Identifying technology solutions to bring conservation into the innovation era
Description
Innovation has the potential to enable conservation science and practice to keep pace with the escalating threats to global biodiversity, but this potential will only be realized if such innovations are designed and developed to fulfill specific needs and solve well-defined conservation problems. We propose that business-world strategies for assessing the practicality of innovation can be applied to assess the viability of innovations, such as new technology, for addressing biodiversity conservation challenges. Here, we outline a five-step, “lean start-up” based approach for considering conservation innovation from a business-planning perspective. Then, using three prominent conservation initiatives – Marxan (software), Conservation Drones (technology support), and Mataki (wildlife-tracking devices) – as case studies, we show how considering proposed initiatives from the perspective of a conceptual business model can support innovative technologies in achieving desired conservation outcomes.
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ID Code: | 235178 | ||
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Item Type: | Contribution to Journal (Journal Article) | ||
Refereed: | Yes | ||
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Additional Information: | Acknowledgements: This work emerged from a workshop on conservation technology supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CE1101014). We thank J Yu and H Murphy for commenting on an earlier version of this manuscript. | ||
Measurements or Duration: | 8 pages | ||
DOI: | 10.1002/fee.2111 | ||
ISSN: | 1540-9295 | ||
Pure ID: | 115324306 | ||
Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > QUT Business School Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Science & Engineering Faculty Current > Schools > School of Economics & Finance |
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Funding Information: | This work emerged from a workshop on conservation technology supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CE1101014). We thank J Yu and H Murphy for commenting on an earlier version of this manuscript. This work emerged from a workshop on conservation technology supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CE1101014). We thank J Yu and H Murphy for commenting on an earlier version of this manuscript. | ||
Copyright Owner: | The Ecological Society of America | ||
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Deposited On: | 13 Sep 2022 00:42 | ||
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2024 21:55 |
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