Humans in the loop
Help build the next country's deforestation baseline.
Most forest countries in Asia and Africa have no published deforestation baseline, and no carbon project can start without one. Wovoka builds an early estimate that follows Verra's method, on open data, in days, and gives it away. An AI reads every sample plot; people re-read the doubtful ones. You can be one of those people.
How it works
Three steps, no experience needed.
Pick the country
Tell us which country needs a baseline next. We run the most-voted country where Verra has published a map to compare against, and publish the result, including where we miss.
Learn to read a plot
A short online training on reading a half-hectare plot on yearly satellite imagery the way Verra's rules require: forest at the start, forest or not at the end. About an hour.
Read, and see your reads count
You get access to the plot-reading page. Each doubtful plot gets two independent human reads. Your reads go into that country's published number, and you are credited by name if you want to be.
Vote or sign up
Which country next? And will you read with us?
Both take a minute. We reply by email with the training link and your access once the next country is chosen.
The baseline is Wovoka's estimate, never Verra's map, and it is free. The method and the first test, Cambodia, are written up by our sister firm at wovokagroup.com.
Thank you
Your vote is counted. If you signed up to read, watch your inbox for the training link once the next country is chosen.
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