There are educators everywhere working to teach the next generation of sustainability minded students. Whether in formal settings (K-12, undergraduate, graduate) settings or informally as science communication now it is more important than ever to work towards advancing Conservation Tech education.
The United Nations released the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which have served as a framework for educators in this space. Educating with a sustainable focus is a challenge whether you are interested in engineering, public policy, AI, or behavioral biology and we hope that this group will help you grow and exchange your ideas with other current and future educators.
This WILDLABS group has been set up by folks who are working to develop education toolkits, platforms, modules, and more in the conservation space. These tools can be at any level of development.
We hope you will become part of this group to share case studies, exchange ideas, and work towards developing a curriculum for future conservation tool crafters.
Current Examples of Conservation Tech Education Resources:
CV4Ecology Summer Workshop:
- Website for Summer Camp Information,
- Applications Due December 15th for next cohort
- 2022 Material including Syllabus, Lectures, Invited Talks, Final Presentations
Tech Tutors from WILDLABS
- TechTutors Season 1, WILDLABS
- TechTutors Season 2, WILDLABS
- TechTutors Season 3, WILDLABS
Want to know more about Conservation Technology education resources? Make sure to join the conversation in the WILDLABS Conservation Tech Training and Education group.
Additional Conservation Tech Courses:
- Tech4Wildlife @ Georgia Tech – Interdisciplinary and Project Based course on Conservation Technology
- MSc Wildlife Conservation Tech – Liverpool John Moores University Program
Group curators
- @StreamingScience
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Andrew’s always looking to find new interdisciplinary teams in the conservation tech space. He is a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute, who completed his PhD at Georgia Tech in 2022. His interests including conservation tech education and engineering work.
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- @sstathat
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Suzanne’s drive to protect the natural world led her to graduate school at Caltech. She is a Computing and Mathematical Sciences PhD student, advised by Pietro Perona. Her interests include leveraging machine learning and computer vision techniques to solve ecological problems.
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- @cshriver
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Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD student in Quantitative Biosciences
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- @cleo
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Southern African Wildlife College
I am ecologist working in African conservation areas who loves wildlife & wild landscapes. I increasingly recognize that conservation is about people, especially those living in & around protected areas. Finding ways to benefit marginalized people is my passion.
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- @eliminatha
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Passionate wildlife researcher dedicated to uncovering the secrets of the natural world via the lens of camera traps. With a sharp eye for detail and a strong commitment to wildlife conservation.
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I help conservation scientists spend less time on boring stuff.
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Conservation Biologist; Research interest Human Dimensions on Wildlife Conservation and Conservation Tech
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- @snapshot_serengeti
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Fauna & Flora
Conservation, Innovation, Education
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- @KasidisCHANPRADUB
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TH-Forestry technical officer
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- @shana
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I am a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington. I am a researcher with the eDNA Collaborative and Co-Director of the Pacific Marine Energy Center.
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Teaching an undergraduate Conservation+Tech training program at UC Berkeley
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- @HollyCormack
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WILDLABS & Fauna & Flora
WILDLABS Conservation Tech Intern (The Inventory)
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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
Pathways to the resilience of agro-pastoral communities in Kenya- PhD Position at NTU
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
There are six opportunities aimed at enhancing conservation science capacity, education and leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Read on to learn more.
21 November 2023
Listen in on our interview with Mara Elephant Project’s Tracking Manager, Wilson Sairowua, as he explains how MEP is using software, geofencing and drone technologies to resolve human-elephant conflict across Maasai...
20 October 2023
IDEA WILD is currently accepting applications from all countries for awards for small equipment grants. Read on to learn more.
11 September 2023
In this Conservation Tech Showcase case study from 2022 Conservation Tech Award winner Club Arribada, you’ll learn how they’re empowering young people through digital literacy education and access to conservation...
11 August 2023
Support wildlife NGO teams learn from and use SMART data to adapt their management practices
24 July 2023
We're looking for an enthusiastic early career individual looking to develop their GIS, remote sensing, and capacity building skills.
24 July 2023
This course was developed by Code for Africa in partnership with the BBC Media Action with funding from the EU under the Confer project in association with Norcap and ICPAC to help communicate and report about climate...
21 July 2023
Renew Capital is sourcing startups for our next Super Angels Fund and we are hoping to close investments in 20 startups before the end of December 2023.
19 July 2023
To keep creating this positive impact, you must learn to delegate tasks to others. Otherwise, you will crack or burn out. Here are 5 hacks for how to do it.
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Hi Andrew, Are you still working on this text? I'd be interested in authoring a chapter, if you are. I'm a reasercher in Human Centered Design and Engineering at University... |
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Conservation Tech Training and Education | 1 month 1 week ago | |
Hello! If you were interested in the DSAIL Tech4Wildlife Workshop last week exploring how AI can be used to aid conservation efforts, you... |
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AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education | 2 months 2 weeks ago | |
Hey everyone!I am brand new to conservation technology and I am trying to find my way. I currently work in a different field and want to... |
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AI for Conservation, Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Drones, Early Career, Earth Observation 101 Community, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions, Remote Sensing & GIS, Sensors, Software and Mobile Apps | 2 months 3 weeks ago | |
Very helpful, thank you. One more thing, are there any broad skills that apply to all areas of conservation tech that may be helpful to learn/improve, e.g data analysis? |
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AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career | 3 months ago | |
@richardturere Hello :) and a warm welcome to WILDLABS! Here is the link to @Lekato Samuel Lekato - Founder and Chairman, Enduata Emaa CBO. Sam is interested in conservation... |
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Citizen Science, Climate Change, Community Base, Connectivity, Conservation Tech Training and Education, East Africa Community, Human-Wildlife Conflict | 4 months 1 week ago | |
Hi Ny Aina, @StephODonnell and I run a Women in Conservation Technology training program for women in East Africa (to date, we've worked with Kenyan and Tanzanian students). I'd... |
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Conservation Tech Training and Education | 5 months ago | |
Carly, that would be great! Thanks! I work with soundscapes and love the work of Rainforest Connection! I'll send you an email (@CUNY) to coordinate! |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech, Remote Sensing & GIS | 6 months 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 | 7 months 1 week ago | |
Hi everybody 👋🏽,I'm a UX designer, and I design interfaces and improve user experiences/flows. I would love to contribute to conservation... |
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AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict | 7 months 1 week ago | |
I'm looking for any recommendations for any entry level/internship remote roles/companies in the United States that are focused in... |
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AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career, Remote Sensing & GIS | 7 months 2 weeks ago | |
Hi Andrea! Although I am a keen user and observer of the Moveapps initiative, my R or Python coding skills are next to non- existing. I am therefore not likely to be contributing... |
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Biologging, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps | 8 months 4 weeks ago | |
Thank you liz! @sstathat and I are really excited about the group as well. I can imagine there are a lot of challenges with training folks to use the software. Are these software/... |
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Conservation Tech Training and Education | 9 months ago |
Conservation of Kikuyu Escarpment Forest
1 December 2023 12:38pm
PhD Position- Nottingham Trent University UK
1 December 2023 7:13am
NSERC-CREATE Graduate Programs
27 November 2023 10:36am
AWMS Conference 2023
WWF Education for Nature 2024 Fellowships and Grants Info Session
21 November 2023 2:40pm
WWF's Education for Nature Fellowships and Grants are now open
21 November 2023 2:37pm
Insight; a secure online platform designed for sharing experiences of conservation tool use.
7 November 2023 1:01pm
A secure platform designed for those working to monitor & protect natural resources. Insight facilitates sharing experience, knowledge & tools to increase efficiency & effectiveness in conservation. By sharing we reduce time & money spent to find, test, & implement solutions.
CT Textbook?! Want to contribute/help author? Reach out!
21 February 2023 12:56pm
8 August 2023 6:26pm
Is there an update on this effort? It'd be great to create a fully open source open education resource (OER) from this!
26 October 2023 4:45am
Hi Andrew,
Are you still working on this text? I'd be interested in authoring a chapter, if you are. I'm a reasercher in Human Centered Design and Engineering at University of Washington, and I work in this space.
Virtual Reality (VR) in Climate Change & Conservation Education
25 October 2023 10:43am
Restoring the Mara Elephant Population Using Coexistence Tech Solutions with Mara Elephant Project's Wilson Sairowua

20 October 2023 1:31pm
Monitoring and Evaluation for Wildlife Conservation
18 October 2023 2:22pm
Digital Disruption for Conservation Toolkit
22 September 2023 12:18pm
Made available by the Digital Disruption and the Future of Conservation project team at Unearthodox, the toolkit provides conservation practitioners with a comprehensive introduction to Web 3.0 and AI concepts and their potential use for nature conservation.
DSAIL Tech4Wildlife Workshop Tutorials Now Available!
20 September 2023 12:22pm
Predator Monitoring & Community Conservation within the Greater Mara Ecosystem
13 September 2023 10:22am
Looking for Opportunities to Shadow Field Technologists in Southeast Asia
13 September 2023 4:11am
IDEA WILD Equipment Support Applications Now Open
11 September 2023 2:31pm
Where to start in ct ?
1 September 2023 2:50pm
2 September 2023 12:53am
Hi Lucas.
I can understand that there are a lot of technologies being thrown around and it can be confusing about what is really needed. I recommend to first select an area of conservation you want to focus in, ie: ecological restoration, soil conservation, wildlife management, etc. Based on that decision, look at what technologies are available that can potential help in that field. We do a lot of work in ecological restoration and find that long term, longitudinal monitoring of conservation reserves are important. Because of that, we use a lot of datalogging and wireless communications to monitor remote locations. If you're interested in invasive species management, you might be drawn towards wildlife tracking (movement ecology), trap monitoring, drones, etc.
The technology is a tool, and you should look at it like field gear. The gear will change depending on what you're setting out to do and the tool is supposed to make your life easier, not harder :)
Hope that helps.
Akiba
2 September 2023 6:14am
Very helpful, thank you. One more thing, are there any broad skills that apply to all areas of conservation tech that may be helpful to learn/improve, e.g data analysis?
DSAIL Tech4Wildlife Workshop
1 September 2023 11:32am
26 September 2023 6:54am
26 September 2023 9:19am
How to report on biodiversity impacts at scale for TNFD
24 August 2023 12:41pm
Club Arribada: Empowering Future Leaders with Conservation Tech Opportunities

11 August 2023 9:18pm
2024 Student Conference on Conservation Science
26 July 2023 12:27pm
Interested in being part of the Enduata Emaa CBO's Green Planet Ambassadors Project in Amboseli?
5 July 2023 10:28am
25 July 2023 1:14pm
@richardturere Hello :) and a warm welcome to WILDLABS! Here is the link to @Lekato Samuel Lekato - Founder and Chairman, Enduata Emaa CBO. Sam is interested in conservation technology focused on how to keep wild animals away from community homesteads in Amboseli and I reckon your Lion Lights could help. I'll let you two take on the conversation from here. Thanks!
Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) Impact & Learning Intern
24 July 2023 5:23pm
Deadline Approaching: GIS Capacity Internship
24 July 2023 5:18pm
Want to learn how to report on #ClimateChange? Here's a Free BBC Media Action Course
21 July 2023 11:46am
Renew Capital launches Renew Venture Lab
19 July 2023 1:58pm
Wildlife Conservation Drones & Technologies Summit 2023
16 July 2023 10:04pm
Stakeholder Engagement for Wildlife Conservation
13 July 2023 4:57pm
6 April 2023 1:05pm
Hey Andrew,
This MOOC might be worth looking at and speaking to the authors?