The Reef-World Basis — the global Inexperienced Fins Initiative coordinator in partnership with the UN Ambiance Programme — has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2020 Con X Tech Prize.
The Con X Tech Prize gives opportunities for seed funding to someone, anywhere to flip their novel solutions for conservation into reality. The novel round of the Con X Tech Prize attracted 167 submissions from around the sector — including Uganda, Malaysia, Cameroon, the Philippines, Brazil, and more — and Reef-World has been named as one of the well-known 20 finalists with the functionality for exponential conservation influence.
The Huge Prize Winner will be announced by Conservation X Labs after finalists complete a 12-week prototyping duration.
Reef-World’s entry is the advance of the Inexperienced Fins World Hub: a digital global system to support dive professionals protect fragile coral reefs. This online make stronger machine will inspire marine tourism operators to toughen their day after day environmental practices.
Reef-World says it has already carried out market learn and engaging a alternate knowing, product requirement document and sustainable finance model. By the cease of the 12-week prototyping duration, the charity can hang: drafted a absorb specification document; mapped out the evaluate and onboarding processes for contributors; developed wireframes for the onboarding job and key sections of the machine; designed a visual mock-up of the actual person interface; and begun collaborating with application pattern companies to make obvious all outputs are life like and achievable.
James Greenhalgh, Digital Strategy Supervisor at The Reef-World Basis, said:
“We’re proud to hang been shortlisted alongside these spectacular conservation enhancements. There is no assorted product love the World Hub on the market and our market learn shows solid industry quiz for a service offering this maintain of solution. The Hub will enable operators to put together and empower their crew to undertake better environmental behaviors and collaborate with assorted businesses. We’re fascinated about the mission’s doubtless to wait on reefs globally.”
Tom Quigley, Community Supervisor at Conservation X Labs, said:
“The Con X Tech Prize is supposed for opportunities merely love this — the assign some funding and make stronger thru a prototyping plod can support a product love Inexperienced Fins make a transformative jump in the dimensions of their influence. We’re enraged to be conscious what Reef-World builds over the prototyping duration.”
Each of the 20 shortlisted teams hang bought US$3,500 (~2,955 Euros) to flip their knowing precise into a prototype over 12 weeks. At the cease of the prototyping duration, one mission will be awarded the $20,000 (~16,884 Euros) mountainous prize to make stronger the kind ahead for their mission.
Reef-World says it has already secured funding for this mission from the United Nations Ambiance Programme, the Matthew Right Basis, and G-Research and is persevering with to fundraise to duvet the closing pattern charges.
To gape the tubby list of 20 finalists, move to conservationxlabs.com.
