Vibrant Planet

WFPC redefined the role of the Vibrant Planet nonprofit and helped it spin out a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), governed in part by the nonprofit. The nonprofit is focused on providing public access to updated, reliable data about the world's forests. The PBC is building a common platform to host simulations, planning activities and monitoring applications for use by government agencies, private landowners, and community collaboratives. The goal: balance the tradeoffs of forest and fire ecology in the wildland-urban interface with the services natural landscapes provide humans and other species.