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 Executive Manager of WILDLABS at WWF
- 23 Resources
- 64 Discussions
- 31 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
- 149 Resources
- 95 Discussions
- 6 Groups
No showcases have been added to this group yet.
- @hjayanto
- | He/Him
KONKLUSI (Kolaborasi Inklusi Konservasi - Yayasan)
Your friendly Indo-Crocky-Croc
- 0 Resources
- 44 Discussions
- 17 Groups
- @KeesteVelde
- | He/Him
Underwater Bioacoustician interested in developing PAM for freshwater systems
- 0 Resources
- 6 Discussions
- 7 Groups
- @MStarking
- | she/her/hers
Ecologist and conservation researcher, currently an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan-Flint, research areas include landscape ecology, forestry and wildlife interactions, wildlife habitat relationships, spatial ecology, GIS.
- 0 Resources
- 1 Discussions
- 15 Groups
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
I am a devoted conservationist, natural resource management enthusiast interested in Elephant and Pangolin species and passionate about linking communities with environmental conservation
- 1 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 13 Groups
Tusk
- 1 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 1 Groups
- @Cris
- | he / him
Octophin Digital
Senior Developer at Octophin Digital and constant maker.
- 0 Resources
- 5 Discussions
- 5 Groups
- @VijayKarthick
- | He/Him
Nature Conservation Foundation
I'm a PhD student from India, interested in utilising bioacoustics and technology to answer ecological questions. I'm a frog nerd :)
- 0 Resources
- 2 Discussions
- 9 Groups
Technologist and Visual storyteller focusing on social, conservations issues.
- 1 Resources
- 47 Discussions
- 17 Groups
- @Valentin_Stefan
- | He/Him
Interested in emerging technologies related to camera traps for pollinators
- 0 Resources
- 4 Discussions
- 18 Groups
- 1 Resources
- 1 Discussions
- 11 Groups
Nature is art to me, and art is in my nature :)
- 0 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 2 Groups
- 0 Resources
- 6 Discussions
- 4 Groups
Community Announcement
WILDLABS 2.0: Introducing Our New Platform
Stephanie O'Donnell
We're so pleased to introduce you to the new WILDLABS Platform. For the past year, we've been hard at work building a new home for our conservation technology community. Now that it's time to welcome members new and...
6 May 2022
Careers
FFI is now accepting applications for The Conservation Leadership Programme's Executive Manager. The closing date for applications is Sunday, 24 April 2022. Download the Application Pack here.
7 April 2022
Careers
Opportunity: Graphic Designer
Conservify
The FieldKit team is now seeking a freelance Graphic Designer with a passion for conservation technology! If you'd like to use your skills to connect with a conservation technology community, please send a cover letter...
8 March 2022
Careers
Opportunity: Communications and Digital Media Coordinator
Ventana Wildlife Society
Ventana Wildlife Society is now seeking a Communications and Digital Media Coordinator to join their team and use digital media to tell the story of their work, including the conservation technology-heavy recovery...
16 February 2022
Article
Media stories highlight WILDLABS research & community
WILDLABS Team
Following the release of our 2021 State of Conservation Technology research and report, the WILDLABS community has been featured in many articles, including two new features in The Hill and Mongabay. Header Image: ...
10 February 2022
Article
Introducing the WILDLABS On the Edge Fellows
WILDLABS Team
We're proud to introduce the first WILDLABS On the Edge Fellows for 2022, Loretta Schindlerova and Meredith Palmer! Working alongside expert Edge Impulse mentors, these two fellows will use embedded machine learning to...
10 February 2022
Article
The WILDLABS Fellowships & Awards Programme
WILDLABS Team
The WILDLABS community is designed for conservation technology experts and future leaders with big ideas. WILDLABS Fellowships are designed to put funding and tools into the hands of those who can make big ideas into...
28 January 2022
Article
WILDLABS Fellowships & Awards: Matchmaking between tech and conservation
Stephanie O'Donnell
We have a big vision for our Fellowships & Awards Programme: to create a better way for the tech industry to more meaningfully and impactfully engage with our conservation community. As we open our first fellowships...
28 January 2022
Careers
Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation (ONLINE)
Center for Wildlife Studies (CWS)
The Center for Wildlife Studies is now offering a course on Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation. Visit their course listing for full registration details.
27 January 2022
Article
Researchers looking for volunteer walrus detectives
Ellie Warren
With the Arctic warming almost three times faster than the global average, walruses are one of the species most affected by climate charge. WWF and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are asking the public to volunteer...
20 December 2021
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
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| Hello congress participants! It's been so great to meet all the WILDLABS members here at the congress, I think I've... |
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Community Base | 8 years 11 months ago | |
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Community Base | 8 years 11 months ago | |
| Brilliant, that's so much for the link. I got wind of the scale of the magnitude of the problem, while researching a story on ports of call for invasive species. ... |
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Community Base | 8 years 11 months ago | |
| Hi @StephODonnell and others, I'll be joining NOAA, Pew, Walton etc for a workshop on "Application of Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) Tools for Marine... |
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Community Base | 8 years 11 months ago | |
| We're excited to share that the WILDLABS.NET community swept past our 1000 member milestone yesterday, with new member @virginieb... |
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Community Base | 9 years ago | |
| The NT100 is a celebration of the 100 most inspiring social tech innovations from across the globe, selected by the Nominet Trust. Each... |
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Community Base | 9 years ago | |
| Hi guys, My name is Amanda and i'm a casting producer with Intel's America's Greatest Makers currently airing on TBS... |
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Community Base | 9 years 1 month ago | |
| The Guardian reports that Solar Impulse 2 has completed the first ever crossing of the Atlantic by a solar-powered aeroplane,... |
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Community Base | 9 years 1 month ago | |
| Next Meetup: 11am Thursday, 26th May We're teaming up with Makespace for our next meetup, with three members coming... |
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Community Base | 9 years 2 months ago | |
| Hello all, I just came upon a paper titled "Complementary benefits of tourism and hunting to communal conservancies in... |
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Community Base | 9 years 3 months ago | |
| Recent article I was able to publish on Stanford Social Innovation Review on alternate business models for conservation, using gaming as an... |
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Community Base | 9 years 4 months ago | |
| Dear All I organise a monthly 'Science Makers' event at Cambridge Makespace (16 Mill Lane) and this Sat 2 Apr the theme is... |
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Community Base | 9 years 4 months ago |
Interested in being part of the Enduata Emaa CBO's Green Planet Ambassadors Project in Amboseli?
5 July 2023 10:28am
Day One of the 2023 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge
25 July 2023 12:30am
2022 #Tech4Wildlife Recap: From the Deep Seas to the Skies
23 July 2023 10:00am
Want to learn how to report on #ClimateChange? Here's a Free BBC Media Action Course
21 July 2023 11:46am
Nature Tech Competition
21 July 2023 10:29am
PLANETech World 2023
2021 #Tech4Wildlife Recap: Birds, Big Cats, Bears, and Biologging
20 July 2023 4:54pm
2020 #Tech4Wildlife Recap: Big Tracking Efforts on Land and Sea
20 July 2023 4:41pm
2019 #Tech4Wildlife Recap: Machine Learning Climbs the Ranks
20 July 2023 4:29pm
2018 #Tech4Wildlife Recap: Showcasing Stunning Whales and Bespoke Hardware
19 July 2023 7:28pm
ICCB early bird registration extended - join our WILDLABS workshop on movement ecology innovation!
9 May 2023 11:56pm
10 May 2023 12:01pm
Me!! Can't wait!
2 June 2023 3:43pm
ooooh! Not sure when I'll be getting to Kigali still, but definitely interested in at least the networking event! Might be a last minute addition to the workshop if I get down early enough.
18 July 2023 5:57pm
Hi everyone!
Quick coordinating update - whatsapp group!
We can't wait to see you at ICCB in just a few days. We have a whatsapp chat with wildlabs folks attending - dm me or email if you want an invite! We'll use it to keep track of what everyone is doing, good talks and various networking lunches and events through the week.
Steph
2017 #Tech4Wildlife Recap: Biologging and Bioacoustics Evolve
18 July 2023 5:48pm
2016 #Tech4Wildlife Recap: Robot Cheetah and Film Camera Trap Launched Our First Photo Challenge
17 July 2023 11:49pm
Need for statisticians in conservation?
6 July 2023 8:23pm
12 July 2023 2:59pm
Hi Lev,
We always need more hands in conservation, from whichever field! Engineering, computer science, AI/ML, ecology, environmental science, communications, statisticians, etc.
I would say that conservation tech is moving heavily towards deep learning for data processing/analysis just because of the sheer amount of data being generated now, so it's always helpful if you have experience in that. But we still need ecological modeling (species distribution models, occupancy models, accumulation curves, etc.) to translate processed data into actionable conservation insights! So experience here too is a plus.
If you'd like to get a better idea of the diversity of programs, people, and orgs in conservation tech as you navigate your journey, the Conservation Tech Directory may also be a helpful resource for you.
All the best,
Carly
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
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
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!
25 July 2023 1:14pm
@richardturere Hello :) and a warm welcome to WILDLABS! Here is the link to @Lekato Samuel Lekato - Founder and Chairman, Enduata Emaa CBO. Sam is interested in conservation technology focused on how to keep wild animals away from community homesteads in Amboseli and I reckon your Lion Lights could help. I'll let you two take on the conversation from here. Thanks!