WILDLABS groups like this one are where conservation tech community members from every career stage gather to ask questions, share resources, and network. If you're just getting started in your #tech4wildlife career, making a career change from the tech world into conservation, or you're a student finding your path in the field, the Early Career group wants to meet you!
Likewise, the Early Career group is an excellent place for our conservation tech experts to share opportunities and resources with a wide audience of people who will make a big impact in conservation in the coming years.
How can you get started in our Early Career group?
- Visit our Welcome Thread and tell us about yourself and your career goals!
- Drop into our Share Your Master's Project thread to ask questions, share your updates, get advice, and discuss your project goals with people who can help you make progress
- Network with our group's regular events like Happy Hour, launching later in 2022
The Early Career group is looking for an organizer for a 6-month period to plan networking events and help conservation tech students from around the world connect! If you're interested in volunteering as group organizer, email ellie.warren@wildlabs.net with a brief summary of your early career conservation tech experience so far, and with an idea for one event or activity you'd propose for the group. We hope to hear from you!
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A Wildlife Biologist interested in Environment Assessment and Restoration, In-situ and Ex-situ strategies, Technologies used in Conservation and Illegal Wildlife Trade.


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Data science and ML specialist
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Environmental scientist with experience in natural resource management, especially water, wildlife, forestry, and biodiversity conservation.
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PhD fellow using deep learning to investigate marine fish acoustic signals and social behaviour.
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I am a biology undergraduate student who is interested in the field of wildlife conservation and has skills in field observation and identification
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I'm a PhD student and my research focuses on analyzing patterns in mammals poaching occurrences.

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Machine Learning Engineer specialised in computer vision and a passion for conservation and rebuilding.
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As a fresh electrical engineer, I am passionate about leveraging technology for biodiversity monitoring, logging, and poaching detection in tropical regions.
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Coordinator for Rewilding, Nature Recovery and Biodiversity Management at AJA Climate Solutions, Ghana.
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I'm a PhD student at UW working with the Smithsonian and Center for One Health Research. I develop models to predict and explain zoonotic disease patterns, with a strong emphasis on how these diseases impact wildlife populations and communities sharing the same landscape.

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Are you passionate about marine wildlife conservation? Excited to network and collaborate with fellow enthusiasts? Join us in launching the Coastal and Marine Wildlife Working Group within The Wildlife Society!
23 May 2024
Save Our Seas (SOS) opened a call for small grants for 'original and innovative start-up projects' concerning marine chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, skates, sawfishes and chimaeras). Projects can be in research,...
19 May 2024
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
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative ( BIOFIN, a UNDP initiative ) launched a database with over 330 public and private funding opportunities.
4 May 2024
€2,000 travel grants are available for researchers interested in insect monitoring using automated cameras and computer vision
3 May 2024
The North Carolina Zoo seeks a dynamic, motivated and progressive individual to serve as the Associate Curator of International Conservation within the zoos’ Conservation, Education and Science (CES) program. The...
29 April 2024
It has been an extraordinary year supporting and growing the regional East African Conservation Technology Community at WILDLABS. We've made great strides and unlocked exciting opportunities for our community as we...
29 April 2024
The incumbent will develop models and metrics that can be used to shape conservation policy using multiple data sources including camera traps, movement data and citizen science concerning the diversity and...
23 April 2024
Full-time 3 year postdoctoral fellowship in Escondido, CA
22 April 2024
PTES will be accepting new applications for Conservation Insight Grants in 2024. The deadline for applications is Sunday 25th August at 23.59 (UK time). Applications will be assessed at a meeting in mid-October and...
22 April 2024
Apply to the inaugural GOSH Ambassador Program by June 15!
18 April 2024
Funding
Call for applications is now open for applications from Asia and the Pacific.
16 April 2024
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We could always use more contributors in open source projects. In most open source companies Red Hat, Anaconda, Red Hat and Mozilla, people often ended up getting hired largely... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career, Marine Conservation | 1 year 1 month ago | |
I actually will be in Panama for an internship during June-July in the Azuero peninsula!! What organization are you both involved in? |
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Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 1 year 2 months ago | |
Hello community, I wanted to share some exciting updates about my ongoing conservation project for endangered species. I post this here... |
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Human-Wildlife Conflict, Early Career | 1 year 2 months ago | |
Hi Sienna, I'm in the Worcester area and always keep an eye on positions nearby for my students. I recommend adding Mass Audubon to your list (currently searching for a land... |
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Early Career | 1 year 2 months ago | |
Hi folks! Happy 2024 and thanks in advance for your patience in case I over-used tags. If you’re using any form of natural language... |
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AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Early Career, East Africa Community, Emerging Tech, Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Open Source Solutions, Software Development, Wildlife Crime, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 1 year 4 months ago | |
Thanks Aude, very useful. Will reach out to them! |
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Early Career, Acoustics, eDNA & Genomics, Marine Conservation, Protected Area Management Tools | 1 year 4 months ago | |
As I approach the completion of my Bachelor's in Mechatronics Engineering, I am eager to explore career opportunities within the field of... |
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Early Career | 1 year 5 months ago | |
I unfortunately don't have many unique insights for Europe. I'm North America based. We have companies out here like Aerium Analytics that seem like they'd fit your skill... |
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Early Career | 1 year 7 months ago | |
You can't scale your nature venture? You can't find a job in the nature field? Here is my solution. Introducing: The free Biodiversity... |
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Early Career | 1 year 7 months ago | |
Hi Carly,I'm asking myself the same questions. I've recently contributed to MoveApps, which was a very nice entry point into conservation tech/movement ecology for me. Perhaps you... |
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Early Career | 1 year 7 months ago | |
Very helpful, thank you. One more thing, are there any broad skills that apply to all areas of conservation tech that may be helpful to learn/improve, e.g data analysis? |
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AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career | 1 year 8 months ago | |
Just tangentially, can you elaborate on "…work in the environmental field but in the aviation industry"? |
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Early Career | 1 year 10 months ago |
Post Doctoral Research Assistant at ZSL
9 April 2024 7:03pm
Conservation Science Intern - Space for Giants, Nanyuki
9 April 2024 8:55am
Job Opportunity - Wildlife Protection Solutions
5 April 2024 9:22pm
Fonseca Leadership Program
3 April 2024 4:46pm
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ecoacoustics
2 April 2024 2:49pm
JWO Research Grant: Biodiversity and Conservation
2 April 2024 2:45pm
Postdoc position in Herpetofaunal Ecology & Conservation
30 March 2024 5:57am
Apply Now: Women in Conservation Technology Programme, Tanzania 2024

25 March 2024 11:10am
AI for Conservation!
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22 March 2024 5:57pm
Thank you for the tip! I'll definitely consider contributing to open source projects and taking part in challenges :)
25 March 2024 5:22am
We could always use more contributors in open source projects. In most open source companies Red Hat, Anaconda, Red Hat and Mozilla, people often ended up getting hired largely due to their contributions on open source projects. These contributions were both technical such as writing computer code and non-technical such as writing documentation and translating tools in their local language.
Add Bio-accoustics support · Issue #441 · microsoft/CameraTraps · GitHub
Please kindly add support for using pytorch wildlife platform for bio-acoustics to analyses audio recordings of insects, birds and animals including sounds that are inaudible to human ears. Having a single code base to analysis both opti...
The Variety Hour: 2024 Lineup
22 March 2024 4:30pm
Introduction + Mentorship/Research Partnership
20 March 2024 1:41am
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Me and @Hubertszcz are working on biodiversity monitoring for habitat restoration on the Azuero penninsula in August. I don't have any like paid research opportunities i know of myself, but if you find yourself in panama, im sure they can use help!
22 March 2024 2:28pm
I actually will be in Panama for an internship during June-July in the Azuero peninsula!! What organization are you both involved in?
Empowering women, protecting nature: Insights from WiCT 2023
22 March 2024 7:59am
SMART Global Congress 2024: A quick summary
19 March 2024 6:42pm
Fundraising Workshop: Caribbean Region
18 March 2024 9:45am
2 Postdoctoral Conservation Ecologist Positions at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SNZCBI)
14 March 2024 7:18pm
PhD Opening: Revealing the Dynamics of Soaring Environments Through GPS and Drones
13 March 2024 2:11pm
Senior Post-doctoral Researcher/Senior Research Associate Opportunity: Movement ecology of Greenland halibut
13 March 2024 2:00pm
Ph.D. Assistantship: Collared Peccary Population and Spatial Ecology in Southern Texas
13 March 2024 1:51pm
Now for Wildlife
12 March 2024 2:36pm
Introduction and Potential Networking
6 March 2024 7:36pm
8 March 2024 12:28pm
Hi Sienna, I'm in the Worcester area and always keep an eye on positions nearby for my students. I recommend adding Mass Audubon to your list (currently searching for a land conservation fellow). Also, many towns search for conservation agents/administrators to assist their conservation commission. Museum of Science, the Boston Aquarium, as well as many smaller science museums / zoos (e.g., Ecotarium in Worcester), are frequently hiring for both full-time and temporary positions. Feel free to contact me in private!
Conservation Science Fellow (Giraffe Conservation Foundation)
4 March 2024 11:18am
Funded PhD Opportunity: Moose Acoustics at the University of New Hampshire
13 February 2024 1:21pm
Early career mammalogist funding Opportunity
12 February 2024 8:57pm
Conservation Technology Intern - The Wildlife Restoration Foundation
8 February 2024 7:52pm
PhD Opportunity - Exploring plants’ sensing capability with vibroacoustics
8 February 2024 5:35pm
Southern African Wildlife Management Association Conference 2024
6 February 2024 12:20pm
Project Planning for Wildlife Conservation
30 January 2024 3:13pm
Two year postdoc - Machine Learning & Bioacoustics
16 January 2024 7:49am
Free Spatial Analysis Course: Going Places with Spatial Analysis
15 January 2024 9:42am
22 March 2024 12:29pm
Welcome, Have you considered participating in any of the AI for Good challenges. I find it is good way to build a nice portfolio of work. Also contributing to existing open source ML projects such as megadetector or to upstream libraries such as PyTorch is good way to getting hired.
GitHub - alexvmt/awesome-data-and-ml-for-good: Collection of resources for data and ML for good and how to get involved.
Collection of resources for data and ML for good and how to get involved. - alexvmt/awesome-data-and-ml-for-good