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Ato­pia is a glob­al com­munity of cit­izens, com­pan­ies, gov­ern­ments and NGOs. It was foun­ded by a team of busi­ness pro­fes­sion­als and social entre­pren­eurs in Bel­gi­um in 2022. Thanks to its set-up as a DAO, people and busi­nesses world­wide can join Ato­pia in ful­filling its mis­sion: reclaim­ing and regen­er­at­ing 2,000,000 km² of land by 2030. The acquired land will be rewil­ded or ded­ic­ated to low-impact pro­jects such as eco­tour­ism, car­bon cap­tur­ing, biod­i­verse forestry or spe­cies pro­tec­tion. Any­one can par­ti­cip­ate by invest­ing or by design­ing, own­ing and run­ning pro­jects on land ded­ic­ated by Atopia.

Atopia’s prof­it­ab­il­ity mod­el is based on three prin­ciples. First, the value of Ato­pia land will gen­er­ally increase over time. Second, with the tight­en­ing of CO2 reg­u­la­tions, com­pan­ies are look­ing for ways to off­set their CO2 emis­sions else­where. By restor­ing and/​or refor­est­ing acquired land, Ato­pia will devel­op car­bon cap­ture pro­jects world­wide and gen­er­ate rev­en­ue by selling car­bon cred­its. Lastly, Ato­pia will devel­op prof­it­able, low-impact pro­jects on its land in col­lab­or­a­tion with loc­al part­ners (e.g. accom­mod­a­tion for ecotourism).

Land acquired by Ato­pia will be giv­en back to nature or developed into sus­tain­able pro­jects like eco­tour­ism and car­bon cap­ture. Land in Atopia’s port­fo­lio will nev­er be resold.

Ato­pia will devel­op a wide array of nature con­ser­va­tion and res­tor­a­tion pro­jects. These will include the pro­tec­tion of forests and oth­er valu­able nat­ur­al eco­sys­tems against prac­tices like intens­ive log­ging, urb­an devel­op­ment and build­ing pro­jects. Our res­tor­a­tion pro­jects will include, for example, rewild­ing aban­doned indus­tri­al prop­er­ties, restor­ing strip-mined moun­tain tops for eco-farm­ing and build­ing sus­tain­able lakeside cab­ins for eco­tour­ism. We wel­come ideas on sus­tain­able land use from any­one, anywhere.

The Ato­pia Token is a stable­coin and rep­res­ents a trade­able asset. It will have a mon­et­ary value, based on the total valu­ation of the land held in the Ato­pia port­fo­lio. An AToken also counts as a digit­al share in Ato­pia and can be used to par­ti­cip­ate in its governance.

No, ATokens do not give you imme­di­ate decision-mak­ing power in Ato­pia. As is the case in many DAO pro­jects, investors have to stake their token(s) to par­ti­cip­ate in the gov­ern­ment of Atopia.

Ato­pia will be set up as a DAO, short for Decent­ral­ized Autonom­ous Organ­iz­a­tion. DAOs are run entirely on the inter­net by a mem­ber com­munity, often across coun­try bor­ders, without a cent­ral gov­ern­ing author­ity. The found­a­tion­al rules of DAOs are defined through so-called ​‘smart con­tracts’. These rules are embed­ded in code and fully veri­fi­able by any (poten­tial) member. 

Once these smart con­tracts are live on the block­chain, the rules can­not be changed by any­one without mem­ber vot­ing. If any mem­ber attempts to do some­thing that’s not accord­ing to the rules of the smart con­tract, the action will auto­mat­ic­ally fail. New decisions and pro­pos­als (e.g. on budget alloc­a­tion) can also only be executed after receiv­ing a major­ity of mem­ber votes. This way, DAOs allow like-minded people all over the world to unite around a mutu­al cause in a secure, demo­crat­ized and trans­par­ent structure.

Invest­ing in Ato­pia is pos­sible even with a small invest­ment, by acquir­ing ATokens or frac­tions there­of. It is done in a simple way, using mod­ern tech­no­lo­gies that guar­an­tee trans­par­ency and cut admin­is­trat­ive costs. You choose how act­ively or pass­ively you want to be involved.

In the first phase, we will devel­op a min­im­um viable product (MVP). We will acquire one piece of land and devel­op it accord­ing to Atopia’s busi­ness mod­el. This way, we will test and solve any risks and gov­ernance prob­lems that might arise. 

The second phase will be a longer tri­al peri­od with a closed group of investors. We will acquire mul­tiple pieces of land under the Ato­pia busi­ness mod­el and build a proven track record for stake­hold­er returns. 

In the last phase, we will go pub­lic as a Decent­ral­ized Autonom­ous Organ­iz­a­tion (DAO). How­ever, investors will already be able to acquire ATokens before the pub­lic launch.

Ato­pia will be registered as an offi­cial Swiss company.

You can e‑mail us at info@​atopia.​com.