Discover. Understand. Preserve.
$10 Million
Prize Purse
The $10 million Rainforest XPRIZE is a global 4-year competition to incentivize the development of integrated and advanced biodiversity assessment technologies that will yield previously undiscovered and meaningful insights into these magnificent environments. The competition will be followed by an additional two years of impact activities geared towards establishing a new bioeconomy for the next century. The prize respects the people of the forests and their culture, as well as the Convention on Biological Diversity and other national and international policies.
Understanding Rainforests for
Impact
The Rainforest XPRIZE will accelerate innovation of unmanned and autonomous remote and in-situ technologies needed for biodiversity assessment. The competition will enhance our understanding of the rainforest ecosystem by using rapid data integration to provide new wisdom about the forest as well as inspire new investment and exploration. The Rainforest XPRIZE will discover the true potential of the standing forest, allowing the development of a new, sustainable, local bioeconomy.
Rainforests are undervalued because we simply do not know the full extent of the biodiversity that exists in these iconic ecosystems. The Rainforest XPRIZE will provide a path for humanity to live in harmony with these magnificent environments on our planet.
Dr. Jyotika Virmani
Executive Director
The Grand Challenge
