Tech Solutions Related To UN SDG 15: Life on Land
UN Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land, aims to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss. Learn more about Life on Land in the US in our interactive report. Contact us for insights related to the 11,212 US organizations addressing UN SDG 15.
Discover tech solutions related to endangered species, land use, extinction and other key areas of biodiversity conservation below.
The first global-scale analysis of land areas requiring protection to solve the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, upholding and strengthening Indigenous land rights. It builds upon the current network of protected areas but weaves in currently unprotected parcels that conserve the biological wealth of Earth.
i-Tree is a state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed software suite from the USDA Forest Service that provides urban and rural forestry analysis and benefits assessment tools. The i-Tree tools can help strengthen forest management and advocacy efforts by quantifying forest structure and the environmental benefits that trees provide. Demonstrate the value of trees to cities and communities with i-Tree data.
Dynamic World is an openly licensed, near realtime, 10m resolution global land use land cover dataset. It is the result of a partnership between Google and the World Resources Institute, to produce a dynamic dataset of the physical material on the surface of the Earth and allow users t producing derivative land cover maps.
Detect fires when they start. Stop them before they spread. Fion’s machine learning model packages highly accurate fire prediction & detection, spread prediction and destruction estimation into custom dashboards for fire departments, forestry services, financial institutions and insurance companies.
MoveApps is a no-code analysis platform for animal tracking data making sophisticated analytical tools accessible to a larger audience. Users combine multiple Apps to create Workflows that analyze data from the Movebank database. Our goal is to bring together movement ecologists and wildlife managers looking for flexible analysis tools with those who are developing tools and want to share.
Movebank is a free, online database of animal tracking data hosted by the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. We help researchers and wildlife managers worldwide manage, share, analyze, protect, & archive animal movement data. We partner with government agencies, universities & conservation organizations to serve as a global archive for animal movement and bio-logging data.