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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Fauna & Flora
Remote Sensing Scientist, Conservation Technology & Nature Markets @ Fauna & Flora - WILDLABS Geospatial Group Co-Lead



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- @bellariskytaa
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Hi, I am Bella R. Arinda, a GIS Specialist passionate about conservation and community empowerment. Graduating with a degree in Geodetic Engineering gave me a strong foundation in GIS and remote sensing. I made the leap from engineering to conservation, dedicating myself to using
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I'm a PhD student at UW working with the Smithsonian and Center for One Health Research. I develop models to predict and explain zoonotic disease patterns, with a strong emphasis on how these diseases impact wildlife populations and communities sharing the same landscape.

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World Wide Fund for Nature/ World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
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- @Rewildman
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Eco-entrepreneur. Concerned with the fundamental interconnectedness of all things creative and environmental.
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Monitoring and Evidence Manager, Kent Wildlife Trust

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- @bknight
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I'm a software engineer with experience in bioinformatics, robotics, and machine learning alongside a never-ending penchant to use my skills for good. Looking for opportunities in conservation tech to apply my skills where most needed :)
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- @srfreeze
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I am a wildlife expert with a decade of experience working with bats and proven success in efforts to study, manage, and conserve the species. I work at the nexus of advanced technologies and deep ecological understandings to provide effective solutions to government, academic, a
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- @malikmorg
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Software Developer
Interested in all things technology, system design, and hardware, especially in the spaces of conservation, exploration, and the environment.
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- @ratneshkarjee
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I'm a Conservation Biologist with multidisciplinary research experience, focusing on application of GIS and genomic as tools for biodiversity conservation.
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- @Markbowler
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University of Suffolk
Wildlife distributions and the effects that human activity has on populations. Spatial ecology of Amazonian mammals through audio and camera surveys. Hunter and gun tracking in Peru. Bats in suburban and agricultural landscapes in the UK

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Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS)
Software Engineer in Conservation Tech



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Remote Sensing Surveyor with interest in GIS, data science and bioacoustics.
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Ted Schmitt joined us for a lunchtime lecture in which he shared his experiences working across Africa the past five years with protected area managers, anti-trafficking organisations, and scientists to effectively...
22 November 2018
NASA and The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have launched the Next Generation Animal Tracking Ideation Challenge, seeking your ideas for how to use emerging SmallSat/CubeSat technology along with other Space,...
14 September 2018
Article
This past week was an exciting milestone for animal tracking, with the ICARUS (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space) Initiative's antenna successfully installed on the International Space Station. ...
24 August 2018
Article
In this case study, conservation ecologist Ayesha Tulloch takes us behind the scenes of her recent paper, which came out in Nature Ecology & Evolution earlier this month. In this paper, Ayesha and her team present a...
20 August 2018
Looking to prototype or pilot a new conservation tech idea or approach? Conservation X Labs is running an idea competition for teams to create a first draft (i.e. prototype) of their conservation solution. 20 finalists...
11 June 2018
This latest chapter in the Conservation Technology Series from WWF-UK looks at the opportunities, challenges and state-of-the-art of satellite remote sensing for conservation applications. This issue reviews available...
23 April 2018
Hundreds of people joined our #Tech4Wildlife photo challenge this year, showcasing all the incredible ways tech is being used to support wildlife conservation. We've seen proximity loggers on Tasmanian Devils in...
3 March 2018
Funding
Empowering communities to monitor & report on their environment
19 February 2018
The inherent complexity of not only deploying technologies in the field but also doing so in a scientifically rigorous manner can prove a substantial barrier for the effective use of conservation technologies, and clear...
11 October 2017
The Domain Awareness System (DAS) is a revolution in monitoring technology, creating real-time awareness of protected areas assets. This technology has the potential to completely change standard monitoring procedures...
26 September 2017
Funding
The European Space Agency is calling for Kick-Start ideas to leverage space technology for wildlife protection. Three main topics of interest have been identified: 1) Wildlife monitoring, tracking and inventory, 2)...
5 July 2017
How many samples do you hope to collect on your next field assignment? 50, 100 or 1000? How about billions. It may seem overly optimistic, but as Dr Phil Wilkes explains, that’s the reality when using Light Detection...
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Hi everyone, I’m excited to become a member of Wild Lab! I’m currently working on my master’s thesis, focusing on dormouse conservation. My research explores the behavioral... |
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AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Early Career, Geospatial | 2 months 1 week ago | |
Hello! I'm wondering whether there's anyone on here who would be able to offer me some guidance on storing spatial data in Microsoft Azure... |
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Geospatial | 4 months 2 weeks ago | |
Thank you! I will follow up by email. |
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Animal Movement, Conservation Dogs, East Africa Community, Geospatial, Sensors, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 2 months 1 week ago | |
Thanks @VAR1 great insights! Funny you mentioned the honey thing, @hikinghack said the same in response on the GOSH forum. I think the point I'm trying to make with the vegan... |
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Open Source Solutions, AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Geospatial, Software Development | 2 months 2 weeks ago | |
How much does it cost to incorporate machine learning into your conservation drone geospatial analysis? How does it speed up your workflow... |
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Conservation Tech Training and Education, Drones, Geospatial, Open Source Solutions, Sensors, Software Development | 2 months 3 weeks ago | |
Hi Dan, Not right now but I can envision many uses. A key problem in RS is data streams for validation and training of ML models, its really not yet a solved problem. Any... |
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Emerging Tech, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Build Your Own Data Logger Community, Camera Traps, Connectivity, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Geospatial, Sensors | 3 months ago | |
And if you are new to GFW...this new glossary that was added recently is very helpful to understand some key terms.Check it out here! |
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Geospatial | 3 months ago | |
I agree Adventina. I am also interested in "How has the climate variability affected the trend of BAT species in the ecosystem? and respond on their increase and (or) extinction.... |
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Climate Change, Community Base, Geospatial, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 3 months 1 week ago | |
Kasi, Thanks for sharing the excellent blog on elephant collaring. The map at the end was interesting. Did you do further... |
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We're extending the survey deadline! Please don't forget to let us know if you would like to speak about your work at one of the future Geospatial community events. Many... |
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@cmwainaina check this out |
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Drones, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Geospatial | 4 months ago | |
Thank you David, a phenomenal source! |
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A vector map of the world’s terrestrial biotic units: subbiomes, biomes, ecozones and domains
9 September 2024 7:16am
10-Meter annual map of Earth's Land Use/Land Cover from 2017-2023
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Geospatial Announcement: Introducing New Geospatial Group Leaders

22 August 2024 6:31pm
Community Choice Award Winners: 2024 #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge
15 August 2024 2:41am
Cast your vote in the #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge Community Choice Awards!
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Society for Conservation GIS Technical Workshop
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Integrating Maps with VR/AR for Exploring Environmental Conservation and sensitization
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Very interesting topic
Modelling functional connectivity?
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so great!!
3 August 2024 8:32am
Wonderfully
AI and Ecology Research Infosession
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Simple Data Standards for wildlife reserve management scenarios?
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24 July 2024 5:48pm
Just as a note, you might also be interested in specific protected area management software like SMART or EarthRanger as well!
25 July 2024 10:11am
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 support further advanced management activities. Funding and available human resources to effectively manage a tech based scientific and best practice focused solution is in short supply - but will hopefully be better addressed within the next year or two.
Move BON Development: Follow up discussion
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You can catch up on the recording at that same link to the June Variety Hour! Lacey's fabulous talk starts around the 9:40 mark :)
12 July 2024 5:38am
Hi Talia!
I feel like the topic is so broad that it might help to put some constraints around things, see what works, and then broaden those out. I have a lot of ideas regarding the data monitoring and collection side based on the other sensor and observation networks we've set up in the past.
There may also be some potential scope to incorporate things like data collection and integrated monitoring to the Build Your Own Datalogger series where the system is updated to feed data into the observation network.
It'd probably take a bit of discussion and coordination. Let me know if interested. I'm fine to jump on a call or discuss via email too.
22 July 2024 9:24pm
@cmwainaina please take a look
Two-year Postdoc (extendable) in AI and Remote Sensing to Monitor Earthworms in the Field
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Data Manager, Conservation International
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Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
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ForestSAT
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Change group name to Geospatial?
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Hi,
I agree with your reasons. The name change is in order.
4 July 2024 6:07am
Thanks, Cathy!
Fauna & Flora: Bridging geospatial data and people together for enhanced conservation management
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This is amazing! Thank you for sharing. I'm speaking on this topic at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in October. If you have any other resources on this topic, let me know! Closing the loop for "Science to Action" is a huge part of the work we do so I'm always looking to learn.
16 June 2024 3:32pm
Tagging @Chelsea_Smith so she sees this :)
Using Raster data?
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Depending what you want to do, there are free services to annotate values for each point, interpolating between available time-location records in the RS data.
The EnvDATA Track Annotation Service on Movebank (use the "generic time-location records" option).
NASA's AppEEARS point extraction tool.
16 June 2024 5:35am
Thank you so much Sarah, I think time-location records will be do best.
16 June 2024 5:42am
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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Into Conservation: participating in wildlife research at Grumeti-Ikorongo Game reserves.
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Case Study: Drone-based radio-tracking of Eastern Bandicoots
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4 reasons to consider TNFD for nature reporting
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Fully funded PhD in AI biodiversity monitoring
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ICI calls for €20-25M project applications for Colombia
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New WILDLABS Funding & Finance group
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