| ID | 127928 |
| Title Proper | Networking nature |
| Other Title Information | how technology is transforming conservation |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hoekstra, Jon |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Conservation is for the first time beginning to operate at the pace and on the scale necessary to keep up with, and even get ahead of, the planet's most intractable environmental challenges. New technologies have given conservationists abilities that would have seemed like super powers just a few years ago. We can now monitor entire ecosystems -- think of the Amazon rainforest -- in nearly real time, using remote sensors to map their three-dimensional structures; satellite communications to follow elusive creatures, such as the jaguar and the puma; and smartphones to report illegal logging. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 93, No.2; Mar-Apr 2014: p.80-89 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol. 93, No.2; Mar-Apr 2014: p.80-89 |
| Key Words | Conservation ; Environmental Challenges ; New Technologies ; Super Power ; Satellite Communication ; Cell Phone ; Employment |