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Our goal is to enhance transparency and accountability in environmental stewardship by creating a trusted, scalable database that fosters reliable data across various environmental sectors.\n\nBy leveraging blockchain technology for data integrity and AI-driven tools for content generation, we are building a comprehensive knowledge base and practical ecosystem for ecological impact verification. This open-source initiative allows the global community to contribute, ensuring the platform remains current, innovative, and inclusive.\n\n\ud83c\udf10 Website: https://ief.wiki\n\nMission\n- To empower organizations and individuals to measure, verify, and report ecological impacts accurately, fostering transparency and accountability in environmental stewardship. \ud83c\udf31\n\nVision\n- A world where every ecological action is informed by reliable data, driving sustainable practices and policies to ensure a healthier planet for future generations. \ud83c\udf0e\n\nValues\n- Integrity \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f\n- Collaboration \ud83e\udd1d\n- Innovation \ud83d\udca1\n- Transparency \ud83d\udd0d\n- Regeneration \ud83c\udf3f\n\nLong-Term Vision:\n- In addition to the Wiki, we aim to develop an on-chain ecological impact verifier training program and a reputation system. \n- This program will train impact evaluators globally and ensure transparent, data-driven assessments, verified and rewarded on the blockchain. \n\n- \ud83c\udf10 By creating a new job title, \u201cImpact Evaluator,\u201d we envision a global network of individuals collecting and verifying ecological impact data, driving transparency and trust in ecological projects. \ud83d\udcbc\ud83d\udd17\n\nTarget Audience\n- Environmental Organizations & NGOs: Seeking reliable data to measure and report their projects' ecological impact.\n- Governments & Policy Makers: Needing standardized tools for ecological assessments to drive policies and regulations.\n- Academics & Researchers: Interested in contributing to a global repository of ecological knowledge and metrics.\n- Impact Evaluators & Consultants: Gaining certification and tools to provide verified, accurate assessments of environmental impacts.\n- Developers & Technologists: Contributing to the open-source platform, building tools, and ensuring technical robustness.\n\nKey Features:\n- Open-Source Collaboration: \ud83c\udf10 Fully open-source and decentralized, encouraging contributions from experts, developers, and community members across the globe.\n\n- AI-Driven Content Creation: \ud83e\udd16 Automates data scraping, content generation, and cross-linking between articles, providing up-to-date ecological data and metrics.\n\n- Training Program: \ud83c\udf93 A comprehensive on-chain training program designed for ecological impact verifiers, built around the Ecological Benefits Framework (EBF).\n\n- Reputation System: \u2b50 A blockchain-based reputation system to reward accurate verification of ecological impacts and ensure data integrity.\n\n- Impact Capturing Tools: \ud83d\udcca Tools that leverage data sources such as satellite imagery and AI to enhance the precision and reliability of ecological impact evaluations.\n\n- Customisable User Interface: \ud83d\udda5\ufe0f An intuitive interface with light/dark modes to enhance accessibility and user experience.\n\nTeam:\n- Sharon Gal-or - CEO / https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharongalor/\n- Daniel Mihai - Product Manager / https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihai-daniel/\n- Adrian Merick - Program Manager / https://www.linkedin.com/in/puha/\n- Greg - Tech Lead / https://www.linkedin.com/in/grigore-trifan-666biyz/\n- IT Interns (Developers) - We are starting with 4 IT graduate interns and scaling up with ecology/sustainability interns as the project grows.\n\nWhy It Matters\n- The environmental sector urgently needs a scalable, reliable system for verifying the ecological claims of projects across the globe. Without standardised methods and data integrity, stakeholders face challenges in ensuring transparency and accuracy in impact reporting. By providing a decentralised, collaborative platform for verifying impacts, we empower organisations, governments, and individuals to make better decisions for a more sustainable future. \ud83c\udf31\ud83d\udcc8\n\nCall to Action:\n- Join us in building a reliable and transparent ecosystem for ecological impact reporting! Whether you're a developer, an ecological expert, a policymaker, or someone passionate about sustainability, your contributions will help revolutionise how we understand and verify the ecological footprint of projects worldwide. \ud83c\udf0d\ud83d\udcaa\n\nImpact Evaluation Foundation (IEF) Licensing Terms (under legal review)\n\n1. Wiki Content License (CC0 1.0 Universal)\nAll content, data, and information contributed to the IEF Wiki is made available under the CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication) license. This means that anyone is free to:\n\nCopy, modify, distribute, and use the content for any purpose, including commercial purposes, without asking for permission or providing attribution.\n\n2. Code License (CC BY 4.0 or Apache License 2.0)\nAll code written and contributed by the Impact Evaluation Foundation (IEF) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) or the Apache License 2.0. This means that:\n\nYou are free to use, modify, and distribute the code for any purpose, including commercial purposes, as long as you provide attribution to the IEF for the original work.\n\nAttribution Requirement:\nWhen using or distributing the code, you must include the following attribution:\n\n\"Original code provided by the Impact Evaluation Foundation (IEF).\"\n\nRelevant Links:\n- CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/\n- CC BY 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\n- Apache License 2.0: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0", "logoImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "Impact-Evaluation-Foundation", "projectTwitter": "danielofanu"}
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