Open Sustainable Technology

A curated list of open technology projects to sustain a stable climate, energy supply, biodiversity and natural resources.

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TrapTagger

AI-Powered Camera-Trap Imagery Processing.

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Biosphere - Terrestrial Animals - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 4.7

wdpar

R Interface to the World Database on Protected Areas.

biodiversity conservation cran data database protected-areas r r-package rstats spatial

Biosphere - Conservation and Restoration - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 10.4

Resilience Atlas

An interactive analytical tool for building understanding of the extent and severity of some of the key stressors and shocks that are affecting rural livelihoods, production systems, and ecosystems in the Sahel, Horn of Africa and South and Southeast Asia.

bigdata climate-change conservation resilience sustainability

Consumption - Agriculture and Nutrition - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: -Infinity

Annotation Interface for Data-driven Ecology

Tools for detecting wildlife in aerial images using active learning.

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Biosphere - Terrestrial Animals - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 8.1

mobr

Tools for analyzing changes in biodiversity across scales.

biodiversity conservation ecology rarefaction species statistics

Biosphere - Biodiversity and Species Distribution - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 5.8

rredlist

An R client for the IUCN Red List of threatened and endangered species.

api-wrapper biodiversity conservation iucn iucn-red-list r r-package rstats taxize

Biosphere - Biodiversity and Species Distribution - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 5.3

IUCNN

Environmental data and existing IUCN Red List assessments to predict the conservation status of "Not Evaluated" species, for any taxon or geographic region of interest.

conservation conservation-prioritization deep-learning machine-learning tensorflow

Biosphere - Biodiversity and Species Distribution - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 5.3

PYFOREST

Informing Forest Conservation Regulations in Paraguay.

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Biosphere - Forest Observation and Management - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 2.1

EcoAssist

An open-source application designed to streamline the work of ecologists dealing with camera trap images.

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Biosphere - Terrestrial Animals - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 6.9

Trends.Earth

A QGIS plugin that supports monitoring of land change, including changes in productivity, land cover, and soil organic carbon.

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Natural Resources - Soil and Land - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 8.6

spatialEco

R package for spatial analysis and modelling of ecological systems.

biodiversity conservation cran ecology r r-package r-spatial raster spatial vector

Biosphere - Biodiversity and Species Distribution - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 13.7

MegaDetector

Deep learning tools that accelerate the review of motion-triggered wildlife camera images.

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Biosphere - Terrestrial Animals - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 18.3

Wildbook

Blends structured wildlife research with artificial intelligence, citizen science, and computer vision to speed population analysis and develop new insights to help fight extinction.

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Biosphere - Biodiversity and Species Distribution - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 9.3

prioritizr

Uses mixed integer linear programming techniques to provide a flexible interface for building and solving conservation planning problems.

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Biosphere - Conservation and Restoration - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 14.4

earthlib

Contains several thousand unique spectral endmembers representing green vegetation, soil, non-photosynthetic vegetation, urban materials, and burned materials.

conservation earth-engine ecology remote-sensing spectral-unmixing

Natural Resources - Soil and Land - Last synced: 11 May 2024 - Ranking: 4.1