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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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Our Top Picks

The Inventory is your one-stop shop for conservation technology tools, organisations, and R&D projects. Start contributing to it now!

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Read in detail about how to use The Inventory, our new living directory of conservation technology tools, organisations, and R&D projects.

1 May 2024

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It has been an extraordinary year supporting and growing the regional East African Conservation Technology Community at WILDLABS. We've made great strides and unlocked exciting opportunities for our community as we...

29 April 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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Tap into our new and exciting community-focused conversation series!  In this first season of InConversation, we're in East Africa with host Esther Githinji. Listen in as we chat one-on-one with your favourite...

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Conversations & Questions

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Hi Emma,Thank you for your outline. Feel free to send me an outline ( I sent you my email in a private WildLabs message ), but from your description I would like to give two...
Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career 8 seconds ago
Hi Yanna,Your project seems not particularly technology oriented, which is okay, of course. However, if you're not already calling or searching there, I would suggest checking out...
Community Base 1 second ago
I'll let jake reply to the actual question. For meta wildlabs questions pop them in the community base group! I think we also have an open thread for requests for the platform,...
Community Base 6 hours 58 minutes ago
Hi Cathy! Please check out the below article on group managers. Essentially, we're asking for a 12 month commitment of 1 hour a week (more or less) to promote engagement in...
Remote Sensing & GIS 3 hours 46 minutes ago
Hi Harold, Thanks for that information. I hadn't considered a touch sensor. Can you share how you plan integrate the TTP223 into your design? Are you simply using the module with...
Biologging 5 hours 15 minutes ago
Hi @DaveGaynor regarding funding, have you reached out to any lodges? I know that snaring is rife in the Manyaleti ... maybe some of the lodges in the Sabi Sands would be...
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AI for Conservation, Drones, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Wildlife Crime 16 hours 22 minutes ago
Hi All,I am Loveness Lamuel Mutungi. I hold a Bsc in Environmental sciences and management from Sokoine University of Agriculture. I am...
Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT), East Africa Community 1 day 4 hours ago
Actually my Raspberry Pi application is a sound localizer not related to image recognition. My image recognition related project runs on Jetsons and higher.But I think recognizing...
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AI for Conservation 1 day 10 hours ago
Hi. We're FreakLabs, a conservation technology company based in Japan and Australia. For Japan, we have our manufacturing facilities in Chiba prefecture on the Boso Peninsula. We'...
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Community Base 3 days 20 hours ago
The last two months have been bustling with fun mothbox developments!Deployment in AzueroOur first full deployment went wonderfully! Andy...
Autonomous Camera Traps for Insects 4 days 3 hours ago
If you search Digikey for a 'strain relief' you should be able to find a rubber grommet that will hold that mic without any additional machining. A blob of silicone will adhesive...
Acoustics 4 days 3 hours ago
I am also commenting for future notifications - very interested to hear some responses.While not directly related to AI, here in Canada there's quite a conversation around data...
AI for Conservation 4 days 5 hours ago

Connect & Collaborate

Blue Planet Strategies

Conservationist working on ropeless fishing technology and co-coordinating a sensor data team for an forest elephant project in Gabon

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MSc Conservation Biology, University of Cape Town. Studying black-footed cats. Wildlife photographer, illustrator, researcher. Live in Asheville, NC, US. travelforwildlife.com, trulywild.com

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Heading up comms for a conservation agency based in the United Arab Emirates

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Electrical Engineering Student| Robotics Club, Center For Innovation (CFI) | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 

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Hello! I am a spatial data scientist working in marine conservation, as well as a Masters of Science candidate in Geography at Simon Fraser University. I am looking to connect and chat with other professionals at the intersection of conservation and tech!

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Murtaza Taj (PhD, QMUL 2019). He is an Associate Professor and director of computer vision lab at LUMS, Lahore. His research interest lies in the area of Computer Vision and Image Processing. In particular he is developing early warning systems for wild life and forest fires.

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Latest members

Josh Adler

Josh Adler

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Connecting people to nature positive solutions

Dhanushka Udayanga

Dhanushka Udayanga

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A resercher, Fungal Biologist and Biodiversity enthusiast

Gabriela Alejandra Valencia Macias

Gabriela Alejandra Valencia Macias

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Gabriela A. Valencia-Macias, B.Sc. (Universidad Veracruzana), is achieving a master's degree in science at the Ecology Institute (INECOL A.C). She is Colombian-Mexican and has focused her studies on the conservation and biodiversity of amphibians.

Jude Fernando

Jude Fernando

Agriculturist and environment conservationist

Bartolome Ortiz Viso

Bartolome Ortiz Viso

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PhD in Applied Machine Learning with a background in Bio-Mathematics

Robin Marti Sarasa

Robin Marti Sarasa

Currently involved in a group project focused in the connection between new technologies and wildlife conservation, particularly exploring the potential of leveraging emerging monitoring technologies and software developments to protect red-list endangered species and their habit

Ideas & Updates

We are excited to announce the commencement of our third Women in Conservation Technology Programme in partnership with the Grumeti Fund and Fauna & Flora, as we bring the programme back to Tanzania. Our first in-...

30 May 2024

The Second Colombian Congress of Bioacoustics and Ecoacoustics (2CCBE) will take place from 18-22 November 2024, at the incredible Parque Explora. The event represents a significant opportunity for the scientific...

28 May 2024

The Chilean Acoustical Society, SOCHA, is pleased to invite you to the XIII Ibero-American Congress of Acoustics, which will be held in the city of Santiago, from December 2 to 4, 2024. Alongside the congress,...

28 May 2024

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5th World Ecoacoustics Congress

28 May 2024

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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!

5 May 2022

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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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