WHAT IS FORK FOREST?
It is a ReFi initiative created late 2022 by members of Fork DAO¹. It was immediately embraced by the community and helped the DAO's growth. Though it acts a separate entity, there is love and collaboration. An active presence of the community can be seen in the sold out NFT collection for the first project, the ReFi topic in the DAO's Telegram group and the weekly Twitter/X Spaces in the DAO's account, therefore creating ReFi content in spanish. Fork Forest is currently collaborating with other ReFi projects such as Ekonavi and GainForest.
FORK FOREST 01
The first project FORK FOREST 01 was assembled in January 2023 and successfully completed in May². We supported a local organisation called 'Zapam Zucum' by providing means of financiation and tools to link them with the community. We set up an NFT collection³ and sold out. 100% of the money received at our first NFT campaign was directly dripped to 'Zapam Zucum'. We also onboarded 'Zapam Zupum' successfully⁴, so they could open a hot wallet and use the funds without depending on anyone else. Thanks to all the efforts, we succesfully planted 50 native trees in an open reunion with the community and even members of the DAO travelling to be part. Works of ecological conservation were part of the job. It all ended with a festival with local bands at sunset.
FORK FOREST 02
For this second project, we are addressing an important problem in Argentina: improper use of agrochemicals. We are addressing the same region as the first project⁵, bonding strongly with the local community.
The region is the Traslasierras Valley in the province of Cordoba, in Argentina. We are working with an Agricultural Engineer who's a High school teacher in a small town called Los Cerrilos. We met Ing. Fernando Parra in our first project, since we purchased native trees from his production. This town is suffering the consequences of the poor use of agrochemicals, and we intend to help.
The project is a 10km² forestal curtain mainly composed by native trees. Helped by the tools of GainForest, we can also measure all the benefits that a native forest brings to the world, and put value in a formerly forgotten area.
We are aiming to cover the first of the three stages, the first of three stages of the forestal curtain. This will take place in mid september in a collaboration with the commune of Los Cerrillos⁶ and with the presence and support of INTA⁷ (Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology). Detailed info is in the budget⁸.
¹) https://linktr.ee/forkDAOes
²) https://snapshot.org/#/fork-dao.eth/proposal/0xd6d5e83bf7bbd7ba1102954c0a89c8ed07776bfe76aa78141ecb8a6eb9c212ce
³) https://opensea.io/es/collection/forestnft-1
⁴) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrerjpbJy21/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
⁵) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_Traslasierra
⁶) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Cerrillos_(Córdoba)
⁷) https://www.argentina.gob.ar/inta
⁸) https://forum.forkdaogov.xyz/t/fork-forest-02-los-cerrillos/124/3, remember Registering to the forum is free and immediate