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Avian
Knowledge
Network

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 composed 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.

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Manage & Explore Data

AKN offers tools for collecting, entering, uploading, managing, accessing and summarizing bird monitoring data.

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Our Vision

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

  • Western Tanager by Jim Livaudais

    Welcome to the new AKN website!

    The new AKN website will host links to AKN tools and resources for the AKN partnership.

  • AKN Flyer

    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.

    Download the AKN Flyer
  • Yellow Warbler by Jim Livaudais

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