Tellus Civic Science Wins First Contract

Only three months after company formation, Tellus Civic Science (Tellus) was awarded their first contract, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Alaska District. This first contract is symbolic because it represents the positive impacts that Tellus’ is driven to accomplish and the positive planet solutions that are the core of Tellus’ mission, vision, and services.  As part of this contract, Tellus will support the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)’s Pacific Environmental Security Partnership (Partnership) by organizing the 2023 Indo-Pacific Environmental Security Forum (IPESF)

in Sri Lanka, Coral Reef and Seagrass Preservation Forum in Palau, and Invasive Species Forum in Guam. Team Tellus has successfully supported USINDOPACOM with the preparation, coordination, facilitation, and management of three previous international forums: 2017 IPESF USA-Alaska, 2021 Virtual IPESF, and 2022 IPESF Maldives. As a result, Team Tellus has helped USINDOPACOM develop comprehensive, current, and state-of-the-science events, developed an international network of environmental security subject matter experts and practitioners, established best practices for working with foreign nations on a wide range of environmental security issues, and created a forum for international stakeholders to collaborate and learn. For more information on the IPESF, please visit ipesf.org.