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A V-Carbon Update: Dancing with Development
Molly Peters-Stanley on August 27, 2010 Comment
After a slow summer, the voluntary carbon market is picking up its step to waltz into fall - this month seeing some unlikely partners, new methodologies and market mechanisms stepping onto the floor.
State of Watershed Payments: An Emerging Marketplace
Tracy Stanton on August 18, 2010 Comment
New addition to a series of reports, produced by the Ecosystem Marketplace, that quantify the investments in Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and Payments for Watershed Services (PWS) around the world.
Foreign Aid for Biodiversity: Tyrants Need not Apply
Becca Madsen on August 13, 2010 Comment
Interesting research reported at July's Society for Conservation Biology meeting concluded that aid money abhors corrupt governance ("Eco-minded tyrants need not apply"). The research was based on a new foreign aid database called AidData.org that logs over $18 billion of...
Survey Says... Biodiversity is the Next Big Thing
Becca Madsen on August 13, 2010 Comment
A global survey of over 1,500 company executives found mixed results for biodiversity (McKinsey Global Survey 2010). On the one hand, biodiversity is seen as an opportunity or a risk for over half the respondents, with Water scarcity leading the...
A Name by the Numbers
EKO ECO Guest Blogger on August 10, 2010 Comment
According to a recent poll, payment for ecosystem services is a good idea. Calling it by that name, however, maybe not the best way to phrase or frame it, particularly when trying to garner support. Here is a brief look, by John Vidaurrazaga of Ecosystem Marketplace, at the numbers and what they say.
PWS in the US
Becca Madsen on August 2, 2010 1 Comment
Ecosystem Marketplace caught up with Todd Gartner (with World Resources Institute, previously with American Forest Foundation) to find out about a pilot Payment for Watershed services scheme that is being developed in two watersheds in the Northeast US. Todd...
Shaping the future for agricultural carbon projects in Latin America
EKO ECO Guest Blogger on August 2, 2010 Comment
By Seth Shames and Sara J. Scherr, EcoAgriculture Partners Below is an opinion piece originally published in the recent SinergiA newsletter - a collaboration between five Latin American PES networks. This edition of SinergiA focuses on agriculture's growing role in...
ARB Sees REDD in AB32 Future
Molly Peters-Stanley on July 31, 2010 Comment
With the fall of the US federal climate bill, eyes are shifting west to California's Air Resources Board (ARB) as it nears the November release of its cap-and-trade regulations under AB32. On Friday, the Board met with stakeholders about inclusion...
WCI Elaborates on Offset Program Essentials
Molly Peters-Stanley on July 29, 2010 1 Comment
Earlier this year, critics were concerned about the replacement of regional emissions trading schemes with a weaker federal climate bill. Now it seems regional schemes may be the only game in town until the Senate again picks up the carbon...
Coverage of the Global Business of Biodiversity Conference - July 13th 2010
Becca Madsen on July 13, 2010 Comment
Business and biodiversity experts from across the EU (and globally) are gathering in London to discuss the intersection of business and biodiversity. Below, we provide highlights of the conference. Opening Session The conference opened with a message from none other...
Déjà vu All Over Again - IPBES
Becca Madsen on July 1, 2010 Comment
Web 2.0 Biodiversity Projects
Becca Madsen on July 1, 2010 Comment
The Buzz on Biodiversity Banking in Europe
Becca Madsen on July 1, 2010 Comment
PODCAST: US Practitioners Give their Advice on Setting up and Running Markets for Ecosystem Services
Becca Madsen on June 28, 2010 Comment
What will it take to make sure REDD+ is safe?
David Diaz on June 24, 2010 Comment
Coverage of the AFF/WRI Environmental Markets Conference - June 24
Becca Madsen on June 24, 2010 Comment
Coverage of the AFF/WRI Environmental Markets Conference - June 23
Becca Madsen on June 23, 2010 Comment
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010 report launch: markets shrink, interlink
Molly Peters-Stanley on June 19, 2010 Comment
Investors Weigh in on Water Quality Trading, Cardin Bill
EKO ECO Guest Blogger on June 11, 2010 Comment
US Ecosystem Markets Conference
Becca Madsen on June 11, 2010 Comment
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