70% of Wildlife Is Gone. This CEO Is Racing to Map What's Left - Dan White, CEO Gentian

Wildlife populations have dropped 70% over the last 50 years, and most organizations still can't say what nature exists on the land they manage. Dan White, CEO & Founder of Gentian, measures biodiversity using satellite imagery and AI that detects plant species and habitats from space, then hands that data to property developers, farmers, oil and gas firms, and First Nations communities so they can act on nature/ ecological risk. His path runs from childhood bird watching through behavioral economics work that cut aviation fuel use, and he connects both to the value we fail to count.

Chapters:

00:03 Welcome to Green Shoots and Big Shifts

00:55 Dan's early love of nature and bird watching

01:45 A career arc from music to CEO

02:32 Serendipity, doors, and following your values

04:25 What Gentian measures with satellites and AI

05:14 Why habitats matter and the extinction crisis

06:48 Who uses biodiversity data and why

08:20 Regulation, TNFD, and nature on the bottom line

11:19 Nature based solutions and climate resilience

12:56 Losing one drug every two years to plant extinction