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Margaux Armfield

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Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS)

Software Engineer in Conservation Tech

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Matt Morrissette

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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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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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@margauxarmfield

Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS)

Software Engineer in Conservation Tech

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Xerius Tracking

Concerned by wildlife protection and advanced technologies

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Wildlife conservationist

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Director of Conservation Technology at Panthera

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@DanielHugelmann
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Hi, I'm the co-founder of OceanLabs Seychelles. We design and build environmental and marine remote sensing devices for conservation NGOs. As an engineer and avid diver, with a love for the environment, connecting conservation and technology was the natural thing to do!

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@Cedric

I am both head of the Innovation department and a biodiversity consultant at the Biotope consultancy. Originally a botanist and GIS expert, I specialise in the management of innovation projects, in particular software and technological products dedicated to biodiversity.

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@dwill

Island Conservation

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Co-Director FOS Europe, Conservation Strategist and Technical Advisor to the Miradi Software Team, Improving Conservation through Adaptive Management and Evidence-based Learning

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Co-founder and CEO of Goldfish.io

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Co-founder and Director of M.A.P Scientific Services, South Africa

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@Gody
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Godfrey Nyangaresi, a dedicated Protection Manager with 12+ years of wildlife conservation experience. Skilled in technologies, administration, and law enforcement, he leads protection efforts at STEP, ensuring the sustainable conservation of elephants in southern Tanzania.

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Director of Spatial Planning and Innovation Nature Conservancy of Canada

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How to track and count Scarlet Macaws	Hi, thanks jval and smarye for your ideas, I will look into it.		Software Development	7 years 11 months ago
Anonymous SMS	Hi Kate, At ZSL, we're continuing to work with the WildTrack team on their solution - now named SmartSkout. We've just had an article published on the Guardian...	+1	Software Development	7 years 11 months ago
SMART at IMPAC4 in Chile - September 4-8, 2017	Dear Colleagues, The SMART Partnership, in collaboration with Flora & Fauna International and WCS Belize, is organizing and/or...		Software Development, Latin America Community	8 years ago
Operation Ferdinand - a Predator and Livestock Conflict Prevention Video Game!	Thanks for all the interest everyone! My colleague Jaymie and I are so excited that people are checking out our game. Let us know if you have any questions or suggestions!		Software Development	8 years ago
Bird identification app needed	Hi Fleur, I see now that the Merlin App bird packs are limited to North America. You could certainly contact the Cornell University Lab of Ornitology (http://www.birds.cornell....		Software Development	8 years ago
SMART 2016 Annual Report	Thanks for sharing this, Drew! We have a number of SMART focused case studies and articles in our Resources area that might also be worth checking out if you're considering...		Software Development	8 years ago
Website developers; engaging research to those working on the ground	Hello Baker, What kind of website you are trying to create? Like do you just want to share research data to those organizations or is it just to share reports (as in...		Software Development	8 years 1 month ago
Deploying poaching monitoring with Sapelli app	This might be of interest - in collaboration with ZSL, the Extreme Citizen Science group at UCL have been deploying tools in Cameroon to...		Software Development	8 years 1 month ago
Open source mobile mapping with Leaflet	Hello WILDLABS Community! Have you thought about creating your own mobile mapping app? Not quite sure where to start? Looking...		Software Development	8 years 1 month ago
2017 Write Speak Code Conference for Women in Tech	This upcoming conference might be of interest: By the end of this intensive 4-day conference for women and non-binary people in...		Software Development	8 years 2 months ago
Modeling techniques	Hi Steph, Actully, it's my presentation topic in class, Now I don't have a data but have to deliever an information in general. So can I produce depctive data...		Software Development	8 years 4 months ago
Big Ocean Button Challenge	Could imagine this might interest some of you: Big Ocean Button Challenge Mobile apps to turn ocean data into the products and...		Software Development	8 years 6 months ago