The European Space Agency is offering funding up to €60,000 for companies to develop innovative space-enabled services to tackle environmental crimes. Environmental crime is the fourth largest criminal enterprise and threatens sustainability. The ESA is interested in services addressing illegal land and water pollution, wildlife poaching, and natural resource crimes like logging and fishing. Qualifying proposals will demonstrate business expertise, attractive market opportunities, commercially viable concepts, and solutions enabled by space technology.

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ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
Funding up to €60,000 per Activity
Proposal Submission Deadlines:
1. Environmental Quality: 02/09/2019- 11/10/2019
2. Poaching and Trafficking: 14/10/2019- 30/11/2019
3. Natural resources: 2/12/2019 – 24/01/2020
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2. Environmental crime is the fourth largest criminal enterprise in the world and is a growing threat to
peace, security, and sustainability. The European Space Agency is offering technical support and
funding to companies developing innovative and commercial space-enabled services to tackle
environmental crimes.
Key areas of interest include:
Crimes Affecting Environmental Quality
- Illegal land pollution, especially illegal waste dumping, waste burning and waste exporting
- Water-related crimes like water fraud, illicit water contamination and water theft
- Manipulation of carbon credits, and illegal emissions of hazardous gases.
Crimes Affecting Wildlife
- Poaching and the unlawful trade of flora and fauna
Crimes Damaging Natural Resources
- Illegal logging and charcoal trafficking
- Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing
- Illegal mining
 Motivated teams with business and domain expertise
 Attractive market opportunities and customer engagement
 Commercially viable service concepts
 Technically feasible solutions enabled by Space
Zero-Equity Funding
up to €60,000 per Activity
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For further information, go to: business.esa.int/
Official tender documentation: ESA EMITS (emits.esa.int), reference AO 1-10010.
Submission period: 02 September 2019 – 24 January 2020 13:00 CET
This document is provided for information only. Solely the tender documentation published on ESA EMITS is applicable.
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