WeNaturalists, an online platform is innovating in the nature conservation space.
The online platform provides a mobile and web application interface for people and organizations associated with nature with the aim of bringing together the organizations and professionals who work passionately for the betterment of planet.
Founded by entrepreneur and nature enthusiast Amit Banka, in 2019, WeNaturalists is geared towards giving a purpose to people’s passion for nature.
“WeNaturalists is the ecosystem that allows you to connect and interact with millions of people from around the world, find job opportunities in nature, manage long-term and short-term projects and much more. It caters to people from varied backgrounds like forest rangers, nature guides, environmentalists, conservationists, climate change specialists, wildlife and nature photographers, researchers, botanists and zoologists, academicians, media professionals, eco-businesses, organizations, institutions, and charities working towards education, conservation and eco-tourism, and many more,” the organisation explained in a statement obtained by ConservationsNG on Tuesday.
“With an easy-to-use interface and custom-made tools, the mobile and web applications have been welcomed by the People of Nature from over 150 countries including Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, India since its launch in November 2020.
“Bringing this community together for collective action is the most critical requirement of today, and WeNaturalists is making it a reality.
“WeNaturalists can be distinguished by its vision to be an ecosystem with the potential to become a unified voice for nature, and a catalyst for key decisions and discussions that could determine the future of nature.”
The Application
The application is user-friendly and in addition to the common social features, there are many specialized tools like Circles, which is an exclusive invite-only community feature for like-minded people to engage; Explore, which aggregates global nature news in a single place; Projects, which helps in finding jobs or assignments or attending events or trainings; Storybook, where storytellers can catalogue their photos and videos in an interactive format; Experience Showcase, which is a visual timeline of the work done by someone on an assignment in collaboration with multiple people; Causes, where everyone believing in an environmental cause can express opinions, exchange solutions and talk about their work for that cause and many more features like forums, polls, private and public messaging rooms.
World People of Nature Day
On the same day, to honor the People of Nature, WeNaturalists introduced People of Nature Awards, which recognized individuals with path-breaking initiatives in climate action from all over the world. In its first edition in 2021, 10 people were awarded.
The mobile application is now available on Google Play Store and Apple Store.
