Conservation
Preserving biodiversity with GIS
Achieve sustainable conservation with the power of geography
Geospatial infrastructure for conservation
Following more than 50 years of continual software development, ArcGIS is the world's most comprehensive toolset for conservation professionals. Advanced conservation science reveals insights into complex environmental challenges to improve our understanding of the interdependencies of native species and human activity and advises strategies to mitigate threats presented by climate change and unmanaged development. ArcGIS equips conservation professionals with maps and apps optimized for common conservation workflows, underpinned with a vast collection of open and analysis-ready geospatial data to augment and enrich local and global biodiversity conservation efforts.
Conservation strategies
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Conservation technologies
ArcGIS provides a comprehensive set of technology solutions for efficient, science-backed conservation programs.
Observe
ArcGIS offers integrated mobile apps for planning, conducting, and analyzing field observations with integrated workforce management tools to take your mobile work to scale.
Organize
Manage vast datasets with ease in secure cloud or hybrid data stores to power real-time dashboards of conservation operations, enhanced with content from the vast ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.
Analyze
Discover new conservation dynamics through modeling our natural world with the most comprehensive and open set of analytical methods and spatial algorithms available.
Collaborate
Accelerate effective partnerships and public engagement with shared maps, apps, and stories to inform broad and transparent conservation initiatives working to address wicked problems.
Upcoming event
Join Esri conservation team members at the inaugural International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) Africa Protected Areas Congress, July 18–23, 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda. Discussions will focus on the role of protected areas in safeguarding Africa’s iconic wildlife, vital life-supporting ecosystem services, and sustainable development.
Learn ArcGIS
There are numerous pathways to build up your ArcGIS expertise. Learn ArcGIS Lessons are modular, self-paced training exercises that focus on specific conservation methods and technologies. For a more formal instructor-led experience, the Esri training team offers traditional virtual and in-person courses. Esri training consultants provide complimentary planning services to identify options that will best meet an organization's immediate, short-term, and long-term workforce training needs.
Esri Conservation Program
For more than three decades, the Esri Conservation Program has provided technology and training assistance to conservation professionals around the globe.
Connect with the Esri conservation team
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