GeoTree: A participatory digital tool for forest landscape restoration in the tropics

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.coverage.countryGermany
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2DE
cg.coverage.regionEurope
cg.coverage.regionWestern Europe
cg.creator.identifierAnton Eitzinger: 0000-0001-7317-3381en
cg.creator.identifierChristian Feil: 0000-0003-3574-7174en
cg.creator.identifierMarius R.M. Ekué: 0000-0002-5829-6321en
cg.creator.identifierFrancis Oduor: 0000-0001-8082-6387en
cg.creator.identifierChris Kettle: 0000-0002-9476-0136en
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.tropentag.de/2023/abstracts/full/466.pdfen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatBIODIVERSITYen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
dc.contributor.authorEitzinger, Antonen
dc.contributor.authorFeil, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorEkue, Mariusen
dc.contributor.authorOduor, Francisen
dc.contributor.authorKettle, Christopheren
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-07T04:27:14Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-07T04:27:14Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141751
dc.titleGeoTree: A participatory digital tool for forest landscape restoration in the tropicsen
dcterms.abstractForest landscape restoration (FLR) in the tropics is often undertaken by smallholders and communities whose livelihoods rely on agriculture and forestry. While digital technologies can improve efficiency in FLR efforts, socio-technical barriers often impede the participation of these key actors in the restoration process. The main barriers are lack of technical infrastructure, access to digital tools and services, lack of ease of use for non-tech-savvy farmers, and lack of design targeted for low-literate and marginal groups. Moreover, precisely because of the transformative momentum of digitalization, there is a risk for smallholders to enter the digital divide and power asymmetry gap. The platform has been piloted in Kenya and Cameroon and tracks and monitors activities along the entire restoration chain, from seed collection to on-farm tree planting and monitoring of management activities and payouts to farmers. GeoTree offers participatory functionalities, including interactive forms, polls, geospatial features and maps, and community-driven data collection, which can be integrated into community channels. While other digital tools focus on monitoring tree planting for the purpose of carbon offsetting, GeoTree addresses the digital barriers facing smallholders and communities and enables them to participate fully in FLR efforts. GeoTree leverages blockchain technology to provide an integrated planting management process. The system allows gathering ground-level data with offline encryption and supporting low-internet environments and tracing the restoration process to provide transparency, facilitate real-time monitoring, evaluation, and verification, and support mobilization of sponsors.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEitzinger, A.; Feil, C.; Ekue, M.; Oduor, F.; Kettle, C. (2023) GeoTree: A participatory digital tool for forest landscape restoration in the tropics. Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development held on 20-22 September 2023. 4 p.en
dcterms.extent4 p.en
dcterms.issued2023-09en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.subjectconservation agricultureen
dcterms.subjecttreesen
dcterms.subjectrestorationen
dcterms.subjectlandscapeen
dcterms.subjectgeotreeen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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