awesome-conservation-tech

Conservation tech hub

An curated list of technologies and organizations focused on conservation and natural resource management

An awesome list of tech and orgs helping to understand and conserve our natural resources

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Awesome ConservationTech / Animal Tracking
BirdPy 6 almost 9 years ago Test bioacoustic technology for biodiversity monitoring, specifically geared toward birdlife in Kenya
Mataki Open, reconfigurable, flexible, wirelessly-enabled, low-cost tracking technology
Ornithokrites 51 over 9 years ago Automatic identification of kiwi calls from audio recordings
Pamguard Detection, classification, and localisation of marine mammals
Quail Ridge Automated Animal Tracking 4 over 8 years ago Tracking system used in Quail Ridge Reserve in Napa County, California

Awesome ConservationTech / Biodiversity
Atlas of Living Australia
BirdVis 5 over 10 years ago Interactive visualization system that supports the analysis of spatio-temporal bird distribution models
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology World’s largest natural sound archive. Digitized bird calls
Map of Life Explore species' range map and occurrence data
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Data
SMART Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool for monitoring anti-poaching operations
Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas Collects and disseminates data needed to make informed recommendations regarding Vermont’s reptiles and amphibians

Awesome ConservationTech / Climate
Apache Open Climate Workbench 139 about 4 years ago
Clifro 27 over 1 year ago Easily download and visualise climate data from New Zealand's National Climate Database
Code for Resilience Catalyzing software and hardware innovations that improve communities' ability to address challenges around natural disasters

Awesome ConservationTech / Energy
Energywise 77 over 9 years ago Energy analytics tool to make commercial building more energy efficient
Green Button 51 5 months ago Secure way to get your energy usage information electronically
OpenORE Site for sharing offshore renewable energy (ORE) code, models, projects, data, media, etc
VOLTTRON 460 12 days ago Distributed energy control system for intelligently coordinating energy demand
WattTime Syncs electricity usage with clean energy sources

Awesome ConservationTech / Government GitHub / United Kingdom
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

Awesome ConservationTech / Government GitHub / United States
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)

Awesome ConservationTech / Government GitHub / United States / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
NOAA Fisheries National Marine Mammal Lab (NMML)
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)

Awesome ConservationTech / Government GitHub / United States
National Park Service (NPS)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Awesome ConservationTech / Hardware
AirCasting Allows collection, display, and sharing of health and environmental data using a smartphone
AirPi 351 about 7 years ago A Raspberry Pi weather station and air quality monitor
Air Quality Egg Community-led air quality sensing network
Conservation Drones Share knowledge of building and using low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles for conservation-related applications
GreenSTEM Network Connects students to the environment by monitoring and mining data using low-cost, DIY sensor kits and open source code
Open Energy Monitor Open-source energy monitoring tools
YoMo Metering Board YoMo (You only meter once) metering unit, designed for industry and researchers to create new energy system applications

Awesome ConservationTech / Organization GitHub
Conservation Biology Informatics Group
Conservation Hackathon Tackling conservation challenges through technology events
Changing Weathers Networked responses to geophysical, geopolitical and technological shifts across Europe
Data Science for Social Good (DSSG)
Digital Naturalism Investigates the role that Digital Media can play in Biological Field Work
EcoTrust
iNaturalist Global online social network of naturalists
iPlant Collaborative Cyberinfrastructure for life sciences research
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) Research center of the University of California, Santa Barbara
Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden, the Netherlands based biodiversity center
Nerds for Nature San Francisco Bay Area group bringing together nature and tech
Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center Wind, wave, & tidal energy research & development
Public Lab A community for DIY environmental investigation
Rainforest Connection Protecting rainforests with real-time data on illegal deforestation
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) Executive agency of the UN Environment Programme, based in Cambridge, UK
Zooniverse People-powered research with a number of conservation-focused applications

Awesome ConservationTech / Sustainability
Global Fishing Watch Technology Illuminating the World's Fishing Fleet
Global Forest Watch (GFW) 274 7 days ago Online forest monitoring and alert system for better management of forests
Global Institute of Sustainability Arizona State University Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
New California Water Atlas Makes data about California water resources more open and transparent
Open Foris Free open-source solutions for environmental monitoring

Awesome ConservationTech / Trails
New Zealand Great Walks app
Open Trail Data

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