Conservation work brings unique IT demands
Reliable communication anywhere
Trust teams and volunteers often work far away from offices and stable connections, You need reliable and resilient connections and smart mobile solutions to assure uninterrupted access to essential systems and the ability to upload field data. Conservation organisations require optimised communications strategies that closely serve their specific needs, whether cellular or satellite. Read how this Hampshire wildlife charity reached for the stars.
Cost-effective IT investments
Trusts and conservation organisations are usually charities with complex funding sources including personal and business donations, legacy donations and public grants from sources such as DEFRA, local authorities or the National Lottery. IT spending needs to be well planned, with every addition thoroughly justifiable, cost-efficient and procured wisely.
Extended network access
Wildlife Trusts and conservation charities rely heavily on volunteers for cleanup and restoration legwork, for data gathering, and fundraising. Registered volunteers are sometimes granted IT access, creating an extended group of users. Careful management of system access and permissions is vital. Volunteers may log in and out irregularly, and use personal devices for access. We provide IT support to wildlife and conservation organisations to help them appropriately secure systems and data. Many volunteers will be unfamiliar with secure IT practices, bringing a risk of password sharing, vulnerability to phishing, and accidental data breaches.
Connected conservation tech
Conservation charities and trusts are seeking new ways to use IT to record, preserve or restore the environment. Conservation tech includes connected remote camera traps, micro-tags for small mammals and birds, drone tech, GIS and Lidar mapping, remote sensors, advanced analytics and more. Maintaining connectivity across an extended device network and storage of the critical collected data can present extra challenges. Conservationists are also experimenting actively with AI, which can create vulnerabilities as well as opportunities.
