Under the current trajectory, the future of many living organisms is uncertain. They are increasingly affected by pressures from unsustainable agriculture, fisheries, mining and other human activities that contribute to habitat loss and degradation, overexploitation, climate change and pollution. The rapid loss of wildlife species today is estimated to be up to 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate.

According to FinTech Weekly, FinTech is “Software and modern technology used to support and/or enable banking and other financial services”

FinTech is an opportunity for new players to enter the financial services industry, the largest industry in the world, competing or collaborating with large financial institutions. FinTech is driven by three main principles:

Since the 1990s, a number of initiatives have been launched worldwide to explore the potential applications of High Altitude Pseudo Satellites, also called High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS). HAPS are aircraft positioned above 20 km altitude, in the stratosphere, for very-long-duration flights counted in months and even years. These unmanned aircraft may be airplanes, airships or balloons. A number of HAPS development projects have recently reached more advanced development stages, which indicates that first operational services could be expected by 2018 - 2022.