AI has the potential to make a significant difference to conservation charities and not leave them behind the commercial sector. From many business benefits of helping organisations find funding, strengthen grant applications, improve supporter engagement, reduce administration through to all the scientific benefits, managing habitats, analysing environmental and biodiversity data and tends and much more.

But it also brings new risks. AI attacks, phishing and impersonation are becoming increasingly sophisticated, whilst the unsupervised and widespread use of public AI tools by employees can expose systems, sensitive donor, employee and financial information.

I’ve spent time looking at how AI could genuinely help conservation charities and put together this report with ChatGPT. See AI and Cybersecurity in Conservation Charities report attached.

The report explores both the opportunities and the risks, and some practical steps organisations can take to adopt AI securely and responsibly.

Ultimately, the question isn’t whether conservation charities should embrace AI and cybersecurity. It’s how they use it to increase their impact and effectiveness and reduce organisational risk.

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