We need radical innovation to deliver on COP16
We’re nearing the end of the first week of COP16 in Cali. We’re pleased to hear a lot of talk about the importance of monitoring to achieve the goals set at COP 15, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Effective monitoring is crucial to focus limited resources and know what measures and interventions are most impactful.
CSO Hannah Brocke at COP16 in Cali, Colombia 2024
As we don’t have any time to lose, we need to have this information now. Especially in the ocean, we are playing catch up when it comes to data and insights in ecosystems and biodiversity. This is why it is essential that we embrace the latest available technology.
PlanBlue’s innovative technology can play a key role in supporting the Monitoring Framework for the Kunming-Montreal GBF. By using advanced imaging and machine learning, our technology can contribute to real-time and large-scale monitoring of marine biodiversity, which is essential for achieving the GBF targets. Embracing new technologies is essential to deliver key insights, at the scale, and with the detail needed, to take meaningful action to protect our marine biodiversity.
Here is what our technology can do:
- Seafloor Biodiversity Monitoring: The Kunming-Montreal GBF focuses on halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030, which includes preserving and restoring marine and coastal ecosystems. PlanBlue’s seafloor monitoring technology delivers automated and scalable detection of biodiversity across marine environments using hyperspectral imaging and advanced data analytics. This fits with the need for comprehensive, spatially-explicit biodiversity data, which is critical for tracking progress on GBF targets related to the protection of marine ecosystems.
- Tracking Ecosystem Health and Stressors: PlanBlue’s technology not only monitors biodiversity but also provides insights into ecosystem health and identifies stressors such as pollution or habitat degradation. The ability to visualize these stressors and understand their impacts on biodiversity supports the GBF's emphasis on addressing drivers of biodiversity loss, such as pollution and habitat destruction, by providing real-time, actionable data.
- Nation-Scale and Time-Series Monitoring: The GBF requires long-term, scalable monitoring systems that can track biodiversity changes over time and across large geographic areas. PlanBlue’s technology is designed for nation-scale applications, providing time-series data that enables continuous tracking of biodiversity status and the effectiveness of conservation measures. This aligns with the framework’s need for high-resolution, ongoing biodiversity assessments.
- Plug-and-Play Accessibility for Local Stakeholders: The GBF calls for inclusive biodiversity monitoring, involving local and indigenous communities in the process. PlanBlue’s technology is designed to be user-friendly, allowing local communities and stakeholders to operate it with ease, fostering decentralized and community-driven conservation efforts, which is a core principle of the GBF.
We support the explicit call in the Kunming-Montreal GBF for the importance of innovation. We ask for governments and companies to use the newly available methods and use the comprehensive insights as the basis for any measures to implement the outcomes of COP15 and COP16. These advanced technologies will make sure all interventions are as targeted and effective as possible.
We combine hyperspectral imaging, precise underwater navigation and AI-based automated data processing to ground-truth satellite, aerial and hydrographic imagery to scale nature-based solutions.
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