 February 2022
The WILDLABS community is designed for conservation technology experts and future leaders with big ideas. WILDLABS Fellowships are designed to put funding and tools into the hands of those who can make big ideas into...
28 January 2022
We have a big vision for our Fellowships & Awards Programme: to create a better way for the tech industry to more meaningfully and impactfully engage with our conservation community. As we open our first fellowships...
28 January 2022
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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... |
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Hi wildlabbers, I LOVE reading every single response to our annual WILDLABS community survey- the replies have so often been... |
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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... |
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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... |
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Community Base | 2 years 9 months ago | |
Yep Its sill open you can join Slack https://join.slack.com/t/hack4nature/shared_invite/zt-t1rw4ee8-3_nFMzc~4zyyrkT~YucE8w ? |
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Community Base | 2 years 10 months ago | |
The Earth Defenders Toolkit is a collaborative space for earth defenders and their allies. The Toolkit provides a growing collection of... |
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Community Base | 2 years 10 months ago | |
Celebrating sites with innovative, integrated approaches to protected and conserved area management that successfully conserve nature while... |
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Read more: The problem with innovation challenges Project Rattlecam. Read more about Project Rattlecam founder Emily Taylor’s work using conservation tech... |
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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... |
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Here's one that I thought was interesting. It's unfortunately straight out of a research lab so it's not commercially available, but it would be interesting to see... |
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Read more: eDNA sampled from stream networks correlates with camera trap detection rates of terrestrial mammals (2020) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90598... |
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Hey David, Awesome, that sounds perfect! I'll email you some of the guidelines and a basic outline to get started with next week! Thanks again, excited to have you... |
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Africa Climate Summit 2023
6 July 2023 10:37am
Sustained Effort: Trending Toward Sustainability
5 July 2023 10:00am
WILDLABS is on Instagram!
1 July 2023 12:11am
Senior Wind Engineering Manager: CrossBoundary Energy
27 June 2023 1:10pm
Techonomy 23: The AI Dilemma
27 June 2023 12:19pm
Techonomy Climate NYC: Solutions that Scale
27 June 2023 11:49am
Sustained Effort: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma
21 June 2023 9:00am
The Wildlife Society Conference
19 June 2023 5:59am
WILDLABS Project Manager
16 June 2023 10:18pm
What DIY and repair resources are you looking for?
16 June 2023 1:20am
Improving battery life in tech tools
13 June 2023 12:09am
14 June 2023 7:16pm
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 tools. Obviously an incredible innovation that ties into the discussions we've had in the Tracking Progress program about catapulting animal movement ecology tech forward, but also great to think about from a sustainability perspective!
ICCB: Are you going? Are you presenting? Share your tech related activities!
30 March 2023 10:58am
30 March 2023 9:09pm
Marconi and I will be there from Rainforest Connection (RFCx)! RFCx has a booth, so catch us in the exhibitor hall (teaser-there will be giveaways...) - we'll be the ones playing weird and cool animal sounds!
We also submitted 2 abstracts, one on using ecoacoustic monitoring to assess how species respond to climate change in Puerto Rico, and another on using ecoacoustic monitoring to assess effectiveness of restoration sites with maintaining biodiversity levels.
Anddddd finally, we'll be giving a lunch-time workshop (just found our proposal was approved!) on using Arbimon to store, analyze, and interpret ecoacoustic data.
Let's have an ICCB conservation tech happy hour?? Super excited to participate in any/all conservation tech stuff happening!
26 May 2023 8:24pm
I will be there! No booth or anything but I will bring along some FieldKits (both terrestrial and underwater). I would love to meet up for a conservation tech happy hour. I think that is a great idea!
8 June 2023 4:32pm
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, Whitley and CLP - keep night two free for this one!
2023 Esri User Conference
7 June 2023 3:37pm
WILDLABS Conservation Tech Intern (The Inventory)
6 June 2023 10:43am
UNEP Executive Director - Inger Andersen's take on why African nations have the power & tools to re-design a plastic pollution-free future
5 June 2023 1:28pm
Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) explains how the innovative approaches towards curbing plastic pollution witnessed across African nations can help in pivoting to a plastics-free future through pioneering innovative manufacturing, packaging and design solutions.
This opinion first appeared in The Nation Africa
Register your #WorldEnvironmentDay Event or Activity and Share it with the World
5 June 2023 1:07pm
It's World Environment Day! This year the focus is on solutions to plastic pollution under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution.
How are you getting involved to solve plastic pollution using conservation technology?
Download Now: The Sustained Effort Series
31 May 2023 10:00am
10 AI for the Planet Projects you should be excited about
25 May 2023 11:07am
Catch up with The Variety Hour: May 2023
22 May 2023 12:45pm
The Business of Conservation Conference 2023
17 May 2023 8:29am
Field Surveyor
16 May 2023 4:06pm
ICCB 2023 WILDLABS Workshop: Bridging Sectors for Movement Ecology Innovation
9 May 2023 8:37pm
How do I create an aerial survey flight plan for wildlife monitoring?
9 May 2023 9:24am
Programme Development Manager, WILDLABS
5 May 2023 10:30am
How do I get started with systematic reconnaissance flights (SRFs) for wildlife survey?
4 May 2023 11:00pm
Bluspark - Integrated management platefmorm for protected areas
28 April 2023 9:28pm
What events are you looking forward to this year?
16 January 2023 2:37pm
6 February 2023 10:41am
It's pretty big for NGOs and I would say there is growing involvement from companies? But it's usually those with strong conservation partnerships. The bigger one is World Conservation Congress - but this is only every few years. We've put in a workshop aligned with our movement ecology work, will likely do some talks, and will be hosting side events (both networking and meetings). I'm hearing about quite a lot of other tech events/conversations being organised, so it should be a good place to connect with a good cross section of the conservation tech community.
13 February 2023 5:25pm
The only one I have as a definite so far is the European Vulture Conference, but I'm hoping to find time to go to more!
27 April 2023 5:52am
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 is a premier global annual event where conservation practitioners worldwide convene to discuss important challenges and solutions. Learn from peers and experts, get hands-on training on the tools to empower your work, and connect with some of the world’s leading conservationists and organizations.
For the first time, we’re joining forces with SMART to provide you with even more opportunities to collaborate with those in your field and improve the effectiveness of your wildlife conservation efforts.
Pre-register to secure your spot:
Any questions you'd like answered in our Tech Tutors session: 'How do I create an aerial survey flight plan for wildlife monitoring?'
26 April 2023 8:02am
Exploring barriers and incentives to digital solutions in Natural Resource Management
21 April 2023 11:19am
16 June 2023 7:38pm
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-batterying (is that a word) tutes? I am considering putting a few basic vids/tutes toghether if anyone's interested, bearing in mind I'll be flubbing my way through most of them! We can all learn together!
Cheers y'all,
Rob