A global community-sourced assessment of the state of conservation technology.

ABSTRACT: Conservation technology holds the potential to vastly increase conservationists' ability to understand and address critical environmental challenges, but systemic constraints appear to hamper its development and adoption. Understanding of these constraints and opportunities for advancement remains limited. We conducted a global online survey of 248 conservation technology users and developers to identify perceptions of existing tools' current performance and potential impact, user and developer constraints, and key opportunities for growth. We also conducted focus groups with 45 leading experts to triangulate findings. The technologies with the highest perceived potential were machine learning and computer vision, eDNA and genomics, and networked sensors. A total of 95%, 94%, and 92% respo

SUBMITTER: Speaker T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9303432 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature