Life on land (GOAL 15)

The Sustainable Development Goals solution delivers a set of capabilities that help governments share progress made on Sustainable Development Goals.

We have less than eight years to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Maps can help us better understand them and monitor progress.

By implementing new GIS technology, the South American country can track land-cover change more frequently and with greater accuracy.

Wind and solar energy development is vital, but it needs to be done without harming wildlife. That’s where Site Renewables Right comes in.

Using GIS with the research outcomes of stream health, land-use change, and nutrient loading—and directly linking data to the local decision-making process—communities in the Great Lakes states can plan for a sustainable future.

Using ArcGIS Survey123 and Microsoft Flow (Power Automate), water management staff save time and money conducting boat inspections.

Habitat Info launched a charitable citizen science project to collect data on the conservation status of African raptors.

Data collection about endangered species of sea turtles in Florida has been digitally transformed with the use of ArcGIS Survey123 and ArcGIS Online.

Naftali Honig from African Parks talks about the use of location technology in saving Africa's iconic species.

Using ArcGIS QuickCapture, King County, Washington, gets improved information about invasive plants.

Pennsylvania plants trees precisely to maximize water improvement using GIS.

The nonprofit Winrock International designed GIS-based tool to evaluate deforesting in Cambodia.

A comprehensive, ArcGIS technology-based solution helps Carlsbad, California, keep up with maintenance on pollution-catching structures.

Brierley Associates uses Site Scan for ArcGIS to quickly process imagery and produce visualizations that protect the integrity of the land.

A GIS-based system for conducting site suitability assessments is helping Indonesia determine the optimum locations for solar plants.

After the 2018 Camp Fire in California, the Bureau of Land Management set out to map a climate-informed restoration plan.

A network of research partners is using GIS to more effectively site tracking stations that gather data on migratory birds to help reverse decreases in their numbers.

Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island is on a mission to save sea turtle nests and hatchlings. The group uses GIS and GNSS technology to do this.

Scott Sambell,of Ethos Environmental talks about the use of ArcGIS technology to eradicate invasive species in New Zealand.

The African People & Wildlife organization uses ArcGIS software to analyze and visualize data on human-wildlife conflicts in Tanzania.

The Guyana Forestry Commission's mission is to prevent deforestation, which protects the rainforests. GIS technology helps achieve this goal.

Using GIS-based weed-spraying technology, environmental restoration organizations are working to reverse the impacts of industrial development.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife is working hard to preserve the elk population and other wildlife in their state so the story is not repeated, and GIS is a part of nearly every stage of the process.

Utah's Department of Natural Resources describes how Esri technology is helping them prepare for the expansion of settlements into their state's wild spaces.

Mapping how chimps, forests, and villagers can thrive together with Dr. Jane Goodall.

A conservation partnership in Tennessee uses analytics to map areas in a tri-state, 16-county region around Chattanooga that need protection.

With imagery and remote sensing, the Audubon Society is working to preserve waterbird habitats in the Colorado River delta's largest wetland.

Explore place-based stories, created with ArcGIS StoryMaps, that examine the impacts of climate change on the land and its inhabitants.

James Hardcastle from International Union for Conservation of Nature explains the signs of positive change in planetary conservation.

The California Natural Resources Agency mobilized to develop an interactive engagement hub, Pathways to 30x30.

Researchers in Africa are finding power in geospatial technology to collect and explore elephant tracking data to help rural farmers protect their land.

Learn the story of how one GIS analyst used satellite imagery is used to uncover illegal deforestation.

Timely data and change analysis are fundamental to revealing insights from land use/land cover maps.

Using ArcGIS and a community-based approach to digitizing fields, the Freshwater Trust is increasing the pace and scale of conservation.

Terraformation is shaking up the reforestation game by using GNSS and ArcGIS technology to map plants that mimic the growth of native ecosystems.

Honeybees are the unlikely protectors of elephants in Africa who come in conflict with farmers.

The community-led conservation work taking place in the Congo Basin has taken on added dimensions, due to the Baka people’s uncommon awareness of the forest.

State and local governments play a prominent role in protecting their communities' wetlands and can use GIS tools to help.

By mapping wildlife populations, landscape viability, areas of conflict, and more, GIS provides Ol Pejeta’s leadership with real-time data to inform decision-making.

DashFLUboard allows users to monitor wild bird migrations and connect outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) around the world.

Discover how ArcGIS Field Maps helped improve butterfly conservation efforts in Yamhill County, Oregon.

The Alabama Forestry Commission leverages ArcGIS StoryMaps to showcase the state’s work to protect and manage forest resources.

Steve Boyes, founder of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, discusses the effort to preserve Botswana's Okavango Basin.

Countries around the world are improving conservation efforts using the Mountain Green Cover Index developed by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization to monitor changes in vegetation.

Arctic ecologist Dr. Susan Natali discusses the effect of permafrost thaw and wildfires on northern ecosystems and the global climate.

Check out this restoration project developed for native wetland vegetation in the Swan River National Wildlife Refuge in Montana.

The Brazilian government uses GIS to help incorporate the fire-management knowledge of Indigenous people in the region into its practices.

Doug Browning is Esri Community MVP, who has contributed thousands of posts and hundreds of solutions.

Endangered species in a South Africa province are protected with the help of ArcGIS Survey123 and ArcGIS Field Maps.