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WILDLABS Translation: French
WILDLABS Team and 1 more
Following on from our launch of Spanish, we are pleased to announce that WILDLABS is now available in French!
15 July 2026
Article / Funding and Finance | Community Base
Announcing the WILDLABS Awards 2026 Grantees
WILDLABS Team
Learn about the 16 selected projects that are working to innovate, scale, and adopt conservation technology for this year’s WILDLABS Awards.
7 July 2026
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The Variety Hour: July 2026
WILDLABS Team
You're invited to the July 2026 WILDLABS Variety Hour. Join us to hear about how satellites, drones, and AI are helping diagnose mangrove health; an AI-powered decision support platform for Marine Protected Areas in...
20 July 2026
Article / Community Base
The State of Conservation Technology: What Five Years of Data Tell Us
Vanesa Reyes and 2 more
Our 2026 report is here, drawing on five years of community-sourced data to explore how the field is evolving, where progress is being made, and where collective action is still needed.
16 June 2026
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Applications Open: Become a 2026-2027 WILDLABS Group Leader
Vanesa Reyes and 1 more
Get more involved in the WILDLABS community, build your network, and leave an impact on your field by becoming a WILDLABS Group Leader.
24 June 2026
Conversations & Questions
Akiba
Community Manager
Add your voice to our conservation tech community
The WILDLABS community forums are a fountain of knowledge. By joining discussions, we can understand what the real problems are, collaborate with people with the right expertise to solve those problems, and work together to craft real solutions. We hope you'll join the conversation!
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| Hello!I'm Sam, a financial software engineer. For several months I've been researching social impact and conservation financing (you may... |
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Funding and Finance | 24 minutes 25 seconds ago | |
| Hey, interesting discussion! I'm curious—how do you think AI can better collaborate with local communities in conservation? Also, what role should ethics play when designing these... |
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AI for Conservation, Community Base | 13 hours 19 minutes ago | |
| Absolutely love the idea of a mesh camera trap network! This could revolutionize wildlife monitoring, allowing researchers to gather data in real-time. Imagine the insights we... |
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Camera Traps | 6 hours 44 minutes ago | |
| Hi all,My name is David, based in Zurich, Switzerland. I run Techno-Merce, where we build satellite detection of illegal mining and land-cover change: radar fused with optical... |
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Community Base | 22 hours 13 minutes ago | |
| Hi everyone,I have a major update: Global Birdsong Radio is officially Open Source! 🎉A couple of months ago, I replied to @brian.maiyo mentioning that I wasn't quiteready to share... |
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Acoustics | 1 day 11 hours ago | |
| Hi Maggie, Us researchers at the Offal Wildlife Watching project are investigating scavenger behavior at hunter-provided gut piles. We're using Zooniverse to classify... |
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AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation, Geospatial, Protected Area Management Tools, Sensors, Software Development | 1 day 19 hours ago | |
| Thank you, Ahmed, and the whole eDNA & Genomics leadership team for all your hard work over the past year! We're looking forward to seeing the eDNA & Genomics community... |
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| Thank you all for your incredible work over the past year!! We truly appreciate the time, energy, and dedication you've invested in supporting and growing the Geospatial community... |
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Geospatial, Community Base | 1 day 23 hours ago | |
| Hi Diane, thanks for sharing this valuable resource. It'd be great if you could add it to The Inventory, a wiki-style database for conservation technology tools, R&D projects... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Data Management & Mobilisation, Software Development | 1 day 23 hours ago | |
| Hello everyone,Great idea! I would also join and happily-actively contribute to a HD group on technology. I am working for Callisto - Wildlife and Nature Conservation Society... |
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Citizen Science, Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data Management & Mobilisation, Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Sustainable Fisheries, Wildlife Crime | 2 days 1 hour ago | |
| My Problem is I'm a great builder but a terrible marketer and I haven't found any teams to use it yet.I do have experience with creating simple tools and making it easy for non-... |
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Connectivity | 2 days 11 hours ago | |
| With the American Security Drone Act and Buy America requirements, and recent guidance from state DOTs indicating that drones not on the... |
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Drones | 2 days 18 hours ago |
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Browse our selection of self-led conservation technology courses. Learn at your own pace, connect with other participants, and create new courses of your own.
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Connected Conservation Foundation scales technology to protect nature—for people and planet. We work with partners to equip Protected Areas with digital tools, boost local community education and create local tech-based careers.
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FREE Drone & GIS Mini Course from GeoWing Academy
FREE Drone & GIS Mini Course from GeoWing Academy
FREE Drone & GIS Mini Course from GeoWing Academy
QGIS For Wildlife Crime Data Analysis
QGIS For Wildlife Crime Data Analysis
QGIS For Wildlife Crime Data Analysis
Protected Area Technician (PAT) Training
Protected Area Technician (PAT) Training
Protected Area Technician (PAT) Training
Fantastic Fields: Field Data Collection the Smart Way
Fantastic Fields: Field Data Collection the Smart Way
Fantastic Fields: Field Data Collection the Smart Way
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Jake Burton
WILDLABS Project Officer
Meet conservation tech community members from around the world
WILDLABS members are working in conservation tech on every continent. No matter what you’re working on - or where - you’ll find someone to connect with in our community. To message people directly, create a profile today!
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I'm a research analyst focusing on internet of things data platforms.
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- @Dannii
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Hi, I'm a UX Designer and Researcher and animal lover. I design interfaces, improve user experiences and user/business flows. Happy to contribute in conservation. Please DM me 🌟 I check Linkedin more frequently, please DM me there https://www.linkedin.com/in/danniic/
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- @alexpiaz
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More than 25 years working with the world wide web. Supervisor of Digital Platforms at Instituto Socioambiental (@socioambiental) for over 15 years.
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Stubborn idealist.
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- @JuliaWiel
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PhD students on bioacoustics, both for marine and terrestrial environment. From the data collection in the field in remote areas, to the analysis using AI. I am eager to help developping cutting-edge technologies to bring up the voice of the wildlife!
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- @jenlaw
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Biodiversity scientist specialising specialising in the study of tropical ecosystems and their biodiversity using multiple forms of technology, including acoustics, images and robotics.
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Trevor Wolf
- @wolfmapping
Environmental GIS Consultant with over 26 years of experience. I specialize in GIS spatial analysis, conservation planning, data collection, data conversion, editing….
David Jeczmionek
- @d.jeczmionek
Satellite detection of illegal mining and land-cover change for governments and protected areas — SAR-optical fusion
Wynter Parkinson
- @Wynter
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an electrical engineer student interested in using their knowledge to help wildlife.
Giles Farmer
- @Giles85
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Project manager, Ocean Lover, Wildlife Protector, Im here to learn as much as I can as I try to make a career move into the world of conservation.
Mariam Omari Bwanga
- @Mariam_bwanga
Mariam Omari Bwanga a BSc Wildlife Management graduate (SUA, 2024) and conservation practitioner with experience in wildlife research, biodiversity monitoring, protected area management, and giraffe population studies using Capture Mark Recapture techniques at Grumeti Fund (RISE)
Eline Maleko
- @Eline_REGINALD
Wildlife Biologist exploring the intersection of conservation and technology through camera trap research, ecological data analysis, and biodiversity monitoring.
Ideas & Updates
Adrien Pajot
WILDLABS Project Manager
Keep up with the #Tech4Wildlife Community
Your experiences and knowledge are important to the future of conservation tech - so share your story! Post a new article, event or opportunity and help create a living hub for conservation technology that everyone can use.
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WiNoDa x DiSSCo Online Hackathon: Advancing Specimen Data
Ginevra Bellini
Two days of collaborative hacking focused on Machine Annotation Services
24 July 2026
Funding
Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Grant Program
Wildlife Acoustics
Wildlife Acoustics is proud to offer a quarterly grant program that supports the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation worldwide. Scientists may apply for a product grant...
23 July 2026
Funding
Rewilding the Web: $1,000 grants to pilot AudioMoth bioacoustics
Nurfatin Hamzah
$1,000 grants to pilot AudioMoth bioacoustics on Bumicerts, GainForest's platform for nature stewards
22 July 2026
Event
Listening to Biodiversity: The Theory and Practice of Passive Acoustic Monitoring
24 July 2026
Sara Petrita Bombaci
Careers
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computer Vision for Ecology
24 July 2026
Lorène Jeantet
Event
WILDLABS Group Leads Panel Discussion
24 July 2026
Josh Seltzer
Event
ECHOSYSTEM 2027 – An International Symposium on Acoustic Ecology
22 July 2026
Jaishanker Nair
Careers
Ecosystems Digital Twin Researcher II - Seasonal - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
21 July 2026
Adriana Ramirez
Article
Trapper Keeper: Scaling Open-Source AI Infrastructure for Global Biodiversity Monitoring
20 July 2026
Izabela Stachowicz
Community Spaces
Henry Rees
Programme Development Manager
Join a group and find your community
Connecting with people who understand the technology, species, and habitats you’re working with is so important to building your conservation tech network. Whether you’re looking for expert advice or just want to chat about your experiences, our Groups will help you find your corner of the WILDLABS community.
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Conservation tech work doesn't stop after data is collected in the field. Equally as important to success is navigating data management and processing tools. For the many community members who deal with enormous datasets, this group will be an invaluable resource to trade advice, discuss workflows and tools, and share what works for you.
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- BAM (Biodiversity Around Me) widget
I am happy to introduce and share our new project BAM, to make open biodiversity data easily accessible to everyone, everywhere!
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Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in the field to analyse information collected by wildlife conservationists, from camera traps and satellite images to audio recordings. AI can learn how to identify which photos out of thousands contain rare species; or pinpoint an animal call out of hours of field recordings - hugely reducing the manual labour required to collect vital conservation data. The AI For Conservation group is intended to unite and inspire all WILDLABS community members—whether already involved in AI for conservation, or not—to understand how to use and/or directly contribute to open-source research and development efforts.
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- Deep Voice - A Free Online Platform for AI-Based Marine Mammal Sound Detection and Classification
Passive acoustic monitoring floods marine researchers with data that can take months to annotate by hand, and the AI models that could help have long required Python setup, GitHub repos, and complex config files. Funded by the WILDLABS Awards 2025, Deep Voice removes that barrier with a free, public web app that turns marine mammal sound detection into a simple drag-and-drop task.
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- Boring Fund Report for Creating Global Open-Access Ground-Truth Datasets for Insect Monitoring
Improving the computer vision detection model for the Mothbox, an automatic insect monitoring tool from Dinalab
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- Custom Hydrophone Records Dolphins
Welcome to the official group forum for our virtual course, Build Your Own Data Logger. This is your space to engage with course instructors Akiba and Jacinta from Freaklabs, find help and resources for each module, collaborate and chat with your fellow course participants, and share your progress on your own Data Logger project!
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- Open-Source Solutions for Amphibian Passive Acoustic Monitoring: Lessons from Patagonia
Monitoring amphibians across the temperate forests of Patagonia presents significant logistical and technical challenges. Remote locations, harsh environmental conditions, and the large volumes of data generated by Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) can make long-term biodiversity surveys difficult to implement and maintain. In addition, environmental data often relies on multiple independent devices, increasing costs, complexity, and logistical demands in remote field conditions. Through the WILDLABS Awards 2025, our team explored practical ways to address these challenges by combining open-source hardware, environmental sensing, and AI-assisted acoustic analysis.
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- Camera Trap Suggestions for Time-lapse Seabird Monitoring?
Looking for a place to discuss camera trap troubleshooting, compare models, collaborate with members working with other technologies like machine learning and bioacoustics, or share and exchange data from your camera trap research? Get involved in our Camera Traps group! All are welcome whether you are new to camera trapping, have expertise from the field to share, or are curious about how your skill sets can help those working with camera traps.
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- Practical Considerations for Camera Trap Photography
Trail Cameras & Custom Camera Traps: Technology, Ethics & Strategies for Success
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- TrailCam - Browser tool for preparing trail camera observations
Anyone can become a citizen scientist - even experts! If you're excited about exploring new areas of conservation tech, contributing to projects, or developing and launching your own citizen science projects or apps, this is the group for you.
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- Synthesis of Insights / Learning session 14: Rights of Nature by Tribal and First Nations
Synthesis of insights of our 14th online learning session, using dialogue to explore the workings, developments, (im)possibilities, and emerging insights of diverse approaches and praxes for Co-creation with the More-than-Human world
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Talia Speaker
Executive Manager
Connect with other members in real time
Our team works to make WILDLABS’ events engaging, fun, and informative. From Tech Tutors to Virtual Meetups to Community Calls, our events will help you learn, connect, and explore new conservation tech ideas.
Behind the Buzz Season 1
From Data to Decisions
Join us for Season 1 of Behind the Buzz, a new series where we break down complex topics with leading experts in a friendly, open space. This season, we’ll demystify key global policy processes and explore how to engage with them to support integrating critical conservation data at national and global scales, using animal movement as a lens to ground discussions.
Find these events and more in our conservation technology calendar!
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