OpenNature

Transforming biodiversity data into action.

OpenNature is an ambitious, collaborative initiative co-led by Vizzuality to revolutionize how society accesses and uses biodiversity data. By unlocking high-quality, transparent, and actionable biodiversity information, OpenNature aims to empower decision-makers across sectors to prioritize, manage, and monitor biodiversity effectively. This initiative tackles the urgent need for open, accessible, and scalable data solutions in the face of a biodiversity crisis.

Biodiversity monitoring revamped.

OpenNature

No time to waste. 

In 2024, with less than seven years to halt biodiversity loss, OpenNature offers a critical pathway to accelerate action. By fostering unprecedented collaboration among scientists, technologists, and policymakers, it offers the framework to create scalable solutions to inform global conservation efforts and sustainability goals.

OpenNature seeks to deliver transformative biodiversity data products that are open-access, operational, and actionable. These tools will integrate cutting-edge technology like AI, satellite imagery, large-scale citizen science and eDNA methods to ensure rapid, reliable data for decision-makers worldwide.

Radically opened.

Prioritizes transparent, accessible and continually improving biodiversity data, unlocking critical insights to drive conservation and societal action.

Extreme collaboration. 

By uniting experts across disciplines, OpenNature fosters partnerships that accelerate innovation and drive impactful solutions.

Catalyst of change.

Sparks transformative action for biodiversity preservation.

Developing the OpenNature initiative.

The brief.

The global biodiversity data landscape is fragmented, often inaccessible, and insufficient for tackling pressing environmental challenges. OpenNature aims to bridge this gap by developing transparent, high-quality biodiversity data products that inform impactful actions.

Our role.

Vizzuality supports the initiative by convening world-class scientists, engineers, and stakeholders to create a new paradigm for biodiversity data. Through workshops, partnerships, and open-source methodologies, Vizzuality ensures the initiative’s collaborative and inclusive approach. By leveraging technologies like machine learning and geospatial analysis, OpenNature develops innovative tools for real-time biodiversity monitoring and assessment.

Delivered with impact.

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