Nature, recorded by the people who protect it
Communities use GainForest to log species, sounds and field work from their phones. Anyone can explore the records and donate straight to the community's own wallet.
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What you can do here
Certs
What exactly is
a Cert?
A Cert describes one piece of work: what the community did, where and when. The community publishes it from its own account and signs it.
GainForest
Reforestation of Mount Halimun
Community-led restoration of native forest in West Java, Indonesia. 5,000 trees planted across 12 hectares.
a real Cert, live from the app
Watch the explainer
A new way to document nature
Two minutes on how a community turns its fieldwork into a Cert. The video uses our old name for Certs, Bumicerts.
Where your records live
Built on an open network
Your records aren't locked in one database. You can take them to other apps, communities and funding tools. Support for Silvi and other platforms is coming soon.
Communities can use their records when applying for community-backed funding rounds.
GainForestGainForest helps communities and organizations publish field observations, biodiversity records, places, and project stories.
Impact claims work with other Hypercerts tools and public-goods funding programs.
