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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Ranger Campus
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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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- @sroilo
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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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- @AngelMassay
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A GoodManager, a conservationist, an ecologist
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- @stevef
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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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Careers
Resource Conservation Technician
Alex Rood
The Pike County Conservation District (PCCD) is accepting applications for a full-time Resource Conservationist.
21 August 2025
Careers
Wildland Restoration Tech
Alex Rood
TreePeople mobilizes individuals, families, communities, philanthropists, and public agencies to work together to create green, resilient communities.
21 August 2025
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QGIS Intro Course
Vance Russell
Hi Folks, Here is a set of introductory tutorials for QGIS, compiled by Statistics Canada. The tutorials are thoughtfully put together and easy to follow—great resource for learning QGIS, a free and open-source...
18 August 2025
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LiDAR
17 August 2025
Link
Key Biodiversity Areas.
11 August 2025
Article
AI for Conservation Office Hours: 2025 Review
Jake Burton and 1 more
Read about the advice provided by AI specialists in AI Conservation Office Hours 2025 earlier this year and reflect on how this helped projects so far.
6 August 2025
Link
The RCoE Geoportal
Elsa Carla De Grandi
The RCoE Geoportal provides comprehensive forest datasets that can help governments, researchers, and conservationists make informed decisions. From deforestation trends to forest cover analysis, these datasets offer...
5 August 2025
Link
There are a number of publicly available ‘open’ datasets and products from government sources, research and civil society initiatives, as well as closed offerings from commercial service providers. Find out more if...
5 August 2025
Link
Global Forest maps for year 2020 in support to EUDR
Elsa Carla De Grandi
GFC 2020 maps global forest cover as of Dec 2020, updated in 2024 with new data. It is meant to aid in EUDR risk assessment but has no legal value per se but may be used to comply with the Regulation on deforestation-...
5 August 2025
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AlphaEarth Foundations
2 August 2025
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PASTIS (R package).
31 July 2025
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RNeXML (R package).
31 July 2025
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Ideal Workplace Solutions
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Lacey Hughey and 3 more
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Brigitta Keeves
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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 | 2 days 19 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 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 ago | |
| want to join 2025 contest for humpback whale photos in Juneo Alaska of Kelp |
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Citizen Science, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Drones, Emerging Tech, Geospatial, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Marine Conservation, Open Source Solutions | 2 weeks ago | |
| This is awesome!! |
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Conservation Tech Training and Education, Drones, Emerging Tech, Geospatial, Open Source Solutions | 2 weeks ago | |
| 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 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 | 4 weeks 2 days 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 | 4 weeks 2 days 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 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 |
Training Course: Quantitative Analysis of Marine & Coastal Drone Data
Duke Marine Lab
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
Ellie Warren
3 March 2020 12:00am
Hawai'i Conservation Conference
Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance
28 February 2020 12:00am
ICEI2020: 11th International Conference on Ecological Informatics
ICEI 2020
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
Bat Conservation Trust
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
WILDLABS Team
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
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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
WILDLABS Team
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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