What is Tech4Nature?

What is it?

Tech4Nature is a global partnership to scale up success in nature conservation through digital technology innovation. 

Created by IUCN and the Huawei TECH4ALL programme, Tech4Nature is designed as an open partnership to apply and promote digital solutions for fair and effective protected areas. 

Tech4Nature aims to enable more than 300 protected areas worldwide to evaluate their conservation success through the IUCN Green List Standard by 2023. 

This growing partnership will provide guidance on the appropriate use of technology in area-based conservation and directly involve the ICT industry sector in supporting nature conservation.

Tech4Nature Goal Timeline

3 Years

By 2021, the initial 3-year Huawei-IUCN Tech4Nature partnership of the TECH4ALL Initiative will enable more than 300 protected areas worldwide to assess and evaluate nature conservation success.

30+ Countries

300 Protected Areas

Support to protected areas that are committed to work to IUCN Green List Standards using Tech4Nature guidance.

By 2023, at least 300 protected areas participate in the Tech4Nature programme through using the IUCN Green List Standard.

3 Ecosystem Types

Marine, Forest, Mountain and Species

5 Flagship Countries

Implement a comprehensive support package through Tech4Nature to 5 flagship countries: China, Mauritius, Spain, Switzerland and Mexico.

1000 Global Experts

Global Events

IUCN World Conservation Congress, UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) and others

Validation

Provide support to selected protected areas to advance their effectiveness and use of Tech.

By 2023, at least 100 protected areas, including all flagship sites, will be evaluated for IUCN Green List certification through TECH4ALL Tech4Nature support and guidance

3 Years
30+ Countries
300 Protected Areas
3 Ecosystem Types
5 Flagship Countries
1000 Global Experts
Global Events
Validation

Provide support to improve management effectiveness of protected areas. Guide appropriate use of technology to solve conservation challenges.

Develop a unique ‘benchmarking tool’ that uses digital technology to track progress and improvements in protected areas. Better assessment, monitoring and stakeholder engagement processes using digital access and technology.

Evaluate at least 300 protected areas against the IUCN Green List Standard. Certify at least 100 of these protected areas.

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Case Study

Funding for conservation is not always guaranteed and the COVID-19 pandemic made things even harder. Many areas lost a great part of their budget and revenue, especially those relying on tourism income.

With the world’s first Digital Nature Collectible, we can offer a new road to income and extend the NFT market beyond art, games and music. With #NatureCollectibles, we want to provide sustainable funding and an innovative financing alternative for conservation work in protected and conserved areas.
By highlighting key values in these protected areas we emphasize the conservation role of each protected and conserved area, whilst also engaging our main audiences and beyond to be an active contributor to conservation efforts.

How to contribute

By buying an NFTC, you support a conservation actor and create conservation impact. In return, you will be the owner of a limited edition nature collectible which represents a living species in one of the IUCN Green List certified or candidate protected or conserved areas. Thus supporting the conservation work and to keep that species, its habitat and ecosystem fairly and effectively managed.

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A partnership for technology in nature conservation


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