News Releases

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  • Award Recipients Announced for Rare U.S. Trees Conservation

    Ten gardens and arboreta from eight states were selected to receive funding from the first two rounds of awards ranging from US$3,000 to US$5,000 to support the collection, propagation, and safeguarding of 18 priority tree species in botanical collections. Applications for a third round of Priority U.S. Trees Conservation Awards will open in early March, with proposals due April 15, 2026.
  • SAS helps NatureServe Protect Biodiversity with Artificial Intelligence
    With the world currently facing an unprecedented rate of extinction, SAS has joined forces with NatureServe, an organization focused on protecting biodiversity, to use analytics and AI to measure the degree of imperilment for plants and animals. These assessments are a costly and highly manual process. With SAS, NatureServe will be able to make its assessments more automated and reliable while gaining significant efficiencies and cost savings to the complex task of analyzing over 7 million known species of plants and animals on the Earth.
  • Biodiversity and Public Health Interview with Dr. Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio & Dr. Sean O’Brien
    During this short interview, Dr. Sean O’Brien, President & CEO at NatureServe, and Dr. Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, Associated Vice President for Conservation at EcoHealth Alliance, discuss the intersection between biodiversity decline, the destruction of our natural world, and virus outbreaks like the coronavirus pandemic.
  • NatureServe Explorer Gets a Refresh
    Imagine a database of 100,000 records of plants, animals, and ecosystems, constantly being reviewed and updated by a network of more than 1,000 natural heritage experts—now imagine having that information available at your fingertips!
  • NatureServe and MBON Will Apply to Host Next GEO BON Secretariat
    NatureServe, creators of the Americas Biodiversity Observation Network (Americas-BON), together with their partners at the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) announce today their intention to participate in the call from the international conservation community and jointly apply to become the next host of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) Secretariat.
  • Interview with President & CEO Sean O'Brien
    Conservation organizations are using location technology to better understand and help protect the world’s most vulnerable species and habitats. Hear Sean O’ Brien, NatureServe president and CEO, discuss the importance and abundance of data and analytics in driving decision-making in large-scale conservation efforts in this Esri Podcast.
  • Healy Hamilton receives the SFI Conservation Leadership Award
    NatureServe’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Healy Hamilton, was honored this week with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Conservation Leadership Award for her instrumental leadership illustrating the conservation value of forest lands. Dr. Hamilton was presented with the award at SFI’s annual conference, which was aptly titled “Forests of Opportunity.”
  • Americas Biodiversity Observation Network Established
    GEO BON announced the establishment of a new partnership between 200+ organizations in 23 countries across North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. NatureServe, already a premiere BON member, will coordinate the new Americas Biodiversity Observation Network.
  • NatureServe Unveils Map to Guide Conservation Investments at Esri User Conference
    NatureServe unveiled landmark new tool, the Map of Biodiversity Importance, in front of thousands of people at the Esri User Conference in San Diego, CA. This high-resolution map is the first of its kind, bringing together machine learning, expert scientists, and decades of biodiversity data from our Network to create a guide to where our nation's most imperiled species exist, and where conservation action is needed most.