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Identify which barriers can be removed, modified, or bypassed to restore fish migration and sediment flow while maintaining local water and energy needs.
social-civic-problems
europe
spain
restoring
river
connectivity
fragmented
small
dams
identify
barriers
removed
modified
mathematics-logic
local
before
might
actors
Develop land-use, early-warning, crop protection, compensation, corridor, and livelihood systems that reduce conflict in shared landscapes.
economics-resources
africa
kenya
conflict
reducing
human-elephant
harming
communities
wildlife
develop
land-use
early-warning
crop
systems
society-governance
climate-environment
global-unspecified
african
open
Pacific Ocean, Global
Establish credible baseline science, governance, monitoring, liability, and precautionary thresholds before commercial extraction irreversibly alters deep-sea ecosystems.
society-governance
pacific-ocean
biodiversity
deep-sea
preventing
damage
mining
establish
credible
baseline
science
governance
monitoring
enabling
technologies
continuous
climate-environment
Develop collection, storage, propagation, and assisted-migration strategies for native plants whose historical habitats are no longer climatically stable.
climate-environment
oceania
australia
native
restoring
seed
banks
climate-driven
ecosystem
change
develop
collection
storage
mathematics-logic
global-unspecified
species
prevent
philosophy-ethics
Build coordinated monitoring, habitat protection, energy-infrastructure planning, and legal cooperation for species crossing many countries.
society-governance
asia
central-asia
protecting
migratory
bird
routes
multiple
jurisdictions
build
coordinated
monitoring
habitat
across
philosophy-ethics
global-unspecified
whether
mathematics-logic
Develop detection, enforcement, platform, customs, and demand-reduction systems for illegal wildlife sales shifting into encrypted and cross-border digital channels.
economics-resources
wildlife
reducing
trade
risks
online
marketplaces
develop
detection
enforcement
platform
systems
society-governance
technology-computing
digital
corruption
resilient
global-unspecified
open
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
Create scalable combinations of eDNA, acoustic sensing, imaging, community science, and AI that produce trustworthy species data in under-surveyed ecosystems.
climate-environment
oceania
papua-new-guinea
biodiversity
mapping
regions
few
taxonomists
create
scalable
combinations
edna
acoustic
economics-resources
ecosystems
protection
society-governance
species
open
New Zealand, Oceania
Develop targeted eradication and containment methods that protect native species, food systems, and local communities from unintended harms.
mathematics-logic
oceania
new-zealand
species
controlling
invasive
small
islands
ecological
side
effects
develop
targeted
methods
economics-resources
climate-environment
communities
systems
Create city planning and maintenance systems that support native plants, insects, birds, soil life, wetlands, and ecological connectivity.
mathematics-logic
asia
singapore
biodiversity
restoring
urban
beyond
ornamental
landscaping
create
city
planning
maintenance
climate-environment
systems
methods
ecological
society-governance
Design roads, railways, pipelines, and transmission lines with wildlife crossings, routing, monitoring, and community safeguards that work at landscape scale.
climate-environment
asia
india
biodiversity
preventing
loss
linear
infrastructure
corridors
design
roads
railways
pipelines
monitoring
society-governance
technologies
enabling
continuous
open
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
Develop monitoring approaches that work despite persistent cloud cover, fragmented enforcement, local economic dependence, and rapidly changing extraction routes.
technology-computing
africa
democratic-republic-of-the-congo
detecting
illegal
logging
cloud-covered
tropical
forests
develop
monitoring
approaches
work
society-governance
economics-resources
forest
science-space
systems
Develop modular, climate-appropriate, culturally suitable transitional housing that avoids prolonged camp conditions and can evolve into permanent homes.
climate-environment
asia
t-rkiye
housing
designing
dignified
temporary
repeated
disasters
develop
modular
climate-appropriate
culturally
social-civic-problems
urban
affordable
african
global-unspecified
Create maintenance standards, inspection systems, repair financing, and accountability mechanisms where elevator outages isolate elderly and disabled residents.
social-civic-problems
asia
china
elevator
preventing
failures
high-rise
affordable
housing
create
maintenance
standards
inspection
society-governance
systems
public
technology-computing
intergenerational
Develop safe, affordable testing, cleanup, liability, community engagement, and redevelopment methods for land-scarce cities.
social-civic-problems
europe
poland
rehabilitating
contaminated
former
industrial
land
housing
develop
safe
affordable
testing
cities
global-unspecified
methods
climate-environment
african
Develop drainage, runway materials, power backup, communications, and financing approaches for airports essential to island connectivity and disaster response.
climate-environment
oceania
samoa
island
climate-resilient
airport
infrastructure
small
states
develop
drainage
runway
materials
communities
remote
economics-resources
public
society-governance
open
United Kingdom, Europe
Build resident reporting, inspection, funding, contractor, and legal mechanisms that prevent public housing from deteriorating after construction.
social-civic-problems
europe
united-kingdom
public
housing
improving
maintenance
accountability
build
resident
reporting
inspection
funding
society-governance
safe
economics-resources
global-unspecified
haven
Design affordable intersection, lighting, speed, pedestrian, motorcycle, and enforcement improvements where rapid development outpaces road planning.
society-governance
africa
uganda
road
reducing
fatalities
informal
peri-urban
intersections
design
affordable
intersection
lighting
traffic
rural
highways
global-unspecified
asia
Develop practical methods to map water, sewer, power, gas, and telecom networks where records are incomplete and excavation is dangerous.
climate-environment
asia
india
managing
underground
utility
maps
unplanned
urban
growth
develop
practical
methods
water
society-governance
global-unspecified
african
restoring
Create enforceable safety training, reporting, protective equipment, housing, wage, and contractor-accountability systems for transient workers.
social-civic-problems
asia
qatar
making
construction
sites
safer
temporary
migrant
labor
create
enforceable
safety
systems
society-governance
economics-resources
workers
technology-computing
Develop standards, tracking, community oversight, vehicle financing, and safe-route models for children traveling through informal transport networks.
social-civic-problems
africa
kenya
transport
safe
school
regions
formal
bus
systems
develop
standards
tracking
society-governance
informal
public
technology-computing
economics-resources
