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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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University of California

retired Field Station Director, very early adopter of conservation technologies

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@Amelie

I'm project manager of a mountain biodiversity observatory : ORCHAMP

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Kia ora. I'm an ecologist at Lincoln University in Aotearoa-New Zealand. In these decades of rapid environmental change, I've turned myself into a human ecological monitoring machine (~1.5 millon observations so far since 2003). I'm now working on how to format and share my data.

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Security and Conservation Data Management Officer for a private conservancy.

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Natural Resources Engineer. Birdwatcher and citizen science lover, data science enthusiast.
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@judy

I am an interdisciplinary scientist with robust experience in natural resource utilization, coexistence, conflict analysis and management, peacebuilding and mediation, wildlife farming and conservation, and dryland and rangeland management.

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GIS and Database Coordinator at the Rainforest Foundation UK

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Design Strategist - Regenerative Futures

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Need advice on data for an app that recommends plants.	It's a really good question, Colleen!Ideally, I would work with two developers, or at least one developer and one other party who knows what developing an app like this would mean...		Data management and processing tools, Software Development	8 months 3 weeks ago
Automatic extraction of temperature/moon phase from camera trap video	Hi Lucy,I now realised it is an old thread and you most likely have already found a solution long ago but this might be of interest to others.As mentioned previously, it is...	+5	Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions, Software Development	9 months 2 weeks ago
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efficient methods for labeling clusters of fish in images for segmentation purposes	Agreed. I have recently begun using SegmentAnything as a replacement for Detectron and have been very pleased. However, for a fish school I don't know how well it would do out of...		Data management and processing tools, AI for Conservation	11 months 4 weeks ago
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