Our mission is to end the sixth mass extinction.
We are in a period of extraordinary change: A sixth mass extinction, the first in Earth’s history driven by the actions of a single species — our own. Conservation, as we know it, is not succeeding fast enough.
Conservation X Labs applies technology, entrepreneurship, and open innovation to source, develop, and scale critical solutions to the underlying drivers of human-induced extinction.
Humans have driven the sixth mass extinction. Humans have the power to reverse it.
HOW WE DO IT
Harnessing Planetary Genius
New breakthroughs via open innovation such as prizes & challenges
Directed Innovation
Molecular biology and engineering labs to develop revolutionary technologies in-house
Scaling Solutions
Bringing the best conservation solutions to global scale and financial sustainability
Building the Tribe
A community of passionate, driven people with a shared mission to work across disciplines
We are working to halt extinctions by building tools like the DNA Barcode Scanner…
Seafood fraud and illegal timber trafficking are devastating for ecosystems, and trafficking enforcement agents need tools to rapidly identify fraud or illegal activity in the field.
The DNA Barcode Scanner is a hand-held device that compares a DNA sample to the Barcode Of Life Database to answer the question: is this species actually what it’s claimed to be?
…and the Sentinel System.
A significant challenge for conservationists is processing the amounts of data collected by camera traps, audio recorders and other biologgers.
The Sentinel System is a complete toolkit to enable machine learning for environmental data. Our technology makes it easy to deploy models to find and be notified on events that interest you in the natural world.
We launch prizes and challenges to incentivize bold, unconventional approaches to conservation problems.
Build the future with us.
Over a thousand problem solvers collaborate on the Digital Makerspace to spark conservation innovation.
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The video silversides at the top of this page is used courtesy of professional underwater filmmaker Frans de Backer.
