Date: 19 February 2026
Location: Lima, Peru
Hosted Within: International Conservation Technology Conference (ICTC)
Speaker: Mark Gibson, Initiatives Director
With support from: Sustainable Innovation Initiatives (SII)
Access: In-person
Official Link: ICTC Event Page

Wildlife crime assessments remain data-poor, fragmented, and difficult to standardize, especially in Global South regions like the wider Caribbean. This session presents a rapid assessment toolkit for data-poor operating environments built as an applied extension of the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation.

Through three case studies—an AI-guided project builder, an integrated data sufficiency, crime risk, and intervention priorities assessment tool, and a legal taxonomic assessment tool —participants explore practical workflows for rapid, structured analysis of wildlife crime and enforcement. The session ends with a collaborative discussion on integrating other technological solutions into rapid assessments and further developing Open Standards to better support crime-focused conservation work.