{"id":2606,"date":"2021-07-19T17:03:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/?p=2606"},"modified":"2021-07-19T17:03:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:03:53","slug":"the-seychelles-magpie-robin-becomes-the-worlds-first-digital-species-and-its-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/2021\/07\/19\/the-seychelles-magpie-robin-becomes-the-worlds-first-digital-species-and-its-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seychelles Magpie Robin becomes the world\u2019s first \u2018digital species\u2019 and it\u2019s for sale!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2607 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Seychelles-magpie-robin-NFT-1-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Seychelles-magpie-robin-NFT-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Seychelles-magpie-robin-NFT-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Seychelles-magpie-robin-NFT-1-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Seychelles-magpie-robin-NFT-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/natureseychelles.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nature Seychelles<\/a>, supported by its international partners the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/porini.foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Porini Foundation<\/a>, have launched the world\u2019s first Digital Species \u2013 the Seychelles Magpie Robin \u2013 which is being offered for sale as the first ever\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.natureseychelles.org\/get-involved\/naturecollectibles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Digital #NatureCollectible<\/a>\u00a0(a Non-Fungible Token for conservation).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Seychelles Magpie Robin will take us into the unchartered waters of digital tokens for conservation, with a limited edition of the first 59 collectibles \u2013 representing a \u2018digital twin\u2019 of this endangered living bird. As traditional sources of funding have dried up, we need innovative ways to support long-term programmes that are the backbone of successful conservation. This is just the beginning of experiments to find new income streams for conservation,\u201d said Dr. Nirmal Shah, the CEO of Nature Seychelles.\u00a0 \u00a0 The launch\u00a0 has been featured on CNN today!<\/p>\n<p>Read the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/aRl2s-YtV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/videos\/world\/2021\/07\/11\/seychelles-magpie-nft-spc-intl.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a> coverage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nature Seychelles, supported by its international partners the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Porini Foundation, have launched the world\u2019s first Digital Species \u2013 the Seychelles Magpie Robin \u2013 which is being offered for sale as the first ever\u00a0Digital #NatureCollectible\u00a0(a Non-Fungible Token for conservation). \u201cThe Seychelles Magpie Robin will take us into<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/2021\/07\/19\/the-seychelles-magpie-robin-becomes-the-worlds-first-digital-species-and-its-for-sale\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[57,95,94,96],"class_list":["post-2606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","tag-iucn","tag-nature-seychelles","tag-seychelles","tag-seychelles-magpie-robin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2608,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions\/2608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}