There is so much to win!
We can do it right. We can create a future for these strange and lovely animals. This is a personal matter. But it is not only my personal matter. This is personal for each and every one of us. And...
Forest Facts for Climate
Why forest restoration is the most successful carbon sequestration technology? In this article, we discuss the potential and effectiveness of forests to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Besides cutting current emissions, forests reveal to be the “breakthrough technology” to...
Nature from every angle: How 360° drone panoramas transform project storytelling
Introduction Conveying the scale, emotion, and complexity of a forest landscape is no easy task — especially to funders, partners, and supporters who may never step foot on site. At OpenForests, we’ve spent over a decade helping forest and landscape...
We Strike for the Climate Every Day!
Having been started earlier this year by young climate activists skipping school in protest of the changing climate and its adverse effects, the FridaysForFuture movement has now grown so big that come Friday, the 20th of September 2019, a call...
Nauki – Responsible Sourcing integrates the explorer.land platform in their range of services
Nauki partners with OpenForests and adopts explorer.land as the main communication tool to support partners and clients in the sector of sustainable cosmetic and health food to showcase the commitment to responsible sourcing.
OpenForests Team Meeting in the Alps
Learning and working together in and with nature. Occasionally the entire OpenForests team gathers to work together, exchange, inspire, build strategy, and plan ahead. This time all nine of us met for one week in a small wooden hut in...
Publication in United Nations Knowledge Hub
To the publication Explorer Land. Share your story Successful communicators of landscape projects do not tell stories about their projects. They tell the stories through their projects. Every forest landscape project has a great story worth sharing with the world....
Transparency and Open Data
The vulnerability of being more transparent has become a competitive advantage. Being open and generous with information makes you appear a less risky associate to your stakeholders. Transparency brings light onto the work you are doing. Therefore, if you are...
Web maps as a connecting element
The beauty of web maps is that they allow us like no other medium to tell the story of a forest landscape project in multi-dimensions. Only during the last few years has web technology enabled us to use maps more...
Carbon Credits and Certifications are not enough
Nature is more than a simple carbon sinking machine! Carbon credits are valuable but conceptual. A story that showcases the transformation of a degraded landscape into a green oasis is much more tangible than purely aligning success with the number...
