Rainforest Connection
Rainforest Connection(RFCx)
San Francisco, United States of America · Founded 2014
https://rfcx.orgHeadquarters location
Operates in: AT, BR, CL, CM, CO, EC, HR, ID, IE, IT, KE, PA, PE, PH, PL, PR, SR, TZ
Mission
Rainforest Connection is a dedicated global team that leverages technology to safeguard the world's invaluable ecosystems and biodiversity. Their mission revolves around employing acoustic monitoring devices that actively listen to soundscapes in remote ecosystems, AI and machine learning to convert these audio streams into a comprehensive and automated understanding of nature.
Current technology use
Using AI to monitor and conserve species in threatened ecosystems by analyze hundreds of thousands of data that would previously take approximately 4.5 months for a scientist to analyze one species.
Press and research
- Other
Fuller, J., & Dean, J. (2019). AI Impact Challenge grantees. Google Blog.
https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/google-org/ai-impact-challenge-grantees/
- News article
Jacobo, J. (2023). Researchers use AI to save rainforest species in Puerto Rico. ABC News.