General Payment for Ecosystem Services: Archive
Coverage of the AFF/WRI Environmental Markets Conference - June 24
June 24, 2010 Comment
Ecosystem markets practitioners from across the US are gathering in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina (eg - Raleigh-Durham) for a national gathering of folks working not at a theoretical level, but at a practical level - on various...
Coverage of the AFF/WRI Environmental Markets Conference - June 23
June 23, 2010 Comment
Ecosystem markets practitioners from across the US are gathering in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina (eg - Raleigh-Durham) for a national gathering of folks working not at a theoretical level, but at a practical level - on...
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010 report launch: markets shrink, interlink
June 19, 2010 Comment
In a conference room with an inspiring view of Washington DC's, ah, monumental highlights, Ecosystem Marketplace and Bloomberg New Energy Finance officially launched the latest iteration of the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets series. "Building Bridges: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010" was presented by Kate Hamilton of Ecosystem Marketplace and Milo Sjardin of Bloomberg New Energy Finance alongside an expert panel including report sponsors.
US Ecosystem Markets Conference
June 11, 2010 Comment
Our good friend and partner Todd Gartner of the American Forest Foundation writes... "With only a little over a week to go before *the* ecosystem markets event of the year hits North Carolina, our excitement barometer has just hit 100%....
Coverage of the National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking Conference - May 6
May 10, 2010 Comment
...continuing coverage on the National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking conference in Austin Texas from May 3-6.
Coverage of the National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking Conference - May 5
May 5, 2010 Comment
...continuing coverage on the National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking conference in Austin Texas from May 3-6.
Coverage of the National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking Conference - May 4
May 5, 2010 Comment
Mitigation and Ecosystem Bankers from across the US are gathering in Austin Texas for the country's biggest gathering of folks involved or interested in wetland mitigation banking, conservation banking, and issues at the very cutting edge in the non-carbon market world. We'll be providing day-by-day coverage of the conference on our blog here.
Talking Tenure: Challenges for Real World PES
April 23, 2010 Comment
By Kelly Moore Brands, Carbon & Biodiversity Research Assistant, Ecosystem Marketplace Last week at the Biodiversity and Forestry Seminar Series held at the USAID offices here in Washington, Drs. Lisa Naughton and Matthew Turner of the University of Wisconsin's Land Tenure Center (LTC) (my alma mater, go Badgers!), spoke on tenure issues in the context of payments for ecosystem services (PES) projects - in particular, those projects in rural poor areas.
The Wall Street Green Trading Summit 9: living la vida loca(l)
March 19, 2010 2 Comments
From the inauguration of the Kyoto Protocol to the explosion of carbon offsets to "climategate" - clearly the, ah, climate for environmental finance has undergone interminable change over the last decade. Nevertheless, carbon professionals continue to convene for spring conference season, starting with the Wall Street Green Trading Summit (WSGTS), March 23 - 24 in New York City and then Point Carbon's Navigating the American Carbon World, April 14 - 16.
Transparency, Rules, Carrots and Sticks are the Building Blocks Environmental Commodities Need to Multiply
March 16, 2010 2 Comments
Speakers and panelists at the launch presentation of the recently released report, State of Biodiversity Markets: Offset and Compensation Programs Worldwide, all converged on the idea that there is a common thread among carbon, water and biodiversity markets. The thread...
From Mangroves to Blue Carbon-Harnessing New Investment in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
February 10, 2010 Comment
Mapping REDD Risks and Rewards: the Forest Carbon Index
December 6, 2009 Comment
When is Multi-Credit Banking a Double Dip???
November 17, 2009 8 Comments
Dialogue on Forests: Talking the Talk
November 12, 2009 Comment
Can peat turn REDD in Copenhagen?
November 6, 2009 1 Comment
Voluntary Carbon Meets Big Business
October 1, 2009 Comment
New Study: Willingness to Pay for Offsets
September 17, 2009 Comment
Water quality markets: a slippery slope towards carbon trading?
September 4, 2009 Comment
Looking Ahead: A Busy Fall for Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Latin America
August 26, 2009 Comment
Article Summary: Protecting Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in the World's Watersheds
August 24, 2009 Comment
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