Group curators
Vance Russell
Ahmed Junaid
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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
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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- 26 Groups
Fauna & Flora
Remote Sensing Scientist, Conservation Technology & Nature Markets @ Fauna & Flora - WILDLABS Geospatial Group Co-Lead
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- @catwasp
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- @thomasmutonhori
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Ecologist
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- @Naomi25
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Naomi Mkama Njarabi, a Tanzanian conservation ecologist and nature enthusiast, is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Biodiversity Conservation at the University of Dar es Salaam, following her completion of a Bachelor's degree in Wildlife Management
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- @MoniqueWSheSS
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Wildlife enthusiast and Research assistant
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Data Science | Remote Sensing | GIS | Geospatial Cloud Computing | Big Data
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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
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- @KKAREGA
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Wildlife conservation enthusiast, looking to gain more experience & knowledge
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- @NevilleCLS
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CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites)
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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
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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
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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
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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
Link
APCalign (R package).
25 February 2025
Link
StratPal (R package).
24 February 2025
June 2025
event
Joel Masselink
October 2025
event
Lacey Hughey and 3 more
November 2025
September 2023
event
Stephanie O'Donnell
event
Cassie Anderson
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| Stefano Puliti joined Variety Hour to share his work using 3D photogrammetric data from UAVs for pre- and post-harvest inventory of forest... |
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Climate Change, Data management and processing tools, Drones, Geospatial | 1 year 7 months ago | |
| Carly, that would be great! Thanks! I work with soundscapes and love the work of Rainforest Connection! I'll send you an email (@CUNY) to coordinate! |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech, Geospatial | 1 year 11 months ago | |
| Do you have a wild animal tracking story that involves adventure or misadventure? Share it with us! From going around in circles for hours... |
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Animal Movement, Citizen Science, Drones, Geospatial | 2 years ago | |
| I'm looking for any recommendations for any entry level/internship remote roles/companies in the United States that are focused in... |
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AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career, Geospatial | 2 years 1 month ago | |
| Hi Jeremy, With a quick search I've found the paper linked below. It looks like equipments such as Livox MID are sufficient for plot-level analyses, but not for individual... |
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Drones, Earth Observation 101 Community, Emerging Tech, Geospatial, Sensors | 2 years 1 month ago | |
| Indeed, I'll be there too! I like to meet new conservation friends with morning runs, so I will likely organize a couple of runs, maybe one right near the conference, and... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects, Camera Traps, Geospatial | 2 years 1 month ago | |
| Thank you so much for your reply! I'll look in to this now :) |
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Acoustics, Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects, Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools, Drones, Geospatial, Software Development | 2 years 1 month ago | |
| Our project in very short is, setting up a sensor network for monitoring airborne biomass, mainly insects, birds and bats in near realtime, and to develop a forecast model to be... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects, Animal Movement, Geospatial, Sensors | 2 years 2 months ago | |
| Dear @gcamara , thank you so much for your elaborate reply. I am afraid, I am still overlooking something. Do I understand correctly, that the relationship between EO and local... |
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Geospatial | 2 years 2 months ago | |
| I'm curious to understand how people are using satellite data. What problems does satellite imagery solve for you?... |
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Geospatial, Software Development | 2 years 2 months ago | |
| Hi all,I've been quickly developing in-house drone services in the UK for Providence Ecological and have found some useful information for building a workflow with Rich... |
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Geospatial, Drones | 2 years 2 months ago | |
| Oh good call! I'll add that to our events calendar as well :) |
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Geospatial, Sensors | 2 years 3 months ago |
