The Latin America Community group is designed to create a dedicated regional hub within WILDLABS, where conservationists and technology enthusiasts from Latin America can come together to share knowledge, collaborate on projects, and build networks that support conservation efforts across the region.
This group is for individuals working in or passionate about conservation technology across Latin America. From researchers, conservationists, tech developers, policy-makers or just people starting in the field, this community welcomes everyone interested in advancing conservation technology in the region.
A primary challenge faced by the Latin American conservation tech community is a lack of cohesive networking and communication channels specific to the region. The large geographic distances, and the varying levels of access to resources have made it difficult for people to connect and collaborate effectively. This group aims to address these issues by providing a central space where members can connect, find peers with similar interests, communicate more seamlessly, share resources, and build networks. It also encourages cross-border collaboration and helps bridge the gap between those with access to technology, knowledge and resources and those in need of them.
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El grupo de la Comunidad de América Latina está diseñado para crear un centro regional dedicado dentro de WILDLABS, donde conservacionistas y entusiastas de la tecnología de América Latina puedan reunirse para compartir conocimientos, colaborar en proyectos y construir redes que apoyen los esfuerzos de conservación en toda la región.
Este grupo está dirigido a personas que trabajan o sienten pasión por la tecnología para la conservación en América Latina. Desde investigadores, conservacionistas, desarrolladores de tecnología, formuladores de políticas, hasta personas que recién comienzan en el campo, esta comunidad da la bienvenida a todos aquellos interesados en avanzar la tecnología para la conservación en la región.
Uno de los principales desafíos que enfrenta la comunidad de tecnología para la conservación en América Latina es la falta de redes de comunicación y canales de colaboración cohesivos específicos para la región. Las grandes distancias geográficas y los diferentes niveles de acceso a recursos, a menudo dificultad que las personas se conecten y colaboren de manera efectiva. Este grupo busca abordar estos problemas proporcionando un espacio central donde los miembros puedan conectarse, encontrar colegas con intereses similares, comunicarse de manera más fluida, compartir recursos y construir redes. También fomenta la colaboración sin fronteras y ayuda a cerrar la brecha entre quienes tienen acceso a tecnología, conocimientos y recursos, y quienes los necesitan.
Community Guidelines
When participating in this group, either through commenting or posting, please post and/or comment in both Spanish (or Portuguese) and English.
Image Credit: Banco de Imágenes del Instituto Humboldt
Group curators
- @jsulloa
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Instituto Humboldt & Red Ecoacústica Colombiana
Scientist and engineer developing smart tools for ecology and biodiversity conservation.



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WILDLABS & Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
I'm the Bioacoustics Research Analyst at WILDLABS. I'm a marine biologist with particular interest in the acoustics behavior of cetaceans. I'm also a backend web developer, hoping to use technology to improve wildlife conservation efforts.





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Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Biologist/Professor focusing on carnivore conservation in Ecuador
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- @lqmeyers
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Graduate Student Researcher interested in computer vision, agro-ecology, and sustainability.
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- 4 Groups
Co-creator of an Andean forest RNSC in the Colombian Andes

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- @iagosilvestre
- | he/him
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
I'm a Ph.D. Student in Automation and System Engineering Program from the Federal University of Santa Catarina-Brazil. My main research interests are Multiagent Systems and Embedded Systems.

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- @felipeccalegari
- | he/him
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Master student in Automation Engineering at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Brazil. Areas of interest: embedded systems, robotics, multiagent systems

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University of Florida (UF)
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- @Robincrocs
- | He/Him//El//Ele
Wildlife biologist, works with Caimans and Crocodiles
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Instituto Humboldt
Ingeniera Ambiental apasionada por el mapeo. Aprendiz de uso y pilotaje de drones . Investigadora de Biodiversidad, desde el énfasis de ecología e paisaje y monitoreo.
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- @StephODonnell
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Funding
Species identification from audio, focused on birds, amphibians, mammals and insects from the Middle Magdalena Valley of Colombia.
12 March 2025
Un equipo de investigadores de WCS logró registrar imágenes de un cachorro de gato andino (Leopardus jacobita), el felino más amenazado de América, en la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Este importante hallazgo fue...
11 March 2025
Osa Conservation is launching our inaugural cohort of the ‘Susan Wojcicki Research Fellowship’ for 2025, worth up to $15,000 per awardee (award value dependent on project length and number of awards given each year)....
10 February 2025
NCTFJ opens a call for proposals regarding protected areas and other areas of high environmental importance.
29 January 2025
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund ( CEPF ) calls for letters of inquiry ( LOIs ) for large grants focusing on capacity building of civil society organizations to reduce threats to biodiveristy. Applications can be...
29 January 2025
Serão apoiados 200 projetos no valor máximo de até R$ 100.000,00 (cem mil reais) e que se voltam às linhas: Negócios da Sociobiodiversidade e Soluções Baseadas na Natureza.
5 December 2024
The Mesoamerican Reef Fund ( MAR Fund ) calls proposals for its small grants program and for the Reef Rescue Initiative. | El Fondo para el Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano (MAR Fund) convoca propuestas para su programa...
3 October 2024
We are thrilled to start a brand new group, the Latin America Community, and introduce the new Group Leaders for the 2024-2025 term: Vanesa Reyes and Juan Sebastián Ulloa Chacón. // Estamos muy contentos de iniciar un...
27 September 2024
The International Climate initiative, opened a call for €20-25M projects. It will fund one project in this call with relevance for landscape restoration.
5 June 2024
Careers
Seeking a doctoral student to join the Move.inFormation research group in an exciting new project investigating the use of social information for optimal movement in the Andean condor.
12 February 2024
Come join our team! We're looking for a Program Officer to join the WILDLABS Community, hosted by WCS in Argentina. This role will support our research program, with the chosen candidate leading our horizon scanning...
22 January 2024
News from a grant to explore potential projects for monitoring biodiversity in latin american countries
16 December 2023
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Hi There, I’m looking to connect with people working in wildlife conservation within Chile’s national parks and protected areas (... |
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Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Latin America Community | 2 days 20 hours ago | |
Dear Colleagues,I hope this message finds you well. I am Manuel Sánchez Nivicela., an independent ornithology researcher based in Ecuador,... |
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Funding and Finance, Acoustics, Latin America Community | 3 days 20 hours ago | |
Kudos for such an innovative approach—integrating additional sensors with acoustic recorders is a brilliant step forward! I'm especially interested in how you tackle energy... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Latin America Community, Open Source Solutions | 6 days 1 hour ago | |
Wonderful video! Really impressive :) |
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Animal Movement, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Latin America Community | 6 months 1 week ago | |
Thank you for sharing. Would love to learn bit more about the data workflow. Last year I tired to using QGIS and few existing models to count the birds from orthomosaics of... |
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Drones, Latin America Community | 2 weeks 5 days ago | |
Hi Josept! Thank you for sharing your experience! This types of feedback are important for the community to know about when choosing what tech to use for their work. Would you be... |
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Acoustics, Latin America Community, Software Development | 2 weeks 6 days ago | |
Los esperamos este jueves en un nuevo encuentro de la comunidad, donde aprenderemos sobre GBIF y el uso de datos abiertos en conservación.... |
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Latin America Community | 3 weeks 1 day ago | |
Very interesting! Thanks for posting this. I found the NASA ARSET Tutorial quite useful for an overview on PACE before delving into the data. Highly recommend it if you're new to... |
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Geospatial, Latin America Community | 3 weeks 3 days ago | |
I would love to hear updates on this if you have a mailing list or list of intersted parties! |
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AI for Conservation, Community Base, Drones, Latin America Community, Marine Conservation, Open Source Solutions, Software Development | 2 months ago | |
¡Hola a todos!Junto con Juan @jsulloa estamos llegando al final de nuestro mandato como líderes de este hermoso grupo de América Latina en... |
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Latin America Community | 2 months 1 week ago | |
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Latin America Community, Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Drones, Early Career | 3 months 1 week ago | ||
Although the core of the BoutScout project focuses on developing multi-sensor dataloggers for automated nest monitoring, a... |
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Data management and processing tools, Latin America Community | 3 months 3 weeks ago |
¡Bienvenidos a la comunidad Latinoamericana! // Welcome to the Latin American community!
30 September 2024 5:05pm
16 April 2025 4:40pm
Hola. Me gusto la idea! prefiero en español, mas que nada en todo este tema de informatica, etc, que ya posee un alto grado de dificultad. Aca en Argentina estoy trabajando con anfibios y grabadoras digitales automaticas, ahora comenzando a explorar sobre detección automatica o semiautomatica.
16 April 2025 4:52pm
Bienvenido Maxi!
Convocatoria BID 2025: América Latina y Caribe
10 April 2025 6:38pm
Comunidades de práctica en Latinoamérica
20 March 2025 2:09pm
7 April 2025 9:46pm
Hola Vane,
Te nombro al menos dos comunidades acá en Colombia que están involucradas en estos temas:
- Red Ecoacústica Colombiana: Una red interdisciplinaria de investigadores y colaboradores comprometidos en explorar la intersección entre la acústica y la ecología. Uno de sus objetivos estratégicos es desarrollar tanto sensores como algoritmos y flujos de análisis para procesar los datos bioacústicos.
- Red OTUS: Red nacional de cámaras trampa
Desafio IA Natureza & Clima / AI Challenge: Nature & Climate
1 April 2025 12:54pm
OceanHackWeek en español
31 March 2025 12:54pm
Multiple grants
28 March 2025 1:42pm
BirdCLEF+ 2025: Resolviendo dudas, compartiendo ideas
18 March 2025 4:21pm
BirdCLEF+ 2025
12 March 2025 2:22pm
Gato andino y su cachorro grabados por primera vez en Mendoza: imágenes clave del felino más amenazado de América
11 March 2025 4:01pm
Primer Encuentro de la Comunidad Latinoamericana de WILDLABS // Primeiro Encontro da Comunidade Latino-Americana do WILDLABS
26 February 2025 12:54pm
A call for support
14 February 2025 12:34pm
14 February 2025 6:46pm
Hi, Leticia - Have a look on Planet Women and Awesome Foundation, they might offer something. I'd also try to contact the folks from Onçafari and Pousada Caiman and ask for their sponsorship. Good luck!
18 February 2025 11:30am
Thank you so much!!! I will contact them.
Tracking tapir and giant armadillos
7 January 2025 12:11pm
12 February 2025 12:19am
We aim to monitor beyond the 6-hectare site, especifically right now we are assessing where salt licks and natural water sources are nearby so we can understand what's the full area we should be surveying to have a better understand of animal movement!
12 February 2025 12:21am
This is beyond fantastic, thank you so much for sharing! Will reach out!
12 February 2025 12:21am
Thanks so much!!
Tropical fieldwork funding! Up to $15,000 -Susan Wojcicki Fellowship
10 February 2025 7:01pm
🌍 explorer.land Beginners Webinar: Create your first project and funding opportunity
6 February 2025 1:05pm
National Conservation Trust Fund of Jamaica call for proposals (JM$500K-5M)
29 January 2025 9:07pm
CEPF 9th call for LOIs for large grants (>$50K) Aplicar en inglés o español
29 January 2025 8:51pm
61ª Reunión Anual de la Asociación de Biología Tropical y Conservación // 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
17 January 2025 3:46pm
Living Data 2025
16 January 2025 6:30pm
Use of acoustics to combat wildlife crime // Uso de acústica para combatir delitos contra la vida silvestre
14 October 2024 3:04pm
29 November 2024 1:09pm
Yes, thank you!
27 December 2024 2:00pm
Hola Vanessa,
Aside from whats already commented, did you find any interesting new leads on this? I'm also interested in ways ecoacoustic tech can be used against wildlife crime, both as in research development, but even more so in its short or long-term applications and how it can be truly adopted in source countries.
It seems to me research or work in this is still limited but there's potential! I'd love to stay in touch about it :)
31 December 2024 8:02am
Hey Xiona,
I see that you are from a university that is very close to where I live. I have a platform that is well suited for combating wildlife crime and I perceive that it’s rather a small step to go from where I am to where you guys are all asking for. I suspect the piece I’m missing could be generated pretty easily with AI.
Would you be interested in having a chat about this ? Perhaps we can embark on a project ?
Kim from near Sittard,
The Netherlands
¿Conoces colecciones de sonidos de la biodiversidad en América Latina? / Você conhece coleções de sons da biodiversidade na América Latina?
17 November 2024 6:30pm
2 December 2024 2:44pm
He compilado esta lista de bibliotecas de referencia acústica!
I've compiled this list of acoustic reference libraries!
16 December 2024 3:01pm
Carly!
Está fantástica la lista. Me gusta la idea de diferenciar las colecciones de sonido y los conjuntos de dato para machine learning.
Acá comparto información sobre nuestra colección de sonidos ambientales:
- Colección de Sonidos Ambientales: https://colecciones.humboldt.org.co/sonidos/ , Multiple taxa, Global, 25k recordings, 1.3k species, mantenido por el Instituto Humboldt desde 1997.
Este recurso de BioacousticsIA me pareció particularmente interesante ya que está público, tiene una clara estrategia para mantenerlo al día y está diseñado para incluir muchos detalles sobre los conjuntos de grabaciones.
Muchas gracias! :D
16 December 2024 6:06pm
Added!
¡Agregada!
Detecting Thrips and Larger Insects Together
16 December 2024 1:14pm
16 December 2024 2:32pm
16 December 2024 2:36pm
Yeah, I would expect that you might need to have higher resolution if the critters are very small. Still might be just a lens choice. But not up on this amount of lens difference, so don't know how hard it would be.
16 December 2024 2:48pm
So, updated the text a bit with images cropped at 100% zoom :) we are already happy with the time reductions we got, but... would like to get at least 90% time reduction instead of 70% :))) we know that with a very expensive and high power camera we could probably do it, so one approach we are thinking of is just taking a closer macro picture with a cellphone of let's say 1/3 or 1/4 of the sticky paper and use this data instead of everything... or take 2-3 pictures (but we don't want to waste time in sticking the images together).
Chamada da Teia de Sociobiodiversidade
5 December 2024 8:27pm
Derechos Humanos y Conservación
14 November 2024 1:43pm
Who gave you your last research travel grant? | ¿Quién le concedió su última beca de viaje de investigación? | Quem lhe concedeu sua última bolsa de viagem de pesquisa?
16 October 2024 6:21pm
16 October 2024 10:03pm
Thank you for your answer, Vanesa!
And for reminding me to add a translation.
18 October 2024 7:19pm
That is challenging and I'd be keen to hear other people's suggestions!
From the academic realm, I'll say that many graduate students get travel funding through scientific societies. E.g. the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation has seed grants:
https://tropicalbiology.org/grants-awards/atbc-seed-research-grant/
And Society for Conservation Biology has grad student awards:
https://conbio.org/mini-sites/scb-awards/student-awards
These are often restricted to members unfortunately. National/regional societies might be good resources for people to look into.
4 November 2024 1:49pm
Oops, sorry about that. I wrote a reply a few weeks ago, and I am pretty sure I clicked the button, but apparently something went wrong. So, another attempt
Thank you for your answer, @brandon. I had overlooked the scientific societies.
Membership may be an issue, but I noticed that the ATBC has diversified fees depending on career stage and the member country's economic development, and the SCB membership fee depends on income.
Traducción de idiomas / Language translation
2 October 2024 9:27pm
3 October 2024 6:57am
Me encanta esta grupa. Tengo cinco anos Duolingo 😀
3 October 2024 6:59pm
Thanks for writing this all down, @Wade !
During the discussion, I claimed that searching WILDLABS content in a different language is not possible in spite of the translation tools in browsers. Someone ( was it @carlybatist ?) then pointed out that this might work with ChatGPT. I haven't had the chance to test that yet. If it works, then that would be awesome.
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¡Gracias por escribir todo esto, @Wade! Durante la discusión, afirmé que no es posible buscar contenido de WILDLABS en un idioma diferente a pesar de las herramientas de traducción de los navegadores. Alguien (¿fue @carlybatist?) señaló que esto podría funcionar con ChatGPT. Todavía no he tenido la oportunidad de probarlo. Si funciona, sería fantástico.
7 October 2024 3:32pm
Gracias @Wade, por iniciar esta conversación. La traducción en Mac quedó impecable! Nos encantaría seguir escuchando sus experiencias y sugerencias sobre cómo hacer que nuestros foros y eventos sean más accesibles e inclusivos en diferentes idiomas. En cuanto a Chrome, existe una opción similar con la extensión de Google Translate (y también hay una opción parecida en Edge). Si escribo un mensaje, puedo seleccionarlo, hacer clic derecho y elegir "Traducir". Esto abre un pop-up de Google Translate y me permite seleccionar el idioma de destino (aunque está limitado a un número específico de caracteres 😕). Sin embargo, como menciona Frank, el problema con estas soluciones es la limitación para buscar contenido en otros idiomas dentro de la plataforma, ya que la traducción es solo superficial y no afecta la búsqueda de palabras clave en el contenido original. Sería interesante explorar opciones de integración más profundas, como el uso de herramientas de inteligencia artificial que faciliten tanto la traducción como la búsqueda y navegación en varios idiomas.
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Thank you, @Wade, for starting this conversation. The Mac translation worked flawlessly! We would love to continue hearing your experiences and suggestions on how to make our forums and events more accessible and inclusive in different languages. As for Chrome, there’s a similar option using the Google Translate extension (and a comparable option in Edge). If I write a message, I can select it, right-click, and choose "Translate". This opens a Google Translate pop-up and allows me to select the target language (although it is limited to a certain number of characters 😕). However, as Frank mentioned, the issue with these solutions is that they don’t support searching content in other languages within the platform, as the translation is only superficial and doesn’t affect keyword searches in the original content. It would be interesting to explore deeper integration options, such as using AI tools that can facilitate both translation and searching/navigating across multiple languages.
Anyone else going to COP16?
20 September 2024 11:30pm
21 October 2024 6:30pm
Sadly won't be there but in case anyone is interested in the EO/GIS related sessions the GEO Pavilion has a great schedule. If anyone happens to attend any of these please let me know :) thank you!
22 October 2024 11:16am
Hi Adrien,
The founder of the Green Box is at the COP16 - I can connect you if you don't know Eduardo.
Kind regards,
Gijs
Seminar Series About Underwater Sounds!
21 October 2024 5:34pm
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6 October 2024 4:11pm
Bem-vindo Rafael!!