Carbon Commons update
Meet Carbon Removal DAO’s first two proposed projects 🌳
Find out more information on the first two projects proposed by the Carbon Removal DAO
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This post has been written by the Carbon Removal DAO team to update us on the progress of their DAO.
An update on the Carbon Removal DAO
Hello Earthlings 👋
First of all, a big thank you for your patience with everything to do with the Carbon Commons cause.
For the last few weeks, Alison (our social media manager and now the driving force behind Carbon Removal DAO) has been getting up to speed with all things running a DAO, reaching out to people in the ReFi and carbon removal space, and finding crypto-friendly projects that need funding.
This brings us to today…
Alison has found two really stellar projects (with one more currently being vetted for the coming weeks) that are fully aligned with the Carbon Commons mission and who would like funding from the Carbon Commons DAO.
Here’s a little more about each one 👇
Project #1: Reforestation in Agogo, Ghana (an exciting ReFi project)
Last year, Ghana lost 101 thousand acres worth of natural forest, which is the equivalent of 62.9 metric tons worth of CO2 emissions.
EcoMint is working with the Strategic Youth Network for Development, a local NGO, to rebuild a tropical dry forest destroyed by logging in Agogo, Ghana.
The forest will be replanted, managed, and protected by community members from a nearby village, and ownership of the land involved will stay with the community. As the forest regenerates, it will generate carbon credits which can be sold to fund community development.
EcoMint will use NFTs to track the progress of the project- each Angry Teenager NFT represents a square of land in the real world, and will store data on the blockchain from the land and project it represents. This data will be updated dynamically over time, via satellite photography and personal inspections, so we’ll literally be able to watch the forest regrow in real-time.
Project #2: Reforesting indigenous forests in Mozambique (community-led reforestation)
The Nhamacoa Forest is a remnant of a once enormous Miombo forest destroyed by human activities.
Now covering only 30 hectares, it is surrounded by subsistence farmers and their fields. As the wildlife in the forest is expanding but trapped inside this area, it is essential to increase their habitat.
Illegal logging is an ongoing problem as the machamba owners (farmers and landowners) turn to charcoal making to supplement their incomes, but without protection, the Nhamacoa Forest and its wildlife will eventually be destroyed by human activity.
This project works with local communities to develop community-based forest monitoring, reforestation, and restoration of degraded lands and river beds.
The project will also introduce beekeeping as a new source of local income to help protect forests from being burned down every year. (The beehives will protect the forest because community members will not set fire to a forest when their beehives are inside.)
Ultimately, the project will engage local people into active forest guardianships, while delivering several livelihood and conservation benefits.
In fact, this project — run by the Africa Conservation Foundation — has been commended by the Dalai Lama 👀
“I am greatly encouraged by the work of the African Conservation Foundation for they are motivated by the idea that nature and our environment are an essential gift that we need to protect for future generations. After all, what would life be without a clean, healthy and sustainable environment?”
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
However, as always, the power is in your hands
Alison has done an awesome job finding these projects where microgrants can make a real, impactful difference.
But the power to decide whether they get funded or not is ultimately yours.
If you’ve Carbon Commons tokens, you’ll be able to vote on the projects directly through the EarthFund platform.
You can vote on the Ghana project here and the Mozambique project here
But that’s not the only way you can help…
🌍 Donate any ERC-20 token: you can donate any ERC-20 token to the Carbon Removal DAO to help fund these projects (and any other projects in the future)
🌍 Spread the word: tweet, retweet, and interact with the cause as they ramp back up their social media efforts
🌍 Encourage others to donate: donation is so clean and simple, so let others know how easy it is to donate!
🌍 Vote to approve the grants:
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