MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541133215 A) filed by Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, on Dec. 29, 2025, for 'a system for decentralised ecological restoration governance using blockchain and smart contracts.'
Inventor(s) include Mekhla Mondal; and Dr. Priscilla Namrata Rozario.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention relates to ecological restoration governance and employs a blockchain-based system integrating smart contracts. The system comprises a stakeholder data input module for receiving diverse ecological data from IoT sensors, remote sensing instruments, laboratory analyses, and citizen science devices; a data interface processing module for aggregating, calibrating, and standardizing the data; and a blockchain ledger module that records restoration commitments and environmental measurements immutably. Furthermore, a smart contract execution unit automatically verifies standardized data against performance criteria to trigger enforcement actions, while a tokenisation module generates digital restoration tokens embedding metadata such as timestamps and geolocation. A data validation and consensus engine ensures multi-source verification via independent validator nodes, collectively enabling decentralized, secure, and automated ecological restoration governance."
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