Group curators
Talia Speaker
- @TaliaSpeaker
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WILDLABS
World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Alex Rood
- @alexrood
- | she/her
WILDLABS
World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
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:
Header image: Ana Verahrami/Elephant Listening Project
Group curators
- @TaliaSpeaker
- | She/her
WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I'm the WILDLABS Research Specialist at WWF-US
- 23 Resources
- 62 Discussions
- 25 Groups
- @alexrood
- | she/her
WILDLABS & World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
I'm the WILDLABS Communications and Community Management Associate Specialist at WWF-US
- 114 Resources
- 78 Discussions
- 7 Groups
- 0 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 14 Groups
Frontier Labs
Creators of seriously good bioacoustic recorders. Celebrating 10 years of excellence in bioacoustic tech in 2021
- 0 Resources
- 12 Discussions
- 4 Groups
Aeracoop & Dronecoria
Computer engineer, Drone Pilot, Seed researcher, Wild Tech Maker
- 3 Resources
- 37 Discussions
- 11 Groups
- @muganyizi
- | Mr.
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
- 0 Resources
- 7 Discussions
- 8 Groups
- @meredithspalmer
- | she/her
Yale University
Conservation, Innovation, Education
- 8 Resources
- 27 Discussions
- 9 Groups
- @angelabenard
- | they/them
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.
- 0 Resources
- 2 Discussions
- 3 Groups
- @Cwoodman
- | She, her
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.
- 0 Resources
- 7 Discussions
- 3 Groups
University of Suffolk
Researcher on the 8 Primates Project
PhD student- biodiversity monitoring using acoustic data
- 0 Resources
- 2 Discussions
- 9 Groups
Ocean Science Analytics
Marine mammal ecologist and online technical trainer
- 1 Resources
- 39 Discussions
- 7 Groups
- 0 Resources
- 1 Discussions
- 5 Groups
- @Durgananda
- | He
- 0 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 20 Groups
- @hjayanto
- | He/Him
KONKLUSI (Kolaborasi Inklusi Konservasi - Yayasan)
Your friendly Indo-Crocky-Croc
- 0 Resources
- 44 Discussions
- 17 Groups
Funding
A grant of $150,000 will be awarded to one successful applicant with a proposal that's strongly linked to biodiversity and conservation. The grant will support a research project or programme for up to three years (...
2 April 2024
Careers
18 month postdoc research position, Netherlands, EU-funded
28 March 2024
Article
Announcing the WILDLABS Awards 2024 awardees!
Adrien Pajot
After a long application review and finalisation process, we are thrilled to finally announce the winners of the WILDLABS Awards 2024!
26 March 2024
Article
The Variety Hour: 2024 Lineup
Alex Rood
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...
22 March 2024
Article
Empowering women, protecting nature: Insights from WiCT 2023
Meredith Palmer
As we launch the search for our third Women in Conservation Technology cohort, let’s take a moment to reflect on the highlights of our 2023 journey and shine a spotlight on the incredible women of our inaugural...
22 March 2024
Article
SMART Global Congress 2024: A quick summary
Adrien Pajot
SMART Global Congress, the first global gathering of conservation professionals using SMART, was held in Windhoek, Namibia from March 10-13. Here is a snapshot of what we learned!
19 March 2024
Link
The Freshwater Sounds Archive
Jack Greenhalgh
Introducing The Freshwater Sounds Archive, a global database of sounds produced by freshwater species. Submit your species-specific or unidentified sounds to the archive now and receive recognition for your...
15 March 2024
Careers
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SNZCBI) is seeking two postdoctoral fellows to engage more directly with identifying conservation metrics for vertebrate communities and populations.
14 March 2024
Careers
The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior at its sites in Constance and Radolfzell offers an international, interdisciplinary, and collaborative environment that opens up unique research opportunities. The goal of our...
13 March 2024
Careers
Hussey Labs seeks a senior post-doctoral researcher/senior research associate for movement ecology of Greenland halibut in the context of fisheries management across Baffin Bay-Davis Strait, Eastern Canadian Arctic.
13 March 2024
Careers
Texas A&M is seeking applicants for a fully funded Ph.D. assistantship to begin a long-term study on collared peccary (also known as javelina) ecology in southern Texas.
13 March 2024
Funding
The Lonely Hearts Club Challenge is a $1 million commitment and open funding call for early-stage organizations and solutions focused on fostering meaningful social connection, teen belonging, and wellbeing in a tech-...
13 March 2024
May 2025
June 2025
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World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
October 2025
October 2024
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Arky
event
Alex Rood
September 2024
event
Vanesa Reyes
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| 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.... |
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Climate Change, Community Base, Geospatial, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 3 months 1 week ago | |
| 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... |
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Citizen Science, Early Career, Community Base | 3 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Hi Hugo! A WILDLABS App has certainly been on our wish-list of things we could build. Depending on funding availability in the future of course. At the moment we are working... |
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Community Base | 4 months 1 week ago | |
| After discussing with a potential applicant for 2025, I realised that I never shared the stats about the number of applications per category. Here they are: 35 projects for 7... |
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Community Base | 4 months 1 week ago | |
| Hi Mark, thanks for responding. I think you've identified one of the most difficult parts of research climbing: maintaining your climbing skills and knowledge between field... |
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Community Base, Camera Traps, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career | 4 months 1 week ago | |
| I am thrilled to share that I have completed the six-month Women in Conservation Technology program. I am Sarah Mshanga, and I hold a... |
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Acoustics, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Community Base, Early Career, East Africa Community | 4 months 3 weeks ago | |
| They seem to be a little bit far apart. But It occurred to me that a python would be a tremendous predator if you lived in a submerged... |
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Community Base | 5 months 1 week ago | |
| Hi everyone.Please help me understand how can monitoring and evaluation tools be designed and implemented to assess the effectiveness and... |
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Early Career, East Africa Community, Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education | 5 months 4 weeks ago | |
| About the Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes (CSFL)Galvanising research and teaching to deliver... |
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Community Base, Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Funding and Finance, Protected Area Management Tools | 6 months ago | |
| This is a thread for anyone who has questions about AI for Conservation Office Hours 2025.We're once again teaming up with Dan Morris from... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Community Base, Geospatial | 6 months 1 week ago | |
| Wednesday, 30/10/2024Eighth and last day for WILDLABS at COP. Innovation Expo Fourth and last rotation of the Innovation Expo:Observatorio de Derechos Territoriales de... |
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Community Base | 6 months 2 weeks ago | |
| Oops, sorry about that. I wrote a reply a few weeks ago, and I am pretty sure I clicked the button, but apparently something went wrong. So, another attemptThank you for your... |
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Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, East Africa Community, Funding and Finance, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Latin America Community | 6 months 2 weeks ago |
Geospatial Announcement: Introducing New Geospatial Group Leaders
Elsa Carla De Grandi
and 2 more
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!
Agripina Cletus
and 2 more
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 ($20-100k)
11 August 2024 10:14pm
Rare opportunity to make a regional funding program(€240K)
11 August 2024 7:06pm
The need for specialized technology tools to enhance plant conservation
3 August 2024 8:31pm
11 August 2024 1:21am
That's a great question! I don't have any answers but my first thought was that the detection part of the problem looks very different when you're looking for plants vs animals (no camera traps, audio recorders, etc.) and often quite hard, as you're having to discriminate species that may be difficult to identify even in hand.
I'd love to hear more from people who are working on this!
11 August 2024 7:07am
Thank you for your valuable insights. I, too, am eager to hear more from those actively working on this issue.
Day 5 of the 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Recap and Rewind
9 August 2024 1:31pm
Day 4 of the 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Recap and Rewind
8 August 2024 3:45pm
Open Source Solutions Announcement: Introducing New OSS Group Leaders
Brianna Johns
and 2 more
8 August 2024 3:24pm
Speakers Wanted for Tech Panel ($)
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