Via AP News, a report on how facial recognition technology - which is mostly associated with uses such as surveillance and the authentication of human faces - can help save seals.
Via Planet.com, a look at how Geospatial Technology Helps In The Fight Against Environmental Crimes In Brazil at how geospatial technology is helping fight
Via The Washington Post, an article on Coral Vita, a for-profit company, which aims to grow corals up to 50 times faster than in nature, improve their resilience to climate change and
New technical innovations such as location-tracking devices, GPS and satellite communications, remote sensors, laser-imaging technologies, light detection and ranging” (LIDAR) sensing, high-resolution satellite imagery, digital mapping, advanced statistical analytical software and even biotechnology and synthetic biology are revolutionizing conservation in two key ways: first, by revealing the state of our world in unprecedented detail; and, second, by making available more data to more people in more places. The mission of this blog is to track these technical innovations that may give conservation the chance – for the first time – to keep up with, and even get ahead of, the planet’s most intractable environmental challenges. It will also examine the unintended consequences and moral hazards that the use of these new tools may cause.Read More