Welcome

GainForest builds open-source tools for communities, nature stewards, researchers, and local organizations protecting and restoring nature.

This Support guide focuses on Bumicerts on GainForest.app — the Project and evidence tools that help users document environmental work, upload evidence, and turn it into lasting impact records.

Open GainForest.app

New here? Start with About GainForest, then continue to What is Bumicerts? and What is a Project?.

What do you want to do?

Learn about GainForest

Understand the organization behind GainForest.app and Bumicerts.

Understand Bumicerts

Learn what Bumicerts is and who it is for.

Create a Project

See how Projects organize your story, goals, updates, and evidence.

Explore the Globe

View organizations, Project sites, land cover, tree data, and data layers on a 3D Earth.

Upload evidence

Add observations, use Tainá, request batch uploads, or work with AudioMoth.

Set up an organization

Create an organization, invite members, and manage permissions.

Use Tainá

The Telegram field companion for learning, species ID, and observations.

Join opportunities

The Weekly BioBlitz Challenge, Rewilding the Web Grant, and more.

Support a Project

Understand Project evidence and support Bumicerts stewards.

Support GainForest

Donate to GainForest’s broader nonprofit and open-source work.

How Bumicerts works

Bumicerts turns environmental work into evidence-backed Projects in five steps.

1

Create a Project

Set up a page for your stewardship, restoration, monitoring, or community work.

2

Upload evidence

Add observations, photos, files, datasets, or AudioMoth recordings.

3

Link evidence to your Project

Connect uploads so others can understand what happened and why it matters.

4

Share updates

Post progress over time to build a public record of your work.

5

Use your Project

Put it to work for reporting, visibility, grants, and funding conversations.

Start with a Project

A Project is the main unit on Bumicerts — it brings together the people, place, story, updates, and evidence behind environmental work. If you are unsure where to begin, begin here.

What is a Project?