technology powering wildlife and environmental conversation with brad ack of world wildlife fund
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Technology Powering Wildlife and Environmental
Conservation
BRAD ACKWorld Wildlife
Fund
TRAVIS FABIANSalesforce.org
MORGAN CLENDANIEL
Fast Company
2016
Our OceansBrad AckWorld Wildlife Fund
Living PlanetReport 2014
Species and spaces, people and placesRichard McLellan / May GuerraouiWWF InternationalDecember 2014
State of the planet
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Living Planet IndexThe Global LPI shows a decline of 52% between 1970 and 210. On average, vertebrate species populations are about half the size they were 40 years ago.
Our Ecological Footprint2010 - 2013
The human population is currently consuming resources equivalent to
1.5 Earths
Our Ecological Footprint2013 - 2050
If we stay in the current course, by 2050 we will need resources equivalent to
2.5 Earths
Oceans bear huge footprint impact; changing faster than any other system
Oceans fuel the planetary water cycle that produces vital
freshwater…...produce healthy food for
billions of people…
…produce more than half our
O2; regulate global climate……and sustain livelihoods for hundred of millions.
Oceans have been valued at $24 trillion
dollars
Rising Sea Levels
Sea Temperature Change
Acidification Deoxygenation
Existential Threat: Greenhouse Gases
Downstream of everywhere
Ocean conservation is complex: oceans are
downstream of everywhere
Odon DeviceWHO
Pratt PouchDuke
Bubble CPAPRice
University
• First device for obstructed labor in 40 years
• Invented by Argentinian car mechanic
• Eliminates Cold Chain for Antiretroviral Drugs
• One Year Storage• Developed by Students at Duke
• Low-cost device for acute respiratory distress
• Developed by students• Cut mortality by 1/3
Oceans X-LabsA Different Model
Oceans X Lab: Creating the Oceans Innovation Pipeline
Source Develop Accelerate
Sustainable Impact at
Scale
Ideas Innovations Enterprises
New Enterprises and Markets
Blue Revolution for Oceans: Redesigning Aquaculture for Sustainability
Ending Overfishing:
Thank YouBrad [email protected] Wildlife Fund
“The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.”
Jacques Cousteau
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