Citizen science is rapidly becoming an invaluable tool in conservation. With technology providing new and interactive ways for anyone to contribute to conservation work from anywhere in the world, and on their own schedule, more conservationists than ever are turning to mobile apps and crowdsourced data analysis to speed up their projects and strengthen their data.
Similarly, more affordable and accessible tools like Audiomoth have opened the door for people to get involved in massive data collection efforts like the Silent Cities project, giving a glimpse into how our wider understanding of nature and conservation could be transformed as technology becomes increasingly user-friendly.
This group is your place for all things related to citizen science. Whether you're looking to get involved in a new conservation tech project, you're thinking of launching your own citizen science-powered project, you'd like to discuss capacity building and how citizen science can empower local communities, or you want to share a great resource or project you've found, this group will help you connect with others who are excited about making conservation tech accessible and effective!
To learn more about citizen science, check out this 2020 WILDLABS feature on Zooniverse projects.
Technologist, birder, photographer and mountain guide.
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Movement Ecologist studying the where, why, and how animals move throughout our world. Current work is investigating the movement and energetics of large neotropical bats in a changing environment with ephemeral resources.
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Data analytics manager of eBird Taiwan and Taiwan Bird Atlas
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Founder & CEO of we.are.tohorā, creating a community that cares about whales, the environment and each other.
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Fauna & Flora
Conservation, Innovation, Education
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- @womble
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AI Researcher, mostly NLP, with 30+ years experience. Recently consulted for a company ding drone image analysis and Google Cloud
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Working in relation to ecosystem services
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Wildlife Drones
Wildlife Drones has developed the world’s most innovative radio animal-tracking system using drones so you can track your radio-tagged animals like never before.
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Technologist and Visual storyteller focusing on social, conservations issues.
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- @mariammatta
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Heading up comms for a conservation agency based in the United Arab Emirates
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Careers
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Two-year postdoc in AI and remote sensing for citizen-science pollinator monitoring, at Aarhus University. The successful candidate will integrate our computational entomologist team to develop and deploy novel methods...
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Can you create an ecological data collection application on Android for Gibbon and Biodiversity Research. Check out this opportunity with us!
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#Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Judges' Panel Honorees
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| Has anyone encountered any environmental project or initiative that has utilized technology to promote governance in Kenya? Please share... |
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Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT), Citizen Science, Emerging Tech | 8 minutes 15 seconds ago | |
| Thanks for sharing - hadn't realized that. |
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Citizen Science | 1 day 15 hours ago | |
| Hi WILDLABS communityRecently I've been noticing some signs that our local beach in St Andrews, Scotland may be having raw sewage... |
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Build Your Own Data Logger Community, Citizen Science | 1 week ago | |
| This is so cool! I am 1000% going to see if they want to come talk about it at Variety Hou! |
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AI for Conservation, Citizen Science | 1 week 4 days ago | |
| Online citizen science platforms like iNaturalist and Macaulay Library contain a wealth of images but are hard to search using text. We are... |
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AI for Conservation, Citizen Science | 1 week 6 days ago | |
| Thank you Robyn. Sure I will send more information to your email |
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Citizen Science, Acoustics, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Human-Wildlife Conflict | 2 weeks 6 days ago | |
| Totally agree.Inititally sceptical until I saw Helena and Graeme were involved.MJ |
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Acoustics, Citizen Science, Community Base, Human-Wildlife Conflict | 3 weeks 4 days 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... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Emerging Tech | 1 month 4 weeks ago | |
| Hi Danilo. you seem very passionate about this initiative which is a good start.It is an interesting coincidence that I am starting another project for the coral reefs in the... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Biologging, Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Community Base, Connectivity, Drones, Emerging Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Open Source Solutions, Sensors, Software and Mobile Apps, Wildlife Crime | 3 months 1 week 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 and processing tools, Early Career, East Africa Community, Emerging Tech, Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps, Wildlife Crime, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 4 months ago | |
| Hi Eva, Me and my colleagues run a small NGO based on Yogyakarta in Indonesia, although our projects are spread around the country. One of our active project is working with... |
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Community Base, Biologging, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Marine Conservation, Remote Sensing & GIS | 4 months 3 weeks ago | |
| Hi! @Surfingpsychedelicchicken ! yeah we run a conference kind of about this (well actually i've been helping run two conferences about this!) Dinacon and the GOSH gathering!... |
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Citizen Science | 8 months 2 weeks ago |
Naturewatch: Lessons from the field of app development
John Cornell
21 June 2017 12:00am
Citizen Science Conservation Apps
5 April 2016 2:24pm
26 January 2017 8:24pm
Hi guys,
I just spoke with the folks at Scistarter, and as a result they added a filter for applications, and also a an App URL field to the appropriate project pages! :) Hope that helps!
27 March 2017 4:24pm
@Sivakumar This thread seems interesting
#Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge: Our favourites from 2016
1 March 2017 12:00am
Digital technology companies in Europe for large scale citizen science project
4 July 2016 9:25am
4 July 2016 11:18am
I just found out about http://www.1000001labs.org and thethings.io
7 July 2016 9:17am
Hi Julien,
CEH is not a digital tech company, but we are running or collaborating on several national and international CitSci projects, including development of web and mobile apps, graphical design, data visualisations and other. Always looking for new opportunities.
Also, check out Natural Aptitude - a good tech company based in Bristol, UK, that we have worked with before.
Hope this helps,
Karolis
25 January 2017 9:23pm
It might be worth getting in touch with the European Citizen Science Association as well. Some stakeholders whom are developers are already affiliated with ECSA as well.
"Capturing our coast" project seeks citizen scientists to survey UK's coastal biodiversity
10 February 2016 11:47am
25 January 2017 9:21pm
Mangrove Watch over here in Australia might be of interest to you if you don't know about it already :)
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14 November 2016 12:00am
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act grants via USFWS
8 November 2016 12:00am
Calling all European Citizen Scientists and Project Coordinators!
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Internet Cats Just Got Bigger
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Camera traps reveal mysteries of nature
Roland Kays
18 July 2016 12:00am
Can Drones Live up to the Hype?
Paul Glover-Kapfer
8 July 2016 12:00am
Ecotech Grants from the Captain Planet Foundation
18 February 2016 12:00am
Bringing Conservation Technology to Life
Shah Selbe
17 February 2016 12:00am
A novel citizen science approach for large-scale monitoring of bats
Stuart Newson
5 February 2016 12:00am
Playing with Complexity: Games and Systems Thinking
13 January 2016 12:00am
Big Data and Conservation: Deluge or Drought?
22 December 2015 12:00am
Cheap Space, DIY Imaging and Big Data
21 December 2015 12:00am
Gaming for Good: Minecraft and Quiz Up
Peter Jacobs
3 December 2015 12:00am
Gaming for Good: Runescape and Angry Birds
Peter Jacobs
25 November 2015 12:00am
What is eDNA?
Sarah Kuppert
2 November 2015 12:00am
25 January 2017 8:31pm
Hi all,
I am curious what the reason by the original poster to target applications specifically. That might help me provide us provide you with greater detail. There are likely thousands out there and if you are also interested in web platforms either as data entry portals or doing project online data analysis that are yet again thousands more. Many web based platforms have accompanying applications as well. If we look at the birding community, there are already several in Australia for example, but eBird is a global project to record and distribute wild bird observations, which is run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It has a web platform but several apps have also been created to enter data via mobile phones. This is just one example of such technologies. Also I mentioned the global project finder SciStarter in a previous post, and just wanted to let you know, they are VERY interested in knowing about any projects you find that aren't in their data base. There are also interested in partnering with other groups to aggrigate projects. Here in Australia for example, as part of my role with the Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA), I have faciliated such a partnership with the Atlas of Living Australia'/ACSAs project finder. An API now exhanged data across protals regardless of what the information is originally entered.
Best regards,
Jessie