Digital technology and human development: A charter for nature conservation

Abstract

The application of digital technology in conservation holds much potential for advancing the understanding of, and facilitating interaction with, the natural world. In other sectors, digital technology has long been used to engage communities and share information. Human development—which holds parallels with the nature conservation sector—has seen a proliferation of innovation in technological development. Throughout this Perspective, we consider what nature conservation can learn from the introduction of digital technology in human development. From this, we derive a charter to be used before and throughout project development, in order to help reduce replication and failure of digital innovation in nature conservation projects. We argue that the proposed charter will promote collaboration with the development of digital tools and ensure that nature conservation projects progress appropriately with the development of new digital technologies.

The Slovak Citizen’s and University Student’s Perspective on the Benefits of Robotization

“…Although we are experiencing a period of economic prosperity, there are still many limits to growth through traditional sources. It is important to realize that technologies, especially automatization, will significantly change the economy as well as the labor market and not only in Slovakia (Maffey et al, 2015). Based on the results we can conclude the young Slovak population is very well aware of the issues associated with automation even though there are some very sophisticated devices.…”

“…He also points out that the new era is not just the age of smart devices, but above all it is an era of networking of humans who can now combine their intelligence, knowledge and creativity for the social development of countries and for wealth creation (Tapscott, 1999). The new economy is not merely the age of computers, but it is based on cross-sectoral collaboration and coordination, thus inhibiting economic growth and mutual symbiosis between new technologies and the quality of life (Maffey et al, 2015). At the same time, there are concerns that increased automation will result in the replacement of human workers by smart machines and the welfare of citizens will significantly decrease as a result of unemployment (McClure, 2018).…”

Digital Health Divide in South Asia: Ethical Concerns, Challenges, and Recommendations

“…Several challenges may serve as bottlenecks in adopting digital technologies for healthcare in South Asia [10,20], which can be examined according to the socioecological levels starting from individual to systems-level in the context of South Asia. First, the availability of digital technologies may differ across populations and contexts, which may affect the implementation of advanced technological innovations [21]. For example, evidence-based digital applications requiring constant internet access or virtual reality-based devices may not achieve the desired level of success among rural populations in South Asia, who predominantly use non-compatible devices or have limited access to high-speed internet.…”

Construcción del concepto fanbullying: Revisión crítica del acoso en redes sociales

“…Therefore, beyond the adjacent personal relationships and the purely school environment, we conclude that in digital environments new practices of fanbullying are being developed where the boundaries between reality and fiction are blurring, resulting in the need for an educational-juridical intervention.. Fanbullying; cultura digital; redes sociales; ciberacoso; acoso. La cultura de la participación extendida por medio de la concesión de oportunidades para el aprendizaje y el empoderamiento ciudadano, ha generado una suerte de construcción colaborativa del desarrollo humano, comunicativo e informacional en la era tecnológica (Gozálvez-Pérez & Contreras-Pulido, 2014;Maffey, Homans, Banks & Arts, 2015). Esta configuración deriva en relaciones comunales que, anteriormente, se congregaban en espacios públicos.…”