OpenForests in the media
Coverage of our work with restoration and conservation organisations, and what you need to write about it: facts, logos, photos and a direct contact.
01 · Coverage
Recent coverage
Mexico · Sept–Oct 2026In Spanish
Tecnología y carbono: OpenForests digitaliza el carbono de la Sierra Gorda
Technology and carbon: OpenForests digitises Sierra Gorda’s carbon
Mexican media covered our work with Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda on Carbono Biodiverso, the local carbon protocol GESG designed for the Sierra Gorda. [One sentence on OpenForests’ role, agreed with GESG.]
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Earlier coverage
| Date | Outlet | Story | Lang. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2024 | Ground Truth Forest News | Interview: Alexander Watson of OpenForests’ explorer.land | EN |
| Sep 2023 | Smart Forests Atlas, University of Cambridge | Patrick Ribeiro: Digital tools for transparency in forest restoration (radio) | EN |
| Mar 2021 | Mapbox | explorer.land: Regrowing confidence in forest restoration projects with maps and data | EN |
| Nov 2018 | SpaceDaily | OpenForests launches the forest project platform explorer.land | EN |
02 · Press kit
Facts, text and files you can use
Use them freely in coverage of OpenForests. Please credit photographers as listed.
2011
Founded
25+
Experts, remote team
900+
Organisations
2,000+
Projects on explorer.land
About OpenForests
OpenForests helps restoration and conservation organisations map, monitor and report their work. Its platform, explorer.land, brings field, satellite and project data together so organisations can show sponsors and partners where a project stands and what is changing. Founded in 2011, OpenForests works with a remote team of 25+ experts.
03 · Media contact
Writing about nature projects and the data behind them?
Our team can explain how restoration and conservation work is mapped, monitored and reported, and what the data can and cannot show.
Topics we can speak on
- Impact monitoring
- Remote sensing
- Biomass mapping
- Theory of Change
- Reporting to sponsors
Lea Smadja
Chief Marketing Officer
