WILDLABS groups like this one are where conservation tech community members from every career stage gather to ask questions, share resources, and network. If you're just getting started in your #tech4wildlife career, making a career change from the tech world into conservation, or you're a student finding your path in the field, the Early Career group wants to meet you!
Likewise, the Early Career group is an excellent place for our conservation tech experts to share opportunities and resources with a wide audience of people who will make a big impact in conservation in the coming years.
How can you get started in our Early Career group?
- Visit our Welcome Thread and tell us about yourself and your career goals!
- Drop into our Share Your Master's Project thread to ask questions, share your updates, get advice, and discuss your project goals with people who can help you make progress
- Network with our group's regular events like Happy Hour, launching later in 2022
The Early Career group is looking for an organizer for a 6-month period to plan networking events and help conservation tech students from around the world connect! If you're interested in volunteering as group organizer, email [email protected] with a brief summary of your early career conservation tech experience so far, and with an idea for one event or activity you'd propose for the group. We hope to hear from you!
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Wildlife conservationist, writer, and photographer looking for a job in wildlife conservation! My "dream job" would involve adding a creative aspect (e.g., writing or photography) to promote the conservation of wildlife worldwide.
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Certified Associate Wildlife Biologist
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- @nlubcker
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Results-Driven R&D Project Manager | Data scientist | I'm a versatile professional with 10 years of global experience in conservation and research.
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- @aranFish
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CTO at SafetyNet Technologies
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- @nabilla.nuril
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Incoming student of UCL MSc Ecology and Data Science
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- @Harperinos
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'Diploma of Conservation & Ecosystem Management' student at TAFE NSW Australia.
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- @Cathrine
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Ocean Conservationist
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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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Postdoc position at NASA JPL: study and prototype innovative satellite-tag systems to track the movement of animals from space.
11 July 2023
If you have a strong background in GIS, a passion for environmental sustainability, and the desire to contribute to the world's carbon neutrality, this is a great opportunity for you!
15 June 2023
In this interview between Rob Appleby and Ellie Warren, we discuss the importance of DIY, recycling, and sharing tools in order to make our community more sustainable.
14 June 2023
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Permanent and Full Time role at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
8 June 2023
Come work with us! WILDLABS and Fauna & Flora are seeking an intern to help develop the movement ecology content on the Inventory - our wiki-inspired database of conservation technology. Accepting applications until...
6 June 2023
Field Inclusive, Inc. is offering a $2000 travel award to students to attend bird-focused conferences, workshops, and trainings. Interested acoustic monitoring community members should apply by July 31st for...
2 June 2023
The Future Forest Company (FFC) team are looking for an enthusiastic, early career data and GIS administrator to join them. The role will manage spatial and operational data, with a particular focus on carbon from...
31 May 2023
Welcome to our new Conservation Tech Showcase, a series highlighting innovative and impactful projects from outstanding organizations around the world.
11 May 2023
Non-profit organizations addressing issues related to climate justice such as (but not limited to) climate change mitigation/resilience, pollution, hazardous waste, wildlife conservation/restoration or environmental...
10 May 2023
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We create Precision Fishing technology to help commercial fishermen catch their target species more consistently & sustainably.
5 April 2023
Rainforest Connection (RFCx), in collaboration with USFWS, seek four Puerto Rican field agents to assist in deploying and retrieving audio recorders for a long-term biodiversity monitoring project in and around six...
22 February 2023
Scholarships available for training courses focussing on nature restoration in East Africa
21 February 2023
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Hello everyone! My name is Kiana Lawton and I am a junior study biology at Brigham Young University. I am passionate about conservation... |
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Early Career | 4 years 4 months ago | |
@Michiko Thanks a lot for the motivation and guidance. I am looking for a job in this sector for quite sometime but have been unable to find one. Since one must keep... |
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Early Career | 4 years 7 months ago | |
Caracal Caracal is a cloud-based data integration & analysis platform for protected areas. We are looking for creative graphic designers and frontend developers... |
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Early Career | 5 years ago | |
Hi Data Science community! This listing of online data science courses might be of interest. Regards, John |
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Early Career | 6 years 10 months ago |
Ways of developing skills and knowledge
15 April 2020 7:48pm
23 October 2020 7:26pm
Outstanding! I've created a Slack page: https://wildlabs-learners.slack.com/. Please message me your e-mail address to be added. From there, we can discuss who wants to learn what and then create subchannels if needed.
23 October 2020 9:31pm
Hi everyone,
I've taken several courses from the Edx platform and a few from Nat Geo.
I highly recommend Edx courses. They cover material with enough detail that I've always learned something but never been overwhelmed. Many of them provide additional material for more in-depth reading.
I can't speak to any of the other platforms on the list, but I intend to check them out.
Intro to new FIT community group - early career interest
25 May 2020 6:00pm
Ecology/Technology Artist & Freelancer; Hi!
13 May 2020 10:21pm
Survey: Applying tech to conservation
17 April 2020 4:30pm
SWITCHING TO CONSERVATION
14 April 2020 8:53pm
STORY TELLING PROJECTS : HOW TO GO ABOUT IT
14 April 2020 8:47pm
Looking for an Internship
21 January 2020 4:25am
Internship Wanted: Conservation & Animal experience
21 January 2020 4:13am
Where to Look for Conservation Jobs (running list)
2 September 2019 6:47pm
7 November 2019 12:18am
I would suggest focusing on honing a skillset that would make you a killer applicant. Wildlife is a hard field to get into, so instead of targeting a species of interest, it would be helpful to jump on any opportunity to get more experience. Even if it is not directly related to what you want to do. Try picking up some volunteer work or internships to get your foot in the door and see if it is still what you would like to do too!
7 November 2019 12:20am
But honestly, there are conservation organizations that would also benefit from the skillset of an engineer! Try looking into different organizations that interest you and see where your skills may fit in with that. Honestly, there situtations where conservation groups depend on engineers to help preserve a species or protect a habitat. You can look into wildlife parks, national parks, wildlife refuges, etc to see how your skills fit in there... unless you want to completely leave engineering behind of course.
7 November 2019 7:43pm
@Michiko Thanks a lot for the motivation and guidance.
I am looking for a job in this sector for quite sometime but have been unable to find one. Since one must keep running the house, I am working in Jacobs as a design engineer for the last 2 years.
I will try and try and try. But if u do find something do let us all eager eco-concerned Indian engineers know.
Internship and Early Career Opportunities 2019
3 May 2019 4:33pm
3 May 2019 4:37pm
WildCRU Camera Trap Internships
WildCRU’s wide-spread and long-term camera trapping study spans South East Asia to West Africa to Scotland. Based at Tubney House, we are looking for early career undergraduate or masters students to work closely with our camera trapping co-ordinator to identify species and tag camera trap images using WildCRU’s camera trapping protocol. You will learn a variety of skills, attend WildCRU’s camera trapping workshop and have the opportunity to network with WildCRU’s international community.
Interns will be appointed for 3 month, usually on a part time basis, at £9 per hour, ideally starting 10th June. To apply, please send us a CV (no longer than 2 pages) and a covering letter detailing your experience to [email protected] and [email protected] by 24th May 2019.
More info: https://www.wildcru.org/opportunities/
24 May 2019 11:41am
Caracal
Caracal is a cloud-based data integration & analysis platform for protected areas. We are looking for creative graphic designers and frontend developers who are willing to contribute remotely to our young yet exciting conservation technology project. We primarily need help developing intuitive map icons for categorizing incidents and species, as well as building frontend components for our web app.
This project is ongoing and those interested are encouraged to email us at [email protected] or by completing this form:
https://forms.gle/e2TA24scf5Ceq7LK6
EDX.org Data Science Courses
25 July 2017 2:38pm
23 October 2020 5:00pm
Hey guys,
please count me in. I am software engineer and would love to get some well structured knowledge about conservation, environment, ecology, climate change, biodiversity loss and alike. I'll be more than happy to create learning group with you.