Connected Conservation Foundation
@connectedcons.bsky.social
Helping secure and sustain proven digital infrastructure and cutting-edge technology to stop nature loss and build resilient ecosystems and communities.
Tech skills + local talent + hands-on training = the digital workforce conservation needs. 🌿
Our Protected Area Technician Program, with partners, is keeping nature-positive data flowing: connectedconservation.foundation/news/scaling...
Our Protected Area Technician Program, with partners, is keeping nature-positive data flowing: connectedconservation.foundation/news/scaling...
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tech skills + local talent + hands-on training = the digital workforce conservation needs. 🌿
Our Protected Area Technician Program, with partners, is keeping nature-positive data flowing: connectedconservation.foundation/news/scaling...
Our Protected Area Technician Program, with partners, is keeping nature-positive data flowing: connectedconservation.foundation/news/scaling...
Huge thanks to the #ACTCon team for a pivotal week marking a new chapter in Conservation Tech! Honoured to join panels, showcase our Technician Training, and witness #SMARTCnsvTools + @earthrangertech.bsky.social unite as SERCA 🤝. The future is an integrated digital ecosystem for nature🌍
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Huge thanks to the #ACTCon team for a pivotal week marking a new chapter in Conservation Tech! Honoured to join panels, showcase our Technician Training, and witness #SMARTCnsvTools + @earthrangertech.bsky.social unite as SERCA 🤝. The future is an integrated digital ecosystem for nature🌍
We’ve launched the IoT Assistant — an AI-powered decision-support tool that helps conservationists and field practitioners select the most effective IoT sensors.
Backed by real-world reviews from practitioners, the tool covers 130+ sensors ⬇️
connectedconservation.foundation/news/introdu...
Backed by real-world reviews from practitioners, the tool covers 130+ sensors ⬇️
connectedconservation.foundation/news/introdu...
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We’ve launched the IoT Assistant — an AI-powered decision-support tool that helps conservationists and field practitioners select the most effective IoT sensors.
Backed by real-world reviews from practitioners, the tool covers 130+ sensors ⬇️
connectedconservation.foundation/news/introdu...
Backed by real-world reviews from practitioners, the tool covers 130+ sensors ⬇️
connectedconservation.foundation/news/introdu...
🛰️ Need high-res satellite imagery to boost your field, community & AI data?
Apply for the Satellites for Biodiversity Award — funding projects protecting species & ecosystems worldwide.
WIN: $6K | Airbus Pléiades imagery | Mentorship
⏰19 Dec 2025
connectedconservation.foundation/satellite-aw...
Apply for the Satellites for Biodiversity Award — funding projects protecting species & ecosystems worldwide.
WIN: $6K | Airbus Pléiades imagery | Mentorship
⏰19 Dec 2025
connectedconservation.foundation/satellite-aw...
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🛰️ Need high-res satellite imagery to boost your field, community & AI data?
Apply for the Satellites for Biodiversity Award — funding projects protecting species & ecosystems worldwide.
WIN: $6K | Airbus Pléiades imagery | Mentorship
⏰19 Dec 2025
connectedconservation.foundation/satellite-aw...
Apply for the Satellites for Biodiversity Award — funding projects protecting species & ecosystems worldwide.
WIN: $6K | Airbus Pléiades imagery | Mentorship
⏰19 Dec 2025
connectedconservation.foundation/satellite-aw...
Proud to be featured in the new IUCN & PANORAMA Solutions #NatureTech report! 🌍Together with incredible partners, we’re using connected IoT networks to power conservation — from rhino protection to drought monitoring across Africa.
panorama.solutions/sites/defaul...
panorama.solutions/sites/defaul...
October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Proud to be featured in the new IUCN & PANORAMA Solutions #NatureTech report! 🌍Together with incredible partners, we’re using connected IoT networks to power conservation — from rhino protection to drought monitoring across Africa.
panorama.solutions/sites/defaul...
panorama.solutions/sites/defaul...
We’re honoured that the Connected Conservation Foundation is shortlisted for IUCN's #Tech4Nature Award (Species Conservation) 🦏🦁 Huge thanks to our partners, communities & tech teams who protect wildlife daily.
Congrats to all the inspiring finalists > blog.huawei.com/en/post/2025...
Congrats to all the inspiring finalists > blog.huawei.com/en/post/2025...
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We’re honoured that the Connected Conservation Foundation is shortlisted for IUCN's #Tech4Nature Award (Species Conservation) 🦏🦁 Huge thanks to our partners, communities & tech teams who protect wildlife daily.
Congrats to all the inspiring finalists > blog.huawei.com/en/post/2025...
Congrats to all the inspiring finalists > blog.huawei.com/en/post/2025...
Our team joined the @earthrangertech.bsky.social conferences in Uganda & South Africa — connecting with conservation professionals & sharing updates on our training and scholarships. Apply for free conservation tech training here: connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Our team joined the @earthrangertech.bsky.social conferences in Uganda & South Africa — connecting with conservation professionals & sharing updates on our training and scholarships. Apply for free conservation tech training here: connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
🛰️ Satellites for Biodiversity Award, Round 4 is open!
Win: VHR satellite data (incl HD15), $6K, Esri ArcGIS Pro and CCF & Airbus mentorship.
We're seeking bold projects on species, invasives, ecosystems & restoration.
Apply by 19 Dec
connectedconservation.foundation/satellite-aw...
Win: VHR satellite data (incl HD15), $6K, Esri ArcGIS Pro and CCF & Airbus mentorship.
We're seeking bold projects on species, invasives, ecosystems & restoration.
Apply by 19 Dec
connectedconservation.foundation/satellite-aw...
September 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🛰️ Satellites for Biodiversity Award, Round 4 is open!
Win: VHR satellite data (incl HD15), $6K, Esri ArcGIS Pro and CCF & Airbus mentorship.
We're seeking bold projects on species, invasives, ecosystems & restoration.
Apply by 19 Dec
connectedconservation.foundation/satellite-aw...
Win: VHR satellite data (incl HD15), $6K, Esri ArcGIS Pro and CCF & Airbus mentorship.
We're seeking bold projects on species, invasives, ecosystems & restoration.
Apply by 19 Dec
connectedconservation.foundation/satellite-aw...
🎉 Connected Conservation is 10! 🎉
Read our special Annual Review 24-25.
In a decade, with extraordinary partners, we’ve:
✅ Catalysed $13M for tech in conservation
✅ Strengthened Protected 40+ species
✅ Now powering the next generation with tech + ed.
connectedconservation.foundation/news/annual-...
Read our special Annual Review 24-25.
In a decade, with extraordinary partners, we’ve:
✅ Catalysed $13M for tech in conservation
✅ Strengthened Protected 40+ species
✅ Now powering the next generation with tech + ed.
connectedconservation.foundation/news/annual-...
September 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🎉 Connected Conservation is 10! 🎉
Read our special Annual Review 24-25.
In a decade, with extraordinary partners, we’ve:
✅ Catalysed $13M for tech in conservation
✅ Strengthened Protected 40+ species
✅ Now powering the next generation with tech + ed.
connectedconservation.foundation/news/annual-...
Read our special Annual Review 24-25.
In a decade, with extraordinary partners, we’ve:
✅ Catalysed $13M for tech in conservation
✅ Strengthened Protected 40+ species
✅ Now powering the next generation with tech + ed.
connectedconservation.foundation/news/annual-...
#Tech4Nature 2025 Innovation Challenge Workshop: AI and IoT for Real-Time Conservation Impact
Join our @sophie-maxwell.bsky.social, in shaping how tech transforms conservation in a free, solutions-focused workshop
📅 20 Aug
🕒 14:30-17:30 GMT+1
🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0e3312...
Join our @sophie-maxwell.bsky.social, in shaping how tech transforms conservation in a free, solutions-focused workshop
📅 20 Aug
🕒 14:30-17:30 GMT+1
🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0e3312...
August 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#Tech4Nature 2025 Innovation Challenge Workshop: AI and IoT for Real-Time Conservation Impact
Join our @sophie-maxwell.bsky.social, in shaping how tech transforms conservation in a free, solutions-focused workshop
📅 20 Aug
🕒 14:30-17:30 GMT+1
🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0e3312...
Join our @sophie-maxwell.bsky.social, in shaping how tech transforms conservation in a free, solutions-focused workshop
📅 20 Aug
🕒 14:30-17:30 GMT+1
🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0e3312...
As conservation becomes increasingly data-driven, CCF, Cisco Networking Academy & partners have launched a free, online Protected Area Technician Training Program to provide skills across a wide range of conservation technologies.
www.connectingafrica.com/skills-and-t...
www.connectingafrica.com/skills-and-t...
August 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As conservation becomes increasingly data-driven, CCF, Cisco Networking Academy & partners have launched a free, online Protected Area Technician Training Program to provide skills across a wide range of conservation technologies.
www.connectingafrica.com/skills-and-t...
www.connectingafrica.com/skills-and-t...
A huge thank you to Stinger GC Foundation🏌️!
Their backing helps us scale tech-powered conservation across 15+ countries—protecting wildlife, empowering rangers & promoting co-existence 🛰️
Support the mission🦏 stingergcfoundation.org/connected-co...
Their backing helps us scale tech-powered conservation across 15+ countries—protecting wildlife, empowering rangers & promoting co-existence 🛰️
Support the mission🦏 stingergcfoundation.org/connected-co...
July 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A huge thank you to Stinger GC Foundation🏌️!
Their backing helps us scale tech-powered conservation across 15+ countries—protecting wildlife, empowering rangers & promoting co-existence 🛰️
Support the mission🦏 stingergcfoundation.org/connected-co...
Their backing helps us scale tech-powered conservation across 15+ countries—protecting wildlife, empowering rangers & promoting co-existence 🛰️
Support the mission🦏 stingergcfoundation.org/connected-co...
Free training now open for aspiring Protected Area Technicians
Learn to power the digital backbone of conservation.
Topics include networking, cybersecurity, IoT & more
🌍Top grads get field training & internships in Africa
connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
Learn to power the digital backbone of conservation.
Topics include networking, cybersecurity, IoT & more
🌍Top grads get field training & internships in Africa
connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
July 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Free training now open for aspiring Protected Area Technicians
Learn to power the digital backbone of conservation.
Topics include networking, cybersecurity, IoT & more
🌍Top grads get field training & internships in Africa
connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
Learn to power the digital backbone of conservation.
Topics include networking, cybersecurity, IoT & more
🌍Top grads get field training & internships in Africa
connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
Build your tech career.
The Protected Area Technician Training Programme is live!
🎓10 FREE expert-led courses
📜Entry to advanced certifications
🌱In-field scholarships & internships
Developed with @cisco.com, @openuniversity.bsky.social & more
connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
The Protected Area Technician Training Programme is live!
🎓10 FREE expert-led courses
📜Entry to advanced certifications
🌱In-field scholarships & internships
Developed with @cisco.com, @openuniversity.bsky.social & more
connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
July 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Build your tech career.
The Protected Area Technician Training Programme is live!
🎓10 FREE expert-led courses
📜Entry to advanced certifications
🌱In-field scholarships & internships
Developed with @cisco.com, @openuniversity.bsky.social & more
connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
The Protected Area Technician Training Programme is live!
🎓10 FREE expert-led courses
📜Entry to advanced certifications
🌱In-field scholarships & internships
Developed with @cisco.com, @openuniversity.bsky.social & more
connectedconservation.foundation/capacity-bui...
Thank you, Actility, for your care for our planet and life on earth.
We are so grateful for our long-standing partnership and excited for what’s next for #LoRaWAN for nature.
Read the Press Release👉 www.actility.com/world-larges...
We are so grateful for our long-standing partnership and excited for what’s next for #LoRaWAN for nature.
Read the Press Release👉 www.actility.com/world-larges...
June 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Thank you, Actility, for your care for our planet and life on earth.
We are so grateful for our long-standing partnership and excited for what’s next for #LoRaWAN for nature.
Read the Press Release👉 www.actility.com/world-larges...
We are so grateful for our long-standing partnership and excited for what’s next for #LoRaWAN for nature.
Read the Press Release👉 www.actility.com/world-larges...
Fantastic few days at #CiscoLive Live San Diego! Great to meet new faces, catch up with friends and supporters, and plan the next chapter of collaboration to help grow a tech ecosystem driving impact for nature and people.
Big thanks to all supporting our partnership with
@cisco.com
Big thanks to all supporting our partnership with
@cisco.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fantastic few days at #CiscoLive Live San Diego! Great to meet new faces, catch up with friends and supporters, and plan the next chapter of collaboration to help grow a tech ecosystem driving impact for nature and people.
Big thanks to all supporting our partnership with
@cisco.com
Big thanks to all supporting our partnership with
@cisco.com
🎉 Congrats to the Airbus Foundation on their 2024 Impact Report!
Their support with high-res satellite imagery since 2021 has supercharged our conservation efforts—combining VHR imagery, community data and AI to protect vulnerable ecosystems and species.
www.airbus.com/sites/g/file...
Their support with high-res satellite imagery since 2021 has supercharged our conservation efforts—combining VHR imagery, community data and AI to protect vulnerable ecosystems and species.
www.airbus.com/sites/g/file...
May 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🎉 Congrats to the Airbus Foundation on their 2024 Impact Report!
Their support with high-res satellite imagery since 2021 has supercharged our conservation efforts—combining VHR imagery, community data and AI to protect vulnerable ecosystems and species.
www.airbus.com/sites/g/file...
Their support with high-res satellite imagery since 2021 has supercharged our conservation efforts—combining VHR imagery, community data and AI to protect vulnerable ecosystems and species.
www.airbus.com/sites/g/file...
What happens when you mix HR satellite imagery, AI & local conservation data?🛰️
Smarter, faster, landscape-scale protection for nature!
Proud to launch the Ecosystem Insight Hub with Airbus Foundation & welcome 6 Satellites for Biodiversity winners!
connectedconservation.foundation/news/ecosyst...
Smarter, faster, landscape-scale protection for nature!
Proud to launch the Ecosystem Insight Hub with Airbus Foundation & welcome 6 Satellites for Biodiversity winners!
connectedconservation.foundation/news/ecosyst...
May 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
What happens when you mix HR satellite imagery, AI & local conservation data?🛰️
Smarter, faster, landscape-scale protection for nature!
Proud to launch the Ecosystem Insight Hub with Airbus Foundation & welcome 6 Satellites for Biodiversity winners!
connectedconservation.foundation/news/ecosyst...
Smarter, faster, landscape-scale protection for nature!
Proud to launch the Ecosystem Insight Hub with Airbus Foundation & welcome 6 Satellites for Biodiversity winners!
connectedconservation.foundation/news/ecosyst...
📢 8 days left to apply!
The Airbus Foundation, Solar Impulse & Space4Good are calling for projects using aerospace tech (satellite imagery, helicopter time) to tackle global challenges 🌍
Seed funding + expert support on offer.
Apply by 2 May: solutions.solarimpulse.com/airbusfounda...
#TechForGood
The Airbus Foundation, Solar Impulse & Space4Good are calling for projects using aerospace tech (satellite imagery, helicopter time) to tackle global challenges 🌍
Seed funding + expert support on offer.
Apply by 2 May: solutions.solarimpulse.com/airbusfounda...
#TechForGood
April 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📢 8 days left to apply!
The Airbus Foundation, Solar Impulse & Space4Good are calling for projects using aerospace tech (satellite imagery, helicopter time) to tackle global challenges 🌍
Seed funding + expert support on offer.
Apply by 2 May: solutions.solarimpulse.com/airbusfounda...
#TechForGood
The Airbus Foundation, Solar Impulse & Space4Good are calling for projects using aerospace tech (satellite imagery, helicopter time) to tackle global challenges 🌍
Seed funding + expert support on offer.
Apply by 2 May: solutions.solarimpulse.com/airbusfounda...
#TechForGood
Using high-res Airbus Foundation satellite imagery, AI and in situ data, 100+ proposals for Round 3 of our Satellites for Biodiversity Award aim to tackle conservation challenges, expanding what's possible in earth observation🌍🛰️
Winners announced in May—stay tuned!
Winners announced in May—stay tuned!
March 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Using high-res Airbus Foundation satellite imagery, AI and in situ data, 100+ proposals for Round 3 of our Satellites for Biodiversity Award aim to tackle conservation challenges, expanding what's possible in earth observation🌍🛰️
Winners announced in May—stay tuned!
Winners announced in May—stay tuned!
What an inspiring visit to Murchison Falls National Park, helping Uganda Wildlife Authority, alongside partners, Uganda Conservation Foundation, @cisco.com and Actility to gear up for future landscape-scale IoT sensor network deployments across three of their national parks, starting with Kidepo 🐾
March 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What an inspiring visit to Murchison Falls National Park, helping Uganda Wildlife Authority, alongside partners, Uganda Conservation Foundation, @cisco.com and Actility to gear up for future landscape-scale IoT sensor network deployments across three of their national parks, starting with Kidepo 🐾
Conservation in Tsavo, Kenya, gets a tech boost🐘
Partnering with Kenya Wildlife Service, 51 Degrees, Cisco, CCF & Actility, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is introducing #LoRaWAN & #IoT to track species, reduce conflicts & safeguard ecosystems connectedconservation.foundation/projects/tsa...
Partnering with Kenya Wildlife Service, 51 Degrees, Cisco, CCF & Actility, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is introducing #LoRaWAN & #IoT to track species, reduce conflicts & safeguard ecosystems connectedconservation.foundation/projects/tsa...
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Conservation in Tsavo, Kenya, gets a tech boost🐘
Partnering with Kenya Wildlife Service, 51 Degrees, Cisco, CCF & Actility, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is introducing #LoRaWAN & #IoT to track species, reduce conflicts & safeguard ecosystems connectedconservation.foundation/projects/tsa...
Partnering with Kenya Wildlife Service, 51 Degrees, Cisco, CCF & Actility, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is introducing #LoRaWAN & #IoT to track species, reduce conflicts & safeguard ecosystems connectedconservation.foundation/projects/tsa...
Our Chair, Doc Watson, showcased cutting-edge conservation tech and people power behind Sabi Sand Nature Reserve to our #Birdies4Rhinos ambassadors
With support from CCF & B4R, the reserve has strengthened its efforts, empowering teams to detect poaching threats & safeguard black & white rhinos🦏
With support from CCF & B4R, the reserve has strengthened its efforts, empowering teams to detect poaching threats & safeguard black & white rhinos🦏
March 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our Chair, Doc Watson, showcased cutting-edge conservation tech and people power behind Sabi Sand Nature Reserve to our #Birdies4Rhinos ambassadors
With support from CCF & B4R, the reserve has strengthened its efforts, empowering teams to detect poaching threats & safeguard black & white rhinos🦏
With support from CCF & B4R, the reserve has strengthened its efforts, empowering teams to detect poaching threats & safeguard black & white rhinos🦏
A huge congratulations to Louis Albertse, the 2024
#Birdies4Rhinos Champion! 🏆
Louis led the way with the most birdies scored, showcasing his skill and raising vital funds to protect rhinos.
Thank you, Louis, for your passion for conservation! 🦏
#SavetheRhino #Birdies4Rhinos
#Birdies4Rhinos Champion! 🏆
Louis led the way with the most birdies scored, showcasing his skill and raising vital funds to protect rhinos.
Thank you, Louis, for your passion for conservation! 🦏
#SavetheRhino #Birdies4Rhinos
March 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A huge congratulations to Louis Albertse, the 2024
#Birdies4Rhinos Champion! 🏆
Louis led the way with the most birdies scored, showcasing his skill and raising vital funds to protect rhinos.
Thank you, Louis, for your passion for conservation! 🦏
#SavetheRhino #Birdies4Rhinos
#Birdies4Rhinos Champion! 🏆
Louis led the way with the most birdies scored, showcasing his skill and raising vital funds to protect rhinos.
Thank you, Louis, for your passion for conservation! 🦏
#SavetheRhino #Birdies4Rhinos
Carnivore #LoRaWAN Collars: A First for Madikwe🐾
5 hyenas, one per clan, are now equipped with #LoRa collars to aid rhino conservation in South Africa. Tracking their movements helps locate carcasses, providing key data to ecologists & law enforcement
connectedconservation.foundation/projects/mad...
5 hyenas, one per clan, are now equipped with #LoRa collars to aid rhino conservation in South Africa. Tracking their movements helps locate carcasses, providing key data to ecologists & law enforcement
connectedconservation.foundation/projects/mad...
February 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Carnivore #LoRaWAN Collars: A First for Madikwe🐾
5 hyenas, one per clan, are now equipped with #LoRa collars to aid rhino conservation in South Africa. Tracking their movements helps locate carcasses, providing key data to ecologists & law enforcement
connectedconservation.foundation/projects/mad...
5 hyenas, one per clan, are now equipped with #LoRa collars to aid rhino conservation in South Africa. Tracking their movements helps locate carcasses, providing key data to ecologists & law enforcement
connectedconservation.foundation/projects/mad...