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Disaster Response Programme (DRP)
Organisations around the world rely on GIS maps, dashboards, and analytics to respond and recover from disasters and crises, big and small. More than 11,000 organisations have been supported by Esri’s Disaster Response Programme during emergencies such as oil spills, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, wildfires, famine, social unrest, and pandemics.
Nonprofit Programme
Nonprofit organisations use GIS to create a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous planet. More than 12,000 charities, foundations, and mission-driven nonprofit organisations are supported by Esri’s Nonprofit Programme, using GIS to help amplify their impact in communities around the world.
Education Programme
More than four million students and scholars use GIS technology and learning resources for data visualisation, problem-solving, and storytelling to promote a deeper understanding of natural systems and human societies. Esri’s Education Programme cultivates spatial literacy from grade school through higher education, preparing students for careers.
Conservation Programme
Conservationists around the globe use GIS to protect nature and confront the unprecedented threats from climate change and human development. The Esri Conservation Programme supports more than 5,000 conservation organisations as they work to safeguard biodiversity across protected areas and landscapes.
Esri initiatives
Our initiatives combine Esri technology, data, and resources to help maximise our collective impact.
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Featured stories
Discover how organisations are using Esri technology to overcome some of the world’s biggest challenges
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UN's Urban Search and Rescue Network Gains New Awareness after the Beirut Blast
The United Nations' International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) put a new system into operational practice, unlocking a new superpower of up-to-the-moment awareness.
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World Food Programme Guides Operations in Afghanistan with Online GIS Apps
The World Food Programme (WFP) uses maps, apps, and dashboards to gather contextual information to guide its operational planning.
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Location Intelligence Empowers Aid Organisations to Act as One
Keeping pace with the changing needs of people and organisations around the world, Web GIS continues to evolve, adding capabilities at ever greater speeds and scales. The shared context of a situation, including a view of current actions, helps all participants and partners act as one.
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Born Free Uses Smart Maps to Save Lions
Location intelligence helps Born Free Foundation see the sum of the organisation's activities, plan actions, and record positive conservation results.
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GIS Project Helps Address Food Insecurity and Waste
A geography professor developed a community-based service-learning project focused on addressing food insecurity.
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Online Schooling Prompts Municipalities to Map Digital Inequities
Two school districts in Philadelphia and Palm Beach examined the digital divide to provide resources to low-income students studying from home.
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Maps Cut through the Fog in Peru to Help Preserve Unique Ecosystems
Often going unseen by the millions living in bustling Lima, the ecosystem that's unique to Peru and Chile's coast has faced threats from land traffickers, feeding a demand for housing in the hills and mining for the materials to build homes. Learn how GIS is helping to safeguard these fragile ecosystems.
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To Save the Monarch Butterfly: Taking Action with Maps
The Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group provides a habitat survey and tracking system to help landowners restore corridors to support biodiversity.
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