With the intensification of the climate crisis, projects that merge innovation with ecological impact are stepping forward to ensure our climate is sustained. Among the standout names in Octant’s Epoch 7 climate sustainability round is Bioverse: a forest intelligence firm harnessing AI, satellite tech, and indigenous knowledge to reconstruct the economic and environmental value of tropical forests.
Who is Bioverse?
Founded in Brazil and active across the Amazon Basin, Bioverse is a tech company that’s also a catalyst for a new kind of green economy. An economy rooted in data, biodiversity, and respect for ecosystems. Their mission is to unlock the latent value of standing forests by mapping biodiversity, improving yield forecasting, and enabling efficient, ethical harvesting of non-timber forest products (NTFPs).
Bioverse’s work spans from the rainforests of South America to forest-rich regions in Africa and Asia. Their tools are helping local communities, conservationists, and private enterprises make smarter, more sustainable use of forests without cutting them down.
Proof of Impact
Bioverse has been consistently delivering measurable outcomes. In just six months, Bioverse provided services that would have taken traditional actors over two decades. With high-resolution satellite imaging, drone-based diagnostics, and species-detection AI, they have helped project developers:
- Increase NTFP yields by 5 to 10x
- Streamline harvesting logistics for over 2,000 supported harvesters
- Forecast yields down to the level of individual trees
- Lay biodiversity baselines that underpin emerging carbon and biodiversity credit markets
They’ve built a mobile app,the Bioverse Forest Map that is changing how local harvesters and global clients interact with nature-based value chains. It started as a species-finder and is now evolving into a comprehensive forecasting and coordination tool, empowering communities with actionable data.
Their forest intelligence system also helps private-sector clients—especially in food, cosmetics, and pharma—decide where to build infrastructure, invest, and scale production without harming biodiversity.
Why Support Bioverse Now?
With less than 1% of Amazonian species known to science, the opportunity to protect and productively engage with this vast biome is staggering. Bioverse is at the forefront, not just measuring impact, but creating it. Their work exemplifies the kind of high-integrity, high-potential climate action that Epoch 7 is designed to fund.
The current Octant round is more than just a funding pool—it’s a proving ground for the future of climate coordination. Handpicked by the Climate Coordination Network (CCN) for their proven capacity and promise, Bioverse is in strong company, but they stand out with their holistic, data-driven approach to scaling nature-based solutions.
How You Can Help
The allocation window for Octant Epoch 7 will close by the 25th of April, 2025. If you’re eligible to allocate, you can directly support Bioverse and help bring precision forestry and equitable green economies to scale. Your vote will be endorsing a vision where biodiversity has tangible value, and forest protection comes with real-world incentives for communities on the frontlines.
Support Bioverse on Octant Epoch 7 and be part of a future where standing forests are worth more than cleared land.
