Are you and/or your team exploring remote sensing in biodiversity monitoring? Are you researching new ways to harness the potential of a new generation of satellites to preserve some of the most majestic species? If the answer is yes, then apply for the Satellites for Biodiversity Award.
Donor Name: Connected Conservation Foundation
Country: Global
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline: 02/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
The Connected Conservation Foundation and The Airbus Foundation are inviting individuals and not-for-profit organisations to apply to a new grant programme. Satellites for Biodiversity Award aims to support conservation projects where high-resolution satellite imagery can provide solutions to help protect and restore wildlife populations and their habitats.
The abundance of life on Earth is being driven to extinction. In its most comprehensive finding to date, WWF’s Living Planet Report 2022, shows an average 69% decline in wildlife populations around the world. The natural ecosystems that sustain biodiversity are fragile and under threat.
What can this enable?
- Access to Earth Observation imagery is growing, alongside increasing coverage, image resolution and frequency of acquisition. Supporting organisations are keen to explore the species and situations where these exciting technologies can accelerate conservation efforts.
- Proposed solutions could include: wildlife monitoring of colonies and groups of species in hard-to-reach areas, mapping wildlife habitats, supporting protected areas for sustainable management of resources, understanding migration routes and changing human settlements to help improve human and wildlife coexistence.
What will winning participants receive?
- A tasking budget to use Pléiades Neo 30cm (up to 1,000km2) and Pléiades 50cm Data (up to 2,000km2). These Km2 ranges are guidelines and proposals over this will still be considered.
- A maximum of $5,000 USD
- Access to Airbus’ Image Archive Library on request
- Support, resources and guidance from Connected Conservation Foundation & Airbus Foundation
- Esri software, along with a pipeline of AI models, to extend the creation, analysis, and sharing of spatial data
Eligibility Criteria
They encourage broad participation and applications from global not-for-profit organisations or individuals who:
- Have a local partner 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 in line with the procedures and principles
For more information, visit Connected Conservation Foundation.
