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", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "short-answer", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "https://www.notion.so/curvelabs/One-Pager-ReFi-Web3-Consulting-d797c4bd29824c22b5c159b4ade38510", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project: ", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG18-Eligibility-cb4a5754c56043d4b3ed34eddbac261c?pvs=4", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Ecofrontiers seeks to produce honest and open-source research on the possible Web3 economic mechanisms that truly value and protect nature and direct funding their way \u2014 ultimately addressing the roots of climate change as well as its disproportionate effects on marginalized communities. Through its advocacy & education work, Ecofrontiers aims to publicly disseminate knowledge fundamental to the multiplication of effective environmental initiatives, ultimately redirecting the financial and political power embedded in present-day technical architectures to the communities that efficiently steward nature.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project meets the round-specific eligibility criteria. ", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": false, "question": "What previous Gitcoin grant rounds has this project been a part of? Please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months.", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "To demonstrate impact, Ecofrontiers is setting the following ambitious targets for the next five years to come:\n\n1. Convince change-makers of the urgency to transition green assets on-chain. 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Its first campaign and associated policy report, \u201cNew Frontiers in Eco-Capitalism,\u201d will target environmental policy-makers, green funds, and environmental projects to improve the social conditions for natural capital production at scale.\n\n## Vision \ud83e\udd9a  \n\nThe current natural capital asset market is centralized, ineffective, and obscure, failing to account for the real value of Nature. [Ecofrontiers](https://mirror.xyz/ecofrontiers.eth/TYJd-4ktkw4gmpgPbxKIlgPCEloTKvT1fuVLIL_SiyQ) identifies this issue through multiple key areas:\n\n* **Lack of guidance in the policy sector**: policy-makers need clear signals about Web3 environmental possibilities. The current [negative press](https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/12/20/failing-crypto-could-be-a-win-for-the-environment/) feeds political scapegoating of Web3.\n* **The green funding gap**: without substantial public and private investment, we won\u2019t be able to protect the biosphere in time. In the [State of Finance for Nature 2022](https://www.unep.org/resources/report/state-finance-nature-2022) report, the United Nations Environment Programme estimated that the world spends US$154 billion per year on nature-based solutions, less than half the predicted funding needed in 2025 and one-third of 2030. Most of this funding is wasted, going to green assets that fail-by-design.\n* **Projects in the environmental sector evaluating Web3 are overwhelmed** by its myriad technical, social, and economic dimensions. They don\u2019t know where to start and this overall slows the urgent ecological transition.\n\n## Solution \ud83c\udf3f \n\nEcofrontiers is a research and advocacy initiative that aims to **redefine the institutional natural capital landscape** by laying bare the critical capabilities that Web3 technologies possess that resolve these underlying deficiencies. With it, Ecofrontiers wishes to hand keys to understand and design new frameworks for natural capital production \u2014 decentralizing this power from the hands of today\u2019s obscure organizations.\n\nEcofrontiers seeks to integrate the real value of Nature into economic systems through three strategic verticals:\n\n* **Research**: the Ecofrontiers\u2019 team is conducting in-depth and rigorous research on natural capital asset policy, production, and finance. The aim is to present the critical role that Web3 technologies have to play in creating sustainable and efficient markets, with a distinctly architectural lens.\nBecause there lately has been an abundance of research attention on green finance, but a lack of awareness and education, Ecofrontiers aims to go beyond research with two additional verticals:\n* **Advocacy**: Ecofrontiers aims to influence policy-makers and industry practitioners to promote the adoption of ethical and efficient frameworks for natural capital monetization. Unlike many Web3 initiatives, Ecofrontiers leverages traditional channels and methods, such as print campaigns, face-to-face lobbying, and higher academia, in order to get the message across.\n* **Education**: Ecofrontiers\u2019 work raises awareness and understanding of decentralized approaches to environmental economics and eco-capitalism among stakeholders in the public and private sectors.\n\n## Outputs \ud83c\udf33 \n\nThe grant work will result in concrete outputs:\n\n* **Publication of a Policy Report**: Ecofrontiers will produce a detailed policy report that explores the concept of natural capital asset production, and the role that Web3 technologies has to play in it, by outlining a \u201cEnvironmental Finance Stack\u201d \u2014 i.e. the layering of different material or conceptual layers whose systemic action produce an exchangeable natural capital asset. This first policy report will be shared widely through various channels, including online platforms, academic institutions, conferences, and relevant industry publications.\n\n## What has been done so far \ud83c\udf3c\n\nEcofrontiers is an initiative led by [Curve Labs](https://www.curvelabs.eu/). The team has a proven track of solid experiences in Web3 & Regenerative Finance, whether as researchers, project developers, or consultants. \n\nPlease consult the team\u2019s [One-Pager](https://www.notion.so/curvelabs/One-Pager-ReFi-Web3-Consulting-d797c4bd29824c22b5c159b4ade38510) to learn more about their past work and engagement. \n\nPlease consult the team\u2019s [Bibliography](https://www.notion.so/curvelabs/One-Pager-ReFi-Web3-Consulting-d797c4bd29824c22b5c159b4ade38510) to see a complete list of their past publications and public participations. \n\nTo consult the outline of Ecofrontiers\u2019 first policy report, please consult the [One-Pager](https://www.notion.so/Ecofrontiers-8277c23c652a41729400973a360cf262).\n\n## Resources\n\n\ud83c\udf10 [Website](https://ecofrontiers.xyz/)\n\u2712 [Blog](https://mirror.xyz/ecofrontiers.eth)\n\ud83d\uddd2 [One-Pager](https://www.notion.so/Ecofrontiers-8277c23c652a41729400973a360cf262)\n \ud83e\udd9c [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ecofrontiers)", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "Curve-Labs", "projectTwitter": "ecofrontiers"}, "recipient": "0x57E6cf96a2E99a3fdAa79Acc3A14fC9be1Eabc03"}}