Tech Solutions Related To UN SDG 14: Life Below Water

Tēnaka is a social business on a mission to restore marine ecosystems, the biggest lungs and carbon sinks of our planet. To do so, we help businesses and corporations willing to go beyond sustainability and invest in the regeneration of an ecosystem on which we all depend: the ocean.

Sway is on a mission to replenish the planet by supporting healthy ocean ecosystems, eliminating plastic waste, and creating a more inclusive climate movement. Sway makes home-compostable packaging derived from seaweed, a naturally abundant and regenerative resource.

The Allen Coral Atlas is the first 3.7m-resolution coral conservation tool, mapping and monitoring the world’s coral in unprecedented detail. Designed to give governments, researchers, and decision-makers visibility into ecosystems that very few people will encounter face-to-face but that are incredibly threatened by activities on land.

Ocean+ Habitats offers authoritative insight about the health, distribution and change of marine habitats around the world. By connecting public and private sector decision-makers with state-of-the-art biodiversity knowledge developed by collaborators, Ocean+ Habitats provides actionable data to inform conservation and restoration of marine ecosystems.

SeaAhead supports new venture development at the intersection of innovation + sustainability + the oceans. Our ecosystem includes technologists, scientists, startups, corporations, governments and other ocean stakeholders that are coming together to create impact in areas including greener shipping and ports, aquaculture and fishery processes, offshore alternative energy and smart cities.

Ellipsis Earth can remotely identify, map and track plastic waste by harnessing the power of machine learning and aerial imagery. We partner with governments, corporations, academia and non-profits to produce engaging and thought-provoking media content for environmental education, based on our tech data, creating an ecosystem for environmental change.

NatureServe, a non-profit organization, provides high-quality scientific expertise for conservation. Our dynamic and impactful data, tools, and resources help guide conservation action where it’s needed most. We envision a world where decision-makers fully understand the importance of science in identifying and protecting our precious animals, plants, and ecosystems.

The Ocean Data Network provides data collection as a service by evaluating data gaps, instrumenting fishing vessels to fill those gaps, and delivering data to a centralized network. Our data supports stakeholders from fisheries, oceanography, climate change monitoring, and their efforts to protect ecosystem productivity, biodiversity, and maritime industries and coastal recreation.

IntelliReefs patented IP can be added to dying or at-risk reefs as a means of increasing fish aggregation, coral spawn settlement, and species biodiversity; fostering the exponential growth and restoration of coral reef systems. IntelliReefs protect coastlines against higher storm surge intensity while also creating a healthy ecosystem for fish and marine life reproduction.

Innovasea is revolutionizing aquaculture and advancing the science of fish tracking to make our oceans and freshwater ecosystems sustainable for future generations. Fathom is a collection of web-based applications that make storing, managing, visualizing and analyzing your acoustic telemetry data a breeze – whether you’re sitting at your desk or out in the field.