AI for Climate and Biodiversity

C Minds

Central America

2020

2024-25 Scale-up project

Presentation of the project

This project benefits both nature and its frontline stewards: local communities, particularly Indigenous Peoples who face biodiversity loss and economic vulnerability. Leveraging AI, community-driven approaches, and multisector collaborations, AI for Climate and Biodiversity has scaled evidence-based conservation and integrated reserves into the IUCN Green List in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Focused on jaguars and biocorridors, the project fosters inclusive, youth- and Indigenous-led strategies. Next steps include scaling to LATAM by co-developing the Tech for Innovation Jaguar Biocorridor Alliance, enabling Indigenous communities to enter the biodiversity credit market while using AI for impact and accountability, and creating a high-integrity and ethical AI model for biodiversity credit projects in LATAM.

Presentation of the organization

C Minds is a women-founded, non-profit action tank based in Latin America that accelerates the contextual and ethical use of AI for social and environmental impact. With two decades of experience leading AI policies and initiatives with funding from GIZ, Google, Microsoft, and the government of the United Kingdom, the organization continues to advance the use of AI for climate and biodiversity.

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