Sylvain Vaquer: Biodiversity Monitoring Powered by People and AI

In this episode of Smart Forests Radio, we speak with Sylvain Vaquer, founder of Mozaic Earth, a biodiversity and nature-intelligence startup. Sylvain outlines Mozaic Earth’s tools for making biodiversity monitoring more scalable and accessible, including a mobile app that supports ground-level data collection by local communities and an AI-powered platform that enables ecologists to conduct remote ecological assessments. He reflects on collaborations across the biodiversity space, ranging from global nature tech collectives and regional restoration groups to regulators. Sylvain hopes to help bridge conversations between these stakeholders and establish a viable level of biodiversity insight that can create ecological gains while supporting organisations to maintain market competitiveness.

Interviewers: Jennifer Gabrys and Phoebe Hamilton Jones

Producer: Harry Murdoch

Image: Mozaic Earth