@misc{36726,
title = {NFTree: Replication Guide for the Development of Financing Mechanisms for the Conservation of High Ecological Value Ecosystems},
author = {Maldonado, Nicolás and Andrade, Felipe and Dávalos, Carolina and Gonzalez-Artigas, Sebastián and Cuesta, Francisco and Calderón, Marco and Smith, Luke and Wade Smith, Austin and Proaño Castro, Carolina and Yepez, Pablo and Pascual, Moisés},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.18235/0013568},
abstract = {NFTree creates incentives to protect ecosystems of high ecological value and strengthens territorial resilience by integrating companies, communities, and key stakeholders under an innovative financing model. Through decentralized community management structures and natural asset tokenization (a process that digitally converts ecological value into verifiable assets), it turns ecosystem stewards into direct protagonists, ensuring transparency, traceability, and placing both people and ecosystems at the core of sustainable development.

This publication provides a clear replication guide to consolidate a sustainable financing system that ensures long-term conservation. Based on Fundación Futuro's experience in the Andean Chocó and other successful conservation models, it offers a strategic framework to integrate stakeholders, implement digital tools, and develop governance and financing mechanisms that make ecological and social regeneration viable. The goal is to share experience and inspire replication in other contexts and regions.

The publication shares key lessons and insights from Fundación Futuro and Grupo Futuro's journey, aiming to inspire adaptation and replication in diverse contexts and regions.},
url = {https://doi.org/10.18235/0013568}
}