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SUMMARY:Digital Conservation: Promises and Pitfalls\, Practices and Perspec
 tives
DESCRIPTION:Eric Nost\, Associate Professor of Geography\, University of Gu
 elph\n\n–\n\nTechnology is rapidly transforming conservation – from bi
 rd identification apps to artificial intelligence monitoring illegal fishi
 ng. Eric delves into the possibilities and challenges of “digital conser
 vation”: Can these tools truly democratize and scale up conservation? Wh
 at are the biases and environmental costs of digital technology? Does reli
 ance on tech distance us from direct experience and local knowledge? This 
 presentation explores these pressing questions\, offering a clear-eyed ass
 essment of the opportunities and risks in digital conservation.\n\nEric No
 st is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Guelph and 
 a member of the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative. His research
  focuses on the role of data and technology in environmental policy and go
 vernance.\n\nPhoto: Circuit Board. Raimond Spekking CC BY-SA 4.0
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LOCATION:The Arboretum Centre\, University of Guelph\, 200 Arboretum Rd.\, 
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