Continuous monitoring of biodiversity for better protection
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The challenge
By 2030, Europe aims to restore degraded ecosystems and extend protected areas. But data on species and habitats remains fragmented and difficult to use to support these ambitious objectives. How can we protect what we don't know enough about?
The solution
The European ‘Biodiversity Meets Data’ project , in which Switzerland is participating, combines various data sources, including camera traps, acoustic sensors and DNA traces found in the wild. A shared platform, supported by AI, centralises and analyses this data to continuously monitor the health and changes in species and habitats.
The impact
This global and up-to-date vision of living things helps scientists and decision-makers to better understand the health of environments, in order to assess the effectiveness of conservation policies.
Did you know?
Launched in 2025, the BMD project brings together more than 30 countries to make millions of nature observations easy for researchers and environmental professionals to find, share and reuse. The project thus supports the European 2030 targets for ecosystem restoration and the protection of 30 per cent of land and sea areas.
