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
Article
Take the 2024 WILDLABS State of Conservation Technology Survey
Talia Speaker and 1 more
What technologies are you using or building for nature, and how are they working for you? Have your say in the 5-year trends report on the State of Conservation Technology by taking the 2024 survey today!
19 November 2024
Article
Apply Now: AI for Conservation Office Hours 2025
Jake Burton and 1 more
Are you stuck on an AI or ML challenge in your conservation work? Apply now for the chance to receive tailored expert advice from data scientists! The deadline for applications is Monday 9 December 2024.
13 November 2024
Funding
Crowder-Messersmith Fund calls for small project applications (≤$3000)
Frank van der Most
The Crowder-Messersmith Conservation Fund supports small, local conservation and education projects in developing countries.
31 October 2024
Funding
ICI opens Medium Grants call for projects (€300K-800K)
Frank van der Most
The International Climate Initiative opens this call once per year, to allow what they call "smaller-scale civil society actors in developing and emerging countries" to initiate projects addressing the Paris agreement...
31 October 2024
Funding
EOCA call for applications ≤€30K
Frank van der Most
The European Outdoor Conservation Association will soon open its half-annual call for project applications. Applications must protect a threatened species or habitat ( including marine habitats ), be related to outdoor...
31 October 2024
Careers
Director of Mpala Secretariat
Alex Rood
Princeton University seeks an ambitious, highly motivated, and experienced individual for a leadership role in its office of international affairs and operations. Reporting to the Vice Provost for International Affairs...
16 October 2024
Article
Meet Us at COP16
WILDLABS Team
From October 22 to 31, our team will be attending COP16 in Cali, Colombia. Connect with us at various events, visit our innovation booth, attend the side-events we are hosting, or find us between the Green and Blue...
16 October 2024
Funding
Ocean Exploration and Discovery Request for Proposals
Frank van der Most
The Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) and the National Geographic Society have a joint call for "early career scientists who can lead ship-based research, technology, or conservation projects aboard SOI’s Falkor (too)"
13 October 2024
Funding
FSCF call for ≤ $25K threatened species projects in the Asia-Pacific region
Frank van der Most
The Fonseca Species Conservation Fund supports early career conservationists working on projects regarding threatened amphibians, freshwater fish, primates, small mammals, tortoises and freshwater turtles 'in urgent...
3 October 2024
Funding
The Connected Conservation is thrilled to announce our award's third round in collaboration with the Airbus Foundation. This award champions the use of cutting-edge satellite imagery to tackle biodiversity loss and...
30 September 2024
Article
We are thrilled to start a brand new group, the Latin America Community, and introduce the new Group Leaders for the 2024-2025 term: Vanesa Reyes and Juan Sebastián Ulloa Chacón. // Estamos muy contentos de iniciar un...
27 September 2024
Article
The Boring Fund: Origin Story
Stephanie O'Donnell
The story of the Boring Fund and why we're so excited to have it out in the world 🚀
26 September 2024
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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| The European project Nature FIRST is hosting its final conference at Ouwehands Dierenpark in the Netherlands on 25–26 June 2025,... |
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Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Earth Observation 101 Community, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Protected Area Management Tools, Wildlife Crime | 19 hours 49 minutes ago | |
| Hello everyone, I am very excited to just have joined Wildlabs.net and to connect with people from all over. My name is Brigitta and I am working as a project coordinator for the... |
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Community Base | 2 days 20 hours ago | |
| 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... |
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Community Base, Funding and Finance | 1 week ago | |
| @dmontecino @jenniferyu_viewdvm The article on how to go about proposing a new group is live: https://wildlabs.net/article/interested-starting-new-group-wildlabs-start-... |
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Community Base | 1 week 6 days ago | |
| @amberbc Hey Amber! The article on how to go about proposing a new group is live: LMK if you have any questions! |
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Community Base | 1 week 6 days ago | |
| Hej all, I updated my question to include discussion about the tariffs as well. |
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Community Base, Funding and Finance | 3 weeks 3 days ago | |
| I have posted about this in a different group, but I love boosting the impact of my communication through use of visuals. Free graphics relating to conservation technology... |
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Geospatial, Climate Change, Community Base, Connectivity, Funding and Finance, Open Source Solutions | 3 weeks 3 days ago | |
| Bienvenido Maxi! |
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Community Base, Latin America Community | 1 month ago | |
| Wow, thanks for sharing @Nycticebus_scientia. Would love to read further papers on these topics if folks have them! |
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Community Base, Ethics of Conservation Tech | 1 month 1 week ago | |
| 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... |
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Community Base, Geospatial, Protected Area Management Tools, Wildlife Crime | 1 month 1 week ago | |
| Hello everyone,Thank you all for your contribution!You can read some updates about this project in this post.Julia |
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Acoustics, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions | 1 month 2 weeks ago | |
| Once again this year, we observed a well-balanced distribution of project types, with technology adoption and application being the most common. This aligns closely with the... |
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Community Base | 1 month 3 weeks 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