gainforest

gainforest

Non-profit finalist in XPRIZE competition aims to stop deforestation by 2030, employing local communities for data collection and offering financial transparency via a platform.
Application
Applied on: 6 Aug 2024 07:15 PM
Approved
User Review
AI Review
A1
Reviewed on 6 Aug 2024 08:01 PM
The project should fall under the category of Decentralized Science. (https://ethereum.org/en/desci/)
Gainforest Earth implements a decentralized approach to conservation and restoration, leveraging Web3 technologies for transparency and engaging local communities.
The project should aim to build public infrastructure for funding, creating, reviewing, crediting, storing, and/or disseminating scientific knowledge (either by organising conferences, meetings, workshops and/or hackathons then contributing to onboard scientists into the blockchain ecosystem) fairly and equitably using the Web3 stack.
Gainforest hosts capacity building workshops, hackathons, and has a platform for displaying conservation efforts, utilizing Web3 technologies.
The project should be able to clearly articulate its goals and objectives.
The project specifies its goals of co-producing AI models for conservation, working with Indigenous and local communities, and being part of biodiversity data collection.
The project must have a clear and well-defined problem statement, as well as a plan for addressing the problem.
The project outlines the problem of scarce biodiversity data in the Global South and provides a planned solution using AI models and local community involvement.
The project must have a clear roadmap and timeline for implementation, with achievable goals.
The project has been in operation for 66 months and mentions ongoing and planned activities, such as capacity building workshops and expanding Indigenous programs.
The project should be open-source and collaborative in nature.
Gainforest has a public GitHub repository and emphasizes community co-production and global collaboration.
The project must be able to provide regular updates on its progress to the Gitcoin community.
The project regularly uses platforms like GitHub and Substack for updates, indicating its commitment to providing progress reports.