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Anyone can become a citizen scientist - even experts! If you're excited about exploring new areas of conservation tech, contributing to projects, or developing and launching your own citizen science projects or apps, this is the group for you.

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Citizen Science Conservation Apps

John Probert

5 April 2016 2:24pm

Hello, I have been creating a listing of citizen science apps. Here are a few of them. 1. iBats - Allows for the recording and monitoring of bat calls.  2....

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Jessie Oliver

25 January 2017 8:31pm

Hi all, 

I am curious what the reason by the original poster to target applications specifically. That might help me provide us provide you with greater detail. There are  likely thousands out there and if you are also interested in web platforms either as data entry portals or doing project online data analysis that are yet again thousands more.  Many web based platforms have accompanying applications as well. If we look at the birding community, there are already several in Australia for example, but eBird is a global project to record and distribute wild bird observations, which is run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It has a web platform but several apps have also been created to enter data via mobile phones. This is just one example of such technologies. Also I mentioned the global project finder SciStarter in a previous post, and just wanted to let you know, they are VERY interested in knowing about any projects you find that aren't in their data base. There are also interested in partnering with other groups to aggrigate projects. Here in Australia for example, as part of my role with the Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA), I have faciliated such a partnership with the Atlas of Living Australia'/ACSAs project finder. An API now exhanged data across protals regardless of what the information is originally entered. 

Best regards,

Jessie

Jessie Oliver

26 January 2017 8:24pm

Hi guys,

I just spoke with the folks at Scistarter, and as a result they added a filter for applications, and also a an App URL field to the appropriate project pages! :)  Hope that helps!

John Probert

27 March 2017 4:24pm

@Sivakumar This thread seems interesting

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Digital technology companies in Europe for large scale citizen science project

Julien Ricard

4 July 2016 9:25am

Hi, anyone could recommend any digital tech companies in Europe, if possible already involved in conservation, that could handle a large scale citizen science project (like...

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Karolis Kazlauskis

7 July 2016 9:17am

Hi Julien,

CEH is not a digital tech company, but we are running or collaborating on several national and international CitSci projects, including development of web and mobile apps, graphical design, data visualisations and other. Always looking for new opportunities.

Also, check out Natural Aptitude - a good tech company based in Bristol, UK, that we have worked with before.

Hope this helps,
Karolis

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Internet Cats Just Got Bigger

WILDLABS Admin

26 October 2016 12:00am

The internet has a long love affair with cat pictures, but these aren’t your mom’s internet cats. Now internet cats are getting even bigger and wilder. In this article, Dr. Lisa Feldkamp talks about the work Panthera is...

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Camera traps reveal mysteries of nature

Roland Kays

18 July 2016 12:00am

Sharing personal 'best of' animal pictures is a favorite pastime of many camera trappers. A prolific camera trapper himself, Roland Kays has pulled together more than 600 images collected by 152 researchers from 54...

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Can Drones Live up to the Hype?

Paul Glover-Kapfer

8 July 2016 12:00am

Drones are being explored for a spectrum of applications in conservation that include mapping, biodiversity inventories, antipoaching patrols, wildlife tracking and fire monitoring. However, questions remain about...

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Bringing Conservation Technology to Life

Shah Selbe

17 February 2016 12:00am

We are living in the midst of a pretty exciting era. Never before has humanity been more educated, more connected, more enabled, or more empowered than we are today. There are many reasons to be optimistic about the...

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Cheap Space, DIY Imaging and Big Data

WILDLABS Admin

21 December 2015 12:00am

John Amos, President of SkyTruth, explores how remote sensing is being used in conservation today and the importance of sky-truthing. He examines the role that citizen scientists can play in increasing transparency in...

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Gaming for Good: Minecraft and Quiz Up

Peter Jacobs

3 December 2015 12:00am

Can games have real world impacts on issues like the illegal wildlife trade? In part two of his case study for the Gaming for Conservation Group, Peter Jacobs discusses United for Wildlife's efforts to engage young...

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Gaming for Good: Runescape and Angry Birds

Peter Jacobs

25 November 2015 12:00am

Can games raise awareness of conservation issues like the illegal wildlife trade? In part one of his case study for the Gaming for Conservation Group, Peter Jacobs discusses how United for Wildlife is partnering with...

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What is eDNA?

Sarah Kuppert

2 November 2015 12:00am

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is nuclear or mitochondrial DNA that is released from an organism into the environment. Sources of eDNA include secreted faeces, mucous, gametes, shed skin, hair and carcasses. In this article,...

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Jonathan Carlo Briones

1 August 2025 10:14am

Great read! We have examples in the Philippines where the gov't was able to regulate false claims on dried fishery products using eDNA. Hopefully, such practices dont become...
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