Protect, restore, and manage with ArcGIS
Powering over 7,000 conservation organizations by uniting science, people, and place through geography
Fundación Rewilding Chile uses ArcGIS to turn field data into conservation action—pinpointing threats, reconnecting habitats, and restoring species across one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth.
From science to storytelling to fundraising, ArcGIS unifies your data, teams, and workflows to drive more effective conservation.
A global community of conservation GIS professionals
Esri’s conservation community is where you can share ideas, learn about nature-based solutions, and collaborate to solve problems with geographic information system (GIS) technology (GIS).
Explore how organizations apply ArcGIS to advance their biodiversity conservation missions.
Find answers to common questions about how ArcGIS supports biodiversity conservation—from science and planning to operations, communications, and collaboration.
Conservation technology includes the tools and systems used to understand, manage, and protect the natural world. Effective conservation depends on connecting science and people to place, to make informed decisions at the right scale. GIS supports this work by integrating data, analyzing patterns, and providing a shared view that helps teams plan, act, and measure impact.
Balancing conservation and development requires understanding how environmental, economic, and social systems are interconnected across a landscape. This matters because decisions in one place can have cascading impacts on ecosystems, communities, and long-term sustainability. GIS brings these dimensions together through geography, revealing patterns, relationships, and trade-offs so stakeholders can make more informed, transparent decisions about how land is used.
Protected areas management depends on coordinating field activities, monitoring ecosystems, and rapidly responding to threats. Effective protection of conserved areas and biodiversity requires timely, data-driven action across large and often remote landscapes. GIS powers this work by enabling offline field data collection, tracking changes in real time, and supporting decisions that strengthen biodiversity protection.
Community conservation brings together local knowledge, partners, and shared goals to protect nature at scale. Lasting conservation outcomes depend on collaboration across organizations, communities, and geographies. GIS supports this by providing a common platform to share data, coordinate efforts, and track impact across multiple projects and partners.
Conservation communication is essential for building awareness, trust, and support for conservation missions. Stakeholders and funders need clear, credible information to stay engaged and invested over time. GIS makes impact easier to understand by turning data into maps, dashboards, and stories that show progress in a way people can see and relate to.
For more than three decades, the Esri Conservation Program has provided technology and training assistance to conservation professionals around the globe.
