Conservation Land Management

ArcGIS conservation solutions are designed through extensive engagement with leading protected area management organizations. These solutions offer powerful operational capabilities, dramatically reduce training and implementation costs, and support informed and timely conservation land management decisions.

Conservation solutions for protected areas

Track illegal activity
Monitor wildlife
Mitigate wildlife conflicts
Maintain park infrastructure

Track illegal activity

Many protected areas face pressure from illegal activities including poaching, encroachment, and deforestation. Conservation solutions streamline the collection of field observations and provide a digital chain of custody for law enforcement actions informing real-time monitoring dashboards to support timely decision-making.

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Monitor wildlife

Location-enabled wildlife field observations help protected area managers evaluate the effectiveness of management actions. Monitor trends derived from field information through spatial analysis to inform and evaluate protected area management strategies. Conservation solutions enable a data-driven approach to wildlife management in protected areas.

Mitigate wildlife conflicts

Protected area management occurs within a complex tapestry of human-populated and wild landscapes. Historic encroachment into natural areas and corridors and, in rare cases, recovery of predator populations has led to increasing instances of human-wildlife conflict in local communities. Conservation solutions support the collection and monitoring of incidents adjacent to the protected area and support planning and actions to reduce conflict.

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Maintain park infrastructure

Conservation land management involves protecting natural areas while providing both basic infrastructure for visitors and recreation opportunities within national parks. Conservation solutions support planning of infrastructure projects, maintenance programs, and the efficient management of staff and resources essential to protected area management operations.

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INDUSTRY BLOG

American Prairie advances conservation with GIS

American Prairie aims to create one of the largest conservation areas in the United States. Learn how conservation solutions sustain their mission.

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User story

OSI enables self-service access to visualize data

Open Space Institute (OSI) used ArcGIS Online to improve access to geographic data that traditional methods made cumbersome and time-consuming.

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INDUSTRY BLOG

Helping Africa’s people and wildlife coexist

The African People & Wildlife team uses ArcGIS to reduce human-wildlife conflict and monitor natural resources in Tanzania.

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Esri Blog

Safeguarding lions’ lives

Conservation solutions help Born Free Foundation see the sum of the organization’s activities, plan actions, and record positive conservation results.

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Esri Blog

Chengeta Wildlife wields GIS to fight poachers

Chengeta Wildlife ranger teams are finding new ways to approach threats to human and wildlife sustainability through conservation land management.

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INDUSTRY BLOG

Preserving Tanzania’s vast biodiversity

The Tanzania National Parks GIS unit uses geospatial technology to manage the country’s 22 national parks.

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Conservation solutions

Park Infrastructure

Use Park Infrastructure to inventory park assets, understand asset condition, and communicate changing asset conditions that impact services.

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Conservation Outreach

Use Conservation Outreach to track wildlife conflicts and engage stakeholders in and around protected areas.

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Protection Operations

Use Protection Operations to track poaching or illegal activity and monitor the status of protection operations in and around protected areas.

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Wildlife Management

Use Wildlife Management to capture wildlife observations and monitor the status of wildlife populations in and around protected areas.

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Wildlife Photo Survey

Staff can use Wildlife Photo Survey to publish photos collected from camera traps and conduct surveys to identify animals in natural habitats.

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For more than three decades, the Esri Conservation Program has provided technology and training assistance to conservation professionals around the globe.

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Conservation solutions for protected areas

Track illegal activity

Monitor wildlife

Mitigate wildlife conflicts

Maintain park infrastructure

American Prairie advances conservation with GIS

OSI enables self-service access to visualize data

Helping Africa’s people and wildlife coexist

Safeguarding lions’ lives

Chengeta Wildlife wields GIS to fight poachers

Preserving Tanzania’s vast biodiversity

Conservation solutions

Park Infrastructure

Conservation Outreach

Protection Operations

Wildlife Management

Wildlife Photo Survey

Conservation strategies