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Biodiversity and the many benefits nature provides is, of course, not limited to the Amazon, the Congo, other equatorial regions or unique geomorphology. Urban areas and the people who live there rely on functioning ecosystems and the water and carbon cycles just as much as biodiversity hotspots.
According to the UN, 56% of the world's population, or 4.4 billion people, live in cities. By 2050, 68% will live in urban areas. How can we ensure clean air and water, health and well-being and good quality of life for this many people?
By protecting and restoring urban ecosystems, of course!
While the BASIN Protocol works anywhere in the world, in all 14 ecosystems, BASIN is committed to ensuring as much natural capital as possible while also positively affecting the greatest number of people.
Today we are excited to announce thirty cities of focus. With over 10,000 cities to choose from we put careful thought into the where and why. The detailed selection criteria as well as the list of the next 40+ cities we will be expanding to is available in the BASIN member section below.
After lengthy deliberation, these MSA's were selected for the initial deployment of the BASIN Protocol.
If you are in these regions, have friends or family there, or special connections to these places, please reach out. There are tons of opportunities for collaboration. We are actively seeking Ensurance Agents for each region as well as properties and projects for Ecological Ensurance.
It is our belief that general theses like "Save the Planet", "Protect the Earth" or "Conserve Biodiversity" just don't and won't cut it in the face of a $1T per year problem. The polycrisis will be solved place, by place, by place on purpose by people.
These selected regions are linchpins in the multigenerational work ahead.
Cities / MSA's were selected based on criteria including but not limited to:
C40 Cities
Global Covenant of Mayors (GCOM)
Urban Nature Declaration
Urban Nature Accelerator
Cool Cities Network
Urban Flooding Network
Clean Air Accelerator
Equity Pledge Accelerator
Climate Risk
Real Estate Values
Rule of Law & Legal Infrastructure
Demographics & Socioeconomics
Population Density
Industry & Economy
Geographic & Geomorphic Characteristics
and of course BASIN Member connections and relations!
