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GainForest Case study
Decision Sovereignty for Nature · ETH Zurich

GainForest

We build open tools for regenerative intelligence.

Dr. David Dao
Speaker Dr. David Dao
Hosted by AI4PG & ETH AI Center
Full-day workshop 22 July 2026 · ETH Zurich
GainForest Listen · what is this?

What is this sound?

Press → or click to play
GainForest Listen · the story

I was afraid of it ; until Marina Mura laughed.

Marina Mura holding a survey drone during fieldwork in the Amazon
An Amazon black howler monkey calling from a branch in the canopy
GainForest

It's an Amazon black howler.

Alouatta nigerrima
GainForest 02 · The blind spot
%

Only 1% of global biodiversity data comes from the world's largest rainforests.

GainForest 03 · Our mission

We build open tools for
regenerative intelligence.

GainForest 04 · Data is soil

Data is not oil.
Data is soil.

Close-up of hands tending bark on a tree in the Amazon, from the Atmos feature on Taina
GainForest 05 · Local-first AI

We build local-first technology
and AI.

AI Assistants

Bioacoustics

Remote Sensing

GainForest 06 · Indigenous AI

Meet Taina,
our community AI.

GainForest 07 · Data Council

We listen to our Nature Guild.

Stephen Bright Sakwa
Stephen Bright Sakwa
Uganda
Jaya Kandir
Jaya Kandir
India
Esayu Daniel
Esayu Daniel
Uganda
Njambi Njoroge
Njambi Njoroge
Kenya
Simon Peter Okoth
Simon Peter Okoth
Uganda
Marina Mura
Marina Mura
Brazil
Nurfatin Hamzah
Nurfatin Hamzah
Malaysia
Tin Dalida
Tin Dalida
Philippines
GainForest 08 · Data commons

The first community-owned
data commons for biodiversity.

Live Indigenous community gathering inside a maloca, launching a drone Field researchers sampling water in a mangrove forest
GainForest 09 · Streaming live

What is a Bumicert?

GainForest 10 · Closing the 1%

— species observations from the last 14 days in Amazonas.

GainForest Acoustic niche · 24 hours

Every species sings in its own frequency.

  • 0–1.5 kHz
  • 1.5–5 kHz
  • 5–10 kHz
  • 10–20 kHz
  • 20–60 kHz
GainForest Soundscape · a vital sign

You can hear a healthy forest.

Aldeia Inhaã-bé
A 24-hour polar soundscape chart for Aldeia Inhaã-bé ; tall, varied, multi-coloured bars showing a loud, diverse soundscape.
Manaus suburb
A 24-hour polar soundscape chart for a Manaus suburb ; short, uniform, muted bars showing a quiet, sparse soundscape.
GainForest BumiPod · open hardware

This is what we listen with.

BumiPod is our open-hardware ultrasonic recorder — bat-band audio, months on three AA batteries, monitoring deep inside the forest and relaying alerts device-to-device across several kilometres.

384 kS/s ultrasonic capture Mesh radio · links devices over several km 4 environment sensors 57 × 47 mm · smaller than a credit card 4× cheaper than an AudioMoth
Real design files drag to rotate · BumiPod v0.3 — real design files
GainForest 11 · Receipts

Grateful for our
supporters.

XPRIZE Rainforest finals in Manaus
XPRIZE Rainforest Winner — Amazon, 2024
Klarna AI for Climate Resilience
Klarna AI for Climate Resilience
Atmos feature on Taina
Atmos · Their own ChatGPT for Indigenous knowledge
Swissnex on GainForest in Amazonia
Swissnex in Brazil · Switzerland & Amazônia
GainForest Collective funding

Together, we match every Bumicert.

maearth.com →
Ma Earth's collective funding page ; 'Collective funding for community-led regeneration', a $500,000 matching pool, with partners Restor, GainForest, One Earth and others.
GainForest From pilots to scale

Scale starts when we put
nature stewards in the driver's seat.

Explore gainforest.earth →
XPRIZE Rainforest team and community at the maloca Bumicerts certificate ceremony, Philippines