Emerging Technologies to Conserve Biodiversity

Stuart L Pimm¹, Sky Alibhai², Richard Bergl³, Alex Dehgan⁴, Chandra Giri⁵, Zoë Jewell², Lucas Joppa⁶, Roland Kays⁷, Scott Loarie⁸

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¹ Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Electronic address: stuartpimm@me.com.
² WildTrack Inc., JMP Division, SAS Institute, SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513, USA.
³ North Carolina Zoological Park, 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27401, USA.
⁴ Conservation X Labs, 2380 Champlain Street NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA.
⁵ US Geological Survey/Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), Center/Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
⁶ Microsoft Research 14820 NE 36th Street, Redmond, WA 98052, USA.
⁷ North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA; Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
⁸ iNaturalist Department, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.

PMID: 26437636
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.008

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Emerging Technologies to Conserve Biodiversity

Stuart L Pimm et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov;30(11):685-696.

doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.008. Epub 2015 Oct 1.

Authors

Stuart L Pimm¹, Sky Alibhai², Richard Bergl³, Alex Dehgan⁴, Chandra Giri⁵, Zoë Jewell², Lucas Joppa⁶, Roland Kays⁷, Scott Loarie⁸

Affiliations

¹ Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Electronic address: stuartpimm@me.com.
² WildTrack Inc., JMP Division, SAS Institute, SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513, USA.
³ North Carolina Zoological Park, 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27401, USA.
⁴ Conservation X Labs, 2380 Champlain Street NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA.
⁵ US Geological Survey/Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), Center/Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
⁶ Microsoft Research 14820 NE 36th Street, Redmond, WA 98052, USA.
⁷ North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA; Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
⁸ iNaturalist Department, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.

PMID: 26437636
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.008

Abstract

Technologies to identify individual animals, follow their movements, identify and locate animal and plant species, and assess the status of their habitats remotely have become better, faster, and cheaper as threats to the survival of species are increasing. New technologies alone do not save species, and new data create new problems. For example, improving technologies alone cannot prevent poaching: solutions require providing appropriate tools to the right people. Habitat loss is another driver: the challenge here is to connect existing sophisticated remote sensing with species occurrence data to predict where species remain. Other challenges include assembling a wider public to crowdsource data, managing the massive quantities of data generated, and developing solutions to rapidly emerging threats.

Keywords: conservation; crowdsourcing; innovation; remote-sensing; technology; traditional knowledge.

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Emerging Technologies to Conserve Biodiversity: Further Opportunities via Genomics. Response to Pimm et al.
Taylor HR, Gemmell NJ. Taylor HR, et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 Mar;31(3):171-172. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.01.002. Epub 2016 Jan 22. Trends Ecol Evol. 2016. PMID: 26810317 No abstract available.

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