ValueNature is a South Africa-based organization working to create a new class of nature-based commodity credits. The company's mission is to accelerate the recognition of nature's value by creating a transparent and efficient market for biodiversity and natural carbon credits.
ValueNature's core service is the facilitation of nature-based investment projects. They are actively developing projects across the Global South that are designed to generate both biodiversity and carbon credits. The company's methodology involves using a combination of on-the-ground sensor technologies and remote sensing data to measure and verify the positive impacts of these projects on local ecosystems. The goal is to create a robust and evidence-based system for quantifying and valuing nature, with a commitment to ensuring that 80% of the revenue from the sale of credits goes back to the local custodians of the land.
ValueNature is building its platform on the Hedera Guardian, an open-source toolset for creating and managing digital environmental assets. This allows for the tokenization of their biodiversity and carbon credits, creating a transparent and auditable record of their entire lifecycle.
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RAK DAO (Ras Al Khaimah Digital Assets Oasis) is a government-supported free zone in the United Arab Emirates, launched in 2023. It is the world's first and only free zone exclusively dedicated to digital and virtual asset companies. The initiative is designed to create a vibrant ecosystem for Web3, blockchain, AI, and other emerging technologies, positioning Ras Al Khaimah as a global hub for innovation.
RAK DAO provides a comprehensive suite of services and infrastructure to support the growth of digital asset companies. This includes a robust and transparent legal framework, a variety of licensing options (including for freelancers and digital nomads), and access to a network of partners, VCs, and academic institutions. The free zone offers a range of facilities, from co-working spaces to dedicated offices, and provides professional services to assist with everything from company setup to ongoing operations.
The Hedera Foundation, which fuels the growth of the Hedera ecosystem, is a key partner of RAK DAO. This strategic alliance provides RAK DAO members with direct access to the Hedera network, including grant programs and technical support.
Numbers Protocol is a decentralized network designed to establish trust and authenticity in digital media. Its primary mission is to address the challenges of misinformation and copyright infringement by creating a verifiable record of content provenance from creation to publication. It provides a transparent and immutable history for digital assets, including images, videos, and audio files.
At its core, Numbers Protocol offers a suite of tools and services for creators and developers. This includes the "Capture App," which allows users to register their digital creations, embedding them with unique identifiers and contextual metadata. The "Numbers Blockchain" serves as a specialized distributed ledger for indexing these assets and their histories. The protocol also features a "Verify Engine," a reverse-image search tool enhanced with AI, enabling users to trace the origin and modification history of digital media.
By leveraging blockchain technology and decentralized storage, including the Hedera blockchain network, Numbers Protocol enables users to create on-chain proof of their digital media, secure ownership, and track usage.
Ledger is a Paris-based digital assets security firm. Its core products are its hardware wallets, most notably the Ledger Nano series. These devices are designed to store private keys in a secure, offline environment, protecting them from online threats.
Ledger also provides the Ledger Live application, an all-in-one platform that allows users to manage digital assets, buy, sell, and swap cryptocurrencies, and access a wide range of DeFi and Web3 services. For institutional clients, Ledger Enterprise provides a comprehensive, customizable infrastructure for safeguarding digital assets at scale.
The Ledger Nano S Plus and Nano X hardware wallets support Hedera’s HBAR token, allowing users to securely store their assets. Through the Ledger Live app, users can create a Hedera account, manage their HBAR, and interact with the Hedera ecosystem. This integration also extends to staking, as users can connect their Ledger device to third-party wallets such as HashPack to participate in HBAR staking.
Tolam Earth is a Web3 marketplace and data utility platform engineered to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and credibility of the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). Launched as a joint venture with backing from the HBAR Foundation, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Object Computing, Tolam directly addresses critical market challenges such as price opacity, illiquidity, and concerns over the integrity of carbon credits.
Built on the Hedera network, the platform provides a marketplace for corporate buyers and carbon project developers to transact in Digital Environmental Assets (DEAs). It leverages the Hedera Token Service (HTS) to represent carbon credits as unique tokens and the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) to create a publicly verifiable and immutable audit trail for all transactions and credit retirements. This ensures a high degree of trust and transparency for all participants.
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