To Plant Trees Around The Globe and To Get Carbon Credits
OFFICIAL WHITEPAPER v1
Mission Statement
UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) is a legally registered company in Australia and a global initiative dedicated to developing an array of different programs to combat global warming and climate change. To slow and eventually reverse the effects of global warming, we need to develop realistic carbon sequestration targets, employing various activities including afforestation, reforestation, renewable energy, soil regeneration, recycling, and enhanced marine climate management.
We will achieve these projects by utilizing enhanced public interest, corporate interest, and innovative financing mechanisms. We will offer the UNEP cryptocurrency (UNEP) directly to investors by taking advantage of blockchain technology. Once certified, we will create a carbon credit market, opening UNEP as an investment for companies and individuals to offset their carbon footprint. They can accomplish this by purchasing carbon credits from us and redeeming them on the blockchain, making everything transparent and verifiable.
Vision
The vision of the UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) is to offer simple, affordable, and effective mechanisms to enhance carbon sequestration and institute effective emission control systems.
These projects will help fight against global warming and assist in keeping climate change at manageable levels. UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) will be running initiatives worldwide to avert global warming, expanding carbon sequestration efforts, and aiding the international adoption of the UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP).
UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) will be completely self-sufficient, as we will fund our environmental programs and reward our investors (see section 12.0) using the profits we generate from various activities, such as selling certified carbon credits, revenue from initiatives, trees produce, merchandise sales, and corporate use of our tree tracking application.
We view blockchain technology as the future because it brings the world together and helps to create a unified, efficient global economy. Unfortunately, a lot of blockchain technology still relies on carbon-emitting energy sources. One of our ambitions is to neutralize the carbon emissions from blockchain technology completely.
We are also in the early stages of developing a UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) blockchain to aid in this endeavour, which will be carbon negative and primarily used for certified carbon credit offsets to be verified, and an environmentally friendly way to transfer funds globally.
Abstract
The effects of global warming have rapidly emerged during the last century with noticeable devastation, including disappearing glaciers, rising ocean levels, increasing ocean acidity, widespread extinction, and rapidly elevating carbon dioxide levels. This deterioration of the natural environment accelerates, with commercial interests almost always coming out ahead of ecological concerns. Implementing activities to support afforestation, reforestation, conservation, and overall environmental safeguarding is the only way to reverse this dire situation.
Carbon sequestration involves naturally capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) back into the Earth to slow or reverse CO₂ pollution and mitigate climate change. This process offers incredible hope in the war against global warming because trees, mangroves, corals, and other natural structures sequester carbon all the time. However, humanity has destroyed many of these valuable ecosystems, and the rate of destruction has increased dramatically during the last hundred years. We must initiate carbon sequestration projects now; they can no longer be a vague future' plan.'
Adequate financing and support will play an essential role in supporting the carbon sequestration processes. People worldwide are searching for new ways to contribute to the war on global warming, slowing the ongoing climate change, and improving conservation efforts. However, traditionally the fight against global warming has been left up to large bureaucratic institutions and governments, which have little to show for all the money UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) at taxpayers' expense.
The environment is not a thing to be left at the behest of the donor community, and it certainly cannot beg for its survival. We must seek to institute proactive methods to sustain the natural environment for our survival and the survival of our children. Current carbon-based revenue systems and taxes on polluters must be strengthened and adapted to the 21st century.
The need for innovative financing seems to have found its niche in the burgeoning cryptocurrency market that allows institutional and private investors to make wholesome investments to fight against global warming. This framework of innovative financing and our capacity to achieve grassroots-level action inspired UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP)
to utilize blockchain technology in our fight against the devastating effects of climate change.
We plan to significantly change the Earth's landscape through carbon sequestration in coordination with international aid organizations and the general public alike through strategic partnerships, academic backing, and a robust budding cryptocurrency community. Our overall goals include enhancing worldwide tree cover, better marine management, and lobbying for more meaningful legal controls. The existing commercial market needs to wake up and face the real costs of climate change because it affects everyone, from polluting mega corporations to sustainable subsistence communities across the planet.
It is no surprise that more people are starting to take the troubles of climate change seriously and are already adapting to some measures in altering their lifestyle to reduce their carbon footprint. These decisions have a "hit or miss" sort of influence that may prompt people in their circle — such as family members, friends, neighbours, and co-workers — to do the same. It is always positive news when more people turn to experts, trusted sources, and fact-based studies and plan to do their part in minimizing their carbon footprint, ultimately reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Global Warming and Formation of UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP)
The effects of global warming appear everywhere, including rising ocean levels, acid rain, sudden and unpredictable weather extremes, as well as the most powerful cyclones and hurricanes ever experienced. We cannot take these effects lightly; they deserve enhanced public attention, and most importantly, action. The impact of global warming affects current society and will only be compounded for future generations if nothing gets done.
Some efforts to combat global warming and climate change have been initiated, but the majority either think it is somebody else's problem to solve or simply claim they will do something later; meanwhile, the pollution is at record highs and is not slowing down. Unfortunately, it has been far too little, and if humanity waits much longer, it will be far too late. Lack of action on climate change is often attributed to a lack of necessary total funding and funds being entrapped in bureaucratic processes and not reaching projects promptly.
We need new and innovative financing to support strategies that combat carbon emission build-up. This includes funding projects directly and also developing innovative funding mechanisms. The emerging cryptocurrency market is an influential international currency system that can help to combat these funding issues and help aid in the sequestration processes to combat global warming.
Addressing these climate challenges is why we founded UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP). Our road map is straightforward, utilizing strategic partnerships, academic backing, and technical knowledge, and focusing on a solid and budding cryptocurrency market worldwide.
We will be able to fight against global warming through carbon sequestration projects around the world. Our goals include all forms of afforestation and reforestation to reclaim devastated and ruined land patches. We also aim to impose more legislative controls to preserve the marine climate and ecosystems. We shall work with discerning private investors, non-governmental organizations, and governments worldwide to support our war against global warming.
Insights on Global Warming, Climate Change, and Carbon Sequestration
It is unanimous amongst the scientific community that human activities are contributing towards damaging Earth's climate. Globally, experts are conducting studies that continuously find more evidence connecting extreme climate change to humanity's increasing usage of fossil fuels and industrial development. While helping humankind in various ways, these industrial practices have done so at the expense of drastically increasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the environment. This has resulted in progressively higher air and sea temperatures. If left unresolved for much longer, the negative impact on Earth's ecosystems will become irreversible.
Almost two hundred nations have signed the Paris Climate Agreement, a commitment to limit Earth's temperature from rising by 2ºC this century. Experts believe that even surpassing 1.5ºC could be a point of no return for our environment. Unfortunately, Earth has already warmed by 1.2ºC and is not showing any signs of slowing down. Less than 20% of the emissions created during the last year were offset. Reducing our emissions as a TRIP is of paramount importance before it is too late. Carbon reduction and sequestration are critical if we are to have any hope of reversing these harmful effects.
Insights on Global Warming, Climate Change, and Carbon Sequestration
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, humans have been rapidly changing the balance of gases in the atmosphere. The burning of fossil fuels, like coal and oil, releases carbon dioxide (CO₂) and other greenhouse gasses. CO2 is the most common greenhouse gas. Atmospheric CO2 amounted to about 280 parts per million (ppm) before the Industrial Revolution. As of 2017, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were at 406.5 ppm (406.5 molecules of CO2 in the air per every million air molecules), their highest levels in 650,000 years (Source: United States National Aeronautical and Space Administration). In 2021, it exceeded 417 ppm and is in a continuous upward trend. CO₂ levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, which occurred between 3-5 million years ago.
Insights on Global Warming, Climate Change, and Carbon Sequestration
Global warming does not just imply the warming of the planet, which is part of the reason why "climate change" has become the more commonly accepted term among researchers and policymakers. The overall increasing global temperature can impose devastating and often irreversible environmental damage on ecosystems, both on land and oceans. There are diverse ways to observe this, including melting ice caps, sea level increase, loss of marine life, depletion of aquatic food chains, acid rain, weather extremes, devastating cyclones, and other devastating climatic changes. Furthermore, the planet is experiencing rapid desertification, severe impacts observed on photosynthesis and food yield forms, and the rapid annihilation of natural ecosystems. Salient features of information are listed below:
● The average global temperature has been rising since 1880.
● The minimum expanse of Arctic summer sea ice has declined 13.3% per decade since the 1980s.
● Land ice has declined at the poles by 286 giga-tons a year since 2002. ●
Global sea levels have risen 7 inches (176 millimetres) in the past century, directly threatening low-lying countries such as the Maldives and the Netherlands.
● Solving climate change will require significant shifts in energy production, from fossil fuels to less carbon-intensive renewable sources.
Insights on Global Warming, Climate Change, and Carbon Sequestration
CO₂ makes its way into the atmosphere through a variety of routes. Burning fossil fuels releases CO₂ and is by far the largest source of these emissions. According to the EPA's 2015 report, fossil fuel combustion (including electricity generation) in the United States alone released over 5.5 billion tons (5 billion metric tons) of CO₂ into the atmosphere.
Other processes, such as non-energy use of fuels, iron and steel production, cement production, and waste incineration, boost the total annual CO₂ release in the USA to almost 6 billion tons. Shockingly, this is just one nation. The world as a whole is releasing ever-steadily increasing amounts of CO₂ every year.
Deforestation is also a significant contributor to excessive CO₂ in the atmosphere. It is the second largest anthropogenic (human-made) source of CO2. When trees are logged or burnt, they release the carbon they have stored due to photosynthesis. According to the 2010 Global Forest Resources Assessment, deforestation releases nearly a billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere per year.
Protecting forests is a solution to stop rising greenhouse gas emissions since forests remove CO₂ from the atmosphere. Managing sustainable forestry is critical to reducing emissions and maintaining a 1.5ºC world. Tropical forests are significantly impacted by these commercial logging operations, as they account for more than 60% of the forest loss in Latin America and Southeast Asia. This is usually a permanent loss since these forests rarely get replanted.
Insights on Global Warming, Climate Change, and Carbon Sequestration
Animal agriculture is also a significant source of climate change, generating more greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide) than all combined vehicle (land, water, and air) emissions. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) estimates that animal agriculture is responsible for 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions. However, this estimate includes assumptions such as a long half-life for methane. It does not account for the negative opportunity cost of removing forests, which act as carbon sinks, grazing land, and producing animal feed. According to the Worldwatch Institute, animal agriculture generates 51% of greenhouse gas emissions.
Methane comes from cows and is 70 times more impactful than CO2 emissions on global warming. Nitrous oxide emissions arise from the vast amounts of fertilizer used to grow genetically engineered corn and soy, fed to animals raised in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Nitrous oxide pollution is even worse than methane and is 200 times more damaging per ton than CO2.
Animal agriculture is a leading cause of deforestation and UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) extinction. Nearly 80% of agricultural land is used for grazing and growing animal feed. The Earth is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction of life. Scientists estimate that between 150-200 UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) plants, insects, birds, and mammals become extinct every 24 hours. This is 1,000 times the natural or background rate of extinction and is more significant than anything the world has experienced since the demise of the dinosaurs nearly 65 million years ago. Animal agriculture is also the number one source of ocean dead zones as fertilizers eventually get into our waterways, further damaging the environment.
Insights on Global Warming, Climate Change, and Carbon Sequestration
Some of the most immediate impacts of global warming lie beneath the waves. Oceans also act as a carbon sink since they absorb dissolved CO2. While this carbon sink is not bad for the atmosphere, increased amounts of CO2 can have disastrous effects on the marine ecosystem. When CO₂ reacts with seawater, it leads to a decline in pH, known as ocean acidification. Increased acidity eats away at the calcium carbonate shells and skeletons that many ocean organisms depend on for survival.
These include shellfish, pteropods, and corals. Coral reefs are home to at least a quarter of the entire biological diversity of the oceans. Coral reefs serve as essential habitats to as many as 3 million species, including more than 25% of all marine fish species. species feed, reproduce, shelter, and survive in the vast 3-dimensional framework offered by coral reefs. The combined pressures of increasing acidity and global warming lead to coral reefs becoming nothing more than eroded rock structures.
Additionally, millions of tonnes of plastic are polluted into our seas every year. A large quantity of it breaks down into microplastics. When humans eat seafood contaminated with microplastic particles, we ingest many chemicals they carry, such as neurotoxins, endocrine disruptors, and carcinogens. Exposure to these chemicals increases the risk of cancer, hormone interference, and congenital disabilities.
Future Outlook on Global Warming and Climate Change Issues
A growing number of business leaders, government officials, and private citizens are concerned about the worldwide implications of global warming and are proposing steps to reverse the trend. While some argue that "the Earth will heal itself," the natural processes for removing this human-caused CO₂ from the atmosphere work on a timescale of hundreds of thousands to millions of years. Earth's self-recovery will not occur quickly enough to preserve our cultural institutions and societal systems as they are.
There is no question that global warming needs to be restrained or reversed. Despite the vast amounts of public funds and effort expended since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro during the last 30 years led by the United Nations Organization (UN), the World Bank (WB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank (AfDB) along with others, yet the war on global warming is yet to be won or even slowed down. Nothing scheduled within the near future seems to offer much to tip the balance in favour of slowing down carbon emissions.
Future Outlook on Global Warming and Climate Change Issues
Looking at all the available evidence, we can make two deductions:
● The rate at which global warming occurs due to anthropogenic and other factors is far greater than human efforts to combat the problem.
● The funds and resources UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) to avert emissions build-up and promote carbon sequestration do not reach grassroots levels sufficiently or promptly.
A close examination of these two factors reveals that the current status quo may have influenced both acts to some extent, where the current rate of global warming is mainly unaffected today due to the inefficiencies inherent in various institutional complexities.
Future Outlook on Global Warming and Climate Change Issues
Many researchers and engineering industries have developed outstanding technological designs to capture CO₂ build-up through mechanical means. These 'Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)' methods are engineering marvels due to their inherently bold efforts to sequester huge volumes of CO₂ from the air. However, a closer examination reveals that these proposed CCS models are generally prototype technologies with no broad pro acts to aid humankind in the sequestration processes.
The level of CO₂ being released is so overwhelming that
no mechanical system could be employed to sequester enough. Therefore, CCS mechanical methods may simply not work, given modern industry and society's colossal volume of emissions.
In this context, it is clear that a systematically grown tree canopy is critical for sequestering carbon adequately. Marine management processes are also a crucial part of the tree-growing initiative. Oceans naturally absorb CO₂ through acid rain and dissolved CO₂. However, ocean management towards marine carbon sequestration might be out of reach for most people and institutions, so it is best to start work on the land first. Nevertheless, ocean and marine management are essential to any proper carbon sequestration proposal.
Future Outlook on Global Warming and Climate Change Issues
As explained in the graph above, reaching net negative emissions consists of having a green part (removing emissions) more important than the blue part (remaining emissions). However, organizations first need to avoid emissions (the grey part) to achieve net zero-emission (when the blue line crosses the 0-axis).
Growing Tree Canopies
We have begun to create a movement through UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP), which involves sequestering carbon through afforestation or reforestation. The methodology used is commonly thought of as:
● Inexpensive (cost-efficient)
● Clean (also provides other ecosystem services)
● Proven (many countries have a legacy of tree growing)
● Effective (can see immediate results in a short amount of time)
● Efficient (less resource and energy consumption)
● Sustainable (can be incorporated in a multi-functional forest providing timber production and other benefits for local communities)
● Economical (can provide economic incentives for sustainable forest management)
Trees absorb CO₂ from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and use light energy to run enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Cellulose production consumes most of the carbon absorbed by trees, but some CO₂ gets released into the air through respiration. The absorbed carbon forms above-ground biomass stem wood, branches, leaves, and roots.
Growing Tree Canopies
Carbon accumulated in leaves is released back into the atmosphere after a relatively short period when the fallen leaves decompose. However, carbon in wood is stored for many years, depending on time-dependent factors such as tree species, growing conditions, forest management, and various uncertain occurrences such as forest fires or diseases. 50% of dry wood is formed from carbon.
A widely held assumption is that forests approach carbon saturation at maturity and that when trees reach this pinnacle level, they stop sequestering carbon. With a continuous cover, forests could act as long-term storage of carbon. When trees die, carbon remains stored in the soil, acting as a long-term carbon sink.
We cooperate with various NGOs, Ministries of Environment and Climate Change, and other similar partner organizations worldwide. We will be releasing our financial accounting periodically onto the website Trip Foundation for full transparency. The revenue deployment will be visible, and we regularly update our blog with all the projects undertaken. We will tackle climate change on a global scale with like-minded action groups around the world.
Tree Planting and Monitoring
We will be working with relevant scientists and planting trees native to India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, South Korea, Maldives and other areas across the globe. We will ensure that no invasive species affect the native flora and will also be adhering to the existing biodiversity with trees such as:
PEPPER • TEA • JACKFRUIT • DURIAN • BREADFRUIT • BANANA • BANYAN • MANGO • COCONUT • RUBBER • CINNAMON • IRONWOOD • KUMBUK •KITUL
A database compiling each CO₂ absorption rate of each tree will be made freely available on UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP)
Why do we plant these types of trees?
● Revenue generation provides more funds towards our projects and helps the local community meet their household expenses.
● Continued monitoring in person due to the symbiotic relationship between the community and tree life cycle.
● Local growing expertise and cultural usage for non-consumable products from the biomass of the species, such as boatbuilding, woven mats, wood ornaments, and more. We are currently developing a revolutionary application that utilizes satellite technology, AI, geospatial algorithms, and drones to monitor green canopy cover (an indicator of tree health and carbon sequestered) where these projects occur.
Procurement for the technology and equipment is being tendered. Once UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP)'s nurseries are open in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, we will plant a lot more and faster as each nursery will hold over 100,000 saplings in stock at any given time.
We will be replicating this model in many other countries. We are very close to finalizing deals with more nation-states and NGOs that will be economically feasible and sustainable for TRIP for years to come. The future is green
Tokenomics
The UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) smart contract launched on March 22, 2023, after a successful audit. Despite receiving a 100% perfect score from our BlockHat, Certik and Solidity Scan, we audited after most of our community voted in favour of it. We started with a max supply of 500 million. Additionally, every transaction will result in UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) being burned, as well as our carbon credit use case. We have many plans with our upgraded contract, including bridging to other blockchains.
500,000,000 Max Supply
Supply API links
• Max supply: 10% of the Total Supply is minted; 90% to be minted by the community.
• Total supply: 500 million.
• UN Ecosystem Project supply (UNEP address): Permanently inaccessible, creating deflation.
• Circulating supply: The Circulating Supply is the Initial Minted and the Community Minted.
Project UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) Address:
10% of the tokens sent to the address will be unlocked periodically, with the final tokens being released on a project-to-project basis.
Centralized exchange hot wallet addresses
Decentralized exchange of information (subject to change)
Pancake Swap Liquidity Pool Addresses. UNEP/BNB & UNEP/BUSD
We locked the Pancake Swap liquidity with rolling periods for each pair (UNEP/BNB & UNEP/BUSD).
Tokenomics
This was to remain flexible without sacrificing security. This way, if we need to spread or even add additional liquidity, we will have the luxury of doing so once every month, without ever unlocking more than 25% of the liquidity at any one time, which keeps it secure for our investors. This is a much better option for the project than locking all of the liquidity into a smart contract for multiple years and having no recourse in this fast-developing crypto world.
UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) Blockchain A carbon-negative blockchain native to UNEP is the latest edition of the roadmap. It will be a green blockchain, powered entirely by renewable energy sources. The UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) Chain (UNEP) will be primarily used for our certified carbon credit ecosystem and as an environmentally friendly way for people to send funds anywhere in the world at a low cost. The reasonably low transaction fees will go toward UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) environmental initiatives as a further mechanism for funding.
The UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) blockchain is still in the early stages of development.
We will release more details in the WhitePaper V2.
Carbon Credit Exchange
One of the primary utilities of the UNEP cryptocurrency is to be the exclusive currency of the carbon credit exchange we are developing. Both individuals and organizations alike will be able to use UNEP to buy certified carbon credits from UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) and other companies that choose to exchange their carbon credits on our market. The exchange will have two levels.
The first level will essentially be a carbon credit broker, similar to buying from an online store. Users will buy UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) certified carbon credits directly from us using this section; This will also be where investors can buy other companies' carbon credits after being approved by environmental regulators. In return for being able to list on our exchange, they will pay a listing fee and a per cent out of each sale which will go towards funding our environmental projects. It will only be possible to buy carbon credits on our exchange using UNEP.
When purchasing the carbon credits on Level 1, the transaction will work as follows:
• A percentage of every sale will be sent to the UNEP address, making UNEP deflationary.
• A percentage will be sent to the staking pool, rewarding our investors.
• A percentage will be used to fund UNEP projects when UNEP carbon credits are sold.
• A percentage will be used to fund UNEP projects when other companies' carbon credits are sold.
Carbon Credit Exchange
The second level will be an open market in which anybody can exchange their certified carbon credits. Suppose an investor has purchased a carbon credit certificate from our store but does not desire to offset their emissions. In that case, the investor will be able to sell it on our open market for whatever price they set it. People will be able to use our platform to invest in the carbon credit market, intending to sell in the future when the value of carbon credits has risen as projected. Of course, like the first level, the exclusive currency for the exchange will be UNEP.
When exchanging the carbon credits on Level 2, the transaction will work as follows:
• A small percentage will be sent to the UNEP address.
• A small percentage will be sent to the staking pool.
• A small percentage will be allocated to fund UNEP projects.
• The vast majority will be sent to the seller, and the certified carbon credit will be sent to the buyer.
(Percentages will be determined at a later date and will be subject to modifications).
UNEP earned from carbon credit sales and fees will be sold on our platform, allowing investors to purchase UNEP using their fiat bank cards or in exchange for other cryptocurrencies. We will then use these funds to invest in environmental projects that will sequester more carbon, resulting in us producing more carbon credits to sell, effectively making UN Ecosystem Project (UNEP) self-sustaining.