GNSS spoofing in conflict zones disrupts wildlife tracking and hampers research and conservation efforts

Frédéric Jiguet; Asaf Mayrose; Markus Piha; Ron Efrat; Tuomas Seimola; Nir Sapir; Sami Timonen; Yohay Wasserlauf; Aurélien Besnard; Pierrick Bocher; Andrea Kölzsch; Aleksi Lehikoinen; Anne Christine Monnet; Petr Procházka; Yoav Perlman

doi:10.1038/s41467-025-56630-2

GNSS spoofing in conflict zones disrupts wildlife tracking and hampers research and conservation efforts

Frédéric Jiguet, Asaf Mayrose, Markus Piha, Ron Efrat, Tuomas Seimola, Nir Sapir, Sami Timonen, Yohay Wasserlauf, Aurélien Besnard, Pierrick Bocher, Andrea Kölzsch, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Anne Christine Monnet, Petr Procházka, Yoav Perlman

Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology

University of Haifa

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Abstract

In war and conflict zones, the jamming of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNNS) signals by military forces disrupts the tracking of tagged animals, and has increased in frequency following the recent escalation of conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Such disruption to data collection strongly hampers research into the protection and conservation of endangered animals.

Original language	English
Article number	1199
Pages (from-to)	1199
Number of pages	1
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56630-2
State	Published - Dec 2025

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Jiguet, F., Mayrose, A., Piha, M., Efrat, R., Seimola, T., Sapir, N., Timonen, S., Wasserlauf, Y., Besnard, A., Bocher, P., Kölzsch, A., Lehikoinen, A., Monnet, A. C., Procházka, P., & Perlman, Y. (2025). GNSS spoofing in conflict zones disrupts wildlife tracking and hampers research and conservation efforts. Nature Communications, 16(1), 1199. Article 1199. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56630-2

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GNSS spoofing in conflict zones disrupts wildlife tracking and hampers research and conservation efforts

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