Universal Credit Land Exchange
What are Ecosquares?
Ecosquare (noun):A unique investment unit signifying best-in-class environmental lift and mitigation on equal-area squares of real land.
Creating Ecosquares
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When UnCLE identifies candidate parcels, we inventory and map acres with potential for E-lifts.
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Those acres are then split up into equal area units called Ecosquares. Ecosquare areas remain consistent across the entire UnCLE portfolio on a one-to-one basis with UnCLE E-lifted acres.
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Once all Ecosquares of a parcel are sold, sales fund the acquisition fees and costs associated with creating E-lift.
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E-lifts and sustainable agriculture practices are monetized, and proceeds are shared with Ecosquare holders.
Ecosquare Revenue
Ecosquares will derive all of their revenue from Environmental Lift-creating land uses. By this we mean that everything we do on the land, we do with the primary intention of healing the soil, the watershed, the habitat; whichever ecosystem function we can, while creating the revenue necessary to sustain and promote those practices.
These practices will include:
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Full habitat restoration of prairie, forest, wetland and streams
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Conservation grazing
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Growing perennial grains
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Creation and capture of mitigation credits (Carbon, Wetland, Nutrient, Habitat, and more)
See the Natural Climate Solutions page for additional E-lift practices​
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