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WILDLABS is home to the global conservation technology community of 8,600 people in 120 countries discussing 1,500 topics like biologging, camera traps, and machine learning. With engaging spaces to ask questions and collaborate together, share your own work, and discover new ideas and innovations, WILDLABS is your platform to connect with #Tech4Wildlife experts and projects from around the world. Explore

Stephanie O'Donnell

Stephanie O'Donnell

Community Manager

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We’re unveiling badges, a new feature that allows you to showcase how you’re involved in WILDLABS. Keep track of engagement, show off your collection, and maybe even engage in some friendly competition.

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Hello WILDLABS Community!As you may have noticed, we rolled out our new Badges feature this week! (Haven’t heard about the update yet? Learn about badges here.) One of...

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WILDLABS was honoured to represent the global conservation technology sector on the world stage, joining the World Wildlife Day celebrations at the UN. As an invited speaker, Stephanie O'Donnell used her talk to share...

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Catch up on the conservation tech discussions and events that happened during World Wildlife Day 2024! 

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Discussion / Community Base

Welcome to WILDLABS!

Stephanie O'Donnell

Hello and welcome to the WILDLABS community! With 6,000 members and counting, we want to get to know you a little better. In a couple of...

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Conversations & Questions

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Hi Ruhan. Sent you a DM. It sounds interesting and possibly can intersect with our work in environmental and ecosystem monitoring. Thanks.Akiba
Acoustics, Biologging, Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Earth Observation 101 Community, Remote Sensing & GIS, Software and Mobile Apps 11 seconds ago
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Acoustics 5 hours 36 minutes ago
For our [mothbox project](https://forum.openhardware.science/c/projects/mothbox/73) we are programming pijuices and pis to automatically...
Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects 1 day 19 hours ago
Hi @timbirdweather I've now got them up and running and winding how I can provide feedback on species ID to improve the accuracy over time. It would be really powerful to have a...
Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Emerging Tech 2 days ago
Fantastic Nigel! Bummer to hear that production has stopped, but glad you are getting their remaining boards! I know where to come when I need some!Cheers,Rob
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Biologging 3 days 9 hours ago
Hi everyone,My post is not about tech really, but about ethics in general.I am Phyllis Masudi, a PhD candidate at Wageningen University and...
Ethics of Conservation Tech 3 days 13 hours ago
Thanks so much for sharing your experiences!  It is reassuring to know the sound quality might not be too compromised if we need to choose a less visible placement.
Acoustics 4 days 3 hours ago
Thank you! I will check these groups out :)
Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career, Marine Conservation 4 days 5 hours ago
Testing my post capture automatic annotation on the video alerts of StalkedByTheState  The yellow lines are the region of interest. The blue cross indicates that the...
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Human-Wildlife Conflict 4 days 6 hours ago
@Rob_Appleby follow these instructions to get your Sprout badge!
Community Base 4 days 7 hours ago
Hi everyone. I see I haven't introduced myself here on this thread yet and to get another badge I need to.I'm an expat New Zealander living in the Netherlands. I discovered this...
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Community Base 4 days 9 hours ago
Hi all, I am searching for marine species projects that monitor orientation/IMU and/or acceleration data...
Biologging, Marine Conservation 5 days 13 hours ago

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Researcher interested in the conservation of endemic anurans from arid High Andes. Focused on behavior, ecology, physiology, and reproduction studies. Education for conservation.

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I am passionate about forest landscape restoration and sustainability.

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Founder of Conservation K9 Consultancy, the leader and most experience handler and trainer of wildlife detection dogs in the U.K.

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My role in conservation is to infuse molecular Genomics into conservation management.

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Latest members

Nalini

Nalini

I am the project coordinator of the Wildlife Forensic Fund. We help combat wildlife crime by funding the training of first responders to preserve evidence and take them to court successfully. We are eager to connect with wildlife forensics enthusiasts.

PhD in Botany-Ecology, the option of Non-wood forest products, Actually Senior Lecturer at the University of Dschang in Cameroon and Postdoctoral fellow at the Regional post graduate school of integrated management and planning of forests and tropical territory in the D.R. Congo

Isna Rasdianah Aziz

Isna Rasdianah Aziz

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I'm a Junior Lecturer at the Department of Biology, UIN Alauddin Makassar, Indonesia. Happy to collaborate in genetics, molecular ecology, and taxonomy research.

Karen Chiro

Karen Chiro

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conservationist. researcher. ecologist

Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan

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Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Jane Goodall Institute USA
UCL '22, MRes in Anthropology

Bruno Ćaleta

Bruno Ćaleta

Environmentalist and Python developer working in the realm of Remote Sensing. Fascinated by the intersection of technology and nature, with a focus on machine learning, ecological modeling, and biodiversity monitoring. 🌍

Ideas & Updates

In this webinar hosted by the Snow Leopard Network, Peter van Lunteren’s presentation will explore the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in nature conservation, specifically emphasizing its potential applications...

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Join our multi-national team at the AI for Biodiversity Change Global Climate Center! We're hiring a Research Data Manager & Tech Coordinator at Ohio State. Support cutting-edge research on climate change &...

15 March 2024

Join WRI for a technical panel where we will be discussing the role of innovation within the regulatory landscape and how technical solutions can help to overcome data and smallholder challenges.

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WILDLABS Meetups
Join us in person!

You’re invited to connect with fellow WILDLABS community members in one of our upcoming in person meetups! Drop by one of our happy hour events to meet other community members, hear what peers are working on, and chat with the WILDLABS team. 

Find these events and more in our conservation technology calendar! 

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2:00 pm ~ 5:00 pm America/Denver

Talia Speaker

Join us on February 20th in Boulder, Colorado for a WILDLABS meetup convening local groups working in conservation technology to connect, exchange ideas, and brainstorm future in-...
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5:00 pm ~ 8:00 pm America/New_York

Alex Rood

*Join WILDLABS on March 4th in NYC for a conservation tech networking event alongside WWF, USFWS, IFAW, Microsoft, and more! *Sold Out*
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5:00 pm ~ 8:00 pm America/New_York

Alex Rood

Join WILDLABS on March 7th in Washington, DC for a casual in-person meetup.
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Explore & Discover

WILDLABS Collections will help you dive deeper into the conservation tech topics that matter most to you, and find favorite resources from other community members. Start exploring our collections below!

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Best Practice Guides

Stephanie O'Donnell

17 February 2023

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3 August 2022

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Rob Appleby

Rob Appleby

Community Member

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