Coproduce conservation technology with law and policy experts to increase its impact
Addressing the biodiversity crisis will mean developing and adopting new resources and methods that effectively improve public conservation efforts. Technologies have a long track record of increasing the efficiency of carrying out time-consuming …
From Pixels to Objects: Detecting Habitat Change with AI
In this webinar, Senior Conservation Data Scientist Mike Evans shares the work that CCI has been doing to develop automated change methodology, discusses examples in which CCI has used these tools to positively impact conservation efforts, and shares …
Upgrading Wildlife Conservation
A presentation to the the Electric Power Research Institute of Defenders of Wildlife's use of remote sensing data and artificial intelligence to guide wildlife-friendly development of renewable energy.
Key strategies for successful coexistence from 30+ years of defending
This organized session will feature talks by six of Defenders' staff working at the frontlines of human-wildlife coexistence. Defenders of Wildlife, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of native animals and plants in North America, …
PACT Summary
The Partnership for Action on Conservation Technology (PACT) 2019 was a workshop held on 12 June 2019 at Defenders of Wildlife in Washington, DC. Leaders in conservation technology from 16 non-governmental organizations and technology companies came …
Eye in the Sky: The use of innovative SAR technology and new GIS tools to aid environmental compliance and monitoring.
Eye is the Sky will provide an overview of imaging technology and how it has been used in environmental litigation. The panel will also seek to address why state and federal environmental regulatory agencies have been slow to embrace these …
Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection
Carnivore predation on livestock often leads people to retaliate. Persecution by humans has contributed strongly to global endangerment of carnivores. Preventing livestock losses would help to achieve three goals common to many human societies: …