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Palau’s Origins And Scale
- Palau is a tiny island nation of ~20,000 people that became independent in 1994 and is a full UN member.
- Its ocean territory is the size of France and its people preserved traditional resource management for millennia.
Traditional Conservation As Modern Policy
- Palau leverages ancestral conservation practices as modern policy to protect reefs and biodiversity.
- Those traditions provide credibility and practical tactics for climate resilience and sustainable management.
Stone Money And Beads: Proto-Blockchains
- Palau recounts Yap's stone money history and local bead currency as an early form of value-tracking with stories attached.
- President Whipps frames those customs as proto-blockchains illustrating provenance and social validation.