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2025 Geospatial Annual Report

Our seventh edition focuses on innovation in science and technology.

| Arlington, Virginia May 25, 2025

A mosaic of small images captured with a camera trap are arrayed around a large primary photo of a mountain lion.
Technology at Work A mountain lion and other animals are captured in camera trap images taken at California's Dangermond Preserve. © John Stuelpnagel; mosaic created with AndreaMosaic

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  • Zach Ferdaña
    Director, Conservation & Geospatial Systems
    The Nature Conservancy
    Email: zferdana@tnc.org

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The Nature Conservancy is pleased to present its seventh edition geospatial annual report: Geospatial Conservation at The Nature Conservancy: Innovation in Science and Technology. Every year The Nature Conservancy (TNC) compiles conservation technology stories across the organization that highlight our geospatial science.

Geospatial technology—the combined disciplines of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Earth observation (EO), including remote sensing, as well as more recent developments in machine learning and generative AI—continue to inform TNC’s conservation science and planning strategies. In this edition, we provide innovative examples where geospatial technology is advancing our conservation science. Highlights include:

  • A foreword and introduction from TNC’s technology and geospatial leadership
  • How we’re using cloud-native technologies to advance our science
  • Innovative technology stories from around the U.S. and Africa including bioacoustics and camera traps, drones for mapping and land management, and cutting edge fisheries management
  • Results from our annual survey that reached more than 2,000 staff members
  • A foldout section on forecasting global human modification
  • A cartography story on Indigenous fire management in Australia 

"Together, through science, technology and collaboration, we can deliver outcomes that matter, at the scale and speed this moment requires."

Teal Wyckoff, Associate Director, Geospatial Services, The Nature Conservancy & Ryan Abernathey, Co-founder & CEO, Earthmover

 

See more of our geospatial conservation portfolio in our Geospatial Conservation Atlas.

We hope you will find this edition inspiring as we continue to drive toward meeting our 2030 conservation goals and beyond.

 

The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at an unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more resilient. The Nature Conservancy is working to make a lasting difference around the world in 83 countries and territories (39 by direct conservation impact and 44 through partners) through a collaborative approach that engages local communities, governments, the private sector, and other partners. For more news, visit our newsroom or follow The Nature Conservancy on LinkedIn.