Conservation of Biodiversity by Making Use of ICT

摘要

Our lives, including our economic activities, depend on the blessings of ecosystems based on biodiversity.However, expansion of human activities has reduced the habitats of creatures, and the number of species constituting ecosystems is decreasing at an accelerating pace.These activities are destroying the foundation of our lives.Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2010 says that, while efforts are being made in some fields, loss of global biodiversity is still continuing and it is essential to act in the coming 10 to 20 years.In order to stop this biodiversity loss on a global scale, the national and local governments, NPOs, research institutions and enterprises are required to cooperate in conserving biodiversity.The Fujitsu Group, which formulated the Fujitsu Group Biodiversity Action Principles in 2009, is carrying out activities based on the priority measures of making use of information and communications technology (ICT) to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity together with various stakeholders, in addition to striving to reduce the impact of its own business activities.This paper presents examples of utilizing ICT as Fujitsu's activities for biodiversity conservation: the Mobile Phone Photo System cloud service that has allowed biological research with the participation of citizens, and the birdcall recognition system for research on a habitat of Blakiston's fish owls, which is an endangered species.