What’s New in Terraso? December, 2022
Terraso is celebrating the holidays with big new features! What better way to end the year than with new developments? Profile Updates Terraso users are familiar with creating landscape profiles,…
What’s new in Terraso? October, 2022
We just released a new set of features in Terraso – this time we’re focused on collaboration and mapping. Sharing Links and Files Data Mapping How to Get Started To…
My Terraso Summer Internship
On my first day as a product manager student intern at Tech Matters, I sheepishly asked my mentor Derek, “What exactly is a product manager?” I don’t remember exactly what…
Terraso in The Galapagos
At the end of April 2022, Tech Matters’ Terraso program team headed to the Galapagos to join our six international partner organizations in the 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People…
Terraso is Ready for Landscape Data Sharing
We are excited to announce another milestone in our progress towards creating the Terraso platform, a home for community leaders practicing Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) to find critical information and software tools. Terraso is the technical pillar of 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People, a global initiative bringing together leading organizations to help landscapes around the world address goals of climate, biodiversity, food security, and sustainable economies.
Technology Can Help Unlock Landscape Finance. Here’s How We’re Making the Keys
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but the inverse is often true; growing trees requires money. While recognizing that money cannot solely drive the process, renewing ecosystems and transitioning to sustainable…
Terraso is Live!
Today marks the first public release of the new Terraso platform, the culmination of more than two years of work by the growing Terraso team at Tech Matters.
Technology Spotlight – Mapeo
We’re excited to start off this Technology Spotlight series with Mapeo, a tool built from the ground up in partnership with some of the most historically marginalized groups: indigenous communities in South America. Digital Democracy, the nonprofit organization who co-created Mapeo alongside communities, specifically targets underserved communities. They followed a particular process to develop Mapeo that we think is worth highlighting.
Landscape Spotlight: Reforestamos México
Tech Matters is developing the Terraso software platform by working with co-design partners — landscape leaders who have agreed to help us test solutions to landscape challenges as a part…
Software can help us keep carbon in the ground
Software can keep carbon in the ground by helping food producers, conservation organizations and governments prevent its release into the atmosphere.