Recovering DNA from airborne samples of animal poop, farts, and bodily parts, to see whether they are there or not!

How can we save coral reefs when we dont even know their basic elemental building-blocks.

$5,000 Erasing Extinction Award

Faking it for leopards: saturating the trade in leopard skin for use in traditional African ceremonies with synthetic fur garments.

$5,000 Lemur’s Choice Award

We created a global solution to help dive professionals protect fragile coral reefs. It’s working. So, we put it online too.

Helping pizza restaurants and customers go trash-free by providing an easy-to-use reusable pizza box service.

Cuttlefish have great vision under water. Imagine a swarm of cuttlefishes like under water drones with high resolution cameras mapping coral health and growth.

Managing invasive plants without toxic Chemicals.

Moving people out of flood zones frees up space to restore wetlands and riparian zones, but we need better maps to figure out where to invest.

$20,000 Grand Prize Winner

A low-cost seed coating platform capable of increasing the efficiency of reforestations around the planet through seed balls for direct sowing.

We want to put QR codes on sea turtle shells and then use a drone to fly over them and ID the QR code, and thus ID the individual turtle.

The Rat Spitfire is a long life device that attracts, detects and kills rats. When specific triggers are activated, a toxin is sprayed onto the rat's abdomen which is then ingested through grooming.

We are still funding a planetary apocalypse. We know how to fix it. RegenX is a dashboard to steer big money towards a thriving planet.

Helping smart people see and feel what sea level rise is going to do to their coastal towns, city and infrastructure to help them make better coastal management decisions.

Helping families and neighbors make cleaner air & better soil, smartly, at home.

This sign minimizes roadkill by warning drivers of animal presence with lights and monitors animal data for ecologists and transportation agencies to better protect wildlife ecosystems.

Detecting wildlife species on safari using machine learning and vehicle mounted cameras to automate species monitoring through ecotourism.

Tracking turtles to understand where they spend their time.

Tindagat is a portmanteau of Filipino words from tindahan (market) and dagat (sea) or market of the sea. Also it stands for ating (our) dagat (sea) - Our Sea!

Insects are like super small, but they are kinda keeping us all alive. It would be nice to be able sense their movements in thick forests without killing em all first. We are gonna hack mice to do it!

Thanks to algorithms and AI programs, cross-referencing data on deforestation and wildlife trafficking could help us anticipate wildlife trafficking incidents when deforestation occurs.