Preserving Cultural Heritage, Challenging Corruption, Protecting People and Planet with Streets of ADA - A Samsudin Brothers Projek

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Razali Samsudin

[GENERAL] Are you delivering this project as an individual or as an entity (whether formally incorporated or not)

Individual

[GENERAL] Co proposers and Additional applicants

Talk to Loop

Palawan NGO Network Inc. (PNNI)

Karl R. De Mesa

Topher White - Founder of Rainforest Connection

Rainforest Connection

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

6

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

No

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem (200-character limit including spaces)

A feasibility study to show how Streets of ADA, with NGOs and impact organisations can have Cardano powered impact to support land defenders and indigenous communities protect people and planet.

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

Yes

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.”

Our dependency on partners for impact data monitoring, collection, uploading. The field conditions can affect the on-the-ground delivery.

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

No

[GENERAL] Please provide here more information on the open source status of your project outputs

The proof of impact NFT4Good outputs (art, music, media etc) and metadata may not all be open source, due to privacy and security concerns.

[METADATA] SDG rating

SDG goals:

Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

SDG subgoals:

4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

12.2 By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources

12.8 By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature

12.b Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products

15.a Mobilize and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems

15.b Mobilize significant resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide adequate incentives to developing countries to advance such management, including for conservation and reforestation

15.c Enhance global support for efforts to combat poaching and trafficking of protected species, including by increasing the capacity of local communities to pursue sustainable livelihood opportunities

15.1 By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements

15.1.1 Forest area as a proportion of total land area

15.2 By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally

15.2.1 Progress towards sustainable forest management

12.8.1 Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable

15.7 Take urgent action to end poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna and address both demand and supply of illegal wildlife products

15.5 Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species

15.9 By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts

#proposertoolsdg

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution.

We propose to combine art, culture and technology to present to the world a Cardano powered solution that helps grassroots communities achieve social and environmental justice.

At Streets of ADA we have been developing Art as Activism pieces for over a year now, exploring the use case application of blockchain, NFTs, and metadata capabilties with regards to closing the sustainability finance gap. We have been working with other impact driven changemakers in the Cardano ecosystem and impact web3 world to elaborate in creating new standards around impact ‘credits’, meeting the challenge around impact data measurements and collection, incentives, transparency and the need to tackle greenwashing and corruption.

We seek to launch an art as activism fundraising collection, in collaboration with local NGOs, and multisectoral stakeholders in the Philippines and diaspora, to help grow the Cardano community, and build bridges with enabled, empowered and equipped grassroot communities on the frontlines of fighting for justice.

PNNI Paraenforcers (from left to right) Dado, Ipe and Tredez

What’s at stake:

12 million acres of rainforest are destroyed every year.

Threatening a million species with extinction.

Illegal logging is an ever-increasing global problem with devastating social, economic, and environmental consequences. The industry brings in around 152 billion USD annually, making it the world's “most lucrative environmental crime”, and represents up to 90% of timber harvest in some countries. 

This may provide short term profits for numerous actors, ranging from the illegal loggers (those often looking for a way out of poverty), to the corporates operating without impunity or in the shadow networks, however, in the long term the price paid will impact everyone, whether through the loss of ecosystem services provided by the trees and their role in the local and global environment, as well as the knock on effects for livelihoods and security for those communities. 

Government and NGO agencies are struggling to tackle these global supply chains, with its lack of transparency and means to authenticate that goods and products are 100% ethically sourced

Context:

We are focusing our feasibility study in the Philippines, Palawan, aka the “last ecological frontier. and one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, land defender and activist. Like many forests in this region, it faces considerable threats — including illegal logging and wildlife poaching, conversion to agricultural land, mangrove loss and unsustainable mining.

We have been developing Streets of ADA Art as Activism pieces without funding for over a year now since 2022. We have successfully developed a number strategic partnerships to ensure the long term success of our impact project, local empowerment and the possibility for scaleability once we can demonstrate the proof of concept works.

Samsudin Brothers on a call when visiting the PNNI HQ in Palawan, with the PNNI team, and Attorney Bobby Chan

Palawan rainforest loses the equivalent of 7,700 football pitches a year due to human activity.

“Corruption can happen at every stage of the global supply chain of timber” - INTERPOL:

https://www.interpol.int/Crimes/Environmental-crime/Forestry-crime

We work to support changemakers on the ground before the illegal timber can enter a global supply chain.

“Communities in Palawan have been struggling for decades to protect their forests, oceans and mountains from plunder. A culture of impunity and fear – the Philippines is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for land defenders and journalists – has meant that the stories of these communities have rarely been told, if ever. As such, the people in Palawan defending their homelands welcomed me and our team. They were desperate for other people to know their fate, and hopeful that this would lead to some support for their struggles…Filming Kap Ruben’s funeral was the hardest, and as such the most powerful moment, of the process. Kap had spoken to us in the forests, telling us in a quiet voice that he was risking his life so that when his daughter grew up and had children, the big trees would still be there. To see his daughter a few months later wail as she collapsed over his coffin, beg him to come home, and then bury him, was devastating. I also knew that this moment had to be told in the film, to honour his courage, and to show the human impact of the logging industry.”

- Karl Malakunas, Director of Delikado

“If this illegal activity is not stopped, I think before my youngest daughter becomes a young adult and has a family of her own, all the big trees here will be gone.” - Kap Ruben Confiscation crusaders try to save Philippine paradise

Ruben never lived to see his youngest daughter grow up. A few months after the chainsaw confiscation, the father of 5 was shot dead for trying to seize some illegally cut wood. 

Confiscation crusaders try to save Philippine paradise

https://youtu.be/GUgoYLUWTYY?si=3HtxHiV35tcLbgq7

- Emmy nominated Environmental thriller 'Delikado' CNN interview

DELIKADO Director, Karl Malakunas, chat to PNNI’s Bobby Chan

Since Q4 2022, we began working voluntarily to support Palawan NGO Network Inc. (PNNI), creating art as activism pieces, and exploring the integration of blockchain and using NFTs, metadata and impact data to support their mission. 

Art from Streets of ADA - A Samsudin Brothers Projek

Since then we have also been in discussions with Karl Malakunas - Director of Delikado, and have been receiving advice and support from Karl R. De Mesa, a longreads journalist and photographer who has reported on stories in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Myanmar, and Singapore. His photo essays have appeared on CNN Ph Life and The Likhaan Journal of Phil Lit. His non-fiction collections "Report from the Abyss" and "Radiant Void" were both shortlisted for the Philippine National Book Awards for journalism and non-fiction. He makes music as Dark Horse (Ph) and is a certified Muay Thai instructor. https://linktr.ee/karlrdemesa

By developing proof of impact art as activism pieces, inspired by South East Asian and Filipino cultural heritage, and martial arts, we seek support to further explore the use case of Cardano technology to help close the sustainability finance gap.

To support impact funding, incentivising impact data collection and tracking, on chain identities associated with positive measurable socio-environmental impact, led by grassroots communities in developing countries.

This aligns with the original mission of Cardano as stated by founder of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson in his “Why Cardano” essay:

“In these places, the power to bundle a payment system, property rights, identity, credit and risk protection into a single application running on a cell phone is not just useful, it is life changing. The reason we are building Cardano is that we feel we have a legitimate shot at delivering — or at least advancing — this vision for the developing world.”

https://why.cardano.org/en/introduction/what-it-the-point-of-all-of-it/

Why Palawan, the Philippines?

Palawan is often called the Philippines’ last ecological frontier, home to most of the nation’s remaining forests, its waters are renowned as a global biological hotspot.

With weak or corrupt authorities often unwilling to take on the fight, the Palawan NGO Network Inc (PNNI) seeks to fill the void.

As cash-strapped environmentalists they believe traditional campaigning to save the island’s resources can do little to stop the corruption.

They use a little-known citizen’s arrest law, plus the support of local communities, to confiscate chainsaws, mining drills, cyanide fishing gear and any other equipment used to destroy Palawan’s environment.

The para-enforcers have confiscated more than 800 chainsaws since PNNI was established over three decades ago, according to its founder and leader, environmental lawyer Bobby Chan.

Missions can last days, and weeks at a time, using intel to locate the chainsaws carrying out the illegal logging operations and to successfully seize the chainsaw and stop the operation.

Feasibility Case Study: Palawan, The Philippines

Our initial focus is to work with on the ground NGO partners in Palawan. 

The Palawan NGO Network Inc. (PNNI) was organized in 1991, and is made up of multiple NGOs and People’s Organizations in Palawan, the Philippines.

They focus on:

• ADVOCACY
• Includes Indigenous Peoples Rights, Anti-Mining, Anti-Coal Fired Power Plant

• MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
• Entail linkage and sourcing of funds to the members.

• ENFORCEMENT
• On Illegal logging, Illegal Fishing, and Wildlife Poaching. PNNI Para- Enforcers uses the concept of Citizens Arrest, as provided in the Philippine Constitution.

• SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
• PNNI buys and sells products from the communities, includes honey, cashews, baskets. Also offers micro-financing.

• YOUTH
• Trains and mentor the youth in Palawan who will someday take over in development work.

With the support of this catalyst proposal, Streets of ADA can explore the feasibility of having on the ground impact accelerated, with Cardano blockchain-powered fundraising and community support. 

Collaboration for greater impact using technology

Given the latest technological advancements, we aim to help the land defenders and connect the dots with the tools that can help the changemakers on the ground to help protect people and planet.

One example integration we are exploring is with Rainforest Connection (RFCx) who have developed a suite of tools, including an AI tool called Arbimon. It uses inexpensive recorders in the trees.

Rainforest Connection Intro

Rainforest Connection, Arbimon, & Google.org - Using sounds and AI to protect our planet

We seek to further connect the dots across the Philippines and between other changemakers in the movement, from Rainforest Connection, the Palawan NGO Network Inc (PNNI), and other land defenders in Palawan, the Philippines, also known as the last ecological frontier.

We will be learning from another Fund 10 Project Catalys funded proposal, where we are carrying out similar work in another critical rainforest location, in West Sumatra, Indonesia, in partnership with Rimba Non Profit Organisation.

Additionally, we are in talks about exploring a collaboration with RFCx, and looking at integrating real-time audio streaming and RFCx's extensive audio library of detected animal sounds into the Proof of Impact NFT offering, as well as their innovative AI solution that’s supported by Google.

https://youtu.be/2-ZQes55LCo?si=nscnQ_QrvUcrhS6k

Rainforest Connection(RFCx) is a non-profit organization that believes that a focus on stopping illegal logging can act as an effective barrier to wholesale deforestation and such a focus is likely the cheapest way to fight against global warming and biodiversity loss.

The RFCx monitoring system gives its partners the opportunity to protect key rainforest areas and respond to real-timealerts, while sharing large amounts of ecosystem data that help negotiate increased protections in these areas. In some cases, protecting the perimeter of a rainforest can actually mean protecting everything behind it – saving rainforests is the key to saving our planet.

RFCx’s technology now alerts rangers of chainsaw activity to ensure their patrols are more effective and efficient in current and future logging events.

Large scale deforestation contributes to 17% of all carbon emissions globally, leading to species extinction, causing droughts, affecting upwards of twenty million people, totaling from 2-5 trillion USD in economic loss annually. (https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00XWJ8.pdf)

Rainforest Connection (RFCx): Old smartphones to catch illegal logging- starting in 2013, 10 years later RFCx have evolved from using old smartphones.

We wish to explore how we can create greater impact together, and help fundraising to support the adoption of these critical tools that can help enable the prevention of further illegal logging, and protect the last ecological frontier in the Philippines.

https://www.bataris.org.ph/petitions/let-s-save-palawan-s-forests

[IMPACT] Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community.

The project, led by Streets of ADA in support of local NGOs such as PNNI, aims to address the challenge of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Palawan, the Philippines, which is experiencing alarming rates of deforestation and threats to its unique ecosystem.

The project focuses on the protection of Palawan, and seeks to conserve biodiversity-rich habitats through various strategies:

ENFORCEMENT - On Illegal logging, Illegal Fishing, and Wildlife Poaching. PNNI Para- Enforcers uses the concept of Citizens Arrest, as provided in the Philippine Constitution.

Setting up missions with para enforcers seeking to stop illegal activity i.e.capturing chainsaws, and anything used to carry out illegal logging, mining, fishing and poaching.

Benefits to the Cardano Ecosystem:

The project if successful can engage local government executives, national and international stakeholders who were otherwise incognizant of how Cardano tools and its community can help address conservation issues. By making full use of the Cardano powered and complementary technologies to demonstrate the impacts of business-as-usual scenarios on natural resources, we can make a positive contribution to the understanding of how Cardano for Good can look in a tangible, measurable way in the Philippines. 

Various studies have shown the tremendous value of Palawan’s forests and the range of ecosystem services that it provides. For instance, a Total Economic Valuation (TEV) study of the Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape (MMPL) underscored that the value of ecosystem good and services (P266 billion) for people far outweigh the value of minerals (P15 billion). (https://www.bataris.org.ph/petitions/let-s-save-palawan-s-forests)

Environment:

Biodiversity: By improving habitat quality the project helps decrease genetic depletion and increase biodiversity, preserving valuable species. With the Palawan home to 105 out of the 475 threatened species in the Philippines. Based on the IUCN classification, 105 are endangered, and 67 are endemic to the Philippines. Palawan's forest also provides ecosystem services that benefit the vast communities in Palawan and extend to the whole country by acting as a significant carbon sink. 

Social:

The women, youth, farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, and residents of Palawan can become aware of how they have been supported by Cardano and its community thanks to these efforts. They can join Government efforts to save Palawan's forests by supporting the law enforcement efforts upholding laws that are supposed to protect Palawan's natural forests and stop the issuance of permits, clearances, and legal instruments that lead to the continued destruction of Palawan's forests.

Economy:

The project creates alternative sources of fundraising to support the NGOs and paraenforcers carry out their critical missions.

Global Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing:

The feasibility study will explore leveraging Cardano's blockchain solutions and NFTs to connect PNNI’s local efforts with a global community of stakeholders that can learn from this impact project.

By demonstrating the potential of Cardano's blockchain solutions and engaging a global community, Streets of ADA seeks to create new models for financing the protection of forests, biodiversity, and creating alternative and sustainable livelihoods for locals.

Owning a Streets of ADA Proof of Impact NFT is one measure of contribution to the on the ground impact and support of closing the sustainability finance gap.

The missions carried on the ground such as tackling illegal logging and deforestation can be supported thanks to the purchase of Art as Activism pieces. As they are proof of impact NFTs that support the NGOs, impact data from the ground will be uploaded as metadata to the NFTs. This will help track the impact over time of each proof of impact art piece.

Emerging and established artists, locals, impact champions and eco warriors are invited to join the mission of protecting people and planet. By joining the Streets of ADA universe as a contributor, with the feasibility study we will explore the experimentation and possibilities around IP and royalties to catalyze the fusion of artistic entertainment, sustainable livelihoods and equitable outcomes.

The outputs and opportunities that result from the project will be shared via our gitbook, and social media channels (X, X spaces, partner websites etc).

[CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

At A Samsudin Brothers Projek team, we have already developed an international network of partners, advisors and supporters from within the Cardano community and beyond, who believe in our vision and are down for the mission:

Founders:

Affendi Samsudin: Co-Founder at Streets of ADA - A Samsudin Brothers Projek team and Lead Artist

https://twitter.com/TR1PL7

https://asamsudinbrothersprojek.gitbook.io/streets-of-ada/

Razali Samsudin: | Lead Author | Subject Expert | Partnerships

Co-Founder of Sustainable ADA, Impact Web3, Streets of ADA - A Samsudin Brothers Projek

Creator and co-author of Recalibrating Value, Identity and Impact Through The Blockchain - The Cardano Impact Report.

Cardano Summit 2023 Masterclass Speaker | Blockchain for Good Nominee

17+ years of experience as an interdisciplinary Educator from early years settings to postgraduate level, with a background in social sciences, humanities, and sustainability.

Author, Writer, Editor, Digital Economy, Blockchain, Sustainability and Impact Measurements, Researcher (Research Lead Connecting SDGs to Project Catalyst and lead on the SDG Proposer Tool and SDG Search Tool with Cardano AIM #Blockchain4Good, #Cardano4Good, #NFT4Good). Social Entrepreneur, Catalyst Proposal Mentor. Wada UN SDG and Education Coordinator, Contributor at Cardano AIM, PositiveBlockchain, Cardano4Climate, Catalyst School, Adafilms.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/razali-samsudin

https://twitter.com/Razlosophy

We have a multisectoral, diverse and interdisciplinary team to ensure our Streets of ADA Proof of Impact NFTs are not only beautiful, and innovative, but representative of the cultural heritage of the Philippines and southeast Asia. We are supported by:

Sarah Margono-Samsudin | International Development Practitioner - Education for Sustainable Development Section@UNESCO and Secretariat Member of Mission 4.7 Organisation -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-margono-samsudin-a1b41b99/

Miguel Z - Advisor | The Philippines Connector | Community Manager at Cardano Spot

https://twitter.com/Le_Migzerazzi

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgl-ant-122007/

Victor: Artist and Advisor

 https://twitter.com/VHLstudio

Head of Content for @ZengateGlobal

Also: 3D Artist | BitFins | CHEF DAO

https://linktr.ee/vhlart

Damian - Founder of Cardano Trees: Artist | Developer - Plutus Pioneer Program 1st Cohort | Advisor

https://twitter.com/D_art_tech

https://twitter.com/CardanoTrees

Juv&Nil aka Enzo Margono

Musician, singer, composer, producer and sound design engineering

https://www.instagram.com/juv_nil/?hl=fr

Sophie Ea

Impact, Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor - Save the Children

Alex Ross | Talk to Loop Lead

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-ross-61453a3b/

https://talktoloop.org/

NMKR | NFT and Payment Services

https://twitter.com/nmkr_io

Dr Mihaela Ulieru - Chief AI Alchemist SingularityNET | Former Head of Strategic Impact at IOG

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihaelaulieru/

Alain "Fusion" Clapham - FRSA | Curator | Educator | Public Speaker | Facilitator

The self-professed ‘Transformative Storyteller’ has presented shows for MTV and Sky, hosted events at Wembley Arena, interviewed the likes of Beyoncé, Dr Dre and Marvel-mastermind Stan Lee, and shared his story on the TED stage.

An experienced public speaker, educator and creative producer, he is now a lead facilitator for YouTube, empowering thousands of young people to become better Internet Citizens, and helps award-winning CEOs discover their own stories of transformation.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alain-fusion-clapham-b8824b29/

https://www.instagram.com/iitstagram/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/bmtstories/?hl=en

Fabrizio Shao - Adaptive Athlete | Disability Advocate | Web3 Brand Ambassador

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabrizio-shao/

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYHlrYXIEwC/ - Cardano Summit 2021 Keynote Speaker

SPOs Upstream, RCADA, Goma Pool

[Project Milestones] What are the key milestones you need to achieve in order to complete your project successfully?

Months 1 - 3

We seek to host a series of sessions with experts from the Cardano Impact community, PNNI and other impact stakeholders from but not exclusively from Palawan, the Philippines and the diaspora that are motivated by the cause to protect people and planet.

The sessions will benefit various sectors interested in how to follow the model and framework that will come out of this feasibility study.

Following the feasibility study, results will be published for open access benefit, in Tagalog and English languages in the first instance.

A blueprint and map of how to solve local and global problems concerned with deforestation, CO2 emissions, climate change, ecotourism, ecosystem conservation and restoration, social, economic and cultural exchange and education.

This will be of immediate benefit for the Philippines and collaborating Governments and agencies in the fight against the illegal deforestation, the ecotourism sector, academia, nature conservation and environmental activists, NGOs, impact and ESG finance professionals, and many more.

This proposal seeks to provide a new model and action research as a feasibility study to help actions on the ground in Palawan, with collaborators PNNI, and stakeholders in the Save Palawan Movement.

Changemakers such as PNNI with the support of this proposal project, will be able to have additional resources and support for their existing projects.

This proposal is about creating a system, and proof of impact NFT collection that can help PNNI and other stakeholders with additional resources to achieve a range of goals they have across their range of projects, which includes conservation activities, enforcement of environmental law to protect the forest, land and marine habitats from illegal and destructive activities that impact traditional and sustainable livelihoods.

Acceptance criteria

• url link to google drive folder containing:
• uploaded recorded meetings (biweekly)
• pdf of meeting notes and feasibility study notes
• all to be finalised in English and Tagalog in PDF

Evidence of milestone completion

• pdf files
• uploaded recordings of the meetings conducted - all within a google drive folder for public access

Months 1 - 6

Continue the design and creation of Proof of Impact NFTs with community partners and artists.

Proof of Impact NFTs will contain media such as jpeg/PNG art, metadata that will include some/all of the following: hyperlinks to the PNNI/relevant stakeholder platform/website, on the ground impact data.

Acceptance criteria

• A url link to view the Proof of Impact NFTs that are ready to be minted (eg on a project NFT minting page, marketplace website project page etc)

Evidence of milestone completion

• A url link to Proof of Impact NFTs ready to be minted
• A cardano explorer link showing the project's policy id

Milestone Outputs:

• Closing report
• Feasibility study in pdf format and accessible in a google drive folder for public view, and on partner websites, in English, Tagalog.
• Proof of Impact NFT Collection complete and ready for public minting

Acceptance criteria:

• url to read the pdf of the feasibility study in English, and Tagalog.
• url to the site where the Proof of Impact NFTs Collection are available to be minted

Evidence of milestone completion:

• pdf of the feasibility study in English, and Tagalog in a google drive/ partner websites (eg PNNI website, Sustainable ADA website)
• url to the site where the Proof of Impact NFTs Collection are available to be minted eg on its own website, NFT marketplace

[RESOURCES] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

The Palawan NGO Network Inc. (PNNI) was organized in November 1991 by mainstream Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and People's Organization (POs) in Palawan with the motivation of presenting a broader NGO consensus that would carry more weight in the policy making process in various local government units in the province.

 

With its creation, NGOs hope to maximize the impact of their respective programs through consultation and coordination with one another. PNNI believes that by uniting the NGOs and POs towards a common pursuit, it can strongly influence the direction of development for Palawan. Since then, PNNI has actively involved itself in numerous provincial concerns.

https://www.pnni.org/meet-the-team

Attorney. ROBERT CHAN

Executive Director / Ex-Officio Member

Atty. Bobby Chan is a product of the Ateneo de Manila University. He finished his law degree, Juris Doctor, in 1994 in the Ateneo School of Law and immediately pursued an internship program with the Ateneo Human Rights Center, for which he was assigned to environmental law practice in Palawan. He initially worked as a Legal Staff of the Environmental Legal Assistance Center and eventually was asked to head the Palawan NGO Network Incorporated as its Executive Director in 2009 up to the present.

He is sometimes called the chainsaw man of Palawan owing to his more than 700 confiscated chainsaws custodied in his office, along with several dynamite fishing boats and mining equipment. But Bobby wants to be known as an advocate of Deeds and not Words which most environmentalists have a tendency to interchange.

IMPACT & PROGRAMS:

 

ANNE MARIE COROMINAS

Community Programs and Chief Impact Officer

LORETO CAGATULLA

Program Manager

ADMIN

AILENE BESAGA

Bookkeeper

MA. OFELIA LLZARDO

Liason Staff

EDUARDO COROÑA

Head Para-Enforcer

FELIPE ILLUSTRISIMO

Community Para-Enforcer

JOMARK CUA

Community Organizer / GIS Specialist / Para-Enforcer

TEOFILO TREDEZ

Para-Enforcer

PEDRO ARMENIA JR.

Para-Enforcer

ROY ARGUELLES

Para-Enforcer

Streets of ADA - A Samsudin Brothers Projek

Affendi Samsudin: Co-Founder at Streets of ADA - A Samsudin Brothers Projek team and Lead Artist

https://twitter.com/TR1PL7

https://asamsudinbrothersprojek.gitbook.io/streets-of-ada/

Razali Samsudin: Co-Founder of Streets of ADA - A Samsudin Brothers Projek

Editor | Lead Author | Subject Expert | Partnerships

https://www.linkedin.com/in/razali-samsudin

https://twitter.com/Razlosophy

Co-author of Recalibrating Value, Identity and Impact Through The Blockchain - The Cardano Impact Report

Co-Founder of Sustainable ADA, Impact Web3, Streets of ADA - A Samsudin Brothers Projek

17+ years of experience as an interdisciplinary Educator from early years settings to postgraduate level, with a background in social sciences, humanities, and sustainability.

Author, Writer, Editor, Digital Economy, Blockchain, Sustainability and Impact Measurements, Researcher (Research Lead Connecting SDGs to Project Catalyst and lead on the SDG Proposer Tool and SDG Search Tool with Cardano AIM #Blockchain4Good, #Cardano4Good, #NFT4Good). Social Entrepreneur, Catalyst Proposal Mentor and Proposer across all Catalyst Funds since Fund 4.

Wada UN SDG and Education Coordinator, Contributor at Cardano AIM, PositiveBlockchain, Cardano4Climate, Catalyst School, Adafilms.

Our Mum is Filipina and as such we visit the Philippines often. Having lived and worked in the Philippines, we have an intimate knowledge of the local context and evolution.

[BUDGET & COSTS] Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

149,000 ADA = approx $66k

Current market rate value of 1 ADA = $0.44 USD

• Project Management - 9000 ADA
• Content and education creation/curation (videos, blogs, graphic designs, interviews, podcasts, artistic production) - 10000
• Marketing and comms - 7000 ADA
• Admin - 9000 ADA
• Legal and accounting - 35000 ADA
• Community events and outreach (in person and virtual) in the Philippines with support from Cardano Spot and other community and regional partners - 10000 ADA
• Local and global community engagement incentives, eg online and physical events, prizes etc - 7500 ADA
• Education advancement:
• Research and onboarding packs for Cardano For Good case study pack - 9000 ADA
• Course materials & tutorials/guides from feasibility study - 9000 ADA
• Educational Materials and guides on piloting integration of acoustics data into NFT metadata and acquiring RCFx acoustic device - 40000 ADA

Misc and travel - 3500 ADA

[VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

The cost of supporting the feasibility study and intiatives carried out by Streets of ADA in partnership with on the ground pilot partners, for instance the Palawan NGO Network Inc (PNNI), represents a unique and impactful investment within the Cardano ecosystem for several reasons:

• Addressing Governance Gaps: In areas where authorities might be ineffective or corrupt, PNNI and the Save Palawan Movement steps in to fill the void. This impact can be further supported in innovative ways thanks to the tools available in the Cardano ecosystem around transparency of impact data and track and trace of funds, and DAO incentivised impact evaluation from the local community, as well as acoustics technology powered by Google, and AI from Rainforest Connection (RFCx).

• Innovative Approach: The project takes an innovative approach by utilizing lesser-known legal avenues (like citizen's arrest laws) and community support to combat environmental degradation. By matching this with Cardano's technological innovation, and an impact driven community, we have an organic grassroots community becoming users of the tools that will help drive positive change on the ground.

• Tangible Environmental Impact: PNNI's actions directly contribute to tangible results and this will be made possible and accessible thanks to Cardano's tools and Streets of ADA

• Partnerships and Innovative Fundraising: Collaborations with the likes of Streets of ADA for fundraising and the development of Art as Activism Proof of Impact NFTs indicate diverse and innovative approaches to raising funds and support, something not widespread in the giving sector, the Cardano ecosystem nor in Palawan, the Philippines.

• Long-term Sustainability: Supporting PNNI fosters sustainability by protecting Palawan's environment and helps connect the Cardano community to measurable positive impact that can be learned from and emulated elsewhere in other regions and localities thanks to the feasibility study learnings.

In essence, the cost incurred in supporting Streets of ADA and PNNI's efforts represents a strategic and impactful investment within the Cardano ecosystem.

It not only addresses immediate local and global environmental and social challenges, but also contributes to fostering a more robust and ethically conscious ecosystem, aligning with Cardano's values and principles of supporting developing countries, grassroots innovation and pushing power to the edges.

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agrees to Fund Rules and also that data in the submission form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

I Accept