We have been part of the Alpha and Beta rounds, and there is are some amazing updates to share.

# 🎉 We are XPRIZE finalists

We’re thrilled to announce that GainForest reached the finals of the prestigious $10M XPRIZE Rainforest competition (last 6 teams of initially 300)! We couldn't be more proud to represent our **ReFi** family in this competition and show the world its potential. See [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gJPW-Bgh6A) as a recap of our Semifinal participation.

# 🌍 We grew the Green Globe

We onboarded more than 20 additional conservation organisations in the Global South, resulting in one of ReFi's most global impact communities. 

# 🌲 We shipped citizen science-led ecopayments

Thanks to your generous Gitcoin donations, we have curated a network of Indigenous scientists that helped us during the XPRIZE competiton. See below for a short summary of our citizen science-led ecopayment system.

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# 🤖 We built AI + Nature tech

Visit our hugging face page to explore a growing list of AI + Nature tech, that is powered by Bacalhau! https://huggingface.co/spaces/diverseco/metaformer

# 📝 Read our full impact report

Read our non-profit's full (web2-friendly) impact report here to learn about all our impact areas: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFpX8wy7LI/TjwaWTnL4x53l6rTd5oyxQ/view#17