Group curators
Talia Speaker
- @TaliaSpeaker
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WILDLABS
World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Alex Rood
- @alexrood
- | she/her
WILDLABS
World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
With experts across the WILDLABS community working with every type of technology and in every imaginable environment, our platform is a great place to find advice and resources on choosing what tools are right for your conservation project. Whether you're in the market to try a new camera trap model, want to experiment with drones for the first time, or need help weighing the pros and cons of data management tools, there's someone in the WILDLABS community who can help you make a smart and informed choice!
The Community Base is our general gathering group. It's the place where we cover more general, big picture topics in conservation technology - ones that don't fit neatly into our other groups. If you don't know where to post something, just post it in this group. Our moderators will move it if needed!
At our Community Base, you'll find updates from the WILDLABS team on upcoming events and opportunities, and have the chance to shape our programs and platform with your opinions. And most importantly, the Community Base is also home to our Welcome to WILDLABS thread, the best place to introduce yourself to us and the community. Stop by and tell us what you're working on!
Whether you're new to WILDLABS and want to know where to begin, or you're a longtime member looking for a handy bank of resources, our Getting Started on WILDLABS thread will be your one-stop guide to getting the most out of our platform.
Want to find out more about WILDLABS? Check out our recent community call:
Header image: Ana Verahrami/Elephant Listening Project
Group curators
- @TaliaSpeaker
- | She/her
WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I'm the WILDLABS Research Specialist at WWF-US
- 23 Resources
- 62 Discussions
- 25 Groups
- @alexrood
- | she/her
WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I'm the WILDLABS Communications and Community Management Associate Specialist at WWF-US
- 114 Resources
- 78 Discussions
- 7 Groups
Noé
Hi! I am Aurélie, a dedicated French ornithologist and engineer specialized in conservation technologies. I am currently Program manager for the biodiversity of natural habitats' program in a French NGO called Noé.
- 0 Resources
- 1 Discussions
- 5 Groups
A researcher from Monash University working on developing Computer Vision facilitated insect monitoring systems for agriculture and entomology.
- 0 Resources
- 3 Discussions
- 2 Groups
- @jenniferyu_viewdvm
- | she/her
WHIS Project Manager, Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife
- 0 Resources
- 2 Discussions
- 5 Groups
Species360
Conservation & Science Communicator
- 0 Resources
- 2 Discussions
- 4 Groups
- @sarange_angwenyi
- | She/Her
Wildlife veterinarian and researcher working across Kenya. Currently leveraging technology for wildlife disease surveillance.
- 0 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 7 Groups
- @StuartHalewood
- | He/Him
I am Oceanographic Research Engineer at The University of California Santa Barbara specializing in Underwater imaging. Also an avid user and maker of Trail/Remote Cameras.
- 0 Resources
- 3 Discussions
- 2 Groups
- @varshasuresh
- | she/her
Program Officer & Researcher at Foundations of Success
- 0 Resources
- 1 Discussions
- 4 Groups
Key Conservation
- 2 Resources
- 19 Discussions
- 8 Groups
I am a marine ecologist specializing in seagrass ecosystems. I am passionate about understanding the intricate relationships within these vital ecosystems. My current research utilizes innovative acoustic monitoring techniques to study the biodiversity inhabiting seagrass meadows
- 0 Resources
- 1 Discussions
- 1 Groups
MSc student in wildlife management and conservation
- 0 Resources
- 2 Discussions
- 12 Groups
- 0 Resources
- 1 Discussions
- 3 Groups
Woodland Park Zoo
- 0 Resources
- 5 Discussions
- 9 Groups
Community Announcement
AI for Conservation Office Hours: 2021 Review
WILDLABS Admin
We've wrapped our first AI for Conservation Office Hours, a new programme where we set up 1:1 sessions with conservationists using or thinking about using AI so they could receive expert guidance from data scientists at...
14 December 2021
Community Announcement
The State of Conservation Technology 2021
WILDLABS Admin
Today is the launch of our first annual State of Conservation Technology Report! Explore insights from this first-ever global, community-sourced assessment of the state of the field.
13 December 2021
Community Announcement
WILDLABS State of Conservation Tech Survey 2021
WILDLABS Admin
Last year, WILDLABS evolved our annual community survey into a comprehensive assessment of the State of Conservation Technology, which will be published in the coming weeks. Take the 2021 survey to help us build from...
19 November 2021
Funding
Opportunity: Russell E. Train Fellowships
World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Russell E. Train Fellowships invites applicants pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in conservation to receive financial support for studies and field research. Applicants can apply to attend any university around...
4 November 2021
Article
Prince William Announces15 Finalists For Inaugural Year Of The Earthshot Prize
The Earthshot Prize Foundation
Prince William announces the first ever finalists for the EarthShot Prize, one of the most prestigious environment awards in history. The finalists will receive support to scale their impactful solutions to...
28 October 2021
Article
Introducing the Technical Difficulties Editorial Series
WILDLABS Team
Welcome to WILDLABS' new editorial series, Technical Difficulties, an exploration of conservation tech challenges, failures, and lessons learned. Throughout this connected series written by conservation technology...
30 August 2021
Funding
Opportunity: 2022 CLP Team Awards
Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP)
Our friends at the Conservation Leadership Programme are proud to announce the 2022 Team Awards. Applications are now being accepted from early-career conservationists leading critical projects involving threatened and...
8 July 2021
Community Announcement
COVID-19 & Conservation Tech: The Story So Far
WILDLABS Admin
Vulcan is conducting a survey in partnership with EMC Research and with support from WILDLABS about the impacts of COVID-19 on conservation and implications for conservation tech. Learn more about what we're hearing...
5 May 2021
Community Announcement
Survey: COVID-19 and Conservation Tech
WILDLABS Admin
Vulcan is conducting a survey in partnership with EMC Research and with support from WILDLABS about the impacts of COVID-19 on conservation and implications for conservation tech. Take the survey to share your thoughts...
23 April 2021
Funding
Funding Opportunity: Grad Student Research Fellowship Awards
Society for Conservation Biology
The Society for Conservation Biology is now accepting applications for their 2021 Graduate Student Research Fellowship Awards. These $1000 awards will support field work, including travel, materials, or equipment...
1 April 2021
Article
Join the sixth annual #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge!
WILDLABS Team
Join the sixth annual WILDLABS #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge from February 24th through World Wildlife Day on March 3rd to share your conservation tech work with us! Use the hashtag #Tech4Wildlife throughout the week...
24 February 2021
Funding
The Earthshot Prize
WILDLABS Team
The EarthShot Prize will award five, one million-pound prizes each year for the next ten years, providing at least 50 solutions to the world’s greatest environmental problems by 2030.
8 December 2020
May 2025
June 2025
event
World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
October 2025
June 2024
event
Henry Rees
May 2024
April 2024
event
Stephanie O'Donnell
event
Alex Rood
March 2024
event
Matt Ziegler
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Community Base | 5 years 10 months ago | |
| Oh yes I forgot to mention, I will be at the University of Nottingham campus on Saturday too. |
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Community Base | 5 years 10 months ago | |
| Hi all, I'm a physics grad, python developer, and aspiring eco-entrepreneur looking for wildlife biologists to interview... |
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Community Base | 5 years 10 months ago | |
| Hi, I'd like to take part in the EAZA conference in September : https://www.eaza2019.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EAZA-... |
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Community Base | 5 years 10 months ago | |
| Hi Steph and WildLabs team, this is a great idea and I'm liking these added options. I just noticed that when accessing conversations from the Dashboard > My Groups, there... |
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Community Base | 5 years 11 months ago | |
| Hi all, Reminder that the second event in Season 2 of the series is happing TOMORROW May 8 from 2pm-3:30pm GMT / 10am-11:30am EDT! Note that this is 3pm-4:30pm... |
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Community Base | 6 years ago | |
| Here's a link to a study about koala scat detection dogs: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep08349?dom=pscau&src=syn and check out Figure 1, which compares... |
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Community Base | 6 years 1 month ago | |
| One concern I have is that just as tech companies tend to agglomerate into a monopoly, so too might thoughts regarding conservation. We might end up with a mental... |
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Community Base | 6 years 1 month ago | |
| Hi everyone, Okay, so I've been going through and compiling all the comments here to double check we're covering off all the ideas and requests... |
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Community Base | 6 years 1 month ago | |
| I first learned about these Procter & Gable water purification packets through Mark Rober’s YouTube channel: https://www.... |
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Community Base | 6 years 1 month ago | |
| I think there might be room for improvement in the forum layout, and information shown. Having only 5 threads per page restricts the number of active discussions that can be... |
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Community Base | 6 years 1 month ago | |
| If you are around Paris, France, on May 13-14, Cisco is organizing its annual research &... |
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Community Base | 6 years 1 month ago |
Deadline Today: Project Manager (Remote)
7 July 2023 8:49pm
2023 Canon Oceania Grants - Environmental Grant AU$5,000
7 July 2023 1:47pm
Join the #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: July 24th-28th
7 July 2023 12:17am
Africa Climate Week (ACW) 2023
6 July 2023 11:25am
Africa Climate Summit 2023
6 July 2023 10:37am
Sustained Effort: Trending Toward Sustainability
Ed Miller
and 2 more
5 July 2023 10:00am
WILDLABS is on Instagram!
1 July 2023 12:11am
Senior Wind Engineering Manager: CrossBoundary Energy
27 June 2023 1:10pm
Techonomy 23: The AI Dilemma
27 June 2023 12:19pm
Techonomy Climate NYC: Solutions that Scale
27 June 2023 11:49am
Sustained Effort: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma
21 June 2023 9:00am
The Wildlife Society Conference
19 June 2023 5:59am
WILDLABS Project Manager
16 June 2023 10:18pm
What DIY and repair resources are you looking for?
16 June 2023 1:20am
Improving battery life in tech tools
13 June 2023 12:09am
14 June 2023 7:16pm
Here's another article I came across about tracking gear powered by animal movement, which would drastically reduce the need for batteries and increase the lifespan of biologging tools. Obviously an incredible innovation that ties into the discussions we've had in the Tracking Progress program about catapulting animal movement ecology tech forward, but also great to think about from a sustainability perspective!
ICCB: Are you going? Are you presenting? Share your tech related activities!
30 March 2023 10:58am
30 March 2023 9:09pm
Marconi and I will be there from Rainforest Connection (RFCx)! RFCx has a booth, so catch us in the exhibitor hall (teaser-there will be giveaways...) - we'll be the ones playing weird and cool animal sounds!
We also submitted 2 abstracts, one on using ecoacoustic monitoring to assess how species respond to climate change in Puerto Rico, and another on using ecoacoustic monitoring to assess effectiveness of restoration sites with maintaining biodiversity levels.
Anddddd finally, we'll be giving a lunch-time workshop (just found our proposal was approved!) on using Arbimon to store, analyze, and interpret ecoacoustic data.
Let's have an ICCB conservation tech happy hour?? Super excited to participate in any/all conservation tech stuff happening!
26 May 2023 8:24pm
I will be there! No booth or anything but I will bring along some FieldKits (both terrestrial and underwater). I would love to meet up for a conservation tech happy hour. I think that is a great idea!
8 June 2023 4:32pm
Did we send you an invite to our workshop? I know you were on the list! We're organising a few networking things, including an event in partnership with EFN, Rufford Foundation, Whitley and CLP - keep night two free for this one!
2023 Esri User Conference
7 June 2023 3:37pm
WILDLABS Conservation Tech Intern (The Inventory)
6 June 2023 10:43am
UNEP Executive Director - Inger Andersen's take on why African nations have the power & tools to re-design a plastic pollution-free future
5 June 2023 1:28pm
African nations have the power, tools to re-design a plastic pollution-free future
Across the world, cities, oceans and landscapes are clogged with plastic waste, creating risks for human health, threatening biodiversity and destabilizing the climate. This is why, on World Environment Day this year, the UN Environment Programme is asking everyone to do what they can to end plastic pollution.
Register your #WorldEnvironmentDay Event or Activity and Share it with the World
5 June 2023 1:07pm
Get Involved - World Environment Day events and activities
Add your event on the 2025 World Environment Day map!
Download Now: The Sustained Effort Series
31 May 2023 10:00am
10 AI for the Planet Projects you should be excited about
25 May 2023 11:07am
Catch up with The Variety Hour: May 2023
22 May 2023 12:45pm
The Business of Conservation Conference 2023
17 May 2023 8:29am
Field Surveyor
16 May 2023 4:06pm
ICCB 2023 WILDLABS Workshop: Bridging Sectors for Movement Ecology Innovation
9 May 2023 8:37pm
How do I create an aerial survey flight plan for wildlife monitoring?
9 May 2023 9:24am
Programme Development Manager, WILDLABS
WILDLABS
and 1 more
5 May 2023 10:30am
How do I get started with systematic reconnaissance flights (SRFs) for wildlife survey?
4 May 2023 11:00pm
16 June 2023 7:38pm
I am also super keen to see what peeps are interested in here. Maybe a video tutorial series of attempted fixes (e.g. trail cameras; collars) or teardowns? Various hacks and re-batterying (is that a word) tutes? I am considering putting a few basic vids/tutes toghether if anyone's interested, bearing in mind I'll be flubbing my way through most of them! We can all learn together!
Cheers y'all,
Rob