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iTWire Monday, 10 May 2021 20:38 Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2021 AMERICAS to ‘showcase how data driven leaders are changing the world’ Shares Promising visionary speakers that will highlight how data-driven strategies are transforming industries, predicting the future, and safeguarding society and the environment, Hitachi’s three-day virtual forum looks set to be spectacular. The free three-day virtual event will showcase visionaries and practitioners who are leading and deploying data-driven strategies to solve some of the toughest problems in industry, society and ...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Huawei’s Joy Tan to Discuss AI Climate Solutions at Foreign Policy’s Virtual Climate Summit April 22, 2021 GMT (PRNewsfoto/Huawei Device USA) PLANO, Texas, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei Technologies USA’s Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Joy Tan, will be participating on a panel at Foreign Policy’s upcoming Virtual Climate Summit. Taking place on April 27 and 28, the event will bring together top government officials, industry leaders, and issue experts to drive awareness to clima...

9 sustainable experiences in Latin America From horseriding with Argentinian cowboys to planting trees in Peru, here are nine ways your next trip to Latin America can benefit the environment and local communities 1. Explore primary rainforest in Costa Rica Costa Rican rainforest (Shutterstock) Sustainability and environmental awareness are at the heart of Costa Rica’s tourism ethos, with the country receiving the UN's highest environmental honour, the Champions of the Earth award. Exodus Travels’ Discover Costa Rica tour spends two nights in the south of the country at Esquinas Rainforest...

ITU Naleku and Roho spend a lot of time squabbling with each other on Instagram. The two young friends from East Africa are orphan elephants, among the youngest in the care of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. The Trust, which runs an elephant rescue and rehabilitation programme, uses its social media account to raise awareness about the disappearance of wildlife habitats. This includes sharing the stories of the elephants with its 840,000 followers. Instagram is only one way to build a community that cares about wildlife conservation. With the world’s wildlife facing unprecedented threats, dig...

Getty Images / WIRED If a tree is illegally cut down in a remote section of the rainforest, does anyone hear the sound? If that section of the rainforest is using Rainforest Connection’s treetop surveillance technology, then yes, someone actually does hear the sound. They also act on it. The forest-monitoring technology, dubbed “Forest Guardians”, started off in 2012 as an idea to use recycled, solar-powered cellphones fitted with artificial intelligence software to monitor the activity and biodiversity of the surroundings. Re-fangled cell phones were mounted several hundred feet in the...