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.
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Field researcher and systems designer operating a mobile apicultural laboratory focused on the study of terroir-specific variation in bee-derived products. Through Apis Nomadica Labs, I deliver pollination services to regional farms while simultaneously collecting ecological data
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I'm a PhD in Ecology and Evolution and co-founder of Hacking Ecology, where I coordinate projects at the intersection of open technologies and environmental data. My academic background includes investigating climate-driven shifts in microbial diversity within aquatic ecosystems.
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I am maker , passionate in electronics, developer of Loko offline GPS tracker
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I am a PhD Student in Computer Science at Iowa State University. I serve as a computational advisor and Director of Evaluation for the Human-Augmented Analytics Group (HAAG).
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Conservation Biologist
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Founder of Owl Sense, we create low cost, long running audio recorders.


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University of Rizal System
I study fish, their parasites, and freshwater ecosystems to support conservation and sustainability.



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Read about the advice provided by AI specialists in AI Conservation Office Hours 2025 earlier this year and reflect on how this helped projects so far.
6 August 2025
If you're a Post-Doctoral Fellow, a PhD student, or a member of the research staff interested in applying your computational skills to support active research publications, please read on to learn about the Cross-...
5 August 2025
"Ingenious is a public engagement grants scheme for projects that engage the public with engineers and engineering while providing engineers with training and opportunities in public engagement."
21 July 2025
Lead a growing non-profit to sustain open source solutions for open science!
19 July 2025
From 2023 to 2024, WILDLABS has grown substantially, launching impactful new platform features, delivering critical funding opportunities, and connecting the community in new and exciting ways. Read more about the...
17 July 2025
Funding
Are you a young (between 18 to 35 years old) and dedicated nature conservationist committed to protecting wild species? Do you combine passion with action to create concrete results in nature conservation? Are you the...
10 July 2025
The Big if True Science Accelerator (BiTS) to supports scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs in transforming bold concepts into actionable program designs.
8 July 2025
Are you interested in applying for The Boring Fund 2025? On this page you can find more information for this opportunity which provides up to $12,500 per project in funding for essential but overlooked aspects of...
2 July 2025
The Boring Fund supports the essential but overlooked aspects of conservation technology. In response to overwhelming demand in 2024, we’ve partnered again with Arm to provide more funding. In 2025, a total of $80,000...
2 July 2025
Careers
If you have a background in any of the following areas: bumblebee research, entomology, ecology, practical application of evidence for conservation, policy advocacy, data management and/or conservation-related education...
26 June 2025
Your role will be to deliver the Shrill Carder Bee Conservation Strategy 2020-2030 in England and Wales. This includes developing landscape-scale conservation projects for the Shrill carder bumblebee primarily in South...
26 June 2025
This is a chance to participate in a short survey about the preferences that conservation practitioners have for evidence. There's a chance to win one of three £20 Mastercard gift cards.
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Managed to chorale a group together at my company and submitted our application last night. If any Wildlabs folk are joining as part of other teams though, I love to meet them... |
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My organization—Wildlife Conservation Network—is trying to use technology to more efficiently connect the stories of our conservation parters with supporters, and... |
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Interested in gender, technology and education? Are you in DC on February 9th? Check out this event. |
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Hello all, I read this interesting article about relocating rhinos to Australia to protect them from poaching and I'... |
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It was amazing!!!! |
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It's a wonderful event and I hope some folks from this community might attend next time. Great opportunity to meet the conservationists. |
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Community Base | 8 years 9 months ago | |
Hi everyone, The next meetup will be focused on tracking technologies and acoustic monitoring, led by the team from BTO. ... |
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The blockchain example is a really great point - one that didn't come immediately to mind for me, even though I read about Provenance just a week or two ago. There is a good... |
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There's been a lot of debate on what exactly is a species, and a paper came out in 2001 by Jody Hey which looked at the problem of... |
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Hi Stephanie, A postdoc friend at Newcastle University has been involved in developing and implementing Tumbling Dice's Rana camera trap project for detecting... |
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Hi JC, I'm looking for similar information for E.Africa (particularly Kenya). Not sure how much these overlap, but have found the following; SMART,... |
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Hi all, I'm curious, what to you was the most inspiring thing about the Congress? What was the best talk? Who had the... |
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New WILDLABS Feature: Introducing Courses!

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How to Create a WILDLABS Course
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Introduction to Conservation Technology
5 March 2025 9:00am
Watch Now: Innovative Funding Mechanisms for Conservation Technology, WILDLABS at World Wildlife Day 2025
4 March 2025 6:56pm
What is your favourite social media these days?
29 January 2025 7:27am
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Good news, we are BACK on Bluesky! Give us a follow if you're on it!
@wildlabs.bsky.social on Bluesky
The global, open online community dedicated to conservation technology. How are you using #Tech4Wildlife? http://linktr.ee/wildlabsnet
3 March 2025 9:23pm
We were recently dealing with some moderation issues with the Bluesky team but are happy to report we're back! Give us a follow :)
@wildlabs.bsky.social on Bluesky
The global, open online community dedicated to conservation technology. How are you using #Tech4Wildlife? http://linktr.ee/wildlabsnet
4 March 2025 8:36am
Linkedin mainly.
iNaturalist and eBird ofc but these are more communities than real social networks.
But, and this is a real advice, a good RSS feed reader with all your trusted sources and then you don't need any other social network.
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WILDLABS Conservation Tech Meetup, DC
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Wildlife Monitoring Internship 2025
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Funding and Finance group reaches 100 members
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Conservation Tech Career Pathways - what do you want to know?
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Unfortunately , not yet . Still digging into it in my free time. And trying to setup a camera in my bord feeder for a mini conservation project in my back garden :)
20 April 2024 5:41pm
Hi Soumya ,
Interested to know if you are pursuing distance education in ML while at your current job. I would love to hear more about your journey on course specifics and the platform you use to complete the education, and I would love to hear if you have any recommendations based on your experiences.
Thanks,
Savi
25 February 2025 1:19am
Hi Savi,
Apologies for the delayed response.
I have finished my Marters in AI and ML. Happy to share.
Soumya
WILDLABS Behind the Buzz: Country-Level Applications

24 February 2025 8:49pm
World Wildlife Day 2025: Wildlife Conservation Finance, Investing in People and Planet
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New WILDLABS Navigation Menu
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21 February 2025 6:42am
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What is the framework you are building on?
21 February 2025 9:22am
Hi @eugenegalaxy , Filip at #Octophin Digital here. The whole Platform is built ontop of the Drupal framework (with many custom features) but most of the frontend like the menu is bespoke framework-less HTML, CSS (using Tailwind classes) and JavaScript built by our wonderful frontend developer @rowan . Happy to answer any questions in a direct message or such!
WILDLABS Leadership Update
20 February 2025 9:11pm
Catch Up With The Variety Hour: February 2025
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The Variety Hour: 2025 Lineup
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WILDLABS Awards 2025: Ask your questions!
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Hello Raphael,
Thanks for your question.
We expect any staff time/salaries that are linked to the project to be added in the "Staff time" section of the budget.
Best,
12 February 2025 10:02am
Hi Adrien, should the letters of support be written by team members or by external supporters (researchers from other institutions, local organization managers, etc.)?
12 February 2025 10:18am
Hi Diego,
Thanks for your question.
Letters of support are expected to be written by external supporters. Please do note that they are not mandatory.
Best,
Climate changes in wildlife protected areas
14 August 2024 11:26am
14 August 2024 5:27pm
Hi Norah!
This is a great concern! Kudos!
Climate change data especially for such a long time can help us answer a lot of questions including the few listed below:
- How has the climate variability affected the trend of species in the ecosystem? (You can choose to study a specific specie of animal or plant) and respond on their increase and (or) extinction.
- How has climate variability affected or supported the survival rate of introduced species?
- Climate variability is one among many factors of invasion, how is the invasion rate in your ecosystem?
- You can also answer on the general topic of your ecosystem’s health with the data!
I would love to read a paper from the data you have! Very resourceful!
Break the leg!
14 August 2024 8:15pm
Great minds think alike. In awe that some of our questions synchronized🤭...thanks so much tina♥️
11 February 2025 5:17pm
I agree Adventina. I am also interested in "How has the climate variability affected the trend of BAT species in the ecosystem? and respond on their increase and (or) extinction.
@Norah, I am also interested in the findings regardless of the species you pick. In 2022 - 2023 we created a climate database for an NGO project in Amhara, Ethiopia. It would be cool to come up with a climate variability databasa for the park.
WILDLABS Behind the Buzz: Data and Information Access

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🌍 explorer.land Beginners Webinar: Create your first project and funding opportunity
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Undergrad team available to tackle conservation problem statements
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Hi Colleen,
Thank you for sharing this exciting opportunity. I am Lucie, International Development Manager of Natural Solutions. We are a company at the intersection of biodiversity and tech for over 15 years. We specialize in developing digital tools for conservation organizations, researchers, and policymakers, helping them collect, analyze, and visualize biodiversity data. More recently, we’ve been exploring new possibilities and began to analyze what we could propose to businesses to support them in understanding their dependencies and impacts on nature (impact assessment platforms that help companies quantify their environmental footprint, define relevant indicators, and develop actionable biodiversity strategies etc)
We would be interested in exploring whether this topic could be relevant for your students.
Would this align with your students' interests and skill sets? Additionally, could you share more details on the timeline and any constraints—when would the project start, and what are the expected deliverables?
Looking forward to discussing this further! My email is lucie_gallegos@natural-solutions.eu
Don't hesitate to reach out!
Best,
Lucie
The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges calls for "new and unexpected ways of communicating the need for transitioning to a low-carbon economy"
29 January 2025 9:23pm
National Conservation Trust Fund of Jamaica call for proposals (JM$500K-5M)
29 January 2025 9:07pm
CEPF 9th call for LOIs for large grants (>$50K) Aplicar en inglés o español
29 January 2025 8:51pm
Nature Action Dialogues
Nature Tech Summit
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Living Data 2025
16 January 2025 6:30pm
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