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(Reminder: projects must have proof of being over 3 months old)", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "number", "answer": "267994", "hidden": false, "question": "Total prior funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "We are 100% grants (Filecoin Green & Climate Collective) and community (Gitcoin Rounds 18-20) funded.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please expand on how much funding you\u2019ve received from each funding source and when? (VC, grants by foundation, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "5", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "@David Dao (Co-Founder, Tech)  @Sharfy Adamantine (Co-Founder, Tech)   @Chona Billones (Communications Lead)  @Zach Lefler (Software Developer)  @Nurfatin Hamzah (Community Manager)", "hidden": false, "question": "List the team Name/Role/Experience/Socials ", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Deforestation, often referred to as the third-largest global emitter after China and the U.S., stands as one of the most important obstacles to achieving the 1.5-degree climate goal. Every year, our planet loses vast expanses of precious forests, a critical lifeline for the Earth's climate and biodiversity. Urgent measures are required to address the devastation caused by deforestation, which threatens the planet's health and the very survival of countless plants, animals, and not least the human species.\n\nGainForest is developing the technologies to combat global deforestation in partnership with over 25 nature conservation groups around the globe, who all work with the communities on the forefronts to create sustainable incomes based on nature. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project is a part of the solution to the Climate crisis.", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/gainforest-1", "hidden": false, "question": "Please provide a link to your GG20 Karma GAP link. (Reminder that you need to provide two milestones with updates.)", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "## Progress since GG20\n\n1. **Launch of our Global Data Council** (July 2024), with representatives from 3 regions around the world. Read more about our data council [here](https://gainforest.substack.com/p/introducing-the-gainforest-data-council).\n\n1. **Hosted an AIxEnvironment Hackathon** (May-June 2024) to work on open science and environmental insights that generated more than 16 insights with more than 200 participants. ([**hack.biodivx.org**](http://hack.biodivx.org/))\n\n2. **New environmental insights on the Green Globe** (May-July 2024) including canopy tree delineation, automatic tree species detection, circadian rhythm soundscape, insect spy, and a project logbook. \n\n3. **Competed in the XPRIZE Rainforest Finals.** (July 2024) We have transferred in total 332.33 USD to neighboring communities. See our video report here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AakSOgHc0d8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AakSOgHc0d8&t=1s)\n\n## **Progress since GG19**\n\n### **1. Taina - An Indigenous AI Data Assistant**\n\n- **Lesson Learnt**:\u00a0**Data collection needs to be inclusive**. In October 2023, we travelled to the Xingu River in Brazil, and taught the Indigenous Kayapo people the use of our data gathering methods. From this experience, we've learnt that traditional data collection methods\u2014such as filling out forms or how we labeled species groups (\u201cplants\u201d and \u201canimals\u201d) \u2014 were inadequate and not the best options for indigenous groups, like the Kayapo, as it does not take into consideration their way of living and how they perceive things. We\u2019ve also learned that oral history is their primary transfer of community knowledge.\n- **Solution:**\u00a0We've developed \"Taina,\" an AI-assistant Telegram bot which allows communities to talk using natural language to the bot to input data, collecting and preserving indigenous knowledge. Currently, Taina is available in three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. It leverages a customizable LLM backend, and all data is stored locally in the stewardship of the communities.\n- Taina is currently deployed with local riverside and Indigenous communities in Rio Negro, Brazil - including the Satare-Mawe, Tikuna, Muru and Munduruku People. Watch our\u00a0[**video**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we0wY22Yk34)\u00a0on Taina, or read more in our\u00a0[**blog**](https://gainforest.substack.com/p/meettaina-gainforests-new-ai-bot?triedRedirect=true).\n\n### **2. Participatory Citizen Science**\n\n- Together with ETH Zurich AI Center, we've hosted monthly conferences in Zurich, Switzerland, bringing together over 100+ attendees each time:\u00a0[**summit.biodivx.org**](http://summit.biodivx.org/)\n- We are hosting the largest Environment + AI Hackathon together with IBM to work on open science and environmental insights:\u00a0[**hack.biodivx.org**](http://hack.biodivx.org/)\n- We host online monthly events to gradually introduce our new technologies (such as Taina), to communities, citizen scientists, and biodiversity enthusiasts around the world.\n\n### **3. 5 new communities onboarded**\n\n- We are consistently updating and co-designing with our communities. In the past three months, we have deployed eDNA sampling in the Masungi Georeserve, eco-acoustic AudioMoths in Kenya and Rwanda, and collected data in Brazil.\n\n### **4. The Green Globe is (finally) mobile-friendly!**\n\n- We are consistently updating our green globe platform, allowing it to be faster, and display more visual information.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please provide 2-3 top impacts your project had in the past 12 months. You can use the CCN Metrics Garden (https://climatecoordination.org/climate-solutions-metrics-garden-1) or use your project-specific metrics. Examples: Number of Trees planted, Total forest area protected, Amount of Carbon sequestered, Carbon sequestration from regenerated soil, Etc.", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Oracles & DMRV", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of these categories best represents your project? Choose from: ", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Somewhere in the Metaverse", "hidden": false, "question": "Location/Region where the project is located: Choose from: ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Somewhere in the Metaverse", "hidden": false, "question": "Primary Location/Region where the project is making an impact: Choose from: ", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? ", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the GG21 Climate Solution Round Eligibility Criteria?", "questionId": 15}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from the Climate Coordination Network (CCN) for updates, information, and/or interviews? ", "questionId": 16}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to us sharing your information with select third-parties for investment opportunities? ", "questionId": 17}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "No", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to be included in an additional 150k sub-round funded by Shell? All grantees must agree to a KYC process to be eligible to receive these funds. 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On the conservation and restoration side, local communities use a variety of\u00a0**dMRV (Decentralized Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) and DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network)**\u00a0techniques to show \"Proof of Care\", or proof that the funds are used towards sustainable stewardship. Specifically, they upload individual tree images, audio recordings and drone data.\n\n![How Gainforest works](https://gainforest.notion.site/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F592f10fa-b2fe-4de7-84d7-d47ef5244493%2Fe79e5d80-19de-4eb9-8383-5bbc12ea9ead%2FScreenshot_2024-08-04_at_22.20.25.png?table=block&id=a4107b04-567c-4f7b-8533-32c6171ec503&spaceId=592f10fa-b2fe-4de7-84d7-d47ef5244493&width=1420&userId=&cache=v2)\n\n*Gainforest.Earth provides communities with artificial intelligence models to measure impact. A global data council then decides on conservation data payments (through an escrow). Every step is tracked through [attestations](https://celo.easscan.org/attestations/forSchema/0x1636b2944b2b3a8d9553323543b8b0d4653915ffa4038c5bd18400fbffc368ad).*\n\n### On Conservation Data Income for local and Indigenous communities\n\nData regarding biodiversity in the Global South is scarce. Many species of plants and animals in these regions remain undiscovered and undocumented.\u00a0**A conservation-focused data collection initiative would create a global data commons**, propelling\u00a0the advancement of AI and biodiversity research in these areas. **We work together with local communities to co-design environmental data collection and research.** \n\n![Workshop in Inhaa-be](https://gainforest.notion.site/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F592f10fa-b2fe-4de7-84d7-d47ef5244493%2F9e60a531-47ff-4795-80cb-baf255c58988%2FUntitled.png?table=block&id=f5009c7c-5cc8-4aa4-9fd7-0884c8afdbaa&spaceId=592f10fa-b2fe-4de7-84d7-d47ef5244493&width=1420&userId=&cache=v2)\n\nGainForest provides local and Indigenous communities with equitable artificial intelligence models to measure their impact.\n\nCurrently, our platform welcomes a network of\u00a0**25**\u00a0(and counting!) conservation organizations around the world.\n\n### On Artificial Intelligence for Forest and Biodiversity Monitoring\n\nGainforest develops in-house artificial intelligence algorithms for nature-based impact monitoring. We are focusing on two research areas:\n\n- Bioacoustic models to detect biodiversity activity\n- Geospatial models to classify forest canopy structure and individual trees\n\nAll predictions are provided to our communities through our Insights platform, the Green Globe - a data commons for ReFi.\n\n![gainforest.app](https://gainforest.notion.site/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F592f10fa-b2fe-4de7-84d7-d47ef5244493%2F3cb59e0d-6599-4d9c-b14c-082908ed7c7d%2FScreenshot_2024-08-04_at_22.37.26.png?table=block&id=554c8dc4-9e18-4242-8ff3-a9bc2a7ec27a&spaceId=592f10fa-b2fe-4de7-84d7-d47ef5244493&width=1420&userId=&cache=v2)\n\n*We host the GainForest Green Globe, a global data commons that local and Indigenous communities can use to display their conservation efforts*\n\n![Tree delineation](https://gainforest.notion.site/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F592f10fa-b2fe-4de7-84d7-d47ef5244493%2Fa105b746-6ef1-4d8f-b676-ad3b94e1ab38%2Fdelineation.png?table=block&id=de222e09-e178-473a-8b3d-be9108466690&spaceId=592f10fa-b2fe-4de7-84d7-d47ef5244493&width=1420&userId=&cache=v2)\n\n*Our canopy delineation algorithm is able to detect and count individual trees even in dense rainforests from a single drone image*\n\n**Our work has gotten us to become\u00a0[one of six finalists](https://www.xprize.org/prizes/rainforest/finalist-teams#:~:text=XPRIZE%20Rainforest's%20independent%20judging%20panel,of%20the%20XPRIZE%20Rainforest%20competition)**\u00a0**of the XPRIZE RainForest competition**. Take a look at the insights platform that we have developed for the XPRIZE Rainforest Competition [here](https://gainforest.app/f47ac10b58cc4372a5670e02b2c3d479f47ac10b58cc4372a5670e02b2c3d479/1), or read our [Biodiversity Report](https://geomcg7.dreamhosters.com/temp/bdx/finals/ETH-BiodivX-Biodiversity-Report-Book-v1.0-240715-1143-interspecies-appendix.pdf).", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "gainforest", "projectTwitter": "gainforestnow"}, "recipient": "0xD1554f3b43ad8274Ef5A550F17d6579daE16c5B6"}}