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TerraMatch

Use this tool to
Track tree-based restoration within defined sites using a standard set of indicators
End Product(s)

Site report of restoration progress relative to indicators and targets.

TerraMatch is a full-service monitoring platform designed to catalyze locally led restoration projects through a trusted vetting, technical assistance, monitoring, and funding system. Restoration implementers who submit their projects on TerraMatch through an open request-for-proposals gain access to financing opportunities, a standard reporting and monitoring system to prove their impact, and technical assistance opportunities to grow their businesses. Investors gain access to a high-quality pipeline of enterprises and the ability to monitor those enterprises’ progress and impact. Currently, access to TerraMatch is by application only through a periodic request-for-proposals process. To express interest in TerraMatch and to learn more about future requests-for-proposals, email terramatch@wri.org.

TerraMatch uses a standard framework of indicators that is applicable to most tree-based restoration projects. As the user submits their project updates from the field, using either the web browser or offline mobile application version, the incoming data is then visualized within TerraMatch’s monitoring dashboards. The platform combines self-reported, field-collected data with remote sensing-based data to set an independent baseline for each restoration site within each funded project that highlights biophysical indicators (like the percentage of tree cover) and socioeconomic indicators (like the number of jobs created), then tracks how they change over time. By comparing both independent and self-reported data, TerraMatch aims to bring transparency and credibility to locally led restoration projects. In 2022, 119 projects associated with the Priceless Planet Coalition and TerraFund for AFR100 began to submit regular reporting data onto TerraMatch. In 2023, the platform will launch targeted requests-for-proposals where restoration implementers in select regions can submit project proposals that are vetted according to standard criteria. The best applicants will receive technical assistance and funding to implement their projects. Over the following years, their progress will be closely monitored and their aggregated impact will be shown on accessible dashboards for certain project portfolios, landscapes, countries, and other geographical areas of interest.

Scale
Site
Technical skills/resources required
Internet connection, familiarity with field sampling techniques
Cost
Free
Language(s) available
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese