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Sustainability job openings are on the rise. It’s never been a more exciting time to build a career in climate action. Over the past five years, the demand for “green skills” has grown 8% annually outpacing the supply of talent. A global survey from Salesforce found that although there’s a sustainability skills gap, there is a global workforce eager to get involved. Hear two leaders from the Salesforce Accelerator for Nature cohort share top job skills needed to solve urgent climate challenges. Featuring RFCx CEO, Bourhan Yassin, and Island Conservation’s Head of Innovation, David Will.
Read moreIt is possible to save all the remaining rainforests in the world when we connect three things: technology, imagination, and our love for the world. On Dr. Ulrich’s Conspiracy of Goodness Podcast, RFCx’s CEO Bourhan Yassin was interviewed explaining how Rainforest Connection has been working towards doing exactly that since 2014. Our founder discovered that we could use simple technology to detect and stop illegal logging, and in less than a decade, RFCx has expanded into using sound and machine learning to protect biodiversity in all kinds of places.
Read moreResearchers have shown how sounds recorded by low-cost microphones could be used to help track infectious disease risks in the rainforest and in other rapidly changing landscapes. The study—published in Trends in Parasitology and led by the University of Glasgow—discusses how listening to the sounds of an ecosystem can inform our understanding of factors that drive the spread of disease between animals and people.The findings are the result of a partnership between researchers from the University of Glasgow, Danau Girang Field Center in Malaysia and Rainforest Connection, an NGO which uses sound recording to monitor endangered species and send real-time alerts to prevent poaching and illegal logging in the rainforests.
Read moreAlongside Huawei & WWF Italy, this TECH4ALL project covering three ‘Oasis’ sites in Italy, aims to study biodiversity and protect natural habitats by preventing illegal activities such as poaching. Together we are enabling a comprehensive understanding of the biodiversity present, with ‘Guardian’ installation sites chosen to detect illegal activities and monitor biodiversity. To date, the Italy project has collected 272,452 recordings from 72 sites in our Arbimon platform.
Read moreAlongside Huawei, this TECH4ALL project in Mexico is working to protect biodiversity in Mexico’s Dzilam State Reserve in Yucatan. Dzilam State Reserve hosts a rich diversity of habitats and is home to some of Mexico’s endemic and threatened species. Due to human activities and climate change, the local ecosystem is in decline. The jaguar (Panthera onca) is perhaps the most famous species that occurs in the area — it is rare and near-threatened according to the IUCN. The goal is to increase the protection of this species, and others in the area. Read more about what we’re doing in this reserve and listen to species we’re monitoring right now like the Yucatan Woodpecker, Yucatan Jay, and Black-headed Trogen!
Read moreAlongside Huawei, this TECH4ALL project in Malaysia is working to protect biodiversity in Malaysia’s Sarawak Rainforest by preventing illegal logging and monitoring their wildlife to better inform conservation efforts. The Malaysia project currently has 874,256 recordings from 7 sites uploaded to Arbimon. The combination of manual validation and pattern matching models has detected 79 species (28 of them categorized as threatened in the IUCN Red List). Learn more about our work in this area and listen to species like the Red Throated-Barbet, the Black Hornbill, and the Bold-striped tit-babbler that are being monitored right now!
Read moreLate last year, 150 financial institutions responsible for $24 trillion worth of assets called on world leaders to adopt an ambitious framework to combat the world’s ongoing, massive extinction crisis. Some targets set at COP15 have been criticized as idealistic, but three startups are “starting the impossible” with one seed, whale, and rainforest at a time. Read about how Rainforest Connection is “starting the impossible” and how the job of protecting rainforests is necessary when addressing the 6th mass extinction.
Read moreThe preservation of rainforests is crucial to prevent climate change. However, illegal deforestation and wildfires threaten the most vulnerable areas of our planet. Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) is extending its collaboration with the NGO Rainforest Connection (RFCx). The partners pursue the common goal of monitoring the vulnerable regions of our earth with modern sensor technology. So that the monitoring technology can not only “hear” but “smell”, both partners are collaborating to equip a number of Guardian devices with Infineon’s XENSIV™ PAS CO2 sensor to increase the protection potential!
Read moreEni, an Italian multinational energy company, has signed four agreements with the Government of Rwanda to develop innovative joint initiatives in agriculture, protection of unique forest ecosystems, technology, and health. The company has also signed an agreement with the Rwanda Development Board and Rainforest Connection, to protect forests and generate carbon credits. The parties will test cutting-edge technologies in areas with high levels of biodiversity. Autonomous drones and acoustic sensors will be used in the experimentation. Using artificial intelligence algorithms, they will detect potential threats and respond to alarms with immediate targeted interventions.
Read moreRFCx joins forces with Huawei Italy and WWF Italy again to announce the second phase of a project that aims to investigate the impacts of various agricultural practices on the local biodiversity in 8 different oases. Intensive industrial agriculture is having devastating impacts on biodiversity: its various supply chains, in fact, would be responsible for almost 80% of global deforestation, would use 60% of the fresh water available to us for essential activities, and would contribute 23% of gas emissions that are altering the climate causing numerous catastrophic events to the detriment of the planet.
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