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:
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WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I'm the Executive Manager of WILDLABS at WWF



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- @alexrood
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WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I'm the WILDLABS Communications and Community Management Associate Specialist at WWF-US





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- @jennamkline
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Imageomics Institute & ABC Global Climate Center
PhD Student @ OSU, Edge AI for Adaptive Animal Ecology Field Studies


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- @jonah
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I am a Ugandan technologist passionate about using open-source tools and accessible data to support grassroots wildlife conservation. I am currently developing community-friendly bioacoustic and training resources to help local rangers monitor biodiversity more effectively
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- @carrieseltzer
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Head of Engagement for iNaturalist. Ecology PhD.

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Aeracoop & Dronecoria
Computer engineer, Drone Pilot, Seed researcher, Wild Tech Maker





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- @theindieg
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Running a small electronic engineering company focused on large scale sensor networks. We have interest in bioacoustics with bat and bird recorders, as well as a host of environmental sensors.


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- @joemuise
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I am a high school physics teacher who is always looking for interesting ways to engage students. This sometimes spills over to other fields where I can find applications of physics. I am currently working with a scientist on wavelength-specific light interactions with insects


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Ocean Science Analytics
Marine mammal ecologist and online technical trainer



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My name is Sean Hill and I have been using off the shelf consumer drones and open source photogrammetry and Geographic Information Systems Software (GIS) since 2019 for conservation purposes. As of 2024 I have started an online training platform called GeoWing Academy



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- @Frank_van_der_Most
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RubberBootsData
Field data app developer, with an interest in funding and finance





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DIY electronics for behavioral field biology



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The Crowder-Messersmith Conservation Fund supports small, local conservation and education projects in developing countries.
31 October 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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The story of the Boring Fund and why we're so excited to have it out in the world 🚀
26 September 2024
Join the team at FieldKit, an open-source software and hardware sensor platform, and help us validate the quality and usability of the FieldKit platform.
25 September 2024
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Hi loveness Comprehending the given answers, I hope this link will help you understand more about SMART. its contain courses of SMART traininghttps://smart.... |
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Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, East Africa Community, Software Development | 10 months 3 weeks ago | |
Dear Alex Rood,Thank you so much for the advice. I’ll make sure to regularly check the career openings on resources page. I appreciate your support. |
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East Africa Community, Community Base, Early Career, Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 11 months 1 week ago | |
Hello Nora, I hope the link below can provide you with some information. |
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Climate Change, Community Base, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT), East Africa Community | 11 months 1 week ago | |
Answer: We envision this Q&A functionality to be a similar format to the existing discussion post comments. We are open to discussing whether these are visible to all members... |
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Community Base | 11 months 4 weeks ago | |
Thank you for your valuable insights. I, too, am eager to hear more from those actively working on this issue. |
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Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Protected Area Management Tools | 1 year ago | |
Hi Asia @blackmammalogistsweek :) Pleasure to connect with you! I'm part of the WILDLABS team here, supporting our East Africa Community.Thanks for sharing details on the... |
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Community Base | 1 year ago | |
Hi César, Is there a geographic area you're limited to? That would help to narrow down options. I would recommend reaching out perhaps to the Kitzes Lab, Sound Forest... |
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Acoustics, Citizen Science, Community Base, Early Career, Marine Conservation | 1 year ago | |
Hi everyoneI have enjoyed attending the Variety Hour and learning about synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and the way it detect snares. This... |
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Protected Area Management Tools, Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Ethics of Conservation Tech | 1 year ago | |
Very interesting topic |
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Citizen Science, Community Base, Open Source Solutions, Geospatial | 1 year ago | |
Like to introduce to you Maungakiekie Songbird - a urban based community project that has the goal to enhance the natural... |
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Community Base | 1 year ago | |
Thanks so much, Alex! |
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Community Base | 1 year 1 month ago | |
It would be great to address data collection, handling and storage. It starts with keeping good records of field deployments so that devices can be refound and helps at the time... |
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Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career | 1 year 1 month ago |
AgTech: Breaking out of silos
29 April 2025 6:24am
Interested in starting a new group on WILDLABS? Start preparing your application
9 May 2025 4:59pm
Survey on Earth Observation in Wildlife Ecology
8 May 2025 12:42pm
THE I4N AWARD
6 May 2025 7:27pm
Sustainable financing for open source conservation tech - Open Source Solutions + Funding and Finance Community Meeting

1 May 2025 11:52am
How are you affected by the USA cutbacks and tariffs ?
26 February 2025 8:01pm
29 April 2025 9:55am
Hej all, I updated my question to include discussion about the tariffs as well.
From Field to Funder: How to communicate impact?
16 April 2025 3:51pm
17 April 2025 5:04pm
Great questions @LeaOpenForests !
I don't have concrete answers since I am not a stakeholder in any project in particular. Based on experience with research on the potential for a similar one-stop-shop for science metrics, I would suggest that there is no simple solution: different actors do need and have different views on presenting and viewing impact. This means possible gaps between what one group of actors need and what the other is willing or able to produce. One can hope, search and aim for sufficient overlap, but I don't see how they would necessarily or naturally overlap.
Still, I would guess that if there are dimensions of overlap, they are time, space and actor-networks
28 April 2025 3:18pm
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 and the environment are available at:
National Environmental Science Program Graphics Library
Graphics below of a feral cat with a tracking collar and a cat grooming trap are examples of symbols available courtesy of the NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub, nesplandscapes.edu.au.
UMCES Integration and Application Network Media Library

WILDLABS-WWF Graduate Intern

17 April 2025 6:06pm
Catch up with The Variety Hour: April 2025
16 April 2025 5:00pm
¡Bienvenidos a la comunidad Latinoamericana! // Welcome to the Latin American community!
30 September 2024 5:05pm
6 October 2024 4:11pm
Bem-vindo Rafael!!
16 April 2025 4:40pm
Hola. Me gusto la idea! prefiero en español, mas que nada en todo este tema de informatica, etc, que ya posee un alto grado de dificultad. Aca en Argentina estoy trabajando con anfibios y grabadoras digitales automaticas, ahora comenzando a explorar sobre detección automatica o semiautomatica.
16 April 2025 4:52pm
Bienvenido Maxi!
WILDLABS Climate Week Conservation Tech Meetup: Washington, DC

14 April 2025 6:47pm
Papers about gender and disability in conservation tech
21 March 2025 4:56pm
11 April 2025 10:26pm
Wow, thanks for sharing @Nycticebus_scientia. Would love to read further papers on these topics if folks have them!
Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant 2025
9 April 2025 5:45pm
The boring fund: Standardizing Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) data - Safe & sound
27 January 2025 3:47pm
8 February 2025 11:00pm
This is such an important project! I can't wait to hear about the results.
12 February 2025 4:15pm
Hey Sanne, awesome - we definitely need a consistent metadata standard for PAM.
If you haven't already, I would suggest sharing this on the Conservation Bioacoustics Slack channel and the AI for Conservation Slack channel. You would reach a lot of active users of PAM, including some folks who have worked on similar metadata efforts.
If you're not a member of either one of those, DM me your preferred email address and I'll send you an invite!
7 April 2025 11:07pm
Hello everyone,
Thank you all for your contribution!
You can read some updates about this project in this post.
Julia
Desafio IA Natureza & Clima / AI Challenge: Nature & Climate
1 April 2025 12:54pm
The Boring Fund 2024 - Statistics
30 March 2025 9:45pm
Multiple grants
28 March 2025 1:42pm
5 Insights from the 2024 Network Survey
27 March 2025 8:21pm
2 April 2025 10:21am
14 April 2025 6:32pm
17 April 2025 4:36pm
Nature Tech Unconference - Anyone attending?
8 March 2025 12:11pm
15 March 2025 8:28am
Definitely!
21 March 2025 12:07pm
The Futures Wild team will be there :)
26 March 2025 7:54pm
Yep see you on friday
WILDLABS Awards 2025: Meet the judges

26 March 2025 1:13pm
14 April 2025 11:43am
14 April 2025 7:23pm
16 April 2025 6:09pm
Thank you and farewell!
7 February 2025 6:27pm
22 February 2025 1:34pm
All the best, and I'd like to think Bill the dog will be enjoying more walkies.
21 March 2025 8:27pm
You'll be missed sorely, Steph! Thank you for putting your heart & soul into building this community! Wildlabs.Net won't be what it is today, without your hard work! Hope you'll continue to stay in touch. Have a relaxing Sabbatical and best wishes for your next adventure! ❤️
25 March 2025 9:30am
Good afternoon Stephanie!
It is sad to see you go, but very exciting to hear that you will be on adventures new very soon! I wish you all the best in your future endeavours and thank you for this brilliant project that is Wildlabs, it is a truly wonderful community.
Take care, all the best and kind regards
Sean Hill
Mole-Rat Mystery. Can anyone help?
19 March 2025 3:25pm
20 March 2025 4:17pm
Hi Sean! I love that you are naturally curious and are pursuing really cool projects in your free time. I know absolutely nothing about cape dune mole rats (in fact, never heard of them prior to this post, but I will confess I was interested in the concept of a mole-rat mystery), but I did have some thoughts about where you might find more information-
It seems like the types of questions you are asking are pretty specific and niche. My first thought on how to find someone with expertise in these specific rodents was to go to their iNat page- there you can see the top observer and top identifier. Both individuals are active researchers, so I think reaching out to them on iNat or finding their e-mails from their respective organizations' sites might be a good way to get in touch.
I also did a quick search in Google Scholar in which I typed in only the scientific name and hit go. The two publications linked above caught my eye as potentially helpful in your search- particularly the first one. They excavated burrows and noted things like home range size, that males have more burrows than females, etc. I didn't go much beyond the abstracts but these seem like they might get you on the right tracks!
Happy ratting!
25 March 2025 8:36am
Good morning Vance
Thank you very much! I am looking into some papers that I was kindly directed to by Jocelyn Stalker ( her comment below) and am looking for ways to establish population dynamics just by looking at the mounds. Once I have figured this part out I should be able to correlate the information to the drone data. The Ground Sampling Distance (GSD) for this project is very small, 1.3cm per pixel. This has proven to be very useful because I am able to use the very fine 3D models to run change detections that pick up new heaps and vegetation reductions (which may be due to feeding) on a weekly basis. It helps not only visualise but also quantify where the most activity has occurred. I will keep you posted!
25 March 2025 8:47am
Good morning Jocelyn
Thank you very much for your comment, this is proving to be very useful advice and thank you so much for setting me on the right path!! This is very exciting!!
They are the most extra ordinary little creatures and as I don't know much about them either, I thought I'd try learn as much as I can (not just through literature, but through my own observations as well). I walk past these mounds daily and am always intrigued when I see more mounds and really enjoy watching them actively push the dune sand up to the surface (you don't see the wee fellas but you can watch the sand move as they burrow away). One afternoon while flying my drone (I was quantifying the changes in sediment deposition and erosion volumes in the estuary after a flood that was soon followed by a super high tide), I had a heap between my legs and all of a sardine it starts moving! So that sparked my curiosity even further.
I will keep you posted on my findings and thank you again for the papers and the direction! It is greatly appreciated!!
Wildlife Detection/Identification App for Security personnel at Airports.
5 October 2024 3:49am
7 October 2024 10:37am
Within the African Wildlife Forensics Network many investigators, customs officials and the like use the IDentifyIT App for species, and now cycads. It is a continual work in progress but it helps with in situ morphological ID.
13 March 2025 5:41pm
Not for ID but there is a "Wildlife Sentinel" app too. Great Idea by the way.
23 March 2025 12:55pm
Hi,
Thank you for your message I think there's some kind of application for this app not by itself by complementing technologies like NABIT, mentioned in an earlier comment.
So, haven't found anyone so far to have a full fledged discussion and feasibility of this idea yet.
What do you want to see from WILDLABS' social media?
25 February 2025 9:45pm
27 February 2025 4:10pm
@Frank_van_der_Most @WMXZ Thanks for the perspective! What we've done in the past is shared links to discussions happening on WILDLABS as a way to amplify their reach, and direct people to participate in the WILDLABS discussion thread if they have something to contribute. (Sort of like we did with amplifying the OSS/F&F callout for presenters or our digest recap posts.) I guess the thought is that someone on LinkedIn/Bluesky/other platforms might see us share a discussion thread through their social network and feel inspired to join in on the conversation and make an account.
27 February 2025 4:37pm
Thanks for your response, Alex! I would guess and hope the same, but do you have indications for what the effects actually are. I don't remember the registration form. Is there a question about how new members found the platform?
21 March 2025 1:27pm
I love the emails that lead me here.
Catch Up With The Variety Hour: March 2025
12 March 2025 5:07pm
WILDLABS and Nature Tech Collective Conservation Tech Meetup: London
12 March 2025 4:17pm
Arctic Community Wildlife Grants Program
7 March 2025 3:59pm
Presenters wanted: showcase your open source income streams

17 February 2025 2:08pm
7 March 2025 12:06am
Thanks for your interest and sharing potential candidates, Vance!
7 March 2025 12:14am
Thank you for your interest @Alasdair !
7 March 2025 12:21am
It's great to see so much interest in presenting at this webinar. We have also received interest through direct messages and meetings that we've happened to have had. Thank you all for volunteering!
We will get back to you after wext week Wednesday ( 12th ) when there will be the next coordination meeting.
This date will also be the deadline for those still considering to volunteer.
9 May 2025 5:07pm
@amberbc Hey Amber! The article on how to go about proposing a new group is live:
LMK if you have any questions!