The Future of Conservation Technology | Alasdair Davies | Podcast #94 3575

In this episode of the Restore Our Planet Podcast, we speak with Alasdair Davies, founder of the Arribada Initiative, about the growing role of technology in wildlife conservation. https://restoreourplanet.org/ https://arribada.org/ Arribada develops affordable, open-source technology designed to help researchers, conservationists and communities better understand and protect wildlife. From tracking animals and monitoring remote environments to developing tools that can actually be repaired and adapted in the field, Alasdair’s work sits at the intersection of engineering, science and conservation. We discuss why conservation technology can often be too expensive or inaccessible, what open-source technology can offer, the realities of deploying equipment in difficult environments, and the potential of new tools including artificial intelligence, satellite tracking and remote monitoring. Alasdair also reflects on what technology can, and cannot, solve, and why the people using these tools are ultimately just as important as the technology itself.