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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WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
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Programme Manager, Bahari Hai Conservation
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Environmental Scientist, Directing and Producing for Science and Natural History
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engineering hydrologist doing research on Working with Natural Processes & Nature-based Solutions, river & catchement (bio)hydrogeomorphology. Interested in monitoring physical-biological-chemical processes & interactions, & biota such as macroinvertebrates & riparian plants
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Leveraging big data to solve hard, open ended and socially impactful problems| Ex - Palantir
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Conservify
Conservation Technologist, National Geographic Explorer, and Founder of Conservify and FieldKit

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I'm a marine biologist working at Local Ocean Conservation as a marine research and data manager. I love exploring the wonders of the underwater world and learning about the amazing creatures that live there. I'm passionate about protecting our oceans and raising awareness.
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Fauna & Flora
Senior Technical Specialist, Wildlife Trade
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Field Research Scientist at Basecamp Research


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WildLabs will soon launch a 'Funding and Finance' group. What would be your wish list for such a group? Would you be interested in co-managing or otherwise helping out?
5 June 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...
29 May 2024
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WILDLABS team members Alex Rood and Esther Githinji sit down with the GENZ in STEM podcast to share resources on how to get started in conservation tech.
28 May 2024
Human/wildlife conflict in a county in Kenya, worth the read.
27 May 2024
National Conservation Trust Fund of Jamaica opens a call for proposals regarding protected areas and other areas of high environmental importance.
26 May 2024
Are you passionate about marine wildlife conservation? Excited to network and collaborate with fellow enthusiasts? Join us in launching the Coastal and Marine Wildlife Working Group within The Wildlife Society!
23 May 2024
The IEF's Elephant Conservation and Research Funding Support Program has opened a call for applications. Average grant size is $15K, whereas the IEF funds 20 to 25 projects per year.
22 May 2024
Save Our Seas (SOS) opened a call for small grants for 'original and innovative start-up projects' concerning marine chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, skates, sawfishes and chimaeras). Projects can be in research,...
19 May 2024
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The UK government's 'Reversing Environmental Degradation in Africa and Asia' program opened a call for applications for "locally led, multi-locational, research-to-action for restoration programmes".
19 May 2024
Do you have photos and videos of your conservation tech work? We want to include them in a conservation technology showcase video
17 May 2024
Biodiversa+ is running a survey to map the European biodiversity monitoring landscape, identify opportunities for collaboration, and strengthen coordination for improved monitoring.
7 May 2024
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative ( BIOFIN, a UNDP initiative ) launched a database with over 330 public and private funding opportunities.
4 May 2024
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Hello everyone! I'm currently working on a project that tries to initiate discussion on the possibilities of increased privatization... |
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Community Base | 7 years 8 months ago | |
Hi all, I came across this article about relevancy in startup ideas. For those of you who are interested in going into business... |
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Community Base | 7 years 8 months ago | |
Hey London WILDLABers, @Sophie+Maxwell and I are going to be at the London Tech for Good meetup next monday, and we'd love to... |
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Community Base | 7 years 8 months ago | |
hey Felix, great to hear from you! I'll definitely be popping by to find out more, thanks for sharing your booth details. As there are two tech focused symposiums... |
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Community Base, Latin America Community | 7 years 9 months ago | |
Update Applications now open for the BES scheme. Apply from anywhere in the world! Deadline to apply: 28 July 2017 Apply Here |
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Community Base | 7 years 11 months ago | |
You can get a sense of Google Lens today with the Thing Translator Google AI Experiment. I recommend checking out the other experiments too. Fun and sometimes bordering on magical... |
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Community Base | 7 years 11 months ago | |
Thanks for the detailed tips, Jonathan. I offered up a similar list of Mac apps on my blog. VLC and Google Earth Pro have Mac versions. For a text editor, I recommed... |
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Community Base | 7 years 11 months ago | |
Can Technology Save the Earth? How can we connect science, data, and technology to advance global conservation... |
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Community Base | 8 years ago | |
Hi. Personally, I like the idea of number 1. It could also be useful for catching invasive species such as lionfish, or maybe it could also act as a lure for them. Could species... |
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Community Base | 8 years ago | |
I went to one of the ERT Spatial Ecology and conservation conferences in Bristol a couple of years ago. It was invaluable - I discovered things there that I'm now using... |
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Community Base | 8 years 2 months ago | |
Hello! For those of you using social entrepenuership for conservation, startup hubs can be a valuable resource. In DC, Seed Spot is... |
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Community Base | 8 years 2 months ago | |
WWF-Brasil in partnership with conservationdrones and Mamirauá Institute is leading a project aiming at using drones for supporting studies on river dolphins abundance. It... |
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Community Base | 8 years 2 months ago |