Group curators
Vance Russell
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
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
- 5 Resources
- 62 Discussions
- 12 Groups
- @ahmedjunaid
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Zoologist, Ecologist, Herpetologist, Conservation Biologist
- 63 Resources
- 7 Discussions
- 26 Groups
Fauna & Flora
Remote Sensing Scientist, Conservation Technology & Nature Markets @ Fauna & Flora - WILDLABS Geospatial Group Co-Lead
- 34 Resources
- 28 Discussions
- 8 Groups
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- 9 Groups
- @sandrzejaczek
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Movement ecologist working at Hopkins Marine Station. Specialise on large, predatory fishes (particularly sharks and rays).
- 0 Resources
- 1 Discussions
- 7 Groups
Murdoch university & BirdLife International
Research Scientist | Ph.D. | Conservation Science, GIS, Data management
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- 1 Discussions
- 4 Groups
- @SandrineSerre
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PhD student on movement and behaviour of sharks
- 0 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 9 Groups
Zoological Society London (ZSL)
Water-landing fixed-wing drones in marine ecology and maritime surveillance in MPAs and beyond.
- 1 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 10 Groups
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Video producer, videographer and editor for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
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- 0 Discussions
- 5 Groups
- @kvanmunster
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- 0 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 2 Groups
- @JWhitener
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With a background in cross cultural approaches to conservation, Jennifer currently leads a suite of capacity development programs aimed at creating innovative, inclusive and impact driven solutions to global conservation issues.
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- 5 Groups
Wildlife Biologist and Conservation Scientist
- 0 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 4 Groups
- @alexandradigiacomo
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Stanford University & Duke University
PhD Student at Stanford University studying white shark movement ecology using biologging and remote sensing
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- 4 Groups
Game Rangers International
GIS Analyst
- 0 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 3 Groups
University of Cambridge & British Antarctic Survey
Analysing seabird tracking data to inform marine conservation.
- 0 Resources
- 0 Discussions
- 5 Groups
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FLORITY
Elsa Carla De Grandi
A precise GPS Field App allowing capture of GPS-Photos and GPS-Polygons, powered by Wells for Zoë. The main goal of the App is to enable low-skilled users to capture highly accurate GPS-Data, via an easy sharing process.
21 February 2025
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Saving Peatlands, Securing Our Climate Future
Elsa Carla De Grandi
Excellent StoryMap by WCS illustrating results from a recent paper https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.13080. Main findings: analysis revealed that 17% of peatlands are protected globally—...
21 February 2025
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Interesting package?
18 February 2025
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An interesting review?
18 February 2025
Funding
Osa Conservation is launching our inaugural cohort of the ‘Susan Wojcicki Research Fellowship’ for 2025, worth up to $15,000 per awardee (award value dependent on project length and number of awards given each year)....
10 February 2025
Link
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16030583
3 February 2025
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rmacrostrat (R Package).
3 February 2025
climetrics (R package).
3 February 2025
Link
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02220-8
3 February 2025
Careers
Rewilding Affric Highlands – GIS and Data Officer
Theresa Stratmann
Seeking an experienced GIS and Data Officer to oversee geospatial data collection, analysis, and management
31 January 2025
Link
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20405
29 January 2025
June 2025
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Joel Masselink
October 2025
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Lacey Hughey and 3 more
November 2025
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| Hi there! Funnily enough, I have been attending ARSET Trainings for years - I think I've participated in about 80% of the ones they have offered over that time - they are awesome... |
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Geospatial | 8 months 1 week ago | |
| Thank you so much for your advice.🙏 |
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Geospatial | 8 months 1 week ago | |
| Hi @benweinstein !Surely a general detector might be very useful for detecting objects in aerial imagery! Maybe something similar to what MegaDetector does in camera trap images,... |
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AI for Conservation, Open Source Solutions, Protected Area Management Tools, Drones, Geospatial | 8 months 1 week ago | |
| Very interesting topic |
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Citizen Science, Community Base, Open Source Solutions, Geospatial | 9 months 2 weeks ago | |
| Wonderfully |
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Geospatial | 9 months 2 weeks ago | |
| Thanks!I'm definitely looking at Smart and EarthRanger for overall management eventually, but for now I just want to track what we have better - especially as a base map to... |
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Geospatial, Data management and processing tools | 9 months 4 weeks ago | |
| @cmwainaina please take a look |
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Animal Movement, AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Connectivity, Data management and processing tools, East Africa Community, Emerging Tech, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Marine Conservation, Protected Area Management Tools, Geospatial, Sensors, Software Development | 10 months ago | |
| Thanks, Cathy! |
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Geospatial | 10 months 2 weeks ago | |
| Tagging @Chelsea_Smith so she sees this :) |
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Geospatial, Data management and processing tools, Protected Area Management Tools | 11 months ago | |
| Hi Vance,I just wanted to assign landcover types to each point data. But you mentioning temporal change of landcover, that will be best analysis to do.Thank you so much,Sarah. |
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Geospatial | 11 months ago | |
| Unfortunately I may fail to deliver so I cannot take it up. Am off net at times for two weeks straight. But excited about everything GIS so I follow keenly. Thank you... |
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Geospatial | 11 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Thank you Carly, I will definitely take a look. |
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Acoustics, Animal Movement, Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Geospatial, Software Development | 1 year 2 months ago |
