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Conservation tech work doesn't stop after data is collected in the field. Equally as important to success is navigating data management and processing tools. For the many community members who deal with enormous datasets, this group will be an invaluable resource to trade advice, discuss workflows and tools, and share what works for you.

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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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Systems Engineer at Edge Impulse, experiencce with hands-on edge machine learning for wildlife conservation

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@EvelyneNgugi
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Environmentalist and AI Tutor

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@Wade

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@geoffcarss
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CEO of Wilder Sensing - using AI to better understand changes to biodiversity using acoustic sensors

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@stripMaagi

Conservation Biologist

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@KevinV-96
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Data Scientist looking to use their tech skills for conservation

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I aim to transition my career towards conservation technology after gaining two years of experience in the tech industry.

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Conservation X Labs & Wild Me

Software Engineer for Wildlife Conservation

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@ajcatella
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I work as a BI Consultant, specialising in Power BI and am passionate about wildlife, particularly in Africa

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Article

Canopy height mapping with drones

Tom Swinfield

Tom Swinfield and colleagues at the Forest Ecology and Conservation Group have assessed the quality of three dimensional forest models produced from drone surveys, and conclude that concerns about their quality for...

31 May 2019

Article

A technologist's journey to protect wildlife: The reality and potential of conservation technology (recorded talk)

Ted Schmitt

Ted Schmitt joined us for a lunchtime lecture in which he shared his experiences working across Africa the past five years with protected area managers, anti-trafficking organisations, and scientists to effectively...

22 November 2018

Funding

Leverage Space Technology for Wildlife Protection with the European Space Agency Kick-start Grant

WILDLABS Admin

The European Space Agency is calling for Kick-Start ideas to leverage space technology for wildlife protection. Three main topics of interest have been identified: 1) Wildlife monitoring, tracking and inventory, 2)...

5 July 2017

Funding

Conservation Leadership Programme 2017 Award

WILDLABS Admin

The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) is a training and capacity building programme that targets individuals from developing countries who are early in their conservation career and demonstrate leadership...

21 November 2016

Funding

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act grants via USFWS

WILDLABS Admin

Do you work on conserving Neotropical migratory birds? Do you need funding? Why not apply for a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act's grant program? The...

8 November 2016

Article

TEAM Network and Wildlife Insights

Eric Fegraus

Operating the largest tropical forest camera trap network globally, TEAM Network has accumulated over 2.6 million images. How can large datasets coupled with new techniques for data management and analysis provide...

28 April 2016

Article

Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge: Winners Announced!

WILDLABS Admin

From artificial “sniffer” technologies to portable DNA sequencers, the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge received hundreds of innovative ideas to help stamp out wildlife crime. Now, the Challenge is proud to announce 16...

22 January 2016

Article

Big Data and Conservation: Deluge or Drought?

WILDLABS Admin

Dr. Lucas Joppa, Scientist at Microsoft Research, considers the evolving impact of data in conservation and society. He examines the difference between ‘big data’ and ‘small data’, and explores how models such as the...

22 December 2015

Article

Cheap Space, DIY Imaging and Big Data

WILDLABS Admin

John Amos, President of SkyTruth, explores how remote sensing is being used in conservation today and the importance of sky-truthing. He examines the role that citizen scientists can play in increasing transparency in...

21 December 2015

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From Data Collection to Decisions

TimWilkinson

The speed at which data travels from the point of collection to a format which is understandable and useful for decision makers can be of critical importance. In this case study, Tim Wilkinson discusses a powerful suite...

6 November 2015

Description	Activity	Replies	Groups	Updated
United Nations Open Source Principles	All sound, would be nice if there were only 5, though!		AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Data management and processing tools, Emerging Tech, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Funding and Finance, Geospatial, Open Source Solutions, Software Development	1 month 4 weeks ago
Standard Threshold for "Habitat Use" in Avians?	Thank you so much! This is super helpful and I really appreciate the feedback!		Acoustics, Data management and processing tools	2 months 1 week ago
ICCB 2025 – Let’s Connect!	Hi everyone, I’m excited to become a member of Wild Lab! I’m currently working on my master’s thesis, focusing on dormouse conservation. My research explores the behavioral...		AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Early Career, Geospatial	2 months 1 week ago
Sea turtle Bioacoustics Project	That's amazing thanks so much!		Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Data management and processing tools, Early Career	2 months 1 week ago
The 100KB Challenge!	Hi Dan, Not right now but I can envision many uses. A key problem in RS is data streams for validation and training of ML models, its really not yet a solved problem. Any...		Emerging Tech, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Build Your Own Data Logger Community, Camera Traps, Connectivity, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Geospatial, Sensors	3 months ago
Camera Trap Data Visualization Open Question	Another question. Right now pretty much all camera traps trigger on either PIR sensors or small AI models. Small AI models would tend to have a limitation that they would...		AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions, Software Development	3 months 1 week ago
Paper: Technology's social and structural effects in environmental organizations	Hi everyone - I would like to announce a new case study paper out at CHI 2025! https://mattziegler.net/papers/Cross-Section-...		Connectivity, Data management and processing tools, Ethics of Conservation Tech	3 months 1 week ago
Collecting interesting resources to visualise spatio-temporal data from wildlife observations	Hi, I'm collecting screenshots (and explanation if needed) of visualisations that you found useful. It could be charts, maps, tables...		Data management and processing tools, Animal Movement, Camera Traps	3 months 1 week ago
Machine learning for bird pollination syndromes	We are putting together a special issue in the journal Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology and are welcoming (review) papers on the use of AI in bird research. https://www....		AI for Conservation, Software Development, Citizen Science, Data management and processing tools	3 months 2 weeks ago
Giving different types of labeled data to the community - solutions?	Hello everyone!During my master thesis in engineering (past autumn), I developed Machine Learning for anti-poaching. As such, I recorded a...		Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Data management and processing tools	3 months 2 weeks ago
Free/open-source app for field data collection	Thanks! I am familiar with EarthRanger but wasn't aware it could be used for behavioural data collection	+6	Build Your Own Data Logger Community, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions	3 months 2 weeks ago
Which LLMs are most valuable for coding/debugging?	thanks kristy! super helpful list.		Data management and processing tools, AI for Conservation	4 months 1 week ago

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