# BASIN Dispatches

> nature & climate finance onchain

## Recent Posts

- [the funding model that works like a watershed](https://dispatches.basin.global/the-funding-model-that-works-like-a-watershed): how conservation projects can fund each other — and themselves
- [nature agency: the land with voice](https://dispatches.basin.global/nature-agency-the-land-with-voice): rights of nature gave ecosystems standing. ensurance gives them agency.
- [the evolution of nature finance](https://dispatches.basin.global/the-evolution-of-nature-finance): from costanza to coordination
- [the end of insurance as we know it: the case for proactive ensurance](https://dispatches.basin.global/the-end-of-insurance-as-we-know-it-the-case-for-proactive-ensurance): when traditional risk transfer fails, the only option left is to protect the asset at its source
- [the scarcity trade: what's free worth?](https://dispatches.basin.global/the-scarcity-trade-whats-free-worth): clean air, clean water, and climate stability — the repricing is starting
- [instrumental serves intrinsic](https://dispatches.basin.global/instrumental-serves-intrinsic): why financial mechanisms can protect what they cannot measure
- [I Give Up](https://dispatches.basin.global/i-give-up-go-ahead-steal-this-blueprint): Go ahead, steal this open-source blueprint for nature finance - how to turn ecosystems into investable, resilient infrastructure.
- [Alpha: The Hidden Trillion-Dollar Asset Class - Nature As Infrastructure](https://dispatches.basin.global/alpha-the-hidden-trillion-dollar-asset-class-nature-as-infrastructure): Trillions are being poured into infrastructure built on a failing foundation. The smart money? It’s investing in the Natural Assets that support EVERY single investment on earth.
- [Real Estate Appraisal Is Nature-Blind - And It's Bankrupting Us All](https://dispatches.basin.global/real-estate-appraisal-is-nature-blind-and-its-bankrupting-us-all): This multi-trillion-dollar valuation gap is destroying the planet and the wealth it provides — this simple fix could solve climate and biodiversity simultaneously
- [the value of investing in nature = ∞](https://dispatches.basin.global/the-value-of-investing-in-nature-%3D-infinity): math shows the value of protecting and restoring nature based on cost
- [New to Market: The First Natural Asset Ensurance Policy](https://dispatches.basin.global/the-first-natural-asset-ensurance-policy): 493% return on natural capital · issued at a 67% discount · tradable, yield‑bearing instruments
- [wtf: natural cap rate](https://dispatches.basin.global/wtf-natural-cap-rate): the cap rate is the most common tool used to value investment real estate. we created the "natural cap rate" to make nature investable 
- [Financing Nature: Build It and They Will Come?](https://dispatches.basin.global/financing-nature-build-it-and-they-will-come): We built the infrastructure to finance nature at scale—but nobody seems to be home.
- [WTF is ENSURANCE?](https://dispatches.basin.global/wtf-is-ensurance): What do you want to ensure? What matters most?
- [🧗 Life at the Edges](https://dispatches.basin.global/life-at-the-edges): The edges are the most interesting
- [Building for Nature: The Golden Spike](https://dispatches.basin.global/building-for-nature-the-golden-spike): Inch by inch, spike by spike
- [Ensuring Nature's Value](https://dispatches.basin.global/ensuring-natures-value): The Nature Finance Flywheel: ENSURE, ENSURANCE, ENSURED, ENTRUST
- [The Nomenclature of a Resilience Hyperstructure](https://dispatches.basin.global/the-nomenclature-of-a-resilience-hyperstructure): Same Same But Different
- [Reduce Climate Risk Via Natural Asset Leasing](https://dispatches.basin.global/reduce-climate-risk-via-natural-asset-leasing): A cost effective way to put nature on your balance sheet to reduce risk and increase resilience
- [Universal Asset Owners: Dealing With Nature & Climate Risk](https://dispatches.basin.global/universal-asset-owners-dealing-with-nature-and-climate-risk): A tool to reduce risk and increase resilience across portfolios

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