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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Frontier Labs
Creators of seriously good bioacoustic recorders. Celebrating 10 years of excellence in bioacoustic tech in 2021



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Aeracoop & Dronecoria
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Muganyizi Melchior Kamuganga is a Tanzanian youth passionate about creating positive social changes. He is a professional Wildlife manager and passionate beekeeper. He is a member of the Lightup impact community in east Africa, Masterpeace global network, Metis and Ashoka alumni
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Yale University
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Species360
With a strong background in donor relations and community engagement, Angela is committed to fostering partnerships that enhance conservation efforts. They hold a Master’s degree in Public Administration and is an active member of the nonprofit community.
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I work between academia and private technology development to meet the needs of conservation researchers. I am an owner of a conservation technology company and a PhD who researches how to save imperiled wild populations.

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University of Suffolk
Researcher on the 8 Primates Project
PhD student- biodiversity monitoring using acoustic data


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Ocean Science Analytics
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Call for nominations for the Tusk Conservation Awards 2025
20 March 2025
WWF's Arctic Community Wildlife Grants program supports conservation, stewardship, and research initiatives that focus on coastal Arctic ecology, community sustainability, and priority Arctic wildlife, including polar...
7 March 2025
Discover WILDLABS' new feature: self-led learning courses. Get started with or dive deeper into conservation technology through structured courses designed by independent experts, verified members, and the WILDLABS team.
5 March 2025
WILDLABS was honoured to partner with CITES once again and represent the global conservation technology sector at World Wildlife Day 2025. Invoking this year’s theme “Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People...
4 March 2025
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If you're on Bluesky, give us a follow at @wildlabs.bsky.social
3 March 2025
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SNZCBI) is seeking an intern to assist with multiple projects related to conservation technology for wildlife monitoring. SNZCBI scientists collect data...
3 March 2025
Last week the Funding and Finance group crossed the 100 member mile stone. A big thank you to everybody who participated in achieving this, either by becoming a member or by posting in the group. Besides the numbers...
25 February 2025
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As Stephanie moves on to explore new horizons, we want to honour and celebrate her impact on this community, and welcome Talia Speaker in her new role as Interim Executive Manager.
20 February 2025
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You’re invited to the WILDLABS Variety Hour, a monthly event that connects you to conservation tech's most exciting projects, research, and ideas. We can't wait to bring you a whole new season of speakers and...
13 February 2025
MFMC offers grants up to €10K (small grants) and grants from €20K to 200K or more ( large grants)
29 January 2025
NCTFJ opens a call for proposals regarding protected areas and other areas of high environmental importance.
29 January 2025
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund ( CEPF ) calls for letters of inquiry ( LOIs ) for large grants focusing on capacity building of civil society organizations to reduce threats to biodiveristy. Applications can be...
29 January 2025
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Posting this with the caveat that I have NOT listened to this yet so it's not an endorsement. I have skimmed the accompanying article though and found it through Simon Gardener... |
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Community Base | 2 years 1 month ago | |
Hi Carly, many thanks for getting back to me and apologies for the slow reply. The internet has been down here for the last week. We do not currently do any acoustic monitoring... |
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Community Base | 2 years 2 months ago | |
I'm obviously quite biased, but always looking for more acoustic monitoring stuff! ;) I think all conferences nowadays should be hybrid. We obviously have the capacity to do... |
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Community Base | 2 years 2 months ago | |
Hi everyone,I am conducting a ~10 minute survey which I hope you can fill out and share with your networks... |
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Conservation Tech Training and Education, Community Base | 2 years 4 months ago | |
intrested. |
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Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Early Career, Emerging Tech | 2 years 4 months ago | |
Hi Steph. Would be interested also. |
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Animal Movement, Community Base, Connectivity, Data management and processing tools, Emerging Tech, Geospatial | 2 years 5 months ago | |
Hello EO101 community!We hope you have enjoyed the EO101 lecture series! With all four parts now available on the WILDLABS YouTube channel... |
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Earth Observation 101 Community, Community Base | 2 years 6 months ago | |
The year that never was... *sigh* Yeah, taking another shot at it would be nice. There was much enthusiasm from folks at the time! |
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Community Base | 2 years 7 months ago | |
Thanks so much!! |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions, Geospatial, Software Development | 2 years 7 months ago | |
Eugh me too! Ellie's been working with him to see if we might have him blog here as well.. *FINGERS CROSSED*! |
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Community Base | 2 years 7 months ago | |
Thanks Carly! I'll pop this on the list of features to discuss with developers. Putting broader regions on the existing list might be possible. It could also be useful to get more... |
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Community Base | 2 years 7 months ago | |
I have been waiting for journal club to come back!! 10000% down.I agree with @StephODonnell, would love it to come back!!! And now that variety hour is happening, that's more of... |
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Acoustics, Community Base | 2 years 8 months ago |
Geospatial Announcement: Introducing New Geospatial Group Leaders

22 August 2024 6:31pm
WWF-New Zealand calls for community education and conservation projects (<NZ$15K)
22 August 2024 5:46pm
WILDLABS Virtual Meetup: Bioacoustics Data Networks and Platforms
22 August 2024 5:45pm
WILDLABS Virtual Meetup: Bioacoustics Hardware Innovation
22 August 2024 5:25pm
You're Invited to the East Africa Community Connect!

22 August 2024 11:00am
WILDLABS Conservation Tech Meetup, Cambridge Autumn 2024
21 August 2024 12:34pm
Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (GBP 20,000 - 1,500,000)
20 August 2024 3:47pm
Catch up with The Variety Hour: August 2024
20 August 2024 12:58pm
Community Choice Award Winners: 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge
15 August 2024 2:41am
Q&A - Request for Tender: Improving Access to Learning and Resources on WILDLABS.NET
25 July 2024 2:47pm
14 August 2024 3:32pm
Answer: We envision this functionality at a basic level allowing members to click a button to mark their courses or lessons as complete, and some way for members to track their course progress on their account (as outlined in 1.11). However if there is scope for smarter triggering of course completion within the budget we are open to exploring adding that.
14 August 2024 3:32pm
Question: For point 1.3 you mention a "Q&A system". Are the messages sent between the member and course instructors public to all users, public to other members, or completely private?
14 August 2024 3:32pm
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 or just those that are enrolled in the course. We don’t believe these should be private though, because our site already has functionality to private message an instructor through their member account.
East Africa Community Connect: August
14 August 2024 11:13am
Roddenberry Catalyst Grant (<$15,000)
13 August 2024 1:36pm
Cast your vote in the #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge Community Choice Awards!
12 August 2024 1:46pm
12 August 2024 9:15pm
13 August 2024 11:26am
CEPF calls for LOIs for small (<$50k) and large (>$50k) grants for Madagascar and Indian Ocean islands
11 August 2024 11:15pm
Whitley Awards opened its annual call (£50k)
11 August 2024 10:43pm
NatGeo Big Questions request for proposals ($20-100k)
11 August 2024 10:14pm
Rare opportunity to make a regional funding program(€240K)
11 August 2024 7:06pm
The need for specialized technology tools to enhance plant conservation
3 August 2024 8:31pm
11 August 2024 1:21am
That's a great question! I don't have any answers but my first thought was that the detection part of the problem looks very different when you're looking for plants vs animals (no camera traps, audio recorders, etc.) and often quite hard, as you're having to discriminate species that may be difficult to identify even in hand.
I'd love to hear more from people who are working on this!
11 August 2024 7:07am
Thank you for your valuable insights. I, too, am eager to hear more from those actively working on this issue.
Day 5 of the 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Recap and Rewind
9 August 2024 1:31pm
Day 4 of the 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Recap and Rewind
8 August 2024 3:45pm
Open Source Solutions Announcement: Introducing New OSS Group Leaders

8 August 2024 3:24pm
Speakers Wanted for Tech Panel ($)
2 August 2024 5:41pm
8 August 2024 1:07pm
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 Black Mammalogists Week events which sound exciting, informative and vital for amplifying the voices and perspectives of Black mammalogists across the world. I'd love to invite you to share the events on our Events page here for visibility with our wider community.
Additionally, for the September 16th tech panel, I'd like to suggest a few conservation tech practitioners/mammalogists here on WILDLABS:
- Simon Musila, MAKENYA App (@MAKENYA) - Mammal Atlas Kenya project is a Kenyan Citizen Science App to monitor rare and common mammals.
- Owino Raymond, CLP Awardee (@Owino_Raymond) - Tech4Wildlife Leaders: Resolving Human-Giraffe Conflict
- Adventina Anthony, WiCT 2024 (@Tina) - Meet Our Cohort & Mentors: Women in Conservation Technology Programme, Tanzania 2024
- Susan Chege, WiCT 2023 (@SusanChege) - Women in Conservation Technology, Tanzania: Unveiling Our Cohort
Hope this information is useful!
Best wishes :)
Day 3 of the 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Recap and Rewind
7 August 2024 3:33pm
Volunteering in Bioacoustics
10 July 2024 9:46am
6 August 2024 1:59pm
Hey @cesar_rou ,
I've heard about these internship/volunteer opportunities that may be of your interest.
https://archipelago.gr/get-involved/placements-and-internships/marine-mammal-team/
https://www.cetaceos.org/intership-erasmus/
https://www.cetaceos.org/volunteering/
Also you could subscribe to MARMAM list which often post on training opportunities related to marine mammals.
6 August 2024 3:37pm
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 Lab, or Cornell Yang Center?
Day 2 of the 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Recap and Rewind
5 August 2024 8:43pm
CLP calls for teams of early career conservationists, to propose projects addressing at risk species (≤$15K)
5 August 2024 4:18pm
CEPF call for selected Caribbean islands small and large grant LOIs
4 August 2024 7:16pm
CEPF call for LOIs for Indian Ocean Islands of Tanzania and Zanzibar (≤$200K)
4 August 2024 7:11pm
Call for Applications: Turtle Conservation Fund Grant Program
4 August 2024 1:56pm
23 August 2024 1:09pm