Despite critical advancements in the tech solutions available to conservationists around the world, many existing tools are cost-prohibitive in the landscapes that need them most. Additionally, those who create low-cost and open-source alternatives to pricey market tech are often operating on tight budgets themselves, meaning they have limited resources for the promotion of their solutions to a wider market. We need increased communication around these solutions to highlight their availability, share lessons learned in their creation, and avoid duplication of efforts.
This group is a place to share low-cost, open-source devices for conservation; describe how they are being used, including what needs they are addressing and how they fit in to the wider conservation tech market; identify the obstacles in advancing the capacity of these technologies; and to discuss the future of these solutions - particularly their sustainability and how best to collaborate moving forward.
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Passive acoustic monitoring of lemurs in Madagascar
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Team Leader for "Computer Vision and Machine Learning" at University of Jena (Germany) working on algorithmic solutions for biodiversity monitoring tasks
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The Granollers Museum of Natural Sciences
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Developer of the Android app DC Dolphin Communicator, and others
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I am a Conservation Biologist managing a portfolio of species conservation projects. My current focus is raptors but I also have experience working with large marine mammals and sea birds. My research interests are on evaluating the effectiveness of conservation interventions.
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Intertidal Agency
Data systems & policy solutions
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Web & connected devices (IOT) developer, software development manager and passionate environmentalist.
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Principal Statistician for Ecology and Environmental Science with Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland.
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Technology advisor for social change
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Careers
Conservation Technology Research Internship
Meredith Palmer
Boost cons tech capacity at an international NGO! Fauna & Flora International is offering a paid three-month internship to consolidate and share best practices for the application of emerging hardware and software...
26 August 2022
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Lead Software Engineer for ARISE
Chantal Huijbers
Job opening at ARISE, an innovative program in the Netherlands to build a digital infrastructure for biodiversity data and services
19 August 2022
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Earth Species Project - Senior AI Research Scientist
Andrea Austin
The Earth Species Project (ESP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to decoding animal communication and translating non-human language.
15 July 2022
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Article
Deep Learning for Marine Ecology and Conservation
arXiv (Journal)
This article provides a review of deep learning (predominantly ML) used in marine ecology and considerations for its future directions in conservation. In plain language, the authors provide a methodology for training...
20 December 2021
Article
Identification of Wildlife in Camera Trap Images
MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute - Journal)
Camera trap wildlife surveys can generate vast amounts of imagery. A key problem in the wildlife ecology field is that vast amounts of time is spent reviewing this imagery to identify the species detected. Valuable...
20 December 2021
Article
The 2021 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge has opened with the aim of recognizing innovative entries that leverage biodiversity data and tools from the GBIF network to advance open science.
20 January 2021
Funding
Argos Satellite Tag Open-Source Grant
Thomas Gray
WILDLABS community member Thomas Gray from Argos has given us a preview of an upcoming grant program to develop open-source tags. Three years ago, Argos worked with the Arribada Initiative to develop an open-source...
17 August 2020
Article
Creating bold conservation tech solutions requires each of us to find the intersection between our skills and passions. In this case study on the new Aqualink reef monitoring system, a unique citizen science project...
9 June 2020
Funding
Competition: 2020 Hackaday Prize
Conservation X Labs
The 2020 Hackaday Prize competition has begun! This year, Conservation X Labs has partnered with the Hackaday Prizes as one of four nonprofits seeking tech-based solutions to urgent challenges. Conservation X Labs'...
26 May 2020
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| I only really know about the audio side of things, not sure about incorporating video too. Raven may be something to look into? From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. There's a... |
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Acoustic Monitoring, Citizen Science, Data management and processing tools , Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps | 4 days 2 hours ago | |
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Acoustic Monitoring, AI for Conservation, Biologging, Camera Traps, Community Base, Data management and processing tools , Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions, Remote Sensing & GIS, Software and Mobile Apps | 4 days 4 hours ago | |
| Thank you for the response! I'm not sure how to find that out. It says MP4. Is that what you're looking for? |
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Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools , Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps | 3 weeks 2 days ago | |
| I've been working with a current visiting scholar who's from China and has been interested in getting started with some acoustic monitoring studies when he goes back to China... |
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Open Source Solutions | 2 months 4 weeks ago | |
| If you're looking to identify collaborators - probably lots of organizations listed in the Conservation Tech Directory would be interested (quick prelim search yields orgs like... |
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Marine Conservation, Open Source Solutions | 3 months 1 week ago | |
| Hey all!I'm well into my journey into the field of conservation now, after volunteering and freelancing for a couple of different... |
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Biologging, Community Base, Open Source Solutions | 3 months 1 week ago | |
| Dear Community,Together with Hackster.io, Seeed Studio is very happy to jointly organize “IoT Into the Wild Contest for Sustainable Plant... |
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AI for Conservation, Connectivity, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions, Sensors | 3 months 2 weeks ago | |
| There are only a few days left to apply to the 2022 Gathering for Open Science Hardware! Join a community of scientists, hardware developers, artists, and activists... |
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Community Base, Open Source Solutions | 5 months ago | |
| We are excited to announce that the 2022 Gathering will be held in Panamá from October 26-29. Applications to attend are now open,... |
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Open Source Solutions | 5 months 3 weeks ago | |
| The Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH) has opened its second round of regional events funding! This program is perfect for groups... |
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Community Base, Open Source Solutions | 6 months 2 weeks ago | |
| At IUCN, we are collecting examples of best practices and case studies of tech use in and around protected and conserved... |
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Open Source Solutions | 6 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Hi Wildlabbers! Tomorrow Shah Selbe will be our Tech Tutor and guide us through how to turn an innovative conservation tech... |
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Open Source Solutions, Sensors | 11 months ago |
Ecological Forecasting Initiative's data analysis webinar series
26 September 2022 at 06:50pm
Software to aid acoustic sound files visualization/labelling + Software to syncronize video/acoustic sonograms
23 September 2022 at 01:01pm
Crypto funding for ecosystem and conservation science
8 September 2022 at 01:48pm
Otter video help!
5 September 2022 at 06:57pm
7 September 2022 at 03:57am
Hi Britnee!
Thanks for posting your question. What format is your video currently in? I might be able to help you convert it so it can be shared here.
7 September 2022 at 06:12pm
Thank you for the response! I'm not sure how to find that out. It says MP4. Is that what you're looking for?
How To Use An Arduino – Beginners Guide
1 September 2022 at 10:02pm
For anyone interested in WILDLABS' Build Your Own Data Logger course, this beginner's guide to Arduino may be a valuable resource! This page also includes links to other relevant resources on Arduino language and getting started with Arduino software for the first time.
Conservation Tech Directory - new update!
29 August 2022 at 02:38pm
23 September 2022 at 05:26pm
Congrats on the milestone Carly and Gracie!
26 September 2022 at 10:07pm
Thanks so much!!
Conservation Technology Research Internship
26 August 2022 at 04:58pm
26 September 2022 at 11:59pm
I only really know about the audio side of things, not sure about incorporating video too.
Raven may be something to look into? From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. There's a bunch of different license purchase options that are pretty affordable (especially compared to other proprietary software like BatSound or Sonobat, though the latter has a free viewer platform).
Arbimon may be something to look into as well, as it is completely free & has a nice online GUI. Though this is more aimed at passive acoustic monitoring-type stuff.