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 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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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 |