{"title": "de_plan ostrom", "logoImg": "bafkreifapdgld5coec5qifuo5wqm2zraffriartkw5k4xzyjfyrdm3rw7a", "website": "https://www.ostrom.world/", "bannerImg": "bafybeif3mtb53ggflu32a34p6dczx3sivpwugpcsdln7rz6czpv7jmjfri", "createdAt": 1681184822072, "credentials": {}, "description": "# About\n\n**Ostrom is a new methodology for calculating and improving the economic value of nature. Our goal is to empower communities to control their future and make environmental regeneration financially viable in the global south.**\n\n*Ecosystem services like clean air, fresh water, and flood mitigation are essential to life. But who pays for them, and how ?* \n**At ostrom, we're pioneering a new approach to make fungible nature market solutions.** \n\n- Our Methodology disaggregates Ecosystem services and assigns unique valuation techniques to them. \n- This approach enables communities, project developers, and companies to unlock new revenue streams and invest in nature based solutions. \n*Over-time, we see ostrom being the mechanism that fixes the \"leaky\" carbon project cycle. A cycle where value is lost at numerous points over time. By coevolving our methodology with tested DMRV; we are developing robust standards for tracking ecosystem value. Stacked with Carbon credits, ostrom will unlock the full potential of nature-based solutions to address climate change.*\n![Ecosystem Services](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtVKfW4XsAEWVdj?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)\n\n---\n\n# WHAT WE HAVE BUILT SO FAR [2023]\n\n💫 Built an **awesome team** of talented Environmentalists and Developers\n\n📍 Located an ideal site for our **Pilot Project**\n\n✨ Built a **partnership with a local community** group in our Project Area ([KECC](https://m.facebook.com/people/Kamukunji-environment-conservation-champions/100068027266967/))\n\n📝 Started developing our **methodology and data collection process**\n\n🗺️ **Gathered over 600 unique data points** for ecosystem assets in partnership with the community\n\n🎰 Conducted **satellite imagery analysis** for our Project Area to build a baseline\n\n🔎 **Surveyed over 200 participants** to understand the “Perceived value” of ecosystem assets\n\n🍃 **Disaggregated all Ecosystem Services** on-site into small, measurable units\n\n![Community Engagement 1](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtVKrcrWAAMGgnP?format=jpg&name=900x900)\n---\n\n# WHY OSTROM?\n\n🌳 **Capture and tap into Ecosystem Value**, a previously undervalued asset class\n\n📐 Provides a more **reliable metric to measure impact** than just Carbon\n\n💵 **Delivers value directly to communities** working on the ground\n\n💨 **Reduces carbon emissions** while providing financial support to those responsible for it\n\n🐞 **Scalable methodology** that works across geographies and ecological conditions\n\n🧬 Ecosystem Markets are poised to become the **new standard in the near future**\n\n👫 Creates **impact for Low-Income Steward communities in the Global South**\n![Leaky Cycle](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtVK3bOWAAEksi_?format=jpg&name=medium)\n---\n\n# WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD [NOW]\n\n🌍 Take our **pilot to the next phase** by starting regeneration work on the ground.\n\n🚅 **Build our tech stack** to facilitate the conversion of DMRV ⇒ Ecosystem Tokens\n\n🪙 **Build a DAO for our partner community** to receive payments for their regeneration efforts\n\n🤝 **Build partnerships with other Project Developers** to decentralize regeneration\n\n🏭 **Locate industry buyers** for our ecosystem tokens\n\n![KECC](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtVLXoQXsAAxDo0?format=jpg&name=medium)\n---\n\n# THE TEAM\n\nWe are a team of Environmentalists, Planners and Engineers, located in different parts of the world. Our team came together organically over the past year and we formally started working on ostrom in 2023. \n\n🌱 [Akshay](https://twitter.com/thede_plandude) is an Urban and Environmental Planner with a background working with Cities in India.\n\n🔗 [King](https://twitter.com/Chester_King__) is a seasoned blockchain developer with experience building DeFi and Infrastructure\n\n🪴 [Elzaphan](https://twitter.com/elzaphan10) is a Financial Analyst and Architect with experience in sustainable finance\n\n🐛 [Hanna](https://twitter.com/HannaFiegenbaum) is an expert in the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services\n\n📡 [Stephan](https://twitter.com/thestephse) is an IoT expert with a background in biomechanics.\n\n📠 [Bradley](https://twitter.com/bradleyazegele) is a Data Analytics student with a passion for ReFi and DMRV.\n\n🗾 Nick is a Planning student expanding his repertoire to the Web3 space. \n\n---\n\n# ADDITIONAL INFORMATION\n\n**Funding Sources:** Grants\n\n**Team Size:** 7", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "de_ostrom"}