Who We Are
Geospatial data and analysis is critical for conservation, from planning to implementation and measuring success. Every day, mapping and spatial analysis are aiding conservation decisions, protected areas designation, habitat management on reserves and monitoring of wildlife populations, to name but a few examples. The Geospatial group focuses on all aspects of this field, from field surveys to remote sensing and data development/analysis to GIS systems.
How to Get Started
Want to learn more about how remote sensing is used in conservation? Check out the first two episodes of this season of Tech Tutors, where our Tutors answer the questions How do I use open source remote sensing data to monitor fishing? and How do I access and visualise open source remote sensing data in Google Earth Engine? You can also check out our Virtual Meetup Archive for a range of panels that overlap with Geospatial topics, or take a look at our Earth Observation 101 lecture series from Dr. Cristian Rossi.
Our Purpose
The WILDLABS Geospatial Group is for conservation practitioners, geospatial analysts, and academics that want to:
- Share geospatial resources, best practices, data, and ideas;
- Network amongst geospatial and data practitioners;
- Create peer learning opportunities;
- Promote the use of free and open-source geospatial software; and
- Improve the use of GIS software and geospatial analyses in conservation management and research.
Group curators
3point.xyz
Over 35 years of experience in biodiversity conservation worldwide, largely focused on forests, rewilding and conservation technology. I run my own business assisting nonprofits and agencies in the conservation community



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- @ahmedjunaid
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Zoologist, Ecologist, Herpetologist, Conservation Biologist





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Fauna & Flora
Remote Sensing Scientist, Conservation Technology & Nature Markets @ Fauna & Flora - WILDLABS Geospatial Group Co-Lead



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- @adamsteer
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Researcher and consultant focused on snow, ice and landscapes, drone pilot, lidar and airborne remote sensing analyst. Based in Australia, thinks a lot about connected systems in mountain and polar landscapes. Open source geospatial specialist.
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) & SENSR
We track changes in wildlife and their habitats in Alberta, working collaboratively to provide ongoing, relevant, scientifically credible information.


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- @Muzna
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Muzna Kashaf is a dedicated herpetologist who recently achieved her MPhil, showcasing her commitment to advancing knowledge in the field. Her research focus lies in amphibians, and she has utilized Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to enhance precision of her studies.

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A GoodManager, a conservationist, an ecologist


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Tech Matters
Project Director, Terraso.org (1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People): open source software for farmers, ranchers & communities.
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- @lucytallents
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VerdantLearn
Sociable e-learning for conservation capacity building

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St. Lawrence University
Professor of Biology at St. Lawrence University
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- @Edonga
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Paul Edonga is from the Indigenous Pastoralist Tribes of Northern Kenya. A seasoned Leader in indigenous-led conservation of Endangered Beisa Oryx, African Small Antelopes their habitats & Dryland Forests. He's the founder of Save Beisa Oryx Community Resilience Trust-SBOC
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Five articles that include conservation tech published at Mongabay
20 October 2022
*New closing date!* WILDLABS and Fauna & Flora International are seeking an early career conservationist for 12-month paid internship position to grow and support the Southeast Asia regional community in our global...
19 October 2022
The candidate will partner with our global team members that are focused on designing and implementing island restorations using the most effective, science-based, cost-efficient, and collaborative methods available.
14 October 2022
Comprehensive resource for Google Earth Engine - this ebook is an excellent source of fundamentals lessons and applications ranging from terrestrial to aquatic. It comes with a fully equipped code repo, explainers, and...
12 October 2022
Rainforest Alliance is seeking a Senior GIS Officer, based in the Netherlands, Germany, or Belgium
11 October 2022
Careers
Rainforest Alliance is seeking a GIS Officer based in the Netherlands, Germany, or Belgium
11 October 2022
This paper released by the World Economic Forum and the SPACES coalition shows how businesses can embrace the use of spatial intelligence for action on nature and climate. How can we make sure businesses apply the...
23 September 2022
This role will be employed under Osa Conservation's Movement Ecology Program. Broadly, the project aims to develop and use novel animal tracking technology to increase our understanding of the movement ecology of...
22 September 2022
This technology was recently tested in Kauai, Hawaii, with the National Tropical Botanical Garden and has successfully collected from 5 critically endangered species that were otherwise inaccessible.
16 September 2022
At the Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée center. The project will pursue two different methodological goals: (1) explore the use of natural language bottlenecks describing visible traits or other visual...
1 September 2022
Seeking interested individuals with qualifications and educational background and experience in marine species biology/ecology (marine mammals, sea turtles, fish, seabirds, etc.); with skills in applied scientific study...
31 August 2022
Hey space & nature conservation enthusiasts! For an innovation project about forest impact monitoring, I am looking for a student assistant with the option to write a Master thesis.
29 August 2022
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Geospatial | 1 year 1 month ago | |
Tagging @Chelsea_Smith so she sees this :) |
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Geospatial, Data Management & Mobilisation, Protected Area Management Tools | 1 year 2 months ago | |
Hi Vance,I just wanted to assign landcover types to each point data. But you mentioning temporal change of landcover, that will be best analysis to do.Thank you so much,Sarah. |
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Geospatial | 1 year 2 months ago | |
Unfortunately I may fail to deliver so I cannot take it up. Am off net at times for two weeks straight. But excited about everything GIS so I follow keenly. Thank you... |
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Geospatial | 1 year 2 months ago | |
Thank you Carly, I will definitely take a look. |
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Acoustics, Animal Movement, Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data Management & Mobilisation, Geospatial, Software Development | 1 year 5 months ago | |
We will be conducting in-person demos of our cutting-edge drone technology in the US this year! 🇺🇸 If you're interested in experiencing... |
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Animal Movement, Drones, Geospatial, Software Development | 1 year 6 months ago | |
Real nice video. I'll have another look in the weekend in detail. |
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Acoustics, Community Base, Protected Area Management Tools, Geospatial, Sensors | 1 year 7 months ago | |
Hi!I would take a look at Although developed for camera trap imagery, it is by no means restricted to such.Cheers,Lars |
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Camera Traps, Community Base, Data Management & Mobilisation, Drones, Emerging Tech, Geospatial, Software Development | 1 year 7 months ago | |
Thank you for this! Will take a look. |
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Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, East Africa Community, Geospatial | 1 year 7 months ago | |
Appreciate that Lars! |
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Animal Movement, Geospatial | 1 year 7 months ago | |
Hi Eva, Me and my colleagues run a small NGO based on Yogyakarta in Indonesia, although our projects are spread around the country. One of our active project is working with... |
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Community Base, Animal Movement, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Marine Conservation, Geospatial | 1 year 8 months ago | |
I am not an acoustics person but train and deploy canines in the field. Are you looking for something that records sniff rate and patterns? For GPS I just use a Garmin... |
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Training Course: Quantitative Analysis of Marine & Coastal Drone Data

29 April 2020 12:00am
Talking Tracking with Xerius
23 April 2020 12:00am
WILDLABS Tech Hub: WWF PandaSat
13 April 2020 12:00am
WILDLABS Community Call Recording: Rainforest X-PRIZE
30 March 2020 12:00am
Mapping to Save our Planet's Biodiversity
26 March 2020 12:07pm
Esri - Mapping to Save our Planet's Biodiversity
19 March 2020 10:46am
Competition: Plastic Data Challenge

3 March 2020 12:00am
Hawai'i Conservation Conference

28 February 2020 12:00am
ICEI2020: 11th International Conference on Ecological Informatics

14 February 2020 12:00am
Contour maps, Mapbox and (Q)GIS
4 September 2019 3:05pm
Instant Detect 2.0 emerges
3 September 2019 12:00am
ESA Kickstarter: Environmental Crimes
22 August 2019 12:00am
Conservation and Technology Conference

29 July 2019 12:00am
Meetup: Machine Learning/AI on Earth Observation Data (23 July, London)
21 June 2019 12:00am
Technology companies, FCO, and conservation NGOs come together to scale technology solutions to end wildlife crime
4 June 2019 12:00am
Conservation remote sensing webinar series
5 October 2018 7:40am
3 June 2019 11:20am
CBI and SCGIS have been running a second series of webinars this year. You can find recordings of all the previous webinars signposted here.
Of note, see:
- Planetary-scale monitoring with Google Earth Engine
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The Potential of GEDI Lidar for Biodiversity Conservation Applications
The next upcioming webinar is Integrating Remote Sensing With Conservation Analysis Workflows on June 11, 10:00 PDT (register here).
WILDLABS TECH HUB Showcase

17 May 2019 12:00am
Meet the WILDLABS TECH HUB Winners
13 May 2019 12:00am
Google 2019 Geo for Good Summit—apply before May 3
22 April 2019 6:43pm
FOSS4G 2019
12 April 2019 9:36am
#Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Our Favourites from 2019
3 March 2019 12:00am
Eye on Earth Symposium Online: All 36 sessions will be webcast globally
5 October 2018 10:36am
18 February 2019 10:37am
Following the successful Eye on Earth Symposium at the end of October, the team has announced that video recordings of all 35 sessions are now available.
They've also shared a recording of the Global Environmental Education Partnership webinar: http://bit.ly/EoeWebinars

Sumatran Forest Type Maps and Data
9 January 2019 5:43pm
14 January 2019 10:26am
Just to throw a couple options out there:
The hanson map, which you can download from:
Global Land Analysis and Discovery
You could also make your own map from the raw satellite data but that is a bit more involved.
Tom
A technologist's journey to protect wildlife: The reality and potential of conservation technology (recorded talk)
22 November 2018 12:00am
GIS Day 2018
14 November 2018 7:48pm
WILDLABS Virtual Meetup Recording: Next Generation Wildlife Tracking

12 November 2018 12:00am
Invitation to Contribute to the ISPRS SC Newsletter
28 August 2018 3:12pm
13 September 2018 3:24pm
Hi Sheryl,
This sounds great, thank you for sharing! As you may be aware, we had the UK National Earth Observation Conference 2018 here in the UK just last week (and you can see the abstracts here).
I'll share your call for submissions with colleagues in the Cambridge conservation community, noting your September 21st deadline.
Best wishes,
Thom
18 September 2018 11:58am
Hi Thom,
Thanks a lot for the response! The abstracts were very interesting and I hope we can share more of the work from you and your colleagues.
Please feel free to send me a message or an email regarding this matter.
All the best and thanks,
Sheryl
NASA Webinar: Change Detection for Land Cover
14 September 2018 3:55pm
Next Generation Animal Tracking Ideation Challenge
14 September 2018 12:00am
Compendium of guidance on key global databases related to biodiversity related conventions
13 September 2018 3:38pm
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