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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- @Jmortensen
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I am a software engineering student making a career pivot from hands-on habitat conservation.
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Research software engineer working in computer vision for animal behaviour
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- 1 Discussions
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Soil science, droughts effect of poverty, human rights advocate, wage equality in Europe, Drones in Digital Education



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- @Freaklabs
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Freaklabs
I'm an engineer and product designer working on wildlife conservation technology.



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- @ppalencia
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I am Pablo Palencia, a postdoctoral researcher at Biodiversity Research Institute (IMIB). I am interested on develop and fine-tuning cutting-edge tools for wildlife management and conservation, wit a special mention of camera trapping ;)
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Natural Solutions
Computational ecologist - Engineer at Natural Solutions (France)



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- @Lucille
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La Trobe University
Marine bioacoustician and elasmobranch scientist
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- 9 Discussions
- 8 Groups
- @Lindakim
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I am a GIS analyst in the field of conservation
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- @jenniferyu_viewdvm
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WHIS Project Manager, Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife

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Gui
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Liverpool John Moores University
Sensors, remote sensing, embedded systems, Drones
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Careers
Key Conservation is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to join their team.
13 May 2022
Careers
Key Conservation is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to join their team.
11 May 2022
Apply now for Coding 4 Conservation's year-long mentorship program in R-based data analysis and communication for Malagasy students. Apply here by Friday, April 1, 2022 at 11:59 pm East Africa Time (GMT+3).
10 March 2022
Community Announcement
Are you an early career Kenyan conservationist looking to explore emerging conservation technologies while networking with a strong cohort of other female leaders? Apply now for our 6-month Women in Conservation Tech...
8 March 2022
In this final contribution to the Technical Difficulties Editorial Series, Ellie Warren introduces the original John Cornell case study that inspired our ongoing conversation about the value of sharing failures and...
21 December 2021
The authors of this article analyze the use of The Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) as a Law Enforcement Monitoring tool deployed in The Royal Manas National Park. The tool serves as a holistic approach to...
29 October 2021
The Conservation Technology Award is now seeking applicants! This award will provide two grants, each in the amount of $15,000 USD, to organizations that are deploying technology to advance their work in conservation....
4 May 2021
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) invites proposals for qualified contractors to gather requirements for, and develop a prototype of, a collaborative platform aimed to connect funders with sustainable investment...
5 April 2021
Based on one of the largest camera trap surveys ever attemped, Internet of Elephants' new mobile game Unseen Empire draws on the real field experiences and camera trap data sets of a single decade-long survey, giving...
8 March 2021
Read our new interview with Diogo Veríssimo, Director of Conservation Marketing at On the Edge Conservation! We'll discuss the importance of unique career paths into the conservation tech world, the need for...
1 February 2021
This month, WILDLABS member Drew Cronin shared the new paper "Empowering rangers through technology and innovation." This collaborative effort included several members of the WILDLABS community and leadership, and...
27 January 2021
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Hi everyone,What should we share or demo about Software Quality Assurance? Alex Saunders and I, the two Software QA people at Wildlife Protection Solutions (WPS) are going to... |
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Software Development, AI for Conservation, Open Source Solutions | 3 days 16 hours ago | |
Lively and informative discussion, I would very much like to contribute if there is some active development work with regards to this. I have recent experience with using... |
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Data management and processing tools, Camera Traps, Software Development | 5 days 11 hours ago | |
We are please to inform that we have implemented the point 1 and 4 and with this have finalized the project. The latest improvements:Improvement in findability of help... |
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Animal Movement, Data management and processing tools, Software Development | 6 days 10 hours ago | |
My name is Frank Short and I am a PhD Candidate at Boston University in Biological Anthropology. I am currently doing fieldwork in Indonesia using machine-learning powered passive... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Data management and processing tools, Early Career, Emerging Tech, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Protected Area Management Tools, Software Development | 2 weeks ago | |
Interesting. Thanks for the explanation. Nice to hear your passion showing through. |
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AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions, Software Development | 3 weeks 3 days ago | |
📸 Do you use camera traps in your work? Take part in our survey!Hi everyone! I’m currently a final-year engineering... |
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Camera Traps, AI for Conservation, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions, Software Development | 3 weeks 3 days ago | |
Ritika, All the best! I hope someone provides a more substantive answer! I have also graduated with masters in AI and ML recently. Difference being I am at the end of my... |
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AI for Conservation, Software Development | 1 month ago | |
New stable release : v1.5.1We are pleased to announce the latest release with several important enhancement, fixes and documentation improvements to ensure compatibility with the... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Open Source Solutions, Software Development | 1 month 1 week ago | |
Hi Ryan, hmm, I had no idea there was a microphone named that. I thought about how it’s used to lure birds for netting, and I like Greek Mythology. I thought it was a perfect fit... |
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Acoustics, Emerging Tech, Funding and Finance, Protected Area Management Tools, Software Development | 1 month 2 weeks ago | |
Thank you, so very much Adrien!!! believe me your info will cut my field sampling in more than a half, I really appreciated it! |
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Software Development | 1 month 3 weeks ago | |
Yep we are working on it 1/ segment 2/remote unwanted ecosytem3/get local potential habitat4/generate5/add to picture |
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Geospatial, AI for Conservation, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions, Software Development | 1 month 3 weeks ago | |
All sound, would be nice if there were only 5, though! |
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AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Data management and processing tools, Emerging Tech, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Funding and Finance, Geospatial, Open Source Solutions, Software Development | 1 month 4 weeks ago |
Webinar: Conversing with Nature: How to Move from ‘Ego’ to ‘Eco’ in the Digital Age

24 May 2021 12:00am
Webinar: Implementing SMART in the Marine Environment

20 May 2021 12:00am
Announcing the Conservation Technology Award
4 May 2021 12:00am
Ecotourism & COVID-19 report - ideas for the future
14 April 2021 2:03pm
Request for Proposals: Leticia Platform Prototype
5 April 2021 12:00am
Webinar: 'Advances in use of SMART approach, tools and technology'

12 March 2021 12:00am
Seeing #Tech4Wildlife With Unseen Empire
8 March 2021 12:00am
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
12 January 2021 3:46pm
15 February 2021 8:34pm
@itsravenous I saw this too! It's on my to-buy list so I can see what they've done. It looks like a really nice game, very engaging :D
Consulting Opportunity: Product Manager - Supply Chain Traceability
11 February 2021 4:34am
Career Paths and Conservation Games with Diogo Veríssimo
1 February 2021 12:00am
Ideas on options for offline apps for knowledge sharing
27 October 2020 8:47am
29 January 2021 6:22am
Hi, I'd love to hear your thoughts if you have any other suggestions. Most of the solutions suggested have been a struggle due to the need to download each and every file to each device in order to be accessible offline (we have limited internet) and also in order to have multiple levels of user access.
29 January 2021 10:55am
Ah, if internet is a problem you are somewhat limited. You could leverage a caching solution but it would still require internet at some intervals.
29 January 2021 12:24pm
You never mentioned the sporadic internet access constraint, Nadia; otherwise, I would have mentioned an addtional solution component to alleviate the problem.
For nearly 3 decades, UNIX, Linux and its variants have had a marvelous tool called rsync. It has the ability to automatically replicate file content across networks based on configured rules. While MediaWiki (running on a Linux server) would be the optimal knowledge sharing repository for this initiative, IMO, the client desktops/laptops would just need the appropriate rsync client tools (Cygwin for Windows is available as FOSS) to replicate files automatically from the repository when internet connectivity is available.
New Paper: Empowering Rangers Through Technology and Innovation
27 January 2021 12:00am
Seeking mobile app developer
21 November 2020 8:47pm
4 December 2020 12:29pm
Hi Sue
Did you manage to get in touch with AI DigitalWorld - they are developing a lot of conservation apps.
contact: emailzafar@gmail.com
8 December 2020 9:52am
Hi Sue
We focus on building citizen science and conservation apps and might be able to help you. If you still require to make the changes to your app then please PM me or email karolis@flumens.io
Here ir our site: https://flumens.io
25 January 2021 9:44am
Dear Sue
I hope your are good.
We are a software company specilized in biodiversity informatics.
We could have a chat.
Cheers
Opportunity: Mobile (Expo/React) Engineer
21 January 2021 2:55am
App Developer Needed - Have Funding
15 January 2021 3:29pm
17 January 2021 8:26pm
Dear,
I am Adrien Pajot, and I am currently working on AI and development for accoustic monitoring in an Open Source project.
I would be really pleased to discuss with you!
Adrien
APIs for UK Bird Mobile Application?
26 September 2020 3:26pm
15 January 2021 2:28pm
Hi Tom,
Not sure if it's too late but the Species+ database from CITES has an API: Species+/CITES Checklist API (speciesplus.net)
Sustainable Fishing Challenges: Fish Catch Monitoring
4 December 2020 12:00am
Making the Most of Tech Tutors Season 2!

30 November 2020 12:00am
The Big Wild Is Looking to grow with a partner
28 November 2020 1:33am
International Certificate Program in Environmental Data Analytics

16 November 2020 12:00am
Webinar: Getting Started With SMART

11 November 2020 12:00am
Introducing the Key Conservation App
14 October 2020 12:00am
Opportunity: Sustainable Development Goals Internship
13 October 2020 12:00am
Consultancy opportunity - Online capacity building for SMART in Kazakhstan
5 October 2020 5:34pm
WildALERT app (Philippines)
3 September 2020 7:27pm
SMART User Survey 2020
27 August 2020 2:39pm
Challenge: ElephantEdge
11 August 2020 12:00am
Webinar: Building location-based narratives

11 August 2020 12:00am
Tech Tutors Recording: How do I get started with Arduino?
10 August 2020 12:00am
Sustainable Fishing Challenges: Fishing Vessels of the Future
4 August 2020 12:00am
1 February 2021 11:41am
We've had our eye on this too. Glad you can confirm its a good experience. I'll definitely give it a go.