Satellites for Biodiversity Award

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"The Satellites for Biodiversity Award opens its fourth call, helping conservationists apply cutting-edge geospatial tools, including very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery, artificial intelligence (AI) and in-situ data to reveal critical details of our changing planet.

The combination of geospatial data and artificial intelligence is part of a rapidly growing field known as GeoAI, which is crucial for environmental decision-making, as well as informing global targets, policies and actions.

Run by the Connected Conservation Foundation and the Airbus Foundation, this award provides conservationists with access to Airbus’s state-of-the-art satellites, including AI-enhanced Pléiades Neo HD15 imagery, delivering sharper, artefact-free views.

Eligibility Criteria 

1. Global organisations or individuals who:

a) Are an individual, a research institution or a not-for-profit organisation;

b) Have a local implementing partner available to help validate with field-based insight and data;

c) Have experience using GeoSpatial data and Esri software or similar, either themselves or within the organisation’s partnerships;

d) Have adequate resources and expertise to conduct research and development activities;

e) Will make data available in line with the procedures and principles.

2. Proposals:

a) that combine very high-resolution (VHR) data, machine learning, traditional knowledge and community engagement to protect the planet’s most vulnerable species and ecosystems;

b) that integrate participation from local communities.

3. Grant focus areas:

a) the state of species abundance, distribution and extinction risks to threats from environmental, social or commercial pressures;

b) investigating introducing, spreading and managing invasive plant or animal species;

c) tracking and informing management practices and operations, especially within or near biodiversity-sensitive areas;

d) examining changes to “spatial configuration,” “structural connectivity,” and “functionality connectivity";

e) identifying and analysing the change in natural spaces to managed systems or built-up areas, as well as efforts to restore areas to their natural state. 

What you can win: 

• Access to Pléiades and Pléiades Neo satellite data, including HD15

$6,000 in funding;

• Complimentary ArcGIS Pro from ESRI for advanced mapping and analysis;

• Ongoing mentorship and technical support from CCF and Airbus geospatial experts;

• Publication of results in the Ecosystem Insight Hub.

This grant can help map habitats and biodiversity in fine detail, build better training data sets, track land-use change at scale, and guide actionable strategies for conflict hotspots, restoration, and ecosystem protection. 

Applications close at 23:59 on 19 December 2025."

For more information please visit 

https://connectedconservation.foundation/satellite-awards/ 

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