Data Basin
Our flagship platform, Data Basin, enables thousands of people from multiple sectors to access, explore, analyze, and act on geospatial conservation data.
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The Conservation Biology Institute is a non-partisan, science-based nonprofit working to support the conservation of biological diversity towards a healthier, more ecologically sustainable planet.
We provide a range of integrated scientific and technological services to support ecological sustainability
The world is a complex place, and solutions to problems are seldom obvious or accomplished in isolation. We collaborate with a wide diversity of partners and use a range of tools—both social and technical—to support wise planning, policy, and management for biodiversity, ecosystems, climate, energy, and water resources.
We work dynamically, finding creative new ways to solve problems. Whether your interest is endangered species, energy or water planning, or taking rapid climate adaptation or mitigation steps, we help you make complex decisions in efficient ways, using the best available evidence.
Conservation Planning and Management
We advance practical and effective science-based strategies to protect and enhance native species, habitats, and ecosystems at all scales.
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Conservation Software Solutions
We develop innovative, visually compelling tools to help people use the best science and data to make conservation and resource decisions.
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Spatial Analysis and Mapping
We empower our clients by providing spatial analysis and mapping products to help them visualize and communicate complex conservation issues.
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Scientific Research and Modeling
We provide customized modeling products for conservation, restoration, climate change adaptation, and natural resource management – all grounded in the best available science.
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Consultation and Training
We effectively translate the latest scientific research into real world solutions.
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Collaborative, Interdisciplinary, Rigorous and Applied – Science Put to Work to Solve Problems
Active Projects
Calgary, Canada Wildlife Connectivity
CBI-SCGIS Webinar Series
Decision Support for the USDA Conservation Reserve Program
Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat Rangewide Management & Monitoring Plan
Coyote Valley Landscape Linkage – A Vision for Resilient Multi-benefit Landscape
Central Oregon Forest Stewardship Foundation Gateway
Giant Sequoia Data Portal
Web application supports post-fire recovery in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) in California
Environmental Risk Screening Tool for China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection
Tuolumne Utilities District Wildfire Defense Plan
Online Applications & software
We customize visualization and analytics of complex data to aid in making decisions
Featured Online Applications and Software
Environmental Evaluation Modeling System (EEMS)
Sonoma County Wildfire Resilience Planner
West Coast Estuaries Explorer
Species Potential Habitat Tool
Environmental Risk Screening Tool
Willamette Valley Conservation Study Explorer
DRECP Covered Species Database
Micronesia Regional Monitoring Tool
Linkage Mapper
Climate Smart Restoration Tool
Sharing what we have learned together
Featured Publications & Reports
Chile’s Valparaíso hills on fire
Framing VRRSability Relationships among Vulnerability, Risk, Resilience, and Sustainability for Improving Geo-Information Evaluations within Geodesign Decision Support
Modeling the effects of spatially explicit patterns of climate and fire on future populations of a fire-dependent plant
Widespread synchronous decline of Mediterranean-type forest driven by accelerated aridity
Creating Fire-Adapted Communities Through Recovery: Case Studies from the United States and Australia
Using high-resolution land cover data to assess structure loss in the 2018 Woolsey Fire in Southern California
The geography of social vulnerability and wildfire occurrence (1984–2018) in the conterminous USA
Creating Fire-Adapted Communities Through Recovery: Case Studies from the United States and Australia
History of a Unique Population of Fishers (Pekania pennanti) Threatened by Rapid Habitat Change
Sap flow responses in pioneer and late-successional tree species in secondary tropical montane forests of Eastern Himalaya, India
Integrating science into land management requires both the development of management-relevant science and the communication of that science in a way that can be readily integrated into existing management processes. CBI has worked collaboratively to understand what land managers in the Sierra Nevada need to inform science-based conservation decision-making, and to develop useful information and tools to help further our mission in that respect.
Sarah Sawyer, National Wildlife Ecologist and Wildlife Ecology Program Leader, United States Forest Service
For over 30 years, [we] worked to apply advanced techniques for land management and species monitoring for the Endangered Stephens Kangaroo Rat. The partnership with Conservation Biology Institute and their scientific expertise elevated RCHCA’s approach and allowed the layering of sound management practices backed by proven scientific strategies in support of species conservation, contributing to the overall success of our mission. With CBI’s dedication to applied research, education, and collaborative community service, we achieved milestones and made real impacts to change species status and complete recovery actions.
Princess L. Hester, Administrative Services Director, Western Riverside Council of Governments, CA