Environmental Crimes
Funds feasibility studies for satellite services that fight environmental crime.
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ESA wants satellite-based services that either directly stop environmental crime -- illegal waste dumping, poaching and wildlife trafficking (estimated at $6-21 billion a year), illegal logging and charcoal trafficking (estimated at $45-173 billion a year), illegal mining, or unreported and unregulated fishing -- or help industries prove they comply with environmental regulations. Solutions can draw on Earth Observation to detect changes such as deforestation or illegal waste dumping, GNSS tracking of vessels and wildlife, or satellite communications linking patrol units and unmanned aerial vehicles in the field. The call is split into three sub-calls: Environmental Quality, Poaching and Trafficking, and Natural Resources, each with its own deadline.
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