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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Zoology with a placement year graduate from Bangor University. Interested in large African mammal movement and behaviour in response to climate change, particularly African elephants
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- @Fatuma
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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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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)



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University of Salford
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Neuroscientist & engineer looking for a data/R&D role in conservation.
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An Environmental sciences and Management graduate from SUA, passionate and eager to drive change to the Environment, making World a better place for present and future generations.





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- @hyodopenguin
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I am currently a rising junior at UC Berkeley studying data science. I hope to apply data with biodiversity, especially by utilizing camera traps for species classification. People in conservation tech are truly living my dream careers, and I can't wait to get even more inspired!

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Mobile developer w/ a passion for nature and conservation

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With the rising threats to biodiversity such as wildlife crime, climate change and human-wildlife conflict today, wildlife monitoring technologies have become vital to study movement ecology, behaviour patterns, changes...
25 October 2023
Listen in on our interview with Mara Elephant Project’s Tracking Manager, Wilson Sairowua, as he explains how MEP is using software, geofencing and drone technologies to resolve human-elephant conflict across Maasai...
20 October 2023
Earth Blox makes dataset from Impact Observatory and Vizzuality available to Google Earth Engine developers via the #AwesomeGEECommunityCatalog
16 October 2023
The goal of this position is to support our remote sensing team in various tasks including to daily remote sensing related work, geo-spatial analysis and monitoring and evaluation of WWF’s conservation goals, related to...
6 October 2023
Careers
Could you be our next team member to help empower conservation through data and technology?
28 September 2023
Could you be our new GIS and Data Science Specialist?
28 September 2023
Connected Conservation Foundation is seeking a GIS and Data Science Specialist to help design and support remote sensing projects. This is a unique opportunity to work with local conservation teams across the globe and...
27 September 2023
The partnership will support the Global South with the development, planning and management of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the high seas.
22 September 2023
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📢 New Paper: Estimation of Forest LAI Using Discrete Airborne LiDAR: A Review by Luo Tian, Yonghua Qu and Jianbo Qi 👉 Read the full article: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/12/2408
5 September 2023
The first most comprehensive textbook for Earth Engine "Cloud-Based Remote Sensing with Google Earth Engine" now has many video tutorials by authors,
5 September 2023
Learn more about ESA's call for expressions of interests for projects relating to the conservation and restoration of ecosystems.
1 September 2023
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The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF) is recruiting a Senior Spatial Ecologist to join our shark research team and strengthen the ongoing long-term research on shark population ecology and...
24 August 2023
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Hi all! WILDLABS intern, Tatjana here. We're working on the second season of Tech Tutors, the webseries that... |
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Webinar/training series: Remote Sensing for Mangroves in Support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This training focuses on mapping and monitoring mangroves and how it... |
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Hello Nandini. I did something similar mapping carbon stocks of subsurface peat reserves in upland habitats in the UK. It was pretty basic though. Modelled the 3D volume of peat... |
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There's an Esri webinar TODAY at 14:00 UTC Mapping to Save our Planet's Biodiversity with guest speakers including @... |
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Geospatial | 5 years 5 months ago | |
Hi all, Just a week until the Esri webinar on GIS and Conservation. Some interesting talks happening. Sign up here.... |
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Hi all, I'm looking for a bit of advice on GIS, QGIS and Mapbox and thought it time to make use of the WildLabs community's well of... |
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Geospatial | 5 years 11 months ago | |
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... |
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Geospatial | 6 years 2 months ago | |
The annual Google Geo for Good Summit is open for applications. Attendance is free of charge; however participants will be... |
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Geospatial | 6 years 4 months ago | |
Hi GIS-ers, This is a notification that the FOSS4G 2019 conference call for talks and workshops deadline is this coming Monday 15th... |
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Geospatial | 6 years 4 months ago | |
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... |
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Just to throw a couple options out there: Indonesia's one map portal The hanson map, which you can download from: Global forest watch Google Earth Engine Global... |
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Geospatial | 6 years 7 months ago | |
Today is GIS Day. Today we turned our department foyer into a map gallery to celebrate. The conservation work of the RSPB is reliant on... |
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