Wildlife Protection
Funds feasibility studies for satellite-enabled wildlife-protection services.
Wildlife Protection is a European Space Agency Kick-start Activity that funds feasibility studies combining space and non-space technology for wildlife conservation — wildlife monitoring, tracking and inventory, habitat monitoring, and fighting poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking — designed to stay economically sustainable for the private companies running the service. It runs as a single-ro…
ESA wants applications combining space and non-space technology to support wildlife conservation -- wildlife monitoring, tracking and inventory, habitat monitoring, and fighting poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking -- while keeping the service economically sustainable for the private actors involved.
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