AI tree data helps Philippine community win mangrove case: 2,567 trees missing
0xsachi · x · 2026-10-20
A Philippine mayor cut down a protected mangrove forest for a parking lot and claimed it had "always looked like that." But GainForest had measured every tree a year earlier: 2,567 were missing. The community took the data to court and the mangroves were replanted. The opencommonspod episode with GainForest co-founder dwddao covers who should own nature's data, AI for community governance, and what open source really requires.
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