Conservation Data Management Forum – Nature Drone Forum 2026

 This one-day forum advances how conservation teams collect, govern, and share drone-derived data at a continental scale. We’ll focus on open geospatial platforms, ethical data governance, and practical workflows that move projects from “dataset” to “decision.” here every person and every creature is able to thrive in a healthy, sustainable environment. We strive to achieve this by advocating for policies and practices that protect the natural world and promote social and economic justice.

Planned  co-hosts are Digital Earth Africa, RCMRD, and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)

• Open geospatial platforms for conservation (e.g., Africa-wide services and RCMRD tools). 
• Standards, governance & ethics for sharing sensitive biodiversity data.  
• Turning drone imagery → products → insights (photogrammetry, AI, time-series). 
• Interoperability: linking field teams, protected-area ops, and policy reporting. 
• Carry-through from G-DiNC Track 3 and related competition outputs to real projects.
   

Who it’s for: wildlife agencies, conservancies, NGOs, GIS/data managers, research labs, donors, and tech providers building scalable, ethical conservation data pipelines.