🚀Exciting news for #NationalSpaceWeek! Apply for Round 2 of our Satellites for Biodiversity Award in partnership with Airbus Foundation. 🛰️ Access to Airbus Pléiades & Pléiades Neo satellites 💰 $6,000 USD 💻 ESRI software Apply by Dec 15, 2023 ⬇️ connectedconservation.foundation/grant-awards

We are excited to be at the EarthRanger User Conference #ERUC23 🇿🇦 🚨🚨Join us today on Day 1 for our session on #SMART: Global Collaboration as a Catalyst for Conservation, 14:00-15:00 at the Courtyard Suite. 🚨🚨

STARTING NOW! #SMART: Global Collaboration as a Catalyst for Conservation 14:00-15:00 at the Courtyard Suite #tech4wildlife #ERUC23

🚨 SMART SESSION TODAY🚨 Come join our speakers from different conservation sectors to discuss: Empowering Conservation - SMART Applications for Safeguarding Wildlife and Beyond PART 1: 13:00-13:45 at the Marine Suite PART 2: 14:00-15:00 at the Courtyard Suite #ERUC23 #SMART

STARTING NOW! Empowering Conservation - SMART Applications for Safeguarding Wildlife and Beyond NOTE: Part 1 & 2: 13:00-13:45 at the Marine Suite #ERUC23 #tech4wildlife #SMART

STARTING NOW! Using SMART, EarthRanger, and Integrated Tech for Conservation, 14:00-15:00 at the Marine Suite #ERUC23 #SMART #tech4wildlife

STARTING NOW! SMART Profiles: How We Use Them and What Are the Benefits, 15:30-16:20 at the Captain’s Lounge, with speaker Debby Thomson, Director and Senior Analyst, C-DASS

This week, a group of SMART users in Tanzania received training in SMART Profiles, SMART planning tools, quality assurance, and planning routes. We are excited to see the development of SMART across Tanzania, both in marine & terrestrial use. 📸: A. J. Lynam/ WCS Tanzania 🇹🇿

Exciting opportunity to work with a global team of committed conservationists! We are hiring a SMART Partnership Program Director - a position integral to the success of the SMART Partnership and the implementation of SMART globally. How to Apply: rewild.org/the-smart-part…

#TBT to last month, when the SMART Partnership hosted the 1st ever SMART Global Congress #SGC24. We thank all who made the journey to Namibia to attended, & the host country for the wonderful hospitality. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for the recordings of the SGC24 sessions.

The SMART Partnership is excited to announce that our new online learning platform is now live: smart.campusuci2.com We will host a webinar this Thursday, 8 August, 13:00-14:00 (UTC+1) to introduce the learning platform. Register to join the webinar: tinyurl.com/bdv93sjp

World Ranger Congress: James Slade, Chair of SMART Capacity Council, led a session on how tools like SMART & @earthrangertech can help rangers in their critical work. Dr Drew Cronin, Chair of SMART Tech Council captured the insights & feedback of Rangers

@irf_world_ranger_con, Peeranuch Dulkul Kappelle, Dept of National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conservation, Thailand, showed SMART is used in 213 proteced areas in Thailand & a program of SMART training is being offered to Thai rangers. We are proud to support Thai conservation.

Namibian rangers and SMART users and trainees enjoying a field trip to Port Cros, France with Dr Drew Cronin @nczoo and the @irf_world_ranger_congress #IRF #smartcnsvtools #conservation #conservationtechnology #worldrangercongress #smartnamibia

Congratulations to SMART's very own Rohit Singh Director, Wildlife Enforcement & Zero Poaching, WWF & SMART steering committee member on becoming the Vice President of the International Ranger Federation #smartcnsvtools #IRF #worldrangercongress #WRC2024 #Rangers

Our Award grantees leverage satellite data and funding to transform conservation efforts - from fostering community engagement, transforming sustainable land-use practices + shaping policy. Inspired? Apply for round 3 now 🛰️connectedconservation.foundation/grant-awards/

What technologies are you using or building for nature, and how are they working for you? Contribute to our 5-year trends report on the State of Conservation Technology by taking the 2024 survey today: colostate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8f… (1/3)

Check out our latest case study on our webpage - "Snapshot of the WildCAT Botswana Trust - SMART Use". The case study describes the HWC in the northern and central Botswana region, & the initiative taken by WildCAT Botswana Trust to combat these challenges.

💰The WILDLABS Awards are back for 2025, and applications are open! Learn more about the 15 grants available, ranging from $10,000 to $50,000: wildlabs.net/awards (1/2)

🎧New WCS Wild Audio episode - Protecting the Protectors🌍 Rangers risk their lives to defend nature. How can we keep them safe? This episode explores how IRF & Universal Ranger Support Alliance provide the support frontline heroes need, & how SMART is part of that toolbox.