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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Natural Solutions
Engineer, I work for a web development company on web application projects for biodiversity conservation. I'm especially interested by camera traps, teledetection and DeepLearning subjects.
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Behavioral Ecologist
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Rainforest Trust



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I am an Impact Monitoring Officer in a REDD+ Project in Zambia.
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International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Key Biodiversity Areas Programme Officer, IUCN



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Upstream Tech

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British Antarctic Survey
Machine learning researcher at the British Antarctic Survey
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Author of Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa
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working on the digital transformation for environment, climate, and conservation
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Climasens’ platform is now being used by Australian Councils to support disaster resilience efforts. It’s inaugural product, HeatSens, is being used to bridge the gap between emergency management and climate change...
30 May 2023
Careers
We are a team of ecologists and technologists who believe good business must be good for nature. We’re building an economy that puts nature and business in balance by incentivising the restoration of nature at scale.
16 May 2023
We are a team of ecologists and technologists who believe good business must be good for nature. We’re building an economy that puts nature and business in balance by incentivising the restoration of nature at scale.
2 May 2023
Article from 2021 but it popped up on my feed today, might be of interest to our remote sensing group!
24 April 2023
Global Fishing Watch are looking for a data scientist to join the Research and Innovation team. Help us tackle geospatial data fusion problems to produce the most complete picture of human activity at sea.
19 April 2023
How to use geospatial data for rapid analyses of forest carbon projects
5 April 2023
How environmental consultancy Eticwood use geospatial data for rapid forest carbon project assessments
24 March 2023
Article
This technical workshop was recorded at the Esri Developer Summit 2021. Presenters use packages to make GIS workflows reproducible through code, work with spatial data and make relevant maps using open source packages...
21 March 2023
The Innovation in Practice edition of Methods in Ecology and Evolution is still seeking proposals about conservation technology
6 March 2023
Last week's Variety Hour is now up on youtube. It was a great session - we covered Moveapps, an awesome community project building marine biologgers, chatgpt and google earth engine vs microsoft's planetary computer....
3 March 2023
Scholarships available for training courses focussing on nature restoration in East Africa
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This earth day 2022 celebration blog recaps some of the available resources from organizations that are partnering with the NICFI Satellite Data Program. The platforms, tools... |
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Geospatial | 3 years 4 months ago | |
Can also recommend looking into Argos: https://www.cls-telemetry.com/argos-solutions/argos-services/ The transmitter can send a few messages per day and the messages are... |
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Geospatial, Connectivity | 3 years 4 months ago | |
I think it looks like a really interesting technology, but it's still in the realm of research and academia. They're correct in that it demonstrates device miniaturization... |
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Geospatial | 3 years 11 months ago | |
Geospatial data engineer at Salo Sciences - https://salo.ai/assets/pdf/Data%20Engineer%20%E2%80%93%20Salo%20Sciences%20(Jul%202021).pdf... |
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Geospatial | 4 years ago | |
I am looking for collaborators and donors, or I am offering myself as a collaborator for a Uni / research organisation, for a research... |
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Geospatial | 4 years 4 months ago | |
Hi Remote Sensing & GIS folks, The Allen Coral Atlas is proud to announce three new mapping regions: Great Barrier Reef & Torres... |
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Geospatial | 4 years 5 months ago | |
Hi everyone, Another brilliant webinar series from SCGIS (Society for Conservation GIS) and CBI (Conservation Biology Institute) ... |
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Geospatial | 4 years 5 months ago | |
Wow, thanks for sharing, @ZoeLieb ! Great initiative and wonderful opportunity for people to contribute to the atlas. Good luck! |
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Geospatial | 4 years 5 months ago | |
Hi everyone! This is a heads up that the Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS) and Conservation Biology Institute (CBI) are co-hosting a... |
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Geospatial | 4 years 7 months ago | |
Hi, Not exactly what you were looking for, but Public Lab have used balloons with cameras to map oil spills. This could be adapted to your purpose. You could... |
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Geospatial | 4 years 7 months ago | |
Just came across this newly released paper on using Google Earth Engine in conservation :) |
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Geospatial | 4 years 8 months ago | |
Hi Wildlabbers, Welcome back to Tech Tutors for season 2! This season's first episode featured Oceanmind's... |
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Marine Conservation, Geospatial, Sustainable Fishing Challenges | 4 years 8 months ago |