Being part of the Gonzalez Lab comes with many perks, one of my personal favourites is the connection to civil society and policy. Most of our work has direct policy implications and applications, and, through Prof Andy Gonzalez’s co-chair positions at GEO BON and the QCBS, we have a direct link with larger organisations that can amplify our work. A recent example is the collaboration between the Gonzalez Lab and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UN CBD)
Read MoreThe UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15 established a new monitoring framework for Earth’s biodiversity. With the contemporary hype-wave going on in the background, there was naturally a lot of interest in the utility of “AI” for biodiversity monitoring. But increased adoption of ML into biodiversity monitoring networks must be approached carefully…
Read MoreBiodiversity worldwide is on the decline. But how do we know this? How do we measure how much biodiversity there is? Read on to learn how scientists quantify biodiversity and how you can do the same in your garden...
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