save the endangered species || ActInSpace Challenges

Imagine new ways to effectively protect animals leveraging satellite data

FROM SPACE

CLS & KINEIS will provide key KINEIS (space-based IoT) data and/or DevKit, on top of Copernicus EO data, to stimulate ideas for efficient use of space data for helping protect endangered species.
KINEIS IoT is offering unique capabilities to collect, via satellites, data for wildlife: tags can be attached to animals to get their position as well as key health data (temperature, motion, heart beat… ). Kineis Iot can also be used to monitor remote sites: weather stations for meteorological data, water level and quality or detection of trespassers in remote areas.
In addition, EO data offer a complementary global monitoring of all remote areas. Satellite images provide data on land use (forests, vegetation, presence of water, etc..), vehicle tracks detection, etc…
And AI/ML based processing of these data sets can transform these raw data in meaningful and actionable information.

TO THE CHALLENGE

We invite you to leverage space data to help save endangered species. The list is long: from gorillas in Congo (less than 1000) to rhinos in Java (less than 100), elephants in Sumatra (less than 2000) or tigers in Sumatra (less than 1000)…. Many animals are on the verge of extinction, in the wild or even in protected areas, and drastic action sis required to protect them.
The challenges is clear: imagine how space technology can be used to efficiently protect the animals, turning space data into actionable information to better protect them. The focus should be made on how space can effectively help in this matter with positive actions to save animals.
Monitoring is no longer enough and it is time to act: at CLS/Kinéis, we believe space can help!