GainForest
GainForest is a non-profit using AI and blockchain smart contracts to wire direct eco-payments to Indigenous and local communities based on the conservation and restoration data they collect and verify.
GainForestInside GainForest
GainForest’s Measure-to-Earn technology lets communities receive direct payments wired against measured and verified data they submit on their restoration and conservation work.
Its Indigenous and Local Data Council frames community data as soil to be cultivated rather than oil to be extracted, with consent, attribution, correction paths and the right to remain unmodeled.
It built a community AI assistant (Tainá) and operates across 30+ communities, donating its entire XPRIZE Rainforest prize to fund the next generation of Indigenous scientists.
A benefit-sharing payment rail that can settle against verified evidence, with a consent-first data ethic.
Recent developments
- 2024Named an XPRIZE Rainforest winner for biodiversity monitoring and donated the prize to fund Indigenous scientists.
Using GainForest in a project
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