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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
Article / Community Base
Whether you missed a parallel session in Lima, couldn't make the journey to Peru, or simply want to revisit the most inspiring main stage moments, you can now access the recordings and presentations generously shared by...
9 June 2026
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The Variety Hour: June 2026
Vanesa Reyes
As we celebrate World Ocean Day this June, join us for a special marine-themed Variety Hour! Explore innovative conservation technologies supporting ocean and coastal conservation, from AI-enabled drones for sea turtle...
17 June 2026
Article / Community Base | Latin America Community
WILDLABS Translation
WILDLABS Team and 1 more
We are excited to announce our new multilingual translation functionality on WILDLABS, starting with Spanish. Read more about our new content translation options and AI translation abilities.
23 April 2026
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Summer Pre-Conference Networking Event (ECCB, ACCB, ESA, CAC, NACCR & more!)
Tanner Corless Smith
As summer dawns, for many it is holiday season, for others it is conference season, and for a lucky few... it is fieldwork season! If you’re looking for a chance to meet people with similar interests to your or those...
12 June 2026
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Akiba
Community Manager
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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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| I haven’t worked with it, but it looks like is targeted at a specific niche. Its quite powerful but requires space and infrastructure (ie 100W solar panels, starlink, etc) along... |
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| Hi Lea,Apologies for the late reply, I did not see the notification! I think our system would work well for your use-case. We're designing fittings for multiple drones, one of... |
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| Hi everyone! Excited to join the WILDLABS community. I work at the Microsoft AI for Good Lab, where I focus on bioacoustics and use AI to analyze soundscapes for biodiversity... |
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| Hello! The "MIB Paradox" is absolutely real, and PIR sensors are a dead end for insect detection due to their lack of thermal mass. However, falling back on a regular-interval... |
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Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects | 19 hours 12 minutes ago | |
| Seeking connections at the edge of the world.Hi Community! I have recently relocated my life and off-grid mobile home/... |
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| BurdyGurdy.com is an online bird identification training game designed to improve the user's identification accuracy. BurdyGurdy uses eBird... |
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Climate Change, Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, East Africa Community, Geospatial | 4 months 2 weeks ago | |
| BTW. On my roadmap is to develop a very long distance IR system that could detect humans at 1km with reliably in complete darkness but I don't have the funding for it at the... |
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Camera Traps, Wildlife Crime, Sensors | 1 day ago | |
| There’s also a step before the behavioral analysis. And that’s capturing the behavior in the first place.I agree the behavior side is very interesting. Our thermal module based... |
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AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Data Management & Mobilisation, Geospatial, Protected Area Management Tools, Sensors, Software Development | 22 hours 24 minutes ago | |
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| Hey Garin, how are you?you should contact https://wildlifedrones.net/ they have rented the equipment (payload and drones) in the past to track pangolins, bats and many other... |
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Drones | 1 day 9 hours ago | |
| Looks very beautiful. Well done.Poor Rob Appleby. He's just a youngun. |
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Animal Movement, Open Source Solutions | 1 day 14 hours ago |
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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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Graduated as a Wildlife ecologist. Currently working in a private sector as Fauna specialist.
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I am 21 years old, I live in Hatillo Puerto Rico and love to go to the beach
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I operate where hardware, software, and security intersect.
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Marine Physicist, with research interests is in air-sea interaction that include sea level, natural and anthropogenic oceanic and atmospheric climate change, extreme weather and climate events (heatwave, floods, and droughts). A focus of my research is to identify driving mechani
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I'm Maleen, an aspiring conservation storyteller and a filmmaker from Kashmir with a strong interest in wildlife, biodiversity and environmental conservation.
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The Variety Hour: June 2026
Vanesa Reyes
As we celebrate World Ocean Day this June, join us for a special marine-themed Variety Hour! Explore innovative conservation technologies supporting ocean and coastal conservation, from AI-enabled drones for sea turtle...
17 June 2026
Event
Imageomics Institute: FloraPalooza, August 2026
Elizabeth Campolongo
The US NSF-funded Imageomics Institute is hosting a 3.5-day workshop offering a unique opportunity to develop proof-of-concepts demonstrating how the application of computer vision techniques can transform plant imagery...
17 June 2026
Article
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
Event
London Climate Action Week 2026
15 June 2026
Elsa
Careers
GIS Assistant (African Parks Network)
12 June 2026
Elsa
Event
XX CongresoArgentino de Acústica y V Listening for Aquatic Mammals in Latin America Workshop
12 June 2026
Vanesa Reyes
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Summer Pre-Conference Networking Event (ECCB, ACCB, ESA, CAC, NACCR & more!)
12 June 2026
Tanner Corless Smith
Article
New Book on Camera Trapping Tech
12 June 2026
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Relive ICTC 2026: Main stage Videos and Presentations now available!
9 June 2026
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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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- remote sites as 'Edge computing'
This group unites those working at the intersection of edge AI and conservation, focusing on real-time, on-device data processing for environmental monitoring to facilitate sharing tools, models, and strategies to overcome challenges in remote, low-connectivity areas.
🌍 Conservation technology is transforming how we protect wildlife, but are we thinking carefully enough about the risks? Drones, camera traps, GPS trackers, acoustic sensors, AI, and remote sensing have become essential tools for conservation practitioners around the world. They help us monitor species, detect threats, and respond faster than ever before. But these same technologies can also introduce unintended risks, and in some cases, can be exploited by those seeking to harm the very wildlife we're trying to protect. 🦏 Input now and/or join the discussions/research.
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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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- Wild Moves and Wild Album: New GBIF Data Portals for Animal Tracking and Camera Trap Data
New data portals are making it easier to discover and explore wildlife tracking and camera trap datasets from around the world.
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- Conservation Technology - Paris, France
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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- 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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- 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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- Issues with new model of wildlife cameras
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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- Wild Moves and Wild Album: New GBIF Data Portals for Animal Tracking and Camera Trap Data
New data portals are making it easier to discover and explore wildlife tracking and camera trap datasets from around the world.
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Talia Speaker
Executive Manager
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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.
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