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# 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.

<a href="https://gainforest.app" class="button primary" data-icon="arrow-up-right">Open GainForest.app</a>

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**New here?** Start with [About GainForest](/about-gainforest/about-gainforest.md), then continue to [What is Bumicerts?](/gainforest.app-and-bumicerts/what-is-bumicerts.md) and [What is a Project?](/gainforest.app-and-bumicerts/what-is-a-project.md).
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## What do you want to do?

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><i class="fa-tree">:tree:</i></td><td><strong>Learn about GainForest</strong></td><td>Understand the organization behind GainForest.app and Bumicerts.</td><td><a href="/pages/q75LJh99SMnZkQV0soM6">/pages/q75LJh99SMnZkQV0soM6</a></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-seedling">:seedling:</i></td><td><strong>Understand Bumicerts</strong></td><td>Learn what Bumicerts is and who it is for.</td><td><a href="/pages/mSIpN3pR7mXXRXrrGTlr">/pages/mSIpN3pR7mXXRXrrGTlr</a></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-folder-tree">:folder-tree:</i></td><td><strong>Create a Project</strong></td><td>See how Projects organize your story, goals, updates, and evidence.</td><td><a href="/pages/hY4MkYoYXePMJTde0cMH">/pages/hY4MkYoYXePMJTde0cMH</a></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-earth-americas">:earth-americas:</i></td><td><strong>Explore the Globe</strong></td><td>View organizations, Project sites, land cover, tree data, and data layers on a 3D Earth.</td><td><a href="/pages/P1HpAGY9dJ24LGg4HY4I">/pages/P1HpAGY9dJ24LGg4HY4I</a></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-upload">:upload:</i></td><td><strong>Upload evidence</strong></td><td>Add observations, use Tainá, request batch uploads, or work with AudioMoth.</td><td><a href="/pages/OaALVVCLbUPYeJ04ePMo">/pages/OaALVVCLbUPYeJ04ePMo</a></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-building-flag">:building-flag:</i></td><td><strong>Set up an organization</strong></td><td>Create an organization, invite members, and manage permissions.</td><td><a href="/pages/fuLGcXxnxzDkfB0aMcWN">/pages/fuLGcXxnxzDkfB0aMcWN</a></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-robot">:robot:</i></td><td><strong>Use Tainá</strong></td><td>The Telegram field companion for learning, species ID, and observations.</td><td><a href="/pages/ZiyJUKVuRsVlDWodlnG5">/pages/ZiyJUKVuRsVlDWodlnG5</a></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-sparkles">:sparkles:</i></td><td><strong>Join opportunities</strong></td><td>The Weekly BioBlitz Challenge, Rewilding the Web Grant, and more.</td><td><a href="/pages/hsRkkVPl3KIrS3Ky8edH">/pages/hsRkkVPl3KIrS3Ky8edH</a></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-hand-holding-heart">:hand-holding-heart:</i></td><td><strong>Support a Project</strong></td><td>Understand Project evidence and support Bumicerts stewards.</td><td><a href="/pages/eCd5BMiMwPIq1f6DTiUy">/pages/eCd5BMiMwPIq1f6DTiUy</a></td></tr><tr><td><i class="fa-heart">:heart:</i></td><td><strong>Support GainForest</strong></td><td>Donate to GainForest’s broader nonprofit and open-source work.</td><td><a href="/pages/Xs26jpDfSBYcvPbHBSC8">/pages/Xs26jpDfSBYcvPbHBSC8</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## How Bumicerts works

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

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### Create a Project

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

Add observations, photos, files, datasets, or AudioMoth recordings.
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### Link evidence to your Project

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

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

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

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[What is a Project?](/gainforest.app-and-bumicerts/what-is-a-project.md)
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