What is Bumicerts?

Bumicerts is the platform on GainForest.app for communities and local organizations documenting environmental stewardship and turning field evidence into impact records.

Open Bumicerts on GainForest.app

Meaning of the name

🌏 bumi

Means 'earth' in several Southeast Asian and South Asian languages.

🏷 certs

Short for impact certificates: records that help represent environmental work and evidence.

🌱 Bumicerts

A platform for earth-focused impact records, built around Projects and evidence.

Who we are building for

Bumicerts is for people and organizations doing environmental work on the ground, including:

• community groups

• Indigenous communities

• local nonprofits

• schools

• project teams

• local organizations in the Global South

Bumicerts is built for groups who are finding ways to:

• prove stewardship

• report impact

• gain visibility

• organize environmental evidence

• attract funding and partnerships

Public by design

Bumicerts is designed to help communities make their stewardship visible. The essence of the platform is public documentation: Projects, updates, and linked evidence are meant to help others understand what is happening, what work is being done, and why it matters.

This public record can support awareness, trust, impact reporting, funding conversations, and partnerships.

Because Projects are intended to be public, do not upload or link sensitive information that should not be shared openly. This may include private locations, culturally sensitive knowledge, personal information, or data that could put people, species, or habitats at risk.

Is Bumicerts a good fit?

✅ A good fit

Restoring forests, wetlands, or farms Planting or monitoring trees Protecting habitats and wildlife Community climate adaptation Environmental education tied to action Traditional stewardship, if the community agrees

❌ Not a good fit

Office-only work with no field activity Unclear activities No photos, notes, data, or evidence One-off activities with no follow-up Work that harms nature or ignores community rights Sensitive information that should not be public

The basic idea

Instead of only describing impact in a report, users can create a Project and connect real data uploads as evidence.

1. Create a Project

Set up a page for your environmental work, story, goals, and updates.

2. Upload data

Add biodiversity observations, photos, field notes, AudioMoth recordings, tree data, drone imagery, files, or external links.

3. Link evidence

Connect uploads to your Project so others can understand and review the work.

4. Use the record

Use the Project for impact reporting, visibility, funding conversations, grants, and community updates.

How Bumicerts fits together

Bumicerts

The platform name.

GainForest.app

The link where the platform is accessed.

GainForest

The organization and ecosystem behind the platform.

Project

The main page users create and manage for environmental work.

Evidence

Data or supporting material linked to a Project.

What you can do with Bumicerts

Use Bumicerts to:

• create a Project for environmental work

• upload biodiversity observations and other field evidence

• link uploaded data to a Project

• organize evidence in a way that funders, partners, and communities can understand

• explore opportunities such as the Weekly BioBlitz Challenge and the Rewilding the Web Grant

• use tools such as Tainá and AudioMoth bioacoustic support

Next step

What is a Project?