The expanding human footprint, coupled with the growing threat of climate change, is placing immense pressure on biodiversity conservation and long-term management plans. As global biodiversity continues to decline, it is essential to effectively manage and safeguard designated protected areas. ArcGIS conservation solutions are designed through extensive engagement with leading protected area management organizations. These solutions offer powerful operational capabilities, dramatically reduce training and implementation costs, and support informed and timely conservation land management decisions.
Conservation solutions for protected areas
Track illegal activity
Monitor wildlife
Mitigate wildlife conflicts
Maintain park infrastructure
Track illegal activity
Many protected areas face pressure from illegal activities including poaching, encroachment, and deforestation. Conservation solutions streamline the collection of field observations and provide a digital chain of custody for law enforcement actions informing real-time monitoring dashboards to support timely decision-making.
Monitor wildlife
Location-enabled wildlife field observations help protected area managers evaluate the effectiveness of management actions. Monitor trends derived from field information through spatial analysis to inform and evaluate protected area management strategies. Conservation solutions enable a data-driven approach to wildlife management in protected areas.
Mitigate wildlife conflicts
Protected area management occurs within a complex tapestry of human-populated and wild landscapes. Historic encroachment into natural areas and corridors and, in rare cases, recovery of predator populations has led to increasing instances of human-wildlife conflict in local communities. Conservation solutions support the collection and monitoring of incidents adjacent to the protected area and support planning and actions to reduce conflict.
Maintain park infrastructure
Conservation land management involves protecting natural areas while providing both basic infrastructure for visitors and recreation opportunities within national parks. Conservation solutions support planning of infrastructure projects, maintenance programs, and the efficient management of staff and resources essential to protected area management operations.
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User story
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Open Space Institute (OSI) implemented ArcGIS Online to improve access to geographic data that traditional methods made cumbersome and time-consuming.
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Helping Africa’s people and wildlife coexist
The African People & Wildlife team uses ArcGIS to reduce human-wildlife conflict and monitor natural resources in Tanzania.
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Born free
Location intelligence helps Born Free Foundation see the sum of the organization's activities, plan actions, and record positive conservation results.
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Chengeta Wildlife wields GIS to fight poachers
Chengeta Wildlife ranger teams are finding new ways to approach threats to human and wildlife sustainability.
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Hollywood tricks and location tech catch poachers
Researchers deployed many techniques to understand the illicit trade in sea turtle eggs.
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Preserving Tanzania's vast biodiversity
The Tanzania National Parks GIS unit uses geospatial technology to manage the country’s 22 national parks.
For more than three decades, the Esri Conservation Program has provided technology and training assistance to conservation professionals around the globe.