ENVIRONMENTALIST & TREE PLANTER
Co-founder & CEO of Treegens
Jimi Cohen is an Australian environmentalist whose work connects hands-on mangrove planting with technology for transparent environmental funding.
Through Treegens, he is working toward a world where more people can plant trees, document their work, and be rewarded for regeneration.
BIOGRAPHY
Jimi co-founded Treegens to connect environmental action with transparent funding and community participation. The project develops tools that combine planting footage, GPS data, AI-assisted counting, and community review.
He also hosts the Eco Champions podcast, sharing conversations about environmental action.
Alongside his individual planting challenges, he advocates for collective action through the GROWalition, an initiative working toward the ambition of planting one billion trees in a day.
His role as Treegens’ co-founder and CEO is documented in Topl’s founder interview and the ETHVietnam speaker directory.
Dated achievements, with the original reporting linked below.
KENYA FOREST SERVICE REPORT · 2026
56,018 mangroves reported planted in 24 hoursKenya Forest Service reported that Cohen planted 56,018 trees during a 24-hour initiative at Majorini, Shimoni Forest. Its officers supervised the exercise and cross-checked the tally.
This is the government-reported tally. Guinness certification of this November 2026 attempt has not been verified for this profile.
Read the KFS report · 5 November 2026HISTORICAL GUINNESS RECORD · 2024
30,469 mangrove seedlings planted in 24 hoursAnadolu’s December 2024 profile reported that Cohen entered the Guinness record books after planting 30,469 mangrove seedlings in Kwale on 22 April 2024.
The article also describes his work with Treegens and his ambition to turn individual action into a larger, collective planting effort.
Read the Anadolu profile · 17 December 2024Jimi’s personal website and public profiles.
Reporting, interviews, and a conference profile about Jimi’s work.
The service’s report on the November 2026 exercise and tally.
Anadolu · 17 December 2024A record-setting environmentalist’s next ambitionThe 2024 record, Jimi’s background, and the GROWalition. Article in Turkish.
Topl · Founder interviewBuilding ReFi communities with Treegens’ Jimi CohenJimi’s approach to community, tree planting, and environmental funding.
ETHVietnam · Conference profileJimi Cohen, CEO & Co-Founder of TreegensThe event’s speaker directory and link to Jimi’s professional profile.