Acorn Updates

How do you objectively measure the biodiversity of an environment? We spoke to Acorn’s remote sensing specialist about birds, bioacoustics, and the great potential of this nascent technology.

COP28, the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, was held in the United Arab Emirates. Acorn attended as well. In this blog, Martine Jansen (Acorn’s head of partnerships) shares her experiences at this event of global — and crucial — importance.

Kyrgyzstan, like many nations relying on agriculture, has been impacted by climate change in various ways. Together with AFoCO, Acorn is determined to turn the tide for this beautiful country. Read on.

Latin America and its rich agricultural climate (and many smallholder farmers) is a region Acorn has focused on since the beginning. In this travelogue, our account manager Paola López details her latest experiences.

How useful is a digital 3D tree for ground truth data collection? Acorn has been testing this technology the last year - read about its potential and limitations.

From September 26th–28th, Acorn attended the West Africa Carbon Market Hub in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire — signing an MoU with the West African Alliance.

Between October 3rd–5th, the European Space Agency hosted their 2023 Earth Observation for Carbon Markets Forum. Acorn’s use of remote sensing technology was presented to showcase the role of Earth Observation data in bringing carbon benefits to smallholders.

From grant announcements to connecting with local partners and women farmers, Acorn had a rewarding week at Africa Climate Week.

On September 4th, Acorn signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO), a forest-focused intergovernmental organization, to help smallholder farmers in Asia transition to agroforestry.