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



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Catherine Njore is a seasoned Cartographer with over 18yrs experience and specializing in children cartography. She recently designed a Cartography: Fun with Maps Program(CFMP); a program that assists children to learn how to draw, read and use maps effectively.

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Hello, I am a PhD student studying birds and box turtles!
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I am a conservation technology advisor with New Zealand's Department of Conservation. I have experience in developing remote monitoring tech, sensors, remote comms and data management.
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Technical Specialist at FFI: loves data management, maps, remote sensing & GIS for conservation



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ProtectedSeas
Marine Monitor (M2) Senior Scientist



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- @roxirisa
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Biologist I consider myself a data scientist with a passion for nature and with an extensive experience in species distribution modeling, handling large data sets from different sources such as gbif, eBird, xeno-canto, Worldclim, Terraclimate, ocean color e NASA among others. But
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Halima Hassan is a geographer, environmentalist, educator, and climate change activist who is passionate about bridging science, community, and conservation.
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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... |
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NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) program is hosting a free advanced webinar series in Change Detection for Land... |
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Geospatial | 6 years 11 months ago | |
Check out the Compendium of guidance on key global databases related to biodiversityrelated conventions from UNEP-WCMC (2018... |
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Geospatial | 6 years 11 months ago | |
Hi Steve, I have used GIS Pro by Garafa on an iPad. I found it was one of the only apps that allowed importing of custom raster images. This feature has allowed me to... |
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Geospatial | 7 years ago | |
Although not specifically about potential wildlife applications for space technology, this hack may well be of interest to some of our... |
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Geospatial | 7 years 9 months ago | |
Hi all, I just wanted to draw your attention to the new OS Geo UK Training page. This is a really helpful list of GIS training courses on offer in the UK. Anyone can contribute... |
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I don't think there is an open like for like replacement. I normally work with ESRI software so mainly use Geodatabases now. Open options are really in the web format... |
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Geospatial | 7 years 10 months ago | |
The European Space Agency have an exciting funding opportunity coming up and got in touch with us to ask that we share it with you,... |
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The European Space Agency have an exciting funding opportunity coming up and got in touch with us to ask that we share it with you,... |
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Satellite Image Analysis and Terrain Modelling – A practical manual for natural resource management, disaster risk and development planning using free geospatial data and... |
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The ISPRS-SC is soliciting stories for our newsletter articles which will be published in our website: http://sc.isprs.org... |
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Fantastic opportunity - thanks for sharing, @dave ! The Google Earth Engine User Summit 2017 was convened this week also at Google in CA. I know that @... |
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19th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference 2024
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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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2 July 2024 9:56am
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.
FOSS Geospatial Tools
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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Remote Sensing & GIS Group Leadership
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28 May 2024 5:42pm
Hi Cathy! Please check out the below article on group managers. Essentially, we're asking for a 12 month commitment of 1 hour a week (more or less) to promote engagement in WILDLABS groups by sparking conversations, engaging with people's content, and planning 1 virtual event a month to bring the community together. (This could be bringing a speaker in, or just having a 45 minute coffee call for people in the sector to get to know each other and share their work.)
As a group manager, you have the full support of the WILDLABS community team. We have a dedicated Slack channel, monthly calls to support you in your group management, and so much more.
Being a group manager is a great way to give back to the conservation tech community, steer conversations in the direction you think is important, foster a vibrant space for collaboration, and build your network. Shoot me an email if you're interested (alex.rood@wildlabs.net)! I'm happy to hop on a call to discuss more in-depth.
29 May 2024 5:43am
Hi Cathy, please check out what Alex sent and DM me if you're still interested in co-leading the group. Thanks.
Vance
31 May 2024 8:13am
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 for the explanation. 🤍
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