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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mapmixture (R package).
16 March 2025
Modern GIS is open technology, scalable, and interoperable. How do you implement it? [Header image: kepler.gl]
12 March 2025
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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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
List of companies that are publishing biodiversity data through GBIF
8 March 2025
RRphylogeography
8 March 2025
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
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
Building species-specific habitat models for forest bird species using state of the art methods and remote sensing layers
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APCalign (R package).
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Hello Sir, Thank yo so much for sharing such an insightful message, as you said I have got some wonderful resources from other community members, so yes, just want to get... |
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Geospatial | 10 months 3 weeks ago | |
That is great |
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Geospatial | 10 months 3 weeks ago | |
This is great, thanks for sharing Vance. It looks very comprehensive and includes geemap. Amazing! This will save a lot of time and headaches. Would be great to have some reviews... |
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Geospatial | 10 months 3 weeks ago | |
Hi Phil, Thanks for sharing - this is really interesting work! Seems like a cool integration of ground-based (or ocean-based) data and satellite data, with a community... |
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Geospatial, Acoustics, Camera Traps, eDNA & Genomics | 11 months ago | |
Monitoring may be the most written about but least implemented (properly) topic in conservation. It primarily comes down to three reasons:... |
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Geospatial | 11 months 1 week ago | |
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 | 11 months 2 weeks ago | |
Thank you so much for your advice.🙏 |
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Geospatial | 11 months 2 weeks 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 | 11 months 2 weeks ago | |
Very interesting topic |
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Citizen Science, Community Base, Open Source Solutions, Geospatial | 1 year ago | |
Wonderfully |
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Geospatial | 1 year 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 & Mobilisation | 1 year 1 month ago | |
@cmwainaina please take a look |
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Animal Movement, AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Connectivity, Data Management & Mobilisation, East Africa Community, Emerging Tech, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Marine Conservation, Protected Area Management Tools, Geospatial, Sensors, Software Development | 1 year 1 month ago |
19th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference 2024
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Data Manager, Conservation International
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Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
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ForestSAT
5 July 2024 7:04pm
Change group name to Geospatial?
15 June 2024 7:21pm
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
17 April 2024 11:31am
13 June 2024 8:51pm
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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17 May 2024 1:42pm
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
14 June 2024 3:53am
4 reasons to consider TNFD for nature reporting
12 June 2024 1:52pm
Fully funded PhD in AI biodiversity monitoring
11 June 2024 1:07pm
ICI calls for €20-25M project applications for Colombia
5 June 2024 5:50pm
New WILDLABS Funding & Finance group
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Remote Sensing & GIS Group Leadership
8 May 2024 4:25pm
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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