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Researchers for The Nature Conservancy developed a GIS tool for examining biodiversity, the movement of species, and the health of landscapes. They found that areas resilient to climate change formed an interconnected web. This finding is leading to a shift in the paradigm of large landscape conservation.\r\n\r\nSimilarly, mobile GIS apps supported on the cloud are tracking raptor populations. These birds are valuable indicators of environmental health that warn when vital earth support systems are threatened. The African Raptor Databank (ARDB) was developed to track the well-being of eagles, hawks, vultures, and other birds of prey.\r\n\r\nGIS lets us also see where change is needed by identifying threats to societal well-being. The pandemic and accompanying social unrest of the last year has highlighted threats to basic needs such as food and shelter and obstacles that limit opportunities for education and employment. Through viewing these challenges in all their complexity using GIS, we can better understand how to work together to improve these situations, whether it is delivering food to neighbors more efficiently or providing more equitable access to broadband internet to make sure students don\u2019t fall behind in their schoolwork."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Center","content":"<strong>FOCUS<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/digital-inequities\/\">Online Schooling Prompts Municipalities to Map Digital Inequities<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/feedingamerica\/\">A Growing Hunger<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/taking-a-data-driven-approach-to-affordable-housing\/\">Taking a Data-Driven Approach to Affordable Housing<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>SPECIAL<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/scag\/\">Regional Data Platform Strengthens Collaboration and Cooperation<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>ENDNOTES<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/helping-safeguard-threatened-raptors-worldwide\/\">Helping Safeguard Threatened Raptors Worldwide<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>SOFTWARE AND DATA<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/arcgis-pro-2-7\/\">ArcGIS Pro 2.7 Enhances Data Capture, Use, Analysis, and Management<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/deep-learning-models\/\">Ready-to-Use Geospatial Deep Learning Models<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/a-happy-collaboration-between-arcgis-pro-and-r\/\">A Happy Collaboration between ArcGIS Pro and R<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/forest\/\">Seeing the Random Forest in Decision Trees<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/briefly-noted-15\/\">Briefly Noted<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>FEATURE<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/resilient-biodiversity\/\">Conserving a Network of Climate-Resilient Lands<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/submarine-cable\/\">Interactive Map Depicts Global Submarine Networks<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>MANAGER\u2019S CORNER<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/a-better-way-to-quickly-deploy-arcgis-solutions\/\">A Better Way to Quickly Deploy ArcGIS Solutions<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/management-improved-by-understanding\/\">Management Improved by Understanding<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>DEVELOPER\u2019S SECTION<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a 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Public<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/ready-to-use-us-census-data-layers\/\">Ready-to-Use US Census Data Layers<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>BOOKSHELF<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/spatial-analysis\/\">The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics, Second Editio<\/a>n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/spatial-analysis\/\">Understanding Crime: Analyzing the Geography of Crime<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>FACES OF GIS<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/gis-day-2021\/\">Virtual GIS Day Events Are a Hit<\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>EDUCATION<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/a-foundation-for-problem-solving\/\">A Foundation for Problem-Solving<\/a>","snippet":""}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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