WWF has actively been looking at how technology is transforming conservation, opens in new tab. As a Google Glass Explorer, WWF has started to test Field Notes, a tool biologists can use to record field data hands-free.
Watch this video as WWF-Nepal senior research officer Sabita Malla, opens in new tab journey’s through Chitwan National Park, monitoring rhinos with Google Glass.
Asia & The Pacific
Because it remained relatively isolated from the rest of the world for so many centuries, Bhutan is still a country shrouded in mystery and legend. It officially opened to international tourism only fairly recently, in 1974.
Asia & The Pacific
Snow leopards, elusive “ghosts of the mountains,” roam across a vast area of northern and central Asia’s high mountains, mostly above the tree line up to 18,000 feet elevation, sparsely scattered across 12 countries—including China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Russia and Mongolia.
Conservation
Arachnids—such as scorpions, harvestmen (daddy longlegs) and spiders—often trigger feelings of fear or disgust. Despite such reactions, these animals play an essential role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. They act as vital food sources, master pest controllers and drivers of human and soil health.
