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# Awesome ConservationTech



> An awesome list of technology and organizations helping to understand and conserve our natural resources.



Inspired by the [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) list thing.



## Table of Contents



- [Animal Tracking](#animal-tracking)

- [Biodiversity](#biodiversity)

- [Climate](#climate)

- [Energy](#energy)

- [Government GitHub](#government-github)

- [Hardware](#hardware)

- [Organization GitHub](#organization-github)

- [Sustainability](#sustainability)

- [Trails](#trails)



## Animal Tracking

- [BirdPy](https://github.com/ciiram/BirdPy) - Test bioacoustic technology for biodiversity monitoring, specifically geared toward birdlife in Kenya.

- [Mataki](http://mataki.org/) - Open, reconfigurable, flexible, wirelessly-enabled, low-cost tracking technology.

- [Ornithokrites](https://github.com/tracek/Ornithokrites) - Automatic identification of kiwi calls from audio recordings.

- [Pamguard](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pamguard/) - Detection, classification, and localisation of marine mammals.

- [Quail Ridge Automated Animal Tracking](https://github.com/QRAAT/QRAAT) - Tracking system used in Quail Ridge Reserve in Napa County, California.



## Biodiversity

- [Atlas of Living Australia](https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/)

- [BirdVis](https://github.com/ViDA-NYU/birdvis) - Interactive visualization system that supports the analysis of spatio-temporal bird distribution models.

- [Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology](https://github.com/MacaulayLibrary) - World’s largest natural sound archive. Digitized bird calls.

- [Map of Life](https://github.com/MapOfLife) - Explore species' range map and occurrence data.

- [Global Biodiversity Information Facility](https://github.com/gbif) - Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Data.

- [SMART](https://www.assembla.com/spaces/smart-cs/) - Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool for monitoring anti-poaching operations.

- [Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas](http://vtherpatlas.org/) - Collects and disseminates data needed to make informed recommendations regarding Vermont’s reptiles and amphibians.



## Climate

- [Apache Open Climate Workbench](https://github.com/apache/climate)

- [Clifro](https://github.com/ropensci/clifro) - Easily download and visualise climate data from New Zealand's National Climate Database.

- [Code for Resilience](http://www.codeforresilience.org) - Catalyzing software and hardware innovations that improve communities' ability to address challenges around natural disasters.



## Energy

- [Energywise](https://github.com/dssg/energywise) - Energy analytics tool to make commercial building more energy efficient.

- [Green Button](https://github.com/green-button/green-button.github.io) - Secure way to get your energy usage information electronically.

- [OpenORE](http://openore.org/) - Site for sharing offshore renewable energy (ORE) code, models, projects, data, media, etc.

- [VOLTTRON](https://github.com/VOLTTRON/volttron) - Distributed energy control system for intelligently coordinating energy demand.

- [WattTime](https://github.com/WattTime) - Syncs electricity usage with clean energy sources.



## Government GitHub

### United Kingdom

- [Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)](https://github.com/decc)



### United States

- [Department of the Interior (DOI)](https://github.com/usinterior)

- [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)](https://github.com/usepa)

- [Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)](https://github.com/USFWS)

- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):

  - [NOAA Fisheries National Marine Mammal Lab (NMML)](https://github.com/NMML)

  - [NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)](https://github.com/noaa-gfdl)

- [National Park Service (NPS)](https://github.com/nationalparkservice)

- [National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)](https://github.com/NREL)



## Hardware

- [AirCasting](http://aircasting.org) - Allows collection, display, and sharing of health and environmental data using a smartphone.

- [AirPi](https://github.com/tomhartley/AirPi) - A Raspberry Pi weather station and air quality monitor.

- [Air Quality Egg](http://airqualityegg.com) - Community-led air quality sensing network.

- [Conservation Drones](http://conservationdrones.org) - Share knowledge of building and using low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles for conservation-related applications.

- [GreenSTEM Network](https://github.com/GreenSTEM-Network) - Connects students to the environment by monitoring and mining data using low-cost, DIY sensor kits and open source code.

- [Open Energy Monitor](https://github.com/openenergymonitor) - Open-source energy monitoring tools.

- [YoMo Metering Board](http://yomo.sourceforge.net/) - YoMo (You only meter once) metering unit, designed for industry and researchers to create new energy system applications.



## Organization GitHub

- [Conservation Biology Informatics Group](https://github.com/cbig)

- [Conservation Hackathon](https://github.com/ConsHack) - Tackling conservation challenges through technology events.

- [Changing Weathers](http://www.changingweathers.net/en/episodes) - Networked responses to geophysical, geopolitical and technological shifts across Europe.

- [Data Science for Social Good (DSSG)](https://github.com/dssg)

- [Digital Naturalism](http://www.digitalnaturalism.org) - Investigates the role that Digital Media can play in Biological Field Work.

- [EcoTrust](https://github.com/Ecotrust)

- [iNaturalist](https://github.com/inaturalist/) - Global online social network of naturalists.

- [iPlant Collaborative](https://github.com/iPlantCollaborativeOpenSource) - Cyberinfrastructure for life sciences research.

- [National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)](https://github.com/nceas) - Research center of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

- [Naturalis Biodiversity Center](https://github.com/naturalis) - Leiden, the Netherlands based biodiversity center.

- [Nerds for Nature](https://github.com/nerdsfornature) - San Francisco Bay Area group bringing together nature and tech.

- [Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center](https://github.com/nnmrec) - Wind, wave, & tidal energy research & development.

- [Public Lab](https://github.com/publiclab) - A community for DIY environmental investigation.

- [Rainforest Connection](https://github.com/rfcx) - Protecting rainforests with real-time data on illegal deforestation.

- [Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew](https://github.com/RBGKew)

- [Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)](https://github.com/RSPB)

- [United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)](https://github.com/unepwcmc) - Executive agency of the UN Environment Programme, based in Cambridge, UK.

- [Zooniverse](https://github.com/zooniverse) - People-powered research with a number of conservation-focused applications.



## Sustainability

- [Global Fishing Watch](https://github.com/GlobalFishingWatch) - Technology Illuminating the World's Fishing Fleet.

- [Global Forest Watch (GFW)](https://github.com/Vizzuality/gfw) -  Online forest monitoring and alert system for better management of forests.

- [Global Institute of Sustainability](https://github.com/gios-asu) - Arizona State University Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability.

- [New California Water Atlas](https://github.com/NewCaliforniaWaterAtlas) - Makes data about California water resources more open and transparent.

- [Open Foris](https://github.com/openforis) - Free open-source solutions for environmental monitoring.



## Trails

- [New Zealand Great Walks app](https://github.com/greatwalks)

- [Open Trail Data](https://github.com/opentraildata)



## Contribute



Contributions welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first.



## License



[![CC0](http://i.creativecommons.org/p/zero/1.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)



To the extent possible under law, [Anselm Bradford](http://twitter.com/anselmbradford) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.