MesoReefDAO - Regenerating Reef Conservation with DeSci Web3 tools
Establish MesoReefDAO to scale coral reef conservation in the Mesoamerican Reef through partnerships, sustainable practices, and using decentralized science and blockchain for governance and funding.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:39 PM
Projects should directly support the mission of DeSci to innovate scientific research by exploring novel mechanisms of funding, conducting, and disseminating scientific research in an open, inclusive, and accessible manner.
The MesoReefDAO project aims to restore and conserve the Mesoamerican Reef through decentralization and blockchain technology, aligning with the mission of DeSci by innovating in funding mechanisms and community participation in scientific research.
DeSci projects most commonly support this mission by building and testing necessary technological infrastructure, but projects may also be eligible if they are deploying existing DeSci infrastructure in a scientific research context or if they are educating and recruiting members of the scientific community to contribute to the mission.
MesoReefDAO is involved in deploying DeSci tools in the context of coral reef conservation and is focused on building a decentralized, transparent, and sustainable system of funding and decision-making, which supports the mission of DeSci.
Concrete examples of issues covered by the DeSci mission include: the data reproducibility crisis and archaic data sharing practices; misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review; financial, linguistic, and academic barriers to globally inclusive research; intellectual property, patents, and financial incentives to trade progress for profits; academic disconnect and poor science/health literacy and trust in the lay public and government representatives.
Although not explicitly stated, the nature of MesoReefDAO's goal to provide a decentralized governance and funding structure for coral reef conservation suggests a response to several DeSci issues, including improving data sharing practices and inclusivity in research.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
While the MesoReefDAO project appears to align with the mission of DeSci, there is insufficient information to determine whether it satisfies the broader Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy without specific knowledge of that policy's details.