Measuring Biodiversity at Scale
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location:
230C
Don’t worry, you don’t have to hand-count every beetle in the world.
One of the biggest challenges to protecting biodiversity is measuring it. Animals are elusive and hard to capture, landscapes are constantly changing and we’ve barely explored the ocean’s depths. Luckily, emerging technologies are unlocking new ways to find, identify and measure biodiversity. Meet the innovators working on the latest and greatest nature tech on regional and global scales — including AI, eDNA and networked sensors.