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Learn more at [links.gainforest.earth](https://links.gainforest.earth/).\n\nThe GainForest platform brings transparency to conservation and restoration projects. On the financial side, the flow of funds towards a conservation project are transparently displayed on our [platform](www.maps.gainforest.app). On the conservation and restoration side, local communities use a variety of **dMRV (Decentralized Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) and DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network)** techniques to show \"Proof of Care\", or proof that the funds are used towards sustainable stewardship. This brings local employment to the communities, and allows us to gather vast amounts of machine learning-ready forest data. In previous trial runs, we compensated individuals 50 cents for every tree measured, 1 cent of every audio minute recorded, and 5 cents for every MB of drone data, with a daily income cap of 10 USD per community member. Pricing is dynamically decided by our Indigenous and Local Data Councils, that GainForest helps to set up.\n\nAt GainForest, we are convinced that data payments are the key to creating a reliable income source for local communities. Data regarding biodiversity in the Global South is scarce. Many species of plants and animals in these regions remain undiscovered and undocumented. **A conservation-focused data collection initiative would create a global data commons**, propelling **the advancement of AI and biodiversity research in these areas**. There's an immediate need and a broad consensus to compensate local data collectors for their contributions.\n\nOur objective is to scale these efforts, providing additionally low-cost conservation drones on loan, audiomoth sensors and eDNA collection kits, and compensate local communities 5-10 USD daily.\n\nCurrently, our platform welcomes a network of **25** (and counting!) conservation organizations around the world.\n\n## What have we shipped?\n\n1. Local **community-based MRV** together with a **data upload platform ecosystem**that allows users to upload environmental data. One may input date through a variety of methods, ranging from traditional forms (as in our **Tree App**, which allows users to upload measurements and photos of trees), through natural language (as with our **telegram chatbot, Taina**), as well as audio recordings (through audiomoths), photos and videos (such as through camera traps), and drone data.\n2. **Citizen science ecopayments.** While local forest stewards assist with the collection of invaluable data from the forest, Citizen Scientists then look at the data and identify plant species from photos, and animals from sound recordings. This labeled data will directly feed into the development of new AI models that will propel our understanding, and hence the conservation of rainforests around the world, to new levels. [Read more [here](https://gainforest.substack.com/p/citizen-science-for-biodiversity)] \n3. A global community of **28** projects and counting in the **Green Globe**, in various stages of their \"Measure-to-Earn\" journey.\n4. Over **$20,000 in payments** given to the communities for data collection.\n\n\n\n\n## **What's Next?**\n\n1. **More financial and environmental visualizations**. Including but not limited to:\n- including audio data into our observed biodiversity tab,\n- automatic visual and audio recognition of observed animals through data collected in-field (camera traps, sound recordings)\n- Live dashboard showing financial metrics such as the total number of funds received by each project, and more.\n\n2. **Hypercerts Integration**. Rewarding and tracking sustainability work efforts. This can range from engaging in dMRV activities (measuring, reporting, and verification of environmental projects), to actively working on conservation or restoration projects. Work done by GainForest project partners since joining the platform will also be retroactively issued hypercerts. Hypercerts will also allows us to associate payments together with the work scope. \n\n3. **R&D, and Preparation for the XPRIZE RainForest Finals.** Scheduled for July 2024 in Brazil. Scaling up and improving the user experience, accessibility of our RainForest data collection and insights generation. Co-creation with an indigeneous community in Brazil. Technology developed for the XPRIZE will be directly applicable to our work towards giving communities the tools to do their own decentralized MRV.\n4. **Actively Expanding our Network of Experts and Citizen Scientists.** Continual hosting of programs, meetups, and workshops to expand our data commons.\n5. **Biodiversity Marketplace.** A space that connects data purchasers with community-produced data.\n6. **Document, and share knowldege.** All of our learnings from in-the field are available in our [blog](https://gainforest.substack.com/).\n\n# **Additional Information:**\n\nRead our Whitepaper - available [here](www.docs.gainforest.earth).\nRead our [2022/2023 Impact report](https://www.canva.com/design/DAFpX8wy7LI/TjwaWTnL4x53l6rTd5oyxQ/view#17).\n\n*The 2023/2024 Impact report will be available on July 2024.*", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "gainforest", "projectTwitter": "gainforestnow"}, "recipient": "0xD1554f3b43ad8274Ef5A550F17d6579daE16c5B6"}}