Group curators
Vance Russell
3point.xyz
Ahmed Junaid
- @ahmedjunaid
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Elsa Carla De Grandi
Fauna & Flora
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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- 7 Discussions
- 16 Groups
Fauna & Flora
Remote Sensing Scientist, Conservation Technology & Nature Markets @ Fauna & Flora - WILDLABS Geospatial Group Co-Lead
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Interested in bioacoustics
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- @Christina
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Honeyguide Foundation
GIS AND RS GRADUATE,PASSIONATE ABOUT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND GIS.
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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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Clemson University
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- @WyattB
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Data science and ML specialist
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- @NevilleCLS
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CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites)
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- @Moureen.Ndungo
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Field Assistant Ecologist at Zambia Carnivore Program (ZCP). Passionate about conservation biology and dedicated to protecting Zambia's incredible wildlife.
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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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- @dhuha
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Name: dhuha lastari I am a highly motivated and dedicated individual with a strong passion for forestry. With 4 years of experience in conservation, I possess a unique blend of skills and knowledge that enable me to make a positive impact in my community. As a former member of
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Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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EcoFirst
Biologist and naturalist involved in NGO's activities as well as profesionnally
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mapmixture (R package).
16 March 2025
Article
Modern GIS: Moving from Desktop to Cloud
Vance Russell
Modern GIS is open technology, scalable, and interoperable. How do you implement it? [Header image: kepler.gl]
12 March 2025
Link
Hansen Global Forest Change Dataset
Vance Russell
The deadtrees.earth dataset that Elsa shared earlier this week is an excellent, albeit grimly named dataset! Here's another for global forest forest change derived from Landsat imagery. Click the link at the bottom to...
11 March 2025
Link
deadtrees.earth
Elsa Carla De Grandi
An open database for accessing, contributing, analyzing, and visualizing remote sensing-based tree mortality data. Beta version
9 March 2025
Link
spAbundance (R package).
9 March 2025
Link
Businesses sharing data through GBIF
Elsa Carla De Grandi
List of companies that are publishing biodiversity data through GBIF
8 March 2025
Link
RRphylogeography
8 March 2025
Funding
Arctic Community Wildlife Grants Program
World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
WWF's Arctic Community Wildlife Grants program supports conservation, stewardship, and research initiatives that focus on coastal Arctic ecology, community sustainability, and priority Arctic wildlife, including polar...
7 March 2025
Careers
Wildlife Monitoring Internship 2025
Alex Rood
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SNZCBI) is seeking an intern to assist with multiple projects related to conservation technology for wildlife monitoring. SNZCBI scientists collect data...
3 March 2025
Careers
Postdoc in bird modelling and remote sensing
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Building species-specific habitat models for forest bird species using state of the art methods and remote sensing layers
28 February 2025
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GIFT (R package).
25 February 2025
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APCalign (R package).
25 February 2025
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Ideal Workplace Solutions
October 2025
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Lacey Hughey and 3 more
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Brigitta Keeves
March 2026
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Wildlife Drones
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| I’m over in New York City for Geo for Good this week and wondered if anyone else in the community is there? Would be lovely to say hi if so. |
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Geospatial | 3 days 17 hours ago | |
| Very interesting. Thanks for sharing |
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Geospatial, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career, Earth Observation 101 Community | 1 week 1 day ago | |
| We're going to try it for a NatCap assessment this year, but no previous experience with it. |
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Geospatial, Software Development, Climate Change, Funding and Finance, Marine Conservation, Open Source Solutions | 1 week 1 day ago | |
| want to join 2025 contest for humpback whale photos in Juneo Alaska of Kelp |
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| This is awesome!! |
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| Would be interested to learn more! What data, software and tools are you using to build your models? |
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Climate Change, Geospatial | 3 weeks 1 day ago | |
| Hi Olivier! I'm Alex from the WILDLABS community team. Thank you for sharing EcoTeka! I made a page for it on The Inventory, our wiki-style database of conservation technology... |
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Geospatial | 3 weeks 2 days ago | |
| Wow this is amazing! This is how we integrate Biology and Information Technology. |
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Camera Traps, AI for Conservation, Build Your Own Data Logger Community, Data Management & Mobilisation, Marine Conservation, Protected Area Management Tools, Geospatial | 1 month ago | |
| Good question. Not sure everyone recommends ArcGIS anymore, but it is commonly used as a desktop GIS. However, it's not free. QGIS, R, and various Python packages are free. But... |
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Citizen Science, Geospatial, Human-Wildlife Coexistence | 1 month ago | |
| Very interesting! Thanks for posting this. I found the NASA ARSET Tutorial quite useful for an overview on PACE before delving into the data. Highly recommend it if you're new to... |
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Geospatial, Latin America Community | 1 month 1 week ago | |
| Wow great effort everyone! We wouldn't have been able to have such a successful group without all our members and our wonderful speakers @LeanneTough , Dr Kuria Thiongo, @... |
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| 15 years ago I had to rebuild the dams on a game reserve I was managing due to flood damage and neglect. How I wished there was an easier,... |
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Drones, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data Management & Mobilisation, Emerging Tech, Geospatial, Open Source Solutions | 4 months 1 week ago |
Which market-available microphones, accelerometers and GIS sensors for dogs / pets ?
7 September 2023 3:21pm
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Hi Luigi!
It is not the coordinates but the information from the "pulse per second" from the GPS which is used for the time sync.
Have a look at
17 December 2023 3:02pm
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 collar system Altha 100. There is a Conservation Canine group that might be worth asking your question in.
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I'm registered with the TWS2023 app, so feel free to nudge me there as well
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good to know that GPS coordinates can be used to sync the time.
Does GPS resolution allow to a desired time resolution (e.g. seconds) ? Does choice of time resolution significantly depends on the physiology of the animal (e.g. time of re-action to stimuli, hence less than a second) or for most animal communication and animal behaviour is it enough above a second?