Urban forest monitoring · Montréal
Nature Contact gives municipalities, universities, and community planters the data to make real decisions, meet sustainability commitments, and show results to the people who need to see them.
Belvédère Terry Fox · Montréal · 2025
How it works
A solar-powered monitoring station goes in on planting day. No grid connection, no permits, no setup beyond opening the case.
Bird species, light levels, temperature, and soundscape data stream continuously to a shared dashboard via cellular connection.
Track biodiversity and canopy closure over months and years. Compare your planting to others in the network — same method, different site.
Show your council, your funder, or your community what the data says. Not just trees planted — trees that are working.
The problem we're solving
The dominant metric today is how many trees were planted — not whether they survived, whether they're in the right locations, or whether they're actually sequestering carbon.
The Miyawaki method
Up to 600 trees per tennis-court-sized area, planted in four canopy layers with prepared soil to accelerate root networks. The method is widely used across Europe and Asia — Quebec is only beginning to adopt it, and has no baseline monitoring data yet.
Who it's for
Get outcome data for tree planting programmes. Report to council with evidence, not estimates.
Members of the Green Communities Canada network and local tiny-forest groups planting with the Miyawaki method.
Meet net-zero commitments with verified data. Compare your planting strategy against a growing network of monitored sites.
Access open-source biodiversity and microclimate data across urban forest sites for carbon modelling and ecology studies.
Get involved
We're looking for three or four founding partner sites across Canada. If you're managing a planting and want real data from day one, let's talk.