Drones and Live-Streams: How Tech Is Changing Conservation

Via BBC, a report on the impact of drones and live-streams in conservation:

Drones, satellites and laser sensors. It sounds like the tech of an action-packed spy thriller. Not things you might typically associate with
[...]
The Internet of Wild Things: Technology and The Battle Against Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change

Via TechRepublic, a look at the use of technology in the battle against biodiversity loss and climate

[...]
New Platform Aims to Reveal Dam and Climate Impacts on the Mekong

Via The Third Pole, a look at a new platform which provides satellite imagery, maps and data which will show effects of dam building and climate change in the Mekong basin:

[...]
Digitized Data Conserves Africa’s Great Lake Fisheries

Via Nature, a look at how digitized data is helping conserves Africa’s Great Lake fisheries:

Africa’s Great Lakes stretch in an 1,800-mile curve of 11 countries from Ethiopia in the north to Malawi in the south, encompassing a region rich in biodiversity with nearly a third of the world’s fresh surface water and supporting
[...]
Better Data, Cheaper Tech Promise to Unlock Nature’s Secrets

Via The Wall Street Journal, an article on how conservationists hope newly launched open-source tools will lend more insight into

[...]
Elephants Counted From Space for Conservation

Via BBC, a report on the use of satellites in conservation:

At first, the satellite images appear to be of grey blobs in a forest of green splotches - but, on closer inspection, those blobs are
[...]

ABOUT
Networked Nature
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