Webinar: Tech-Driven Biodiversity

Join the CIFAR Alliance ‘Brown Bag’ webinar organised in collaboration with the GSMA on Thursday, 20 June 2024. We will be exploring the critical role of mobile and digital technologies in addressing biodiversity loss and its impacts on ecosystems and human well-being, especially in low- and middle-income countries. 

Drawing insights from the GSMA’s recent publication, “The Nature Tech Nexus: Bridging Biodiversity and Business” the Brown Bag will highlight how biodiversity loss poses significant threats to various sectors and how the GSMA’s ClimateTech programme is enabling Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to develop sustainable business models and implement biodiversity action.

• Date and time : 20 June 09:00 EST / 14:00 BST
• Topic: Tech-Driven Biodiversity: From forests to farms sustainable solutions in Action
• Location: Online
• Register: Use the link below and register today

During the session, you will hear from innovative start-up companies that are leveraging technology for biodiversity conservation and sustainable practices:

• Monsoon Tea Company (Thailand) – Improving forest biodiversity by growing tea in the forest, and developing a mobile biodiversity traceability app for empowering farmers and ensuring end-to-end product traceability.
• J-Palm (Liberia) – Transforming the sustainability of wild palm oil harvesting by providing local harvesters with ecological information and using blockchain technology for improved traceability.
• BENAA (Egypt) – Utilising IoT solutions to support water resource management by helping smallholder farmers convert wastewater into irrigation water.