GainForest — Biodiversity Observations & Nature Projects

GainForest — Biodiversity Observations & Nature Projects

Explore field observations, biodiversity records, and nature projects from communities and organizations using GainForest.

GainForest — Biodiversity Observations & Nature Projects

Explore field observations, biodiversity records, and nature projects from communities and organizations using GainForest.

GainForest — Fund Regenerative Impact

GainForest connects funders with nature stewards doing on-ground regenerative work. Fund verified environmental impact directly.

GainForest: Open tools for regenerative intelligence

Explore nature projects around the world, back community-led restoration, and mint Certs; verifiable proof-of-impact records signed on ATProto.

Conservation Evidence - Site

This resource is designed to support anyone making decisions about how to maintain and restore biodiversity.

Observ.ing - Observe nature. Own your data.

A decentralized platform for biodiversity observations, built on the AT Protocol.

GBIF

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Free and Open Access to Biodiversity Data.

Measuring biodiversity: research into approaches

This report considers methodologies for measuring biodiversity at site-level for use in Scotland.

Sometimes the most exciting discoveries happen by accident. While reading this thoughtful field report from GainForest https://lnkd.in/eihbfggg, I was reminded why I've been so impressed by the way… | Tricia Stapleton

Sometimes the most exciting discoveries happen by accident. While reading this thoughtful field report from GainForest https://lnkd.in/eihbfggg, I was reminded why I've been so impressed by the way they approach their work. Their commitment to accompanying community-based partners and building place-appropriate frameworks feels deeply aligned with the kind of infastructure many of us in bioregional work are striving for. Curious, I headed over to their website and interactive globe and zoomed into my own bioregion. Right there in Puerto Jiménez was a pin. I clicked to see which organization was connected to GainForest—and discovered it was us, Los Higuerones Opening the profile (see the screenshot below), I had one of those wonderful "aha" moments. Not only was it beautifully presented, but I realized the information had been pulled directly from our MaEarth project profile. Then another piece of the puzzle clicked into place: both MAEarth and GainForest are part of the HyperCerts Certified ecosystem. I thought to myself….This is what a truly networked movement does. It's more than interoperability between platforms. It's infrastructure for trust, visibility, and connection. It allows organizations doing meaningful local work to be discovered, recognized, and linked into a broader ecosystem in a way that is does not put a burden on the grassroots partners to make ourselves legible. And this sense of support is also what we experienced throughout the first 21 days of July—motivated, accompanied, and reflected as we engaged in the @Ma earth crowdfunding campaign Huge appreciation to Holke Brammer, @certified, Matthew Monahan and Ma Earth , GainForest.Earth team, and everyone building these interconnected systems. Thank you for creating the kind of infrastructure that strengthens credibility while supporting the people doing the work on the ground. This is the kind of network our bioregions need…stregnthening trust and collaboration within, between and among.🙏.

Evidence Tool : Nature-based Solutions Evidence Tool |

Nature-based Solutions Initiative

Assessing nature's contributions to people

Recognizing culture, and diverse sources of knowledge, can improve assessments , A major challenge today and into the future is to maintain or enhance beneficial contributions of nature to a good quality of life for all people. This is among the key motivations of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a joint global effort by governments, academia, and civil society to assess and promote knowledge of Earth's biodiversity and ecosystems and their contribution to human societies in order to inform policy formulation. One of the more recent key elements of the IPBES conceptual framework ( 1 ) is the notion of nature's contributions to people (NCP), which builds on the ecosystem service concept popularized by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) ( 2 ). But as we detail below, NCP as defined and put into practice in IPBES differs from earlier work in several important ways. First, the NCP approach recognizes the central and pervasive role that culture plays in defining all links between people and nature. Second, use of NCP elevates, emphasizes, and operationalizes the role of indigenous and local knowledge in understanding nature's contribution to people.

Tackling the Nature Emergency - strategic framework for biodiversity: consultation

A consultation on Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity, including the first 5-year Delivery Plan for the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy, and elements of the proposed Natural Environment Bill.

State of Conservation Technology | WILDLABS

Explore insights from the first community-sourced assessment of the State of Conservation Technology

iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research

Abstract. Participatory citizen science is expanding, with iNaturalist emerging as one of the most widely used platforms globally. However, its application