The Wildlife Movement Institute: An Open-Source Tracking Community
The Wildlife Movement Institute aims to foster a community for open-source wildlife movement ecology and tracking solutions, address challenges posed by climate change, and promote scientific literacy through accessible resources and collaborations. Funds are needed to legalize as a nonprofit, develop tracking hardware, and support community initiatives.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 03:48 PM
Projects must be at least 3 months old. Newer projects should establish themselves and submit to the next round.
The project was created approximately two years ago, well over the 3-month minimum requirement.
The Grant must be primarily focused on climate solutions (the group may do other work but the grant proposal should be directly related to climate solutions). The proposal should explicitly outline how this project will help reduce GHGs or is an important core infrastructure for web3 climate solutions.
The project's proposal focuses on climate solutions by aiming to better understand wildlife responses to climate change, which is integral to forming effective conservation strategies.
Grantees who received funding in previous rounds should report on project progress since GR15 or the Alpha round. We understand that some projects may have less progress given the timing of Alpha round disbursements. This will ensure accountability to supporters and also help encourage contributors by showing what you’ve been accomplishing.
The project provided a detailed account of accomplishments since receiving funding from Gitcoin Round 15 and the Alpha round.
All returning grantees are expected to update their proposal, in addition to project updates the proposal should include lessons learned from previous work and how they will use the additional funding from the upcoming round. The updated proposal should indicate how additional funding will help the project meet its goals, and include a rough timeline for the project overall.
The proposal has been updated with details on project development, lessons learned, and outlines how additional funding will be used, although the specific timeline details are somewhat limited.
There is a general expectation that projects are within the “realm of viability”. Even if a project may be at a very early stage, it still must seem credible to the average person with an understanding of web3 technology and climate solutions. Grantee founders must genuinely intend to build the project, and the project must not broadly be considered an impossibility.
The proposal demonstrates a credible approach to wildlife conservation using technology, reflects genuine intent to build the project, and aligns with web3 technology and climate solutions viability.
Grantees can be eliminated from consideration in the round if they are found to be encouraging or enabling Sybil attacks or other forms of malicious manipulation of the grants platform or the Gitcoin community.
There is no information provided that indicates malicious activity or Sybil attacks; assessing this would require additional monitoring and data that's not included in the project description.