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The conservation tech community has the power to help us understand and overcome the enormous challenges posed by climate change. Join our Climate Change group to meet others who are passionate about using their expertise to innovate new solutions and find reasons to be optimistic about tech's potential in the fight against climate disasters.

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Biodiversity on a Changing Planet (BoCP) Funding

National Science Foundation
The Biodiversity on a Changing Planet Program by National Science Foundation invites submissions of interdisciplinary proposals addressing grand challenges in biodiversity science within the context of unprecedented...

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The race to save California's rarest butterflies

BBC
In pursuit of saving the Monarch butterflies, Carlo Mondavi- pioneer of the Monarch challenge- was inspired to develop the world's first fully electric smart tractor tractor with co-founder and Chief Executive, Praveen...

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Environmental Data Justice

Joycelyn Longdon
This research article explores the challenges of achieving environmental data justice, with the continued advancement in technology and growth in available data. The author emphasises the necessity to prioritise ...

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Choosing the right IoT connectivity solution

Swarm Technologies
In this article, Swarm Technologies give a detailed analysis of the tradeoffs between the most common IoT connectivity solutions to improving food production, combating climate change, optimizing supply chains and many...

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Challenge: Nature x Carbon

WWF Canada
Measuring carbon in nature helps us understand and enhance the role ecosystems play in mitigating climate change. WWF Canada’s second technology challenge – Nature x Carbon – is making it easier to identify carbon-rich...

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WILDLABS Featured: The Economist Technology Quarterly

WILDLABS Team
The latest Technology Quarterly special issue from The Economist highlights the theme of protecting biodiversity, and covers topics including climate change's impacts on biodiversity, modelling ecosystems, using...

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Challenge: MIT Solve Resilient Ecosystems

MIT Solve
MIT Solve is seeking solutions for technology-based solutions that help communities restore, sustain, and benefit from resilient ecosystems.  Submissions close on June 16, 2021. Read more about the challenge's...

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Event: tinyML for Good: Conservation & Climate

Edge Impulse
Join the tinyML Summit 2021 tomorrow, March 23rd at 12 PM PT for the panel discussion "tinyML for Good: Conservation & Climate," featuring Talia Speaker from WILDLABS. Register for this session here, and view the...

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Press Release: BAS Giant Iceberg Mission

British Antarctic Survey
A research mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on one of the world’s most important ecosystems using underwater robotic gliders gets underway this January. A team of scientists, led by British...

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The Global Innovation Award

Globally
Do you have technology-based solutions to sustainable living and climate change challenges? The 2021 Global Innovation Award is now open for applications! Open to innovative makers and companies worldwide, this...

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Southern Right Whales & Genome and Satellite Technology

Emma Carroll
In this news article by Rutherford Discovery Fellow Emma Carroll, we learn about how genomics and satellite data are helping researchers gain a new understanding of southern right whale population recovery, migration...

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SmartOceans 2020

Smart Oceans
Do you use #tech4wildlife in your ocean conservation work and want to get creative for prize money? Smart Oceans 2020 wants to see your videos, photos, and infographics that highlight ocean challenges or solutions. The...

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WWF US Conservation Leadership Award

World Wildlife Fund
Applications are now open for the the WWF-US Conservation Leadership Award, a prize honoring exceptional young people working toward conservation solutions in the United States. If you are an early career...

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Webinar: Virtual Ecosystem Scenario Viewer

OCTO
This upcoming webinar featuring speakers from NOAA will explore the uses for the new Virtual Ecosystem Scenario Viewer tool in illustrating the responses of virtual marine ecosystems to a range of living marine resource...

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Call for Submissions – Arm Research Summit 2020

Arm
The 2020 Arm Research Summit is accepting submissions from all research disciplines focusing on the role of technology in solving global challenges. Submissions should reflect the potential of sustainable, secure, and...

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#FieldKit50: Earth Day Giveaway

FieldKit
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day this April 22nd, our friends at FieldKit are giving away 50 of their open source sensor stations! FieldKit believes that everyone, regardless of financial resources, should...

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#Tech4Wildlife 2020 Photo Challenge In Review

WILDLABS Team
2020 marked our fifth year holding our annual #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge, and our community made it a milestone to remember. Conservationists took to Twitter last week to share their best high-tech snapshots from...

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Call for Nominations: Tusk Conservation Awards

Tusk
The 2020 Tusk Awards are now accepting nominations of outstanding individuals who have made a significant impact on conservation in Africa. These nominations offer the rare and exciting opportunity to honor your peers...

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Hawai'i Conservation Conference

Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance
The Hawai'i Conservation Conference is accepting abstracts in several categories, including emerging technological advances in the conservation field. This is an exciting opportunity to present your latest research to...

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Competition: The Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge

Conservation X Labs
Conservation X Labs welcomes you to enter the Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge, a competition aimed at finding new and innovative solutions to the environmental problems caused by mining operations. This competition...

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Hacking Climate Change - Coaction on Climate Crisis

COACT
COACT and Impact Hub are collaborating to present the opportunity to learn about how growing open technologies like drones and sensors can help activists in the fight against climate change. This free Barcelona-based...

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AI for Earth Innovation Grant (extended)

Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation
To further their missions, LDF and Microsoft are collaborating on the AI for Earth innovation grant to support applicants in creating and deploying open source machine learning models, algorithms, and data sets that...

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On the horizon: Looking ahead for global conservation

Sarah Pocock
Every year for the last decade, an expert team of horizon scanners, science communicators and researchers has identified the top emerging issues in global conservation. Horizon scanning is a tool to highlight arising –...

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