Deadline: 18-Dec-2024

The Connected Conservation Foundation is thrilled to announce its Satellites for Biodiversity Award’s third round (R3), in collaboration with the Airbus Foundation.

The Foundation invites individuals and not-for-profit organisations to submit proposals that use high-resolution (HR) satellite data, combined with the power of machine learning, to monitor and protect the Earth’s vulnerable creatures, habitats and environments.

Themes

• State of Species: Projects focusing on the state of species abundance, distribution and extinction risks in relation to threats from environmental, social or commercial pressures. These projects assess threat level (IUCN Red List threat level), population sizes and extinction drivers including, changes in habitat area and quality.
• Invasive Species: Projects investigating the introduction, spread and management of invasive plant or animal species.
• Ecosystem Management: Projects that track and inform management practices and operations, especially within or near biodiversity-sensitive areas. Including early-warning solutions that enable response to mitigate conservation issues.
• Ecosystem Connectivity: Projects examining changes to “spatial configuration,” “structural connectivity,” and “functionality connectivity” – focusing on maintaining or enhancing the physical, biological and ecological linkages within and between ecosystems.
• Ecosystem Conversion and Restoration: Projects identifying and analysing the change in natural spaces to managed systems or built-up areas, as well as efforts to restore areas to their natural state.

Funding Information

• 3 winners will receive:
  • Access to Airbus’s Pléiades and Pléiades Neo (15, 30 and 50cm) satellite imagery
  • $6,000 in funding and ongoing technical support
  • ArcGIS Pro from ESRI

Eligibility Criteria

• They encourage broad participation and applications from global not-for-profit organisations or individuals who:
  • Have a local partner(s) available to help validate field-based insight and data.
  • Have experience using GeoSpatial data and Esri software (or similar) either themselves or within the organisation’s partnerships.
  • Have adequate resources and expertise to conduct research and development activities.
  • Are willing to make data available per the procedures and principles (see T&Cs).
  • Is an individual, research institution or not-for-profit organisation. Commercial for-profit companies will not be awarded.

For more information, visit Connected Conservation Foundation.