Advances in technology and connectivity across the world, combined with rising buying power and demand for illegal wildlife products, have increased the ease of exchange from poacher to consumer. As a result, a largely unregulated online market allows criminals to sell illegally obtained wildlife products across the globe. Purchasing elephant ivory, tiger cubs, and pangolin scales is as easy as click, pay, ship.
Fortunately, the world’s biggest e-commerce, technology, and social media companies have joined forces to shut down online marketplaces for wildlife traffickers. The Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online brings together companies from across the world in partnership with wildlife experts at WWF, TRAFFIC, and IFAW for an industry-wide approach.
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I'm a Doctoral Candidate working with the Smithsonian National Zoo. I use animal movement to build contact network models between wildlife, domestic animals, and people.
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🌍 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...
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| Hello WildLabs community!My name is Dr. Tariq Ahmad, and I am actively engaged in the conservation of the Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata). As part of my research and... |
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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 Fishing Challenges, Wildlife Crime | 1 day 8 hours ago | |
| Global Conservation Tech & Drone Forum 2-6 March. Women in Conservation Forum 2 March. Hello all!I am the lead organiser of the... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Community Base, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data Management & Mobilisation, Drones, Early Career, East Africa Community, Emerging Tech, Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Marine Conservation, Open Source Solutions, Protected Area Management Tools, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 4 months 3 weeks ago | |
| If there is anything I can do with skillsets to help, let me know. |
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Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Marine Conservation, Wildlife Crime | 2 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Thank you so much! Now everything is in the hands of amazing organizations and companies! But the first results of the Disaster Management cohort are bringing a very optimistic... |
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AI for Conservation, Climate Change, Early Career, East Africa Community, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech, Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Open Source Solutions | 1 year 10 months ago | |
| Hi folks! Happy 2024 and thanks in advance for your patience in case I over-used tags. If you’re using any form of natural language... |
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AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data Management & Mobilisation, Early Career, East Africa Community, Emerging Tech, Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Open Source Solutions, Software Development, Wildlife Crime, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 2 years 4 months ago | |
| Hi everyone,I'm new here :)I'm doing my thesis of biology bachelor about Rhino poaching. I wanted to ask here if yu have some articles... |
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AI for Conservation, Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Wildlife Crime | 3 years 2 months ago | |
| Hello All, My name is Karima Cherif and I work for WildAid Marine and our focus is to end wildlife trafficking in our lifetime. I specialize in marine electronics and work in... |
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| Dear Members of Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Greetings from India! Hope you are well and taking good care of yourself... |
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Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online | 5 years 5 months ago | |
| If the actual analysis has been performed, is the dataset available? I had some time during the pandemic and wanted to do something very similar. I e-mailed many different people... |
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| Since 2018, Biologists without Borders has been gathering data on illegal ivory sales in the U.S. via internet searches and our... |
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Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online | 6 years 2 months ago | |
| Google’s Wildlife Insights, mentioned in another thread, can classify 614 different animal species. It uses the Inception-V4 model as a basis, which is similar to... |
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New "Human Dimensions" group on Wildlabs?
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2 June 2026 8:06am
Sounds good! Love to hear more about it!
2 June 2026 8:00pm
Hi Matt!
I'm particularly very interested in joining this group. It's a very important topic and I already have so many questions and points to add.
Hope the others agree!
5 June 2026 8:12pm
Hello WildLabs community!
My name is Dr. Tariq Ahmad, and I am actively engaged in the conservation of the Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata). As part of my research and fieldwork, I focus on understanding the ecology, habitat requirements, threats, and conservation challenges facing this iconic species.
The Indian pangolin is one of the most trafficked mammals in Asia, facing severe pressure from illegal trade and habitat loss. My work includes:
I am passionate about translating science into practical conservation outcomes and engaging with global networks to support pangolin protection. I look forward to connecting with others working on pangolins, wildlife trafficking, biodiversity monitoring, and conservation technologies.
Feel free to reach out — I’d love to share insights, tools, and collaboration opportunities!
Warm regards,
Dr. Tariq Ahmad
Women in Conservation Forum: Monday 2nd March 2026 Nairobi
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Help shape best-practice guidance on conservation technology - input to survey
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Measurements for species vulnerability to overharvesting
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If there is anything I can do with skillsets to help, let me know.
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Technology in Wildlife Welfare Workshop (in-person, UK)
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Webinar: Drone-based VHF tracking for Wildlife Research and Management
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Wildlife Drones at The Wildlife Society Conference
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AI accelerator for nonprofits working in the Climate area
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Great acomplishment!!!
1 August 2024 1:39pm
Thank you so much! Now everything is in the hands of amazing organizations and companies! But the first results of the Disaster Management cohort are bringing a very optimistic vision! :) I hope for the same in the Climate cohort!
National Bobwhite and Grassland Initiative Technical Committee Annual Meeting
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Case Study: Drone-based radio-tracking of Eastern Bandicoots
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New WILDLABS Funding & Finance group
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This is great, Frank! @StephODonnell, maybe we can try to bring someone from #Superorganism (@tomquigley ?) or another venture company (#XPRIZE) into the fold!
6 June 2024 1:38am
I find the group to be dope, fundraising in the realm of conservation has been tough especially for emerging conservation leaders. There are no centralized grants tracking common databases that effectively manage the array of fragmented RFPs and CFPs, especially with the emergence of integrated and collaborative approaches in conservation.
This is both an opportunity to expand ones footprint in tracking and managing CFPs and RFPs in conservation, yet an opportunity for the experienced fish to explore opportunities to capacity build and strengthen skills and networks in Conservation fundraising.
6 June 2024 4:16am
Thank you for your encouraging words and support Paul Edonga!
Which databases do you know that you do not find effective enough? I ran across some, like Terra Viva, and the recently published Biodiversity Finance Initiative, but I don't have much experience with the first and none with the latter.
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Presentation opportunity: Text analysis for conservation (NACCB 2024)
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Update on SEE Shell App to identify illegal tortoiseshell products
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AWMS Conference 2023
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The Wildlife Society Conference
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Rhino horns in medicine
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Ceres Wild Rhino application
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CERES TAG
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New preprint: Towards automatic detection of wildlife trade using machine vision models
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Who’s who - Introduce yourself!
7 December 2018 4:42pm
5 September 2019 7:54pm
Welcome to the group, @divyar ! Can you please tell us a little more about yourself and your interests in this thread? Thanks!
9 January 2020 7:41pm
Hi all! I hope everyon had a restful break. We have a couple new members to the group! @dalenerusso and @ediminin can you please introduce yourselves here?
9 February 2021 1:57am
Hello All,
My name is Karima Cherif and I work for WildAid Marine and our focus is to end wildlife trafficking in our lifetime. I specialize in marine electronics and work in Gabon, Galapagos, Tanzania, and the Bahamas. In Gabon, we have many small scale fishing canoes that transport illegal bush meat such as pangolin and shark fin. Especially, with COVID the trafficking is increasing as people are becoming more despair to feed their families and cover their basic expenses. I append an article from NBC that discussing a new app that we developed in 2020 called O-Fish (Officer's Fisheries Information Sharing Hub). It is free and we invite MPA managers and agencies to try it.
Survey for Wildlife Conservation: Do We Need Hand of Technology?
27 December 2020 3:44pm
Machine learning to help fight illegal wildlife trade on social media
25 April 2019 7:21pm
10 September 2019 2:27pm
Thank you for the question. This is a perspective paper explaining the framework that does not involve analysis. But we will make code from new analyses soon available. I will share it here then too.
21 November 2020 2:21pm
@ediminin, thank you for your reply! Your paper was a great read. It's been a little over a year since I asked this question, but didn't get a chance to log in to the site again or follow-up. As you mentioned, is the code from new analyses available now? Thanks in advance for any pointers!
12 December 2020 5:29pm
If the actual analysis has been performed, is the dataset available? I had some time during the pandemic and wanted to do something very similar. I e-mailed many different people for a workable dataset but had no luck.
2nd Anniversary of the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online
23 March 2020 6:17pm
14 November 2020 1:19am
Thanks for sharing
Illegal Ivory Sales on the Internet App
22 March 2020 10:52pm