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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Electronics Engineer working in the development of smart conservation technology solutions.

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University of Suffolk
Researcher on the 8 Primates Project
PhD student- biodiversity monitoring using acoustic data


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Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Saskatchewan investigating biodiversity change in agriculture, primarily using bioacoustics.
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Chartered Geographer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. 35 years in GIS, currently Nature Products Lead at CreditNature. Main interests: biogeography, biodiversity, ecosystem integrity, ecosystem services, rewilding, nature tech, nature fintech.

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- @veronicapmc
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I'm an Environmental Biology graduate from Columbia University with a passion for wildlife science, ecology, and conservation biology. I'm an early-career professional looking to get into the field of conservation technology and interested in related graduate programs.
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Tech for Conservation

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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
I am a devoted conservationist, natural resource management enthusiast interested in Elephant and Pangolin species and passionate about linking communities with environmental conservation

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Octophin Digital
Senior Developer at Octophin Digital and constant maker.

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Technologist and Visual storyteller focusing on social, conservations issues.



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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
Article
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://...
2 December 2024
The Marine Innovation Lab for Leading-edge Oceanography develops hardware and software to expand the ocean observing network and for the sustainable management of natural resources. For Fall 2025, we are actively...
6 October 2024
Join the team at FieldKit, an open-source software and hardware sensor platform, and help us validate the quality and usability of the FieldKit platform.
25 September 2024
Careers
Octophin are looking for a JavaScript developer to join our team in London building interactive maps, databases and more for many of the world's leading conservation organisations.
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech, Open Source Solutions, Geospatial, Software Development | 2 years 10 months ago | |
Hi there Camilo, What an interesting project! If you are looking for a lower cost, but effective tools for acoustic monitoring you might want to look into two options: ... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Data management and processing tools, Sensors, Software Development, Latin America Community | 2 years 10 months ago | |
Hi everyone, I'm new here! I'm a UX designer and researcher, and an animal lover. Excited to be part of Conservation Tech here at WildLabs... |
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AI for Conservation, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Software Development, Wildlife Crime | 3 years 1 month ago | |
@gracieermi & I are happy to announce the latest update to the Conservation Tech Directory, bringing our total resources in the... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Geospatial, Software Development | 3 years 1 month ago | |
Hi all, I'm looking for cities that aggregate envrironmental data from open sources, and potentially their own monitoring sources,... |
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Software Development | 3 years 3 months ago | |
Hi Dexter, In case you have not found your solution yet: I don't know of an off the shelf solution for what you need, but it seems to me that any more or less developed... |
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Software Development | 3 years 4 months ago | |
Biologists without Borders has developed a free mobile app (i of the Elephant) that lets the public report where ivory is being sold. We send our reports of ivory being... |
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Software Development | 3 years 9 months ago | |
Hi community, We're looking for a mobile lead engineer to help us protect some of the world's most endangered species... |
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Protected Area Management Tools, Software Development | 3 years 10 months ago | |
Kobocollect could be adapted to and easy to use: https://www.kobotoolbox.org/ |
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Software Development | 3 years 11 months ago | |
I believe Monica Harris is the SMART partnership program manager - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicabarcellosharris/. |
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The depth of institutional support they have put together is impressive. I'm forwarding them to a student dev I know and will definitely keep them in mind to recommend to NGOs... |
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Hi all! If you are interested in technologies that help us all learn calls of the wild from audio recordings to have fun and inform... |
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Senior Software Engineer
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Full-stack developer - Consultancy
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Research Software Engineer, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Augmented Reality mobile app
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Fab - thanks Carly!
Software to aid acoustic sound files visualization/labelling + Software to syncronize video/acoustic sonograms
23 September 2022 1:01pm
8 October 2022 12:44am
I would also recommend Arbimon. It is well set up to handle Audiomoth recordings. Being cloud based, you will need a good internet connection for sound file upload. I'm just starting to investigate its use for Song Scope recordings. Setting up the call recognisers will be a slow process, but they can be made available to all users once done.
8 October 2022 7:33am
You could try using a video editor like DaVinci for looking at your video and audio together. I don't think DaVinci displays sonograms by default (just waveform) but I think it will open your selected audio in an external editor which would allow you to see the sonograms and make measurements with something like Audacity or Kaleidoscope.
20 October 2022 11:01am
The open-source program Audacity can show the spectrograms and histograms and has quite a lot of other useful features, e.g. playing ultrasound calls slower, so it can be heard by people.
Carbon Hack 22
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Frontiers Symposium: Digital tools for reversing environmental degradation
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Conservation Tech Directory - new update!
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Congrats on the milestone Carly and Gracie!
26 September 2022 10:07pm
Thanks so much!!
Head of Technology - Delivery & Production, RSPB
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Mangrove soundscape
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You might check out the devices listed in the Conservation Tech Directory - you can search for 'acoustic recorder' or 'ARU' or something like that.
The most common off-the-shelf models (other than Frontier Labs' BARLTs mentioned above😊) are Open Acoustic Devices Audiomoths & Hydromoths (which may be particularly useful for you since they come in completely watertight cases that can be stuck underwater for deployments), Wildlife Acoustics' SongMeter series, and Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Swift units.
30 August 2022 10:10pm
Camilo--
Are you interested only in airborne sounds or do you want to deploy hydrophones? That decision would inform a lot of other decisions about your purchase of equipment, as would having a clearer picture of your budget.
23 September 2022 5:39pm
Hi there Camilo,
What an interesting project! If you are looking for a lower cost, but effective tools for acoustic monitoring you might want to look into two options:
SoundTraps - are very commonly used and perform quite well:
SonarPoints - these are also a great instrument option:
page/sonarpoint | Desert Star Systems
The SonarPoint system is the third generation of Desert Stars passive underwater acoustics monitoring toolkits.
Senior Conservation Technology Expert Position (Consultancy) with the Global Wildlife Program
22 September 2022 5:35pm
Conservation Technology Research Internship
26 August 2022 4:58pm
Developer, Mara Elephant Project
19 August 2022 12:35pm
Lead Software Engineer for ARISE
19 August 2022 8:22am
Lead Software Engineer, Wildlife Insights
10 August 2022 11:06pm
Building a simple AI-powered, human-in-the-loop system to manage wildlife camera trap images & annotations
10 August 2022 8:12pm
Research Associate
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Octophin Digital - Internship
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Firetail - Tutorial Series 22.3 - An introduction to Firetail - Update 2022
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Service Designer
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Director, Imaging Technology Lab (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
11 July 2022 6:32pm
Data Fellow at National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis
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Consultancy: Development and Implementation of SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) for São Tomé and Príncipe
1 July 2022 6:15pm
Hello there
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New Conservation Tech Directory update
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UKAN+ Monitoring UK Biodiversity Symposium 15-16th June
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You might try reaching out to the folks at Wild Immersion, Internet of Elephants, or Sounding Wild, who are all working (in part) in the AR/VR for wildlife space.