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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Wildlife Logistics
Ecologist / Business Management
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Leveraging big data to solve hard, open ended and socially impactful problems| Ex - Palantir
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- @shahselbe
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Conservify
Conservation Technologist, National Geographic Explorer, and Founder of Conservify and FieldKit

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Fauna & Flora
Senior Technical Specialist, Wildlife Trade
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Startup CTO
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- @ajbater
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Software developer here to learn how technology can help conservation
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Australian National University (ANU)
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soundscape analysis, bioacoustic, Ornithologist, Birdwatcher, Wildlife photographer, Graduated in Environmental Studies,Ecotour guide
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I represent the French company BLUSPARK in Brasil, which aims at optimizing natural areas's managment through digital platform/app that connect communities and enhance collective awareness of the daily issues at stake in the areas.
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Tech Manager @ Virunga National Park | Master's @ Duke University


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Conservation International is proud to announce the launch of the Nature Tech for Biodiversity Sector Map, developed in partnership with the Nature Tech Collective!
1 April 2025
Modern GIS is open technology, scalable, and interoperable. How do you implement it? [Header image: kepler.gl]
12 March 2025
The Conservation Technology Laboratory within the Population Sustainability department is seeking two fellows for summer 2025
5 February 2025
OPeNDAP is looking for a Senior Software Developer who is passionate about working on open source solutions for scientific data access.
5 February 2025
We look for a person with programming skills in R and/or Python.
4 February 2025
Key Conservation is seeking an experienced Software Developer to join our team.
28 January 2025
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SPARROW: Solar-Powered Acoustics and Remote Recording Observation Watch
18 December 2024
Develop state-of-the-art interactive ML-based tools for biodiverstiy conservation and related applications
11 December 2024
May be of interest to WILDLABS in terms of open source solutions, conservation tech, and learning about similar efforts. The founder of Open Sustainable Technology wrote this post about their work: https://...
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Hi Tom, Not sure if it's too late but the Species+ database from CITES has an API: Species+/CITES Checklist API (speciesplus.net) |
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Software Development | 4 years 4 months ago | |
The Big Wild is a growing start-up looking for a partner who is a full-stack engineer or similar. We are looking to grow from a... |
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Software Development | 4 years 5 months ago | |
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and the Association of Conservation for the Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK) are looking for... |
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Software Development | 4 years 7 months ago | |
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 8 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 8 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 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 1 month 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 2 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 3 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 3 months ago | |
URL is www.runtastic.com/run-wild |
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Software Development | 5 years 4 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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