Powerful conservation tech tools are gathering more data in the field than ever before. But without equally powerful and effective data management and processing tools, that data - no matter how groundbreaking or interesting - will not be able to reach its full potential for impact.
Data management can sometimes seem intimidating to conservationists, especially those just getting started in the world of conservation tech or experimenting with new data collection methods. While every community member's workflow and preferred data management and processing methods may be different, this group can serve as a resource to explore what works for others, share your own advice, and develop new strategies together.
Below are a few WILDLABS events dealing with datasets collected from various conservation tech tools:
Nicole Flores: How do I get started with Wildlife Insights?
Jamie Macaulay: How do I analyse large acoustic datasets using PAMGuard?
Sarah Davidson: Tools for Bio-logging Data in Conservation
Whatever conservation tech tools you work with, and whatever your preferred data management methods, we hope you'll find something helpful and effective in this group when you become a member!
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- @williams
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I am a conservationist specializing in endangered species, particularly vultures. As the Endangered Species Conservation Coordinator/Co-Founder at Biota Conservation Hub Foundation (BiotaCHF), I have conducted extensive research/conservation of vultures and other water birds.
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- @ARobillard
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A conservation data scientist and field ecologist with broad interest in the application of machine learning and population genetics to the conservation of threatened species. Alex has conducted field studies throughout central and south America, the Caribbean, and North America.
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- @KathHecht
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I am a biologist/ecologist without concrete specialisation. New Zealand's unique but fragile flora & fauna have taught me the importance of increasing awareness with locals and visitors alike. This is my constant motivator.
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- @tmcgrath
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Geographer, Program Manager, Engineering Manager
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- @lqmeyers
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Graduate Student Researcher interested in computer vision, agro-ecology, and sustainability.
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- @kricherds
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Technologist. Civic Science Fellow & Data Inclusion Specialist at OEDP.
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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
I am a biologist interested in land use change impacts on biodiversity and sustainable value chains. I work with productive sectors, incorporating biodiversity conservation as a criteria for planning and managing productive systems.
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- @NinaTuttie
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An avid learner interested in wildlife ecology, conservation technology and community development
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Ol Pejeta Conservancy
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- @KiaraHaylock
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PhD in Animal Ecology and Behavioural Physiology. Interested in the movement, behavioural and physiological responses of animals to environmental variability.
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20+ years traveler and management consultant turned tech founder and conservationist. Founder & CEO of ZAMBEZI ZERØ; super intelligence to safeguard biodiversity.
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Read our exciting interview with Samuel Mangi, a Marine Expert working to conserve sea turtles at Bahari Hai in Watamu using underwater monitoring tools and cloud storage.
19 July 2024
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Rapid Camera Trap labeling with ChatGPT
Sara Olsson
Hi all, I've published a blog post on rapidly labeling camera trap data using ChatGPT for species identification and a simple object detection model to get the bounding boxes. While presented in Edge Impulse, this...
17 July 2024
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Data Manager, Conservation International
Esther Githinji
Conservation International are seeking a data expert to help (a) serve as a day-to-day technical project manager to ensure data collection, data management, and data quality control with global program teams and...
8 July 2024
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EarthRanger use in Northern Kenya's Sera Conservancy by veterinarians to track and monitor rhinos.
5 July 2024
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NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!
Consolata Gathoni Gitau
One of the most thrilling moments for any researcher is seeing their hard work published for the world to see. As part of the Women in Conservation Technology (WiCT) Kenya Cohort One, we not only learnt about the use of...
17 June 2024
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Case Study: Drone-based radio-tracking of Eastern Bandicoots
Wildlife Drones
Wildlife Drones was deployed by Zoos Victoria in a trial project tracking captive-bred Eastern Barred Bandicoots that were tagged and released into the wild
14 June 2024
Funding
€4,000 travel grants are available for researchers interested in insect monitoring using automated cameras and computer vision
6 June 2024
Article
New WILDLABS Funding & Finance group
Frank van der Most
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
Funding
Apply! 2024 Conservation Tech Award
Jordan Steward
Now accepting applications for two $15,000 grants to help protect wildlife through cutting-edge, technology-driven efforts
3 June 2024
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Share Your Work in a Conservation Technology Video
Robin Marti Sarasa
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
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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
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World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
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Nalini
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Joel Masselink
October 2025
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Lacey Hughey and 3 more
November 2025
May 2024
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Jon Pye
April 2024
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Stephanie O'Donnell
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AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools, Emerging Tech | 9 months 2 weeks ago | |
| Great Project !! |
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Data management and processing tools | 9 months 2 weeks ago | |
| interesting!!! |
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AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Data management and processing tools | 9 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Hadn't heard of CowLog, thanks Rob! |
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Data management and processing tools | 9 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Thanks!I'm definitely looking at Smart and EarthRanger for overall management eventually, but for now I just want to track what we have better - especially as a base map to... |
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Geospatial, Data management and processing tools | 9 months 4 weeks ago | |
| Retweet on OpenSoundscape - great package and documentation that allows you to build your own CNNs! Note that this is in Python though. There are tons of bioacoustics... |
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Acoustics, Data management and processing tools | 9 months 4 weeks ago | |
| @cmwainaina please take a look |
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Animal Movement, AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Connectivity, Data management and processing tools, East Africa Community, Emerging Tech, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Marine Conservation, Protected Area Management Tools, Geospatial, Sensors, Software Development | 10 months ago | |
| Hi @nyangetamagesa , i'm so grateful for our input. |
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Human-Wildlife Conflict, Data management and processing tools, East Africa Community, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 10 months ago | |
| This was not the most significant or important update for the Mothbox, but it’s one I think is quite fun! It’s also quite... |
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Data management and processing tools, Latin America Community | 10 months 3 weeks ago | |
| The use of synthetic training data such as interpolated sequence values is common, but fraught with the issue of your synthetic signal generating features that are not true to... |
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Data management and processing tools, AI for Conservation | 10 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Hi all! I am researching the spatio-temporal movements of reintroduced eagles, using the recurse package in R Software (... |
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Data management and processing tools | 11 months ago | |
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Geospatial, Data management and processing tools, Protected Area Management Tools | 11 months ago |
Automated Fish Identification and Abundance Using Artificial Intelligence
28 July 2020 12:00am
BearID To Go
21 July 2020 12:00am
How do I scale up acoustic surveys with Audiomoths?
25 June 2020 12:00am
Tech4Wildlife News: SMART Mobile
23 June 2020 12:00am
Ecology Live: Satellite Imagery, Land Cover Mapping, and More
British Ecological Society
23 June 2020 12:00am
How do I perform automated recordings of bird assemblages?
Carlos Abrahams
19 June 2020 12:00am
The Perfect Paw Print: Collecting Data with FIT
3 June 2020 12:00am
Webinar: Virtual Ecosystem Scenario Viewer
OCTO
28 May 2020 12:00am
Talking Tracking with Xerius
23 April 2020 12:00am
#FieldKit50: Earth Day Giveaway
22 April 2020 12:00am
Virtual Field Trip: Conservation Technology with Shah Selbe
24 March 2020 12:00am
Accepting Applications: ArcGIS Solutions for Protected Area Management
4 March 2020 12:00am
Competition: Plastic Data Challenge
Ellie Warren
3 March 2020 12:00am
Hawai'i Conservation Conference
Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance
28 February 2020 12:00am
Animove Summer School 2020
AniMove
13 February 2020 12:00am
Virtual Meetup Discussion: Creative Approaches to Data-Driven Storytelling
19 June 2019 2:39pm
19 June 2019 7:22pm
Hi Alexandra,
Yes - we recorded the session and will share it on the event page, as well as in a follow-up email to those who registered, within the week.
Thanks for your interest!
Talia
18 July 2019 10:41pm
Hi all,
For anyone still looking, the recording is and notes from this event are available here.
Talia
Canopy height mapping with drones
31 May 2019 12:00am
WILDLABS Virtual Meetup Recording: Creative Approaches to Data-Driven Storytelling
WILDLABS Team
29 May 2019 12:00am
A technologist's journey to protect wildlife: The reality and potential of conservation technology (recorded talk)
22 November 2018 12:00am
Tusk Conservation Lecture 2018: Ted Schmitt
Tusk
15 October 2018 12:00am
Open Data Science Conference
7 September 2018 10:57am
7 September 2018 4:42pm
Oh very interesting, thanks for sharing, Ben. Are your or your team presenting at all, or are you going to soak in all the information?
Easy link for anyone interested: Open Data Science Conference
Global Audit of Biodiversity Monitoring (data gaps)
3 September 2018 3:27pm
Ocean Hack: San Francisco, 10-11th September, 2018
One Ocean Collab
20 August 2018 12:00am
Leverage Space Technology for Wildlife Protection with the European Space Agency Kick-start Grant
5 July 2017 12:00am
Conservation Leadership Programme 2017 Award
21 November 2016 12:00am
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act grants via USFWS
8 November 2016 12:00am
UNEP-WCMC Informatics Ignite Talks
11 May 2016 8:30am
TEAM Network and Wildlife Insights
28 April 2016 12:00am
Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge: Winners Announced!
22 January 2016 12:00am
Big Data and Conservation: Deluge or Drought?
22 December 2015 12:00am
19 June 2019 4:05pm
Hello,
Has this session been recorded? Can it be viewed anywhere after the event has ended?
Thank you,
Alexandra