Open Forest Protocol

🚨 Exciting News! We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership with INARSAC and Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics North America Fundo Exuberante, an agroforestry project focused on forest regeneration and biodiversity, is joining the Open Forest Protocol platform. 🌲 This collaboration will enhance digital monitoring and reporting capabilities, minimize administrative burdens, and support the long-term sustainability of critical environmental initiatives. Follow us for more on how this exciting development will impact land management and conservation! Read the official press release below ⬇️ #forests #trees #climate #climateaction #sustainability #environment #regeneration #restoration #reforestation #partnership #announcement #amazon #peru #conservation

🚨 Now is the time to put science centre stage. We can’t out-argue rising temperatures. We can’t out-debate melting glaciers. We can’t out-vote extreme weather. The climate crisis won’t wait for consensus. We need: 🌳 Bold action, grounded in science. 🌳 Solutions built on evidence, not opinions. 🌳 Progress measured in data, not headlines. It’s time to build, fund, and scale what works. From the lab to the field, from markets to ministries - science belongs everywhere decisions are made. Open Forest Protocol CEO Frederic Fournier will be heading to the HackSummit on May 15-16, to join 850 ClimateTech founders, funders, and operators building what matters most. At OFP, we’re scaling generation of the highest integrity carbon credits, for all projects around the world and we are ready to put our foot forward and put science center stage. Join us: https://www.hacksummit.co/ #NowIsTheTime #BuildFundScaleScience #HackSummit2025 #climate #climatechange

Happy spring to you Daniel Köhler and PLANT-MY-TREE® 💚 Check out the PLANT-MY-TREE® plot on the OFP Atlas: https://lnkd.in/gH4yHDNS

👉 Join us at SF Climate Week by Climatebase! Our Head of Growth Jeremy Epstein will be attending from April 19-27th to dive into all things climate tech, carbon markets, and forests 🌳 See you there- comment below if you’ll be around, we’d love to connect. #event #climateweek #climate #climatetech #carbon #carbonmarkets #SF #green #greenfinance

In Peru’s Madre de Dios region—one of the most biodiverse corners of the Amazon—a new agroforestry initiative is taking root to regenerate degraded land and support local communities. 🌲 Open Forest Protocol (OFP) has officially onboarded Fundo Exuberante, a 200-hectare agroforestry project led by local NGO INARSAC, with support from none other than Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics North America. Dive into our latest newsletter ⬇️

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬: 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 Open Forest Protocol (OFP) has partnered with INARSAC and Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics North America to enhance agroforestry monitoring in Peru's Madre de Dios region. The collaboration will utilize OFP's digital platform to track the environmental impact of INARSAC's Fundo Exuberante project, focusing on forest regeneration and biodiversity. This initiative aims to provide transparent and reliable data on ecosystem restoration, supporting sustainable supply chains and local community benefits. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d3GP-jNr

 👏 Smallholder farmers could reforest between 45–150 million hectares globally, depending on scenario and support systems.  🌲 Who are Smallholder Farmers? - Typically defined as farming less than 2 hectares. - There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farms globally. - These farmers manage approximately 400–500 million hectares of agricultural land. 🌳 How Much of This Land Could Support Reforestation? Of course, smallholder land is primarily used for food production—but many practices like agroforestry, silvopasture, riparian planting, and assisted natural regeneration (ANR) allow integration of trees without displacing crops or livelihoods. Based on studies by FAO, CIFOR-ICRAF, and recent UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration reports, it is realistically feasible to reforest or restore 10–30% of smallholder-managed land without harming food security. Estimated Reforestable Land via Smallholders 🔽 Scenario % of Land Hectares: 🌲 Conservative: 10%, 45–50 million ha 🌲 Moderate (realistic): 20%, 90–100 million ha 🌲 Optimistic: 30%, 135–150 million ha These hectares could support agroforestry systems for income + carbon sequestration, projects on degraded fallow land, buffer zone reforestation around farms, watersheds, and slopes, and participation in community-led carbon projects. Note: *This does not include land that smallholders influence through cooperatives or communal holdings, which could further expand this number. *Realizing this potential requires access to finance, extension services, carbon markets, and trustworthy MRV infrastructure—where tools like Open Forest Protocol can play a catalytic role. #forests #climate #climatechange #climateaction #sustainability #smalllandowners #smallfarmers #agroforestry #reforestation #regeneration #restoration #earth #planet #hectares #trees #greenfinance #carbonfinance

When climate effects emerge, smallholder landowners often suffer the most. ⬇️ 👉 The monthly rainfall in parts of Thailand during monsoon season is 40-50% higher than normal compared to the past few decades due to climate change. For local communities, schools, and farmers, this is devastating for livelihoods. Ground2Gut by BTLLAgroforestry and FoodInnovate in Thailand is taking a hands on approach to mitigating flood damage through agroforestry: "We are working at the field scale that campaigning rural-urban co-development to improve local livelihoods using climate-adaptive agroforestry for floods and water-retention areas during annual floods." And they are using Open Forest Protocol to measure their work 🤝 🌳 As a three hectare project, they join an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers around the world who, if given proper support and financing, could reforest between 45–150 million hectares globally. From tree to technology, we are proud to be working with those on the ground putting the work in to reforest and care for our planet. This is where data becomes impact and effort turns into financing ⬇️ #forest #tree #thailand #project #climate #climatechange #carbon #carbonfinance #carboncredits #mrv #nature #naturetech #sustainability #environment #green #greenfinance #earth #agroforestry #agriculture

🌿 Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are vital for nature conservation. 📜 Global agreements acknowledge their knowledge, need to participate in decision making and their right to compensation. 🔎 Yet, IPs are often marginalized in research and technology development, relegated to low-level roles, or tokenized in FPIC processes, community engagement, and capacity building. 🌱 Growing corporate demand for high-quality nature data, the rise of nature-tech startups, and the growing use of AI in conservation highlight the value of this data - and an opportunity. 💡 Can data rights empower IPs beyond stakeholder status, granting them true ownership and benefit-sharing? For the last 6 months WarīNkwī Flores, Constanza Gomez Mont Lauren Serota and I have spoken to hundreds of technologists, Indigenous rights representatives, nature based solutions champions, corporations and AI-companies helping us to refine the vision and plan. 💡 We think that building a Data Governance Framework for nature related Indigenous People's data is central to ensuring their equal participation and fair compensation across environmental markets. 🙏🏻 So many of you have already helped us refine the scope and connected us with other brilliant groups and individuals who have worked in this space for years. We have so much to learn from each other. Together with NaturaTech LAC and Kinray Hub: Indigenous-led R&D we're kicking this off as this work NEEDS TO HAPPEN. We are still looking for partners that can support the work - and our self-imposed deadline of COP30 is approaching fast. Find me at the NatureTech Summit today - or reach out in DM's - if you want to get involved. The list of organizations raising their hand to support is growing. A quick thanks to those who've already been instrumental in our process: Belén Páez Joel Koupermann Drea Burbank AJ Bird Nathalie Whitaker Uyunkar Domingo Peas Fernando Salazar de Lara Jessica Smith Dr. Sonja Stuchtey Victor Mancilla Rudo Kemper Tom Walker Quentin Franque Frederic Fournier Simas Gradeckas David Dao Kristy Deiner Frank Sykes Amy Rosenthal Eric Wilburn Chad Frischmann Marc Ballandras Keith Tuffley Margarita Mora Sarah Nelson Lucy Almond Nina Kantcheva Tushev Kevin Marriott James Lloyd Vincent Schöning and many more.

We are proud to be a part of the Nature Tech Collective Biodiversity Sector Map 🌳 One of many organizations doing groundbreaking work around the world, it's incredible to see the dedication for spearheading biodiversity innovation. Lets keep protecting our shared home, together 🌍