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ICCB 2025 – Let’s Connect!

Stephanie M.

9 March 2025 5:06am

Hi Everyone,I’m excited to be attending my first ICCB 2025 as a student presenter and early-career researcher! My work sits at the intersection of computational epidemiology and...

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Arky

16 June 2025 8:33am

Hey Stephanie, 

I have dropped you couple of links. I believe we also have a booth somewhere. 

 

Fadhilla Golda

16 June 2025 8:41am

Hi Stephanie,

It’s great to hear about your exciting work and that you’ll be attending ICCB 2025 — congratulations on presenting!

The Savannah Tracking team is participating at the exhibition, and we’d love for you to stop by our booth 15.

Given your previous interest in collaring domestic dogs and collecting high-resolution GPS data, it might be a great opportunity for us to connect in person and dive deeper into how our lightweight collar solutions — like those currently deployed on Dingoes — could support your project. We'd be happy to show you how our satellite-enabled collars work, demo our data platforms, and explore a potential fit for your needs.

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WILDLABS Awards 2025 Statistics

Adrien Pajot

30 March 2025 9:53pm

Using our statistical analysis of energy (referencing my previous post on the Boring Fund 2024 stats), and with the judging process still ongoing until the end of the week, I’m...

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Henry Rees

18 June 2025 11:15am

While the United States remains the most represented individual country in terms of project locations, North America as a region ranks fourth overall in the total application pool. This suggests a broader geographic spread and greater participation from a wider range of countries.

Notably, only two African countries appear in the top 10 list below despite the fact that Africa is the region with the highest representation. This shows that projects based in Africa were distributed across many different countries rather than concentrated in just a few.

Henry Rees

18 June 2025 11:17am

As shown below, of the 1,446 team members listed in applications 42.4%, identify as women. While this falls short of our target of at least 50% female representation, it marks a 12.4% increase from last year, an encouraging sign that we are moving in the right direction

This aligns with findings from our State of Conservation Tech reports, which highlight that women remain underrepresented in the sector. However, this year’s data suggests a positive shift may be underway.

Henry Rees

18 June 2025 11:17am

Due to several factors, such as accessibility, cost, and the ease of adapting technologies from other fields (e.g., drones developed for military use), available conservation technologies are currently better suited to terrestrial environments, giving terrestrial applicants a wider range of tools to choose from. In contrast, underwater environments present unique challenges, including the need for waterproof equipment and the difficulty of transmitting data through water.

As a result, marine and freshwater research and projects remain underrepresented in the conservation technology space. This is reflected in our current application pool, where terrestrial projects account for 70.4% of submissions. This imbalance highlights the urgent need for greater investment in marine and freshwater conservation technologies, which are equally important to the future of biodiversity protection.

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Help the Funding and Finance group

Frank van der Most

17 June 2025 1:22pm

The Funding and Finance group will soon go into it's second year of existence. Do you feel like joining the team of group leaders?

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Chad Richardson

19 June 2025 5:05am

Hi Frank thank you. I am keen on this, however I am not sure if I am going to meet the requirements to start a group. Open for anything, thank you.
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Nature FIRST Conference

Alex Rood

16 June 2025 8:37pm

As we conclude the Nature FIRST project, we invite you to a gathering of conservationists, researchers, policymakers, and innovators. This conference is not just the end of a project but the beginning of new networks,...

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Smart Drone to Tag Whales Project

Leandro Buss Becker

8 June 2025 12:19pm

Hi all,Let me please introduce our project named Smart Drone to Tag Whales, awarded in WILDLABS AWARDS 2024.Our research team (@machadoams, @anakfleck, @...

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Frants Jensen

14 June 2025 12:19pm

I would love to hear updates on this if you have a mailing list or list of intersted parties!

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Apply for Free Access to Nature FIRST Conference (innovative solutions for biodiversity monitoring and human-wildlife coexistence)

Nalini

22 May 2025 2:37pm

The European project Nature FIRST is hosting its final conference at Ouwehands Dierenpark in the Netherlands on 25–26 June 2025, and we’re looking to expand our...

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Kim Hendrikse

28 May 2025 4:20pm

Nice!

Thought I'd mention that Wildlife Security Innovations will have a booth there, demonstrating our new multi-camera, local AI camera trap that supports miniature high resolution thermal modules. I will be bringing these along.

Neeltje van Lavieren

31 May 2025 4:21pm

Hi

This is great! 

So just to double check - there is no way to join online? I would love to be part of this conference. 

Thanks, Els van Lavieren

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Evaluation of Global Forest Watch 

Iain McNicol

17 March 2025 4:51pm

Hello all, First of all, I want to introducte myself as a new member of the Wildlabs community.  My name is Iain McNicol and I am the Programme Manager for the Centre...

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Elsa Carla De Grandi

9 April 2025 8:05pm

Hi @iainmcnicol , welcome to WILDLABS! Thanks for posting this on here. I have shared with my colleagues at Fauna & Flora who have some experience (especially with the deforestation alerts) and could maybe provide feedback as well. We also have a page on 'The Inventory' where we're asking people to review various data products, tools, platforms etc including one for Global Forest Watch. As you can see not many reviews currently so it would be great (if possible by anonymising responses etc.) to get the information from your survey and translate this into something we could add to 'The Inventory' for the wider community. Let me know your thoughts on this!

Also is there a closing date for the survey?

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Program Officer / Development Associate

Alex Rood

29 May 2025 6:13pm

CXL is in search of a Program Officer/Development Associate to join our team. This position is critical to the smooth operations of our development and executive team, and will work at the center of a passionate, impact...

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Conservation X Labs Talent Pool

Alex Rood

29 May 2025 6:12pm

Enter Conservation X Labs' talent pool; they are always searching for extraordinarily creative and technologically literate individuals who are passionate about conservation.

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World Wildlife Fund Wildlife Cafe:

Alex Rood

27 May 2025 11:31am

Talia Speaker and I joined the WWF-US wildlife team to discuss how technology is changing the game for wildlife conservation. We covered what the next frontier looks like for the field and how cutting-edge tools are influencing how we protect monitor and protect our planet's...

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Involve our young learners in climate change action.

CathyNj

27 March 2024 3:24pm

I am to present a conference paper this June in Bulgaria. Title of the paper is  "Integrating geospatial techniques into learners' school curriculum to mitigate climate...

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Announcing the WILDLABS Awards 2025 Grantees

WILDLABS Team

20 May 2025 2:32pm

Learn about the 15 selected projects that are working to innovate, scale, and adopt conservation technology for this year’s WILDLABS Awards. 

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Andrew Quitmeyer

22 May 2025 10:00am

Hooray! Looking forward to another great year of mothing thanks to you all!
Adrien Pajot

26 May 2025 5:25pm

Please, meet the Ambiance team and discuss with them here: 
Jonathan Carlo Briones

1 August 2025 10:46am

Hoping for a good run for the next call for proposals! Congrats for everyone who got approved!
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Must profit be part of the environmental solution?

Frank van der Most

12 February 2025 10:24pm

In this LinkedIn articlehttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/moral-dimension-why-profit-must-part-environmental-rich-stockdale-phd-r18se/Rich Stockdale argues for 'yes'. I may not agree...

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Frank van der Most

7 May 2025 8:37am

Hej Travis, . Thank you so much for sharing your experience. And your passion which must be shared by many if not all WildLAbs members! . I think you are summarising the current status of affairs in nature conservation, we build and conserve because it must be done, but it’s clearly not enough. Hence my thought: what if people could earn money ( like, a decent income, or even a lot of money), would that work as a motivator for a massive drive of activities towards nature conservation? You seem to be arriving at a similar conclusion for the sake of tech development, ie for technical innovation. I would seek more innovation in social and economic thinking on nature conservation and how it is organised and financed. Profit seeking could be such an innovation. . Cheers . Frank . PS sorry for my late response. Your message arrived in the midst of mi move from Costa Rica to Spain, so I’ve spent little time on WildLabs and the theme I had I had to spend on my share in organising the upcoming webinar on sustainable income streams for open source projects.
Kim Hendrikse

7 May 2025 9:00am

I think you answered your own question Frank. If grants are out of the question and you actually want results at scale, profit is your only option. For the people/companies with something to offer and no funds in any case.

In my opinion, wildlife initiatives as a commercial target alone I would say is even harder than the more general IT market as the wildlife market is much smaller market with limited funding, especially this year.  So that means that the company is likely going to have to target normal markets to be viable, with wildlife as a side project for them in principle in the most cases. And there's a limited commercial market for wildlife initiatives, so philantrophy would likely also have to be part of the equation.

In today's world with a lot of horrific people with a lot of power, we need to encourage people to realise that success is not just about making money, but also about being a good person and contributing to the planet. Unfortunately, a lot of people with enormous amounts of money and enormous egos seem to equate success only with money and greed. With a few exceptions. We need more exceptions.

Sarah Han-de-Beaux

16 May 2025 8:14am

I very much agree. It is a shame that companies/organisations are willing to spend so much to take from the earth and so little to give back. In the example I come from, we are a team of pure citizen scientists that give all our time for free to perform shark research. In my case, those same volunteers often use money from their own back pocket to keep the project going. We also rely heavily on the generosity of Conservation X to keep our software running and the servers alive.

Technology is not cheap to run. Every server uses electricity and as we all know its going up in price. 

It is a very scary situation when I know that all shark research that we are performing with Spot a Shark (and is being relied on by scientists to publish studies) is funded by nothing more than favours and donations. If that all ended tomorrow, do we just stop all research, awareness, campaigning etc and hope for the best?  

My view is that it ultimately comes down to the government to ensure that conservation is valued. Take extra taxes from the wealthy organisations / banks etc and fund this stuff. I am sure if people like Mark Zuckerberg etc can afford a $900k watch to wear on their wrist, they could afford to support conservation. 

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A Conservation Technology Meetup in Botswana!

Adrien Pajot

15 May 2025 11:52am

We are excited to invite you to a special meetup in Maun, Botswana! This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow conservation tech enthusiasts, share ideas, and enjoy a relaxed evening together

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Frank van der Most

16 May 2025 9:58am

I wish I could join. Have good memories of Maun and Botswana - like looking into the eyes of a lion, whilst sitting in an open truck parked in the middle of a den of hungry lions.
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Proposing a new group

Diego Montecino-Latorre

30 January 2025 6:59pm

Hi!  Is it possible to propose a new Group? 

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