Leveraging Partnerships, Data and Technology to Revolutionize Avian Conservation and Management
A NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
Who We Are
The Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) is a partnership currently comprised of federal and state agencies and non-governmental organizations who have shared priorities regarding informatics needs for biodiversity conservation and management. The AKN is a powerful and secure cloud computing system that government agencies, NGO’s and others are using to enter, manage, analyze and share their avian observation data.
A world where bird populations thrive through conservation and management informed by a network of avian knowledge.
IDENTIFYING & ACHIEVING SHARED GOALS
AKN Steering Committee
The AKN steering committee sets the priorities for the partnership and is designed to reflect the data and science needs for agencies and other institutions at multiple scales across the Western Hemisphere. The AKN steering committee works together to identify and achieve shared goals. Find out how to contact a steering committee representative.
Our Mission
Our mission is to support a network of partnerships, data and technology to improve bird conservation, management and research across organizational boundaries and spatial scales.
Recent News
Welcome to the new AKN website!
The new AKN website will host links to AKN tools and resources for the AKN partnership.
The AKN Steering Committee put together a flyer that introduces the AKN and provides some recent case studies about how partnership are harnessing the power of the AKN for data management and decision support.