We're incredibly excited to announce that GDELT has been selected as one of 44 Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge Finalists! GDELT's proposal is titled "A Realtime Global Platform for Mapping, Forecasting, and Network Assessment of Wildlife Crime":
This platform will make use of the Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) project to monitor, translate, and codify global news reporting of wildlife crime in 65 languages in real-time. A live map will visualize the current state of wildlife crime worldwide, highlighting emerging trends and breaking situations, identifying key influencers and transport corridors, and recommending possible interventions through scenario modeling.