Maria Bendana: Archive
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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...
Getting REDDy to Cross the Finish Line
March 8, 2010 2 Comments
It's hard to imagine with all the progress REDD has achieved, that it all started less than 20 years ago with the Rio Summit in '92, when the makings of a global sustainability architecture in the form of a climate treaty began to take shape. But a forestry treaty had yet to happen.
Who's afraid of the big, bad farm lobby?
August 6, 2009 Comment
A couple weeks ago I attended a U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing entitled, "Economic Opportunities for Agriculture, Forestry Communities, and Others in Reducing Global Warming Pollution" that addressed the role of agriculture and forest carbon offsets...