We are building the open source versions of the components named in the toolkit as fast as we can. We will update the descriptions and template links as soon as they are ready.

  • 5-year Forecasting

    5-year Forecasting

    This template will help you to prepare an 5-year integrated financial forecast. It will project your Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cashflow positions on a monthly basis for 5 years. The template is designed to be user friendly so that no technical accounting or financial expertise is required. It has also been tested with…

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  • Allocation Committee Governance

    Allocation Committee Governance

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  • Asset & Liability Mapping

    Asset & Liability Mapping

    Asset mapping is tool for you to systematically catalog key services, benefits, and resources within the bioregion, aligned with the Bioregional Regeneration Strategy. These can include natural assets, individuals’ skill sets, organisational resources, physical space, institutions, associations, and elements of the local economy. Using a similar methodology, you can map key ecological, social, and economic…

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  • Competencies, Qualities and Attributes of a bioregional weaver
  • Cornerstone Indicators

    Cornerstone Indicators

    We have created a full open-source toolkit to help you develop your own context specific, holistic indicators. The toolkit contains three linked modules (Workshops, Analysis, Indicator Design) that can be customised to look at the questions and aspirations that you feel are most important. The Cornerstone Indicators were originally designed for human communities, but we…

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  • Financial Strategy

    Financial Strategy

    This template has been created to support the development of a Nature Finance Strategy that is aligned to context specific values and legible to more traditional financial actors. The overall objectives are as follows:

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  • Infosheet on bioregional boundary mapping

    Infosheet on bioregional boundary mapping

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  • Legal setup flowchart

    Legal setup flowchart

    There are many legal structures to choose from and each has its pros and cons. This template works through a series of decisions to help you identify the most appropriate legal container for your context. There is plenty of detailed information available online so this is intended as a quick filter to clarify what exactly…

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  • Low-cost Options for Bioregioning

    Low-cost Options for Bioregioning

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  • Questionnaires, systems mapping templates

    Questionnaires, systems mapping templates

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  • Questionnaires, Workshop Plans

    Questionnaires, Workshop Plans

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  • Stocktake & Gap Analysis

    Stocktake & Gap Analysis

    This template draws on insights from bioregional initiatives worldwide, identifying emerging good practices and lessons across 15 core elements. It provides you with a structured approach to evaluate the maturity of your initiatives and helps you identify critical gaps that should be addressed before developing BFFs. Strong organisational foundations are essential to ensure these facilities…

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Bioregions

Making the Dark Matter of Bioregioning. This work is a part of the Dark Matter Labs ecosystem.