{"title": "Endangered Tokens: Endangered Trees as ReFi Biodiversity Assets ", "logoImg": "bafkreievqv6lzqnkgmgu664ai4sipxyz4wsdom2hms2y2ag56z47ccvjky", "website": "https://linktr.ee/endangeredtokens", "bannerImg": "bafkreifqrytlekg36tlmezd2u4u3bjvyiociludaunucugwcsripif4zni", "createdAt": 1673478719792, "userGithub": "idpuga", "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..McFtmdQRBibZhkABCLbF3tc0bH_i2dathNO5spxBvFPVI1z-VyIRPHSfaEyYOdT-HErU51FuTG3HPCP6dbDlDQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-18T05:48:38.527Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-18T05:48:38.527Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-17T05:48:38.527Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xCe849efC35A0a0a046E67c76B477c5432E4BA58b", "hash": "v0.0.0:fCewSZvTQiE1Dwodcfk4y1zlDy29hBJuNmv1s3vDZK4=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#ents_foundation"}}}, "description": "\n--- \n**Endangered Tokens** is a ReFi NFT community looking to revalue biodiversity by tokenizing endangered trees with **web3 preserve&earn incentives** and digital value added.\n![](https://i.imgur.com/d48BuYn.png)\n# Why support us?\n\nProblem to Solve\n\n**Endangered trees** are responsible for maintaining the health of most of the world's **endangered forest ecosystems**, but rarely produce relevant revenue for landowners (without being damaged) and even become **financial liabilities**, thus encouraging their ilegal felling. \n\n\n\nEndangered Tokens’ Solution\n\n**Leverage web3** and **digital art** to incentivize the protection of these **scarce** beings by changing their status from merely the cost of maintaining a tree to a **revenue producing Bio-Asset**.\n\n---\n### How will we accomplish this?\n\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/laF4AmK.png) \n\n\n\n\n**Endangered Tokens** is a **ReFi & DeSci NFT** community looking to revalue biodiversity by **tokenizing georeferenced endangered trees**. Each specimen is characterized and video recorded alongside a small verse description, and when owning one, you **become the godfather of a scarce endangered tree**!\nWith the funds raised we will help landowners finance the **protection of endangered Forest** with **reforestation**, verification of **carbon credits** from the forests and the creation of quality **digital content & data** to add value to the tokens, content like:\n\n\n* **Inmersive UX for ReFi Assets**, to engage with web3 enthusiasts and show the value of each token **as seen in real life**.\n* **3D tourism experience** of the protected forests thus **reducing the footprint** of real life tourism while also generating a continuous flow of revenue to **keep supporting the protection of the forests**. \n* Using the 3D replicas of each tree as a virtual asset for **video games** and/or **augmented reality** experiences\n* **Recording data** from the forest for research and enhanced digital experiences like music from the frequencies of the trees, **bioacoustics**, video recording of the ecosystems, **climate data**, water flow, among other relevant information.\n\n\nNFT holders will receive a portion of the revenue that will come from the NFT Sales, tourism experiences, data management and carbon credits, thus converting endangered trees from liabilities to ***biodiversity assets for the future***. \n\n---\n\n### Which kind of trees are we talking about?\n\nWe are currently working in **Chile** in South america, with the rare species [***Gomortega Keule***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomortega), or locally known as Queule. This magnificent beings are the last one of the *Gomortegacae* Family, dating its evolution to ***Pangea*** times. It is estimated that there are no more than 4000 specimens alive in the world! (*Scarcer than Bitcoin!*)\n\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/YsQ5Heb.jpg)\n\n\nWith the help of past Gitcoin Grants we are also making contacts and reviewing possible projects with the Brazilian Tree **\"Pau Brasil\" or [Paubrasilia echinata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paubrasilia)** an endangered Species of tree from which the country got it's name! The heavily abused lumbering by portuguese conquerors depleted their population and nowadays is a rare and unique living being. \n\nWe are developing a roadmap of species to keep onboarding, like Alerce, Pitao, Araucaria, Baobab, Sequoia, and others. \n\n---\n\n### How will grant funding has been/will be spent?\n\nAs of the date of this Beta Round we have raised around 14000 DAI through Gitcoin that we have spent cautiously through our roadmap goals. Without Gitcoin this project would not be able to keep moving forward as we have. We thank every supporter and every sponsor of the Climate Rounds. \nSome of the things accomplished/on development until now: \n\n**1. Production and development of the first web3 touristic *Endangered Forest* experience.**\n\n*First mock-up video of one of the 3d model replicas of the tokenized trees.*\n{%youtube A2Je4vC5g50 %}\n![](https://i.imgur.com/X25AXwr.png)\n\n[Youtube video link](https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Je4vC5g50)\n\n*Advanced 3D model in Unreal Engine 5 of 10 of the 25 tokenized trees.*\n![](https://i.imgur.com/bitYCOj.png)\n\n(Check it [Here](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/elder-ent-queule4-replica-0a6e222a40a0413d97bb58aff7ec47cd) as a 3D model)\n(Check [Here](https://sketchfab.com/endangeredtokens/collections/elder-ent-gomortega-keule-replicas-e036fd4082ab412a90251c00c6a513d9) the rest of the models made)\n\n**2. Vital activities core team funding**\n- [x] General administration\n- [x] Coding and development\n- [x] Marketing and community growth\n- [x] NGO's and landowners coordination\n- [x] Content creation and production\n\n\n**3. Endangered Tokens Conservation program**\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/SvRnym7.png)\n* Tokenization, extensive cadastre & landowner agreements\n* in-situ conservation actions to reduce threats. \n* Ex-situ conservation actions and landscape restoration actions\n* Sustainable local development & community engagement\n* Research on species and their habitats\n* Carbon Bonds verification, trading and retirement\n\n**4. Marketing and community building**\n\nWe have realized that a crypto community needs to be active, engaged and in constant growth in order to stay healthy. This is an important pillar of investment on top of a marketing lead within the team. Among other things, we have attended several Crypto Conferences creating network and alliances with important crypto and ReFi Actors. \n\n**5. Ecosystem UX development**\n\nFor two years we have been thinking the best way to make interact the Endangered Tokens User with their Endangered trees Collectibles. We believe the User Experience can make a difference in the value of a token. Combining previous developments we are on the road to creating a unique experience.\n\nIntroducing Ecosystem UX by Endangered Tokens, the groundbreaking new game on development that combines blockchain technology, NFTs, and virtual gardening to create a one-of-a-kind gaming experience with a purpose. Ecosystem UX is not just a game; it's a Regenerative Finance (ReFi) interface that can help you manage ReFi assets like Tokenized Carbon credits, Endangered Tokens and other sustainability assets. By playing Ecosystem UX, you not only contribute to the conservation of our planet's biodiversity, but you also engage in sustainable finance and learn about the importance of sustainability and conservation.\n\nAs a player of Ecosystem UX, you can collect and plant rare and georeferenced tokenized trees as NFTs, earn rewards, and interact with other players from around the world. These trees are not just any trees; they are rare and endangered species that need our help to survive. By collecting these trees, players contribute to the conservation of these species, learn about their unique characteristics, and help preserve the biodiversity of our planet.\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/P4OJ0lj.jpg)\n(Mock-up Only)\n\nBy backing this grant, you can help bring Ecosystem UX from Endangered Tokens to life and contribute to a better future for our planet. With your support, we can create a game that not only entertains but also makes a positive impact on the environment. Join us in the movement towards sustainability and conservation by backing our grant today. Together, we can make a difference.\n\n\n\n\n\n**6. Biodiversity Assets Research & Development**\n\nIn order to fully convert our protected trees to biodiversity Assets we think a proper indicator with a Minimum Reliable Verification (MRV) of the health status of the trees and species must be accomplished. In order to achieve this we will foster a DeSci project that aims to gather Bio-Acoustic data from different forests with different conditions and generate a machine learning algorithm that can automatically diagnose the living conditions within an ecosystem.\n\n---\n\n## State of the art & ongoing projects\n\nWe have done so far 3 official expeditions to \"El Hual-Hual\" forest in which we are working on. \n\n\n\n**1st Expedition:** GPS geolocation and audiovisual material for tokenization of 25 Adult Queules. Here a seedling Queule picture from that date\n![](https://c.gitcoin.co/docs/fa6d2b95e5c308695203735301d16bf5/Seedling.PNG)\n\n**2nd Expedition**: Visit the forest with ReFi friend from Koywe\n![](https://c.gitcoin.co/docs/f737417587db684ad191d2d2d38c4ec6/VisitaHual.PNG)\n\n **3rd Expedition:** Gather more audiovisual material for detail needs in the 3D modelling of the forest\n![](https://c.gitcoin.co/docs/ee54ec3e61f22bc7787c288ea5109c88/Audiovisual_expedition.PNG)\n\n### *The Tokents*: Digital assets with ReFi purpose\n\n* #### Elder ENTS NFT: Georreferenced tokenized Specimens of Endangered Trees. \n    * 1st Collection Gomortega Keule - Elder ENT Queule# : **Founders Collection** \n  * Premium Asset of the community\n\n  * Georreferenced tokenized Specimens of real life Critically Endangered Trees.\n\n  * Digital property percentage of the 3D assets built around each tree. \n\n\n\n  * Eligible for airdrops and voting power (TBD)\n\n  * Contract verified on the polygon mainnet \n\n  * 25 Queule trees have been tokenized, only 12 Elder Ents Gomortega Keule have been minted.\n \n   [**Opensea Site**](https://opensea.io/collection/elder-ents-gomortega-keule)\n* #### Georeferentiation DAPP for Elder Ents NFT\n-Version 0.1 of the Dapp used to connect holders to their adopted Endangered Trees IRL.\n![](https://d31ygswzsyecnt.cloudfront.net/docs/13b28a943a8acd523600e467c6288177/georefapp.PNG)\n\n* #### Entrees NFT: \n\n  * 1st Collection CryptoKeules - Entrees CK# : **Artist Diegong** - TBM 9990+10(1/1)s \n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/jFtN92C.png)\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/29hudch.jpg)\n\n1st Minting December 2022 \n2nd Mint TBA\nThis Pixel Art token will grant you access (hence it is and Entry) to the Alpha Release of the Ecosystem UX in development. The purpose of this be able to grow the community further than only the available tokenized Endangered trees (That are really scarce to produce many!)\n\n\n ### Fungible Tokens TBD\n\n* ### $ENTS DAO Governance Token - Fungible ERC20 to vote in DAO discussions and other ReFi/DeFi applications- TBA\n\n* ### $ROOTS utility Token - Fungible ERC20 to use within dapp functions and utilities. This Token will be the rewards & payment token within the Ecosystem UX. TBA\n\n # Projects in development\n \n## Ecosystem treasures: HD Forest native species content (TBA)\n\n\nOther type of collectible to learn about local ecosystems and can be used to enhance your experience within our upcoming game. \n\n![](https://c.gitcoin.co/docs/5a589a463ff794f02127dd8e6761b79e/helecho_treasure.PNG)\n\n![](https://c.gitcoin.co/docs/84c944226226b4b789ecf388f20a3e21/Pollito_treasure.PNG)\n\n\n## ☸️🌳🌳🌳The Queule 3D virtual Experience🌳🌳🌳\n\nUsing Unreal Engine 5 we have modeled so far 10 of the 25 tokenized Queules. The first product that is ready-to-launch from this is the Queule 3D showroom to explore the modeled trees as a virtual experience.\n\n![](https://i.imgur.com/kC1REa1.png)\n\nWe are developing a Virtual Reality Experience of the Endangered Queule Forest as a product to offer to our holders and also to Scale our ReFi Model.\n\n(Click [Here](https://sketchfab.com/endangeredtokens/collections/elder-ent-gomortega-keule-replicas-e036fd4082ab412a90251c00c6a513d9) the see the rest of the models made)\n\n## ☸️🎵🎶🎵Music of the ENTS🎵🎶🎵\n\nAlongside the virtual experience we are recording the frequencies of the endangered trees through a PlantsPlay device (www.plantsplay.com) as the first approach. Our vision is to be able to stream the music of the endangered trees live, so they can produce their own content to help them stay alive.\n\n\n\n##  DeSci projects to be developed\n\n#### Bio-Acoustic MRV\nIn order to understand the forest better, we need to learn how its sounds speaks regarding the health of the forest.This way we will be able to use a cheap and effective MRV for our forests and contribute to the ReFi community with more tools and infrastructure for better MRVs\nLandmarks: We have already conversation with a PhD Student of bio-acoustic and we are collaborating with [:link:Dmeter DMRV](https://gitcoin.co/grants/7064/decentralized-monitoring-reporting-and-verificati) to develop this MRV alternative. \n\n#### Dendrochronology of longlivedtrees to understand climate change.\n\nWith the proper tools and scientific proffesionals measuring the age of longlived trees and its roots can help us understand more about their endangered situation. \n\n\n\n---\n\n## Links of Interest\n🔗🔗🔗 **[Linktree](https://linktr.ee/endangeredtokens)** 🔗🔗🔗\n\n\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "EndangeredTokens", "projectTwitter": "ents_foundation"}