Software plays an increasingly vital role in conservation, helping to protect and manage biodiversity through innovative technological solutions. It also facilitates collaboration among researchers, local communities, and governments, empowering them to develop sustainable conservation strategies. However, many of us working in conservation tech don't have the benefit of a large team of software experts to collaborate with or bounce ideas off of. We aim to change that.
This group is for anyone interested in applying software to conservation and wildlife research. Whether you're a developer eager to contribute to conservation or a newbie with valuable data and ideas but limited software experience, this group connects people with diverse expertise. It provides a space for asking questions, sharing resources, and staying informed about new technologies and best practices. We are also committed to supporting technologists and conservationists from the Global South, ensuring that everyone has access to the tools, knowledge, and opportunities to contribute meaningfully.
Our goal is to foster collaboration and avoid "reinventing the wheel" by sharing solutions, whether it's an application, design approach, or a simple script. We also aim to lower barriers to entry by offering mentorship and guidance and providing feedback on technical ideas. This supportive community is a place to learn, connect, and contribute to the advancement of conservation through software. Whether you're looking for software and mobile app developers to help you with your conservation tech needs, have questions about development, are looking for resources, or would like to share your own app, software, or gaming tools, this is the group for you!
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Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS)
Software Engineer in Conservation Tech



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Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS)
Director of Technology at Wildlife Protection Solutions. Primarily focuses on leveraging machine learning and advanced data analytics to combat poaching, monitor biodiversity, and predict environmental threats.
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GIS Developer
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- @Gathoni
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PhD Candidate at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Ecologist with a passion for wildlife conservation and conservation technology with foundational training in BSc and MSc Rangeland Management (Ecology option). Current project: Use of acoustics to monitor ecosystem restoration.

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- @parlaynu
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software engineer
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- @nicktechs
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creative technologist
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Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS)
Director of Technology at Wildlife Protection Solutions. Primarily focuses on leveraging machine learning and advanced data analytics to combat poaching, monitor biodiversity, and predict environmental threats.
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Arribada Initiative
Director at Arribada, a UK-based conservation technology research & development organisation



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Senior web developer and ML practitioner
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Software Developer (Wildlife Protection Solutions)
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- @elsaroeber
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I am a software developer living in Chicago, IL in the US! I have worked on the wpsWatch platform in the past, and am currently working on the front end development for the Gundi project.

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Botswana Predator Conservation Trust



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In a recent publication we tested Underwater Passive Acoustic Monitoring (UPAM) as a feasible non-invasive technique to study the calling behavior of therathened aquatic Andean frogs under natural conditions in the...
6 April 2024
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visualization, annotation, and analysis of GPS and tag sensor data - a tour of the latest version
20 March 2024
Emerging trends for Nature-Based Solutions project assessments
8 March 2024
more affordable pricing for our software for the visualization and annotation of GPS and acceleration data
4 March 2024
Join us to help prevent biodiversity loss! Understory is hiring a postdoc to lead R&D Development on generalizing Computer Vision models for vegetation identification across space/time/phenotypes.
29 February 2024
Careers
The SMART Partnership is hiring a Program Director to oversee all aspects of the partnership's operations
21 February 2024
How Earth Blox reduced biodiversity impact analysis from 2 months to 1 hour for a global bank.
20 February 2024
The Wildlife Restoration Foundation is hiring a Conservation Technology Intern
8 February 2024
Two years in Cape Town, South Africa. Yearly visits to Rwanda. If you love to code, and all things Python/deep learning/tech stuff/ then you'll have an awesome time!
16 January 2024
Using geospatial data and the TNFD L.E.A.P approach to assess nature-related risks, impacts and opportunities in supply chains.
4 January 2024
SEE Shell is an innovative phone app that uses machine learning to identify products made from the shell of the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle.
14 December 2023
TagRanger® is a state-of-the-art wildlife finding, monitoring and tracking solution for research, conservation and environmental professionals. With superior configurability for logging data, reporting location and...
23 November 2023
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Mongabay had a cool feature on an app the Philippine environmental dept is rolling out to combat illegal wildlife trafficking, complete... |
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Software Development | 4 years 11 months ago | |
Hello Wildlabs community, The SMART Partnership 2020 user survey is out and we would love to have input from as many SMART users as... |
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Software Development | 4 years 11 months ago | |
Hello Software and Mobile apps community, WildTrack (wildtrack.org) has just joined WildLabs and we have a new community forum FIT (... |
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Software Development | 5 years 3 months ago | |
Since 2018, Biologists without Borders has been gathering data on illegal ivory sales in the U.S. via internet searches and our... |
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Software Development | 5 years 4 months ago | |
For my master's capstone project I'm looking to learn from conservation organizations who have engaged local residents (i.e. not... |
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Software Development | 5 years 5 months ago | |
For my master's capstone project I'm looking to learn from conservation organizations who have engaged local residents (i.e. not... |
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Software Development | 5 years 5 months ago | |
Hi Alan, Thanks for the suggestion. I ended up using Visual Studio but will take a look at LiveCode for future work - sounds very cool. Thanks, Kas |
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Software Development | 5 years 6 months ago | |
URL is www.runtastic.com/run-wild |
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Software Development | 5 years 6 months ago | |
Hi I found information about this software A new software for camera trap analysis https://www.zsl.org/zsl-camera-trap... |
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Software Development | 5 years 8 months ago | |
I'm part of a citizen science biodiversity project and we ask our citizen scientists to use Kobo Toolbox's webforms to collect field data using a smart phone.... |
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Software Development | 5 years 8 months ago | |
I haven't done research on the options recently. But last time I did, from a value perspective, I've been recommending a solid consumer tablet which you can then “... |
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Software Development | 5 years 9 months ago | |
Great work Drew thanks for sharing, hopefully, for the 2019 report, we will have a greater presence of Latin American countries adopting SMART as we have ongoing training... |
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Software Development | 5 years 10 months ago |