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This Week in MitMail: Building a Better Market The last month has been a little - dare we say - controversial for the conservation markets. This month's MitMail digs into critiques of Australia's new national Biodiversity Fund, the talk around a tradable quota proposal for whale harvesting, evidence that we're not doing wetland restoration very well, and some heavyweights asking if we are focusing too much on markets. [ Go To Article ]

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Upcoming Events

02/20/2012 - 03/02/2012
Clean Development Mechanism Programme of Activities:
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02/23/2012 - 03/15/2012
Scaling up REDD+
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03/19/2012 - 03/28/2012
ICAP Training Course 2012 in Costa Rica
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Research Analyst, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
District of Columbia

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Virginia

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District of Columbia

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Featured Articles

Drylands: The Unappreciated Ecosystem
Savannahs, prairies, and other drylands aren’t easy places to live – but people have managed it for centuries by building sustainable ... Read More...

State of the Voluntary and Forest Carbon Markets 2012 Survey Now Available!
Ecosystem Marketplace's two flagship reports – the "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets" and "State of the Forest Carbon Market" ...
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Buying Carbon Credits is Easier than Ever!
We can buy carbon-neutral soap at green retailers like Body Shop and carbon-neutral electricity through green providers like AEP, but can ... Read More...

Major Corporates Come Clean on Forest Risk; Big Oil Doesn't
Companies around the world depend on products that either come from or relate to forests, but few have quantified their dependence. ... Read More...

Brazil to Vote on Forest Code in March
Brazil has slashed deforestation in the past decade, in part by enforcing its decades-old Forest Code. But that enforcement, and the ... Read More...

This Week in Forest Carbon: Translating Data
With forest carbon projects continuing to expand in Latin America and French-speaking Africa, the Ecosystem Marketplace team is excited to announce ...
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This Week in Water:
Feds Stepping up Support For Water Quality Markets
The Forest Trends team is hard at work to build a new online platform focused on all things watershed payment-related. And ... Read More...

This Week in V-Carbon: The Best Offense is a Good Defense
While our North American readers are preparing for this weekend’s touch downs, this issue tracks some shake ups in the world ... Read More...

Collins, Costanza, Others
Warn of Myopic Focus on Markets
Ecosystem markets have helped bring the value of nature’s services into our economy, but University of Oregon pioneer Robert Costanza and ... Read More...

This Week in Forest Carbon: Lofty Goals in Indonesia
This Week in Forest Carbon includes news on Face the Future's forest carbon work in Africa and American Carbon Registry's new ... Read More...

Three New Standards Aim to Promote Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity is notoriously difficult to measure, which makes it difficult to conserve. Three complementary standards aim to change that by providing ...
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Big Trees, Like the Old-Growth Forests They Inhabit, are Declining Globally
Already on the decline worldwide, the world's "biggest and most magnificent" trees face a dire future due to habitat fragmentation, selective ...
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New Forest Planning Rule Seeks to Restore the Nation's Forests
Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the US Department of Agriculture's intent to issue a new planning rule for America's 193-million ...
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Obama Embeds Environment in Economy During State of the Union Address
US President Barack Obama vowed that the United States would receive 80 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources by ... Read More...

Time for a New Social Contract
Desperate times call for desperate actions, and the German Advisory Council on Global Change (Wissenschaftliche Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen) thinks ...
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This Week in V-Carbon: Governments Trying on the Voluntary Carbon Hat
As developed and emerging economies alike are moving to take on CO2 targets, this issue of V-Carbon News reports on a ... Read More...

This Week in Biodiversity: EU Deletes Biodiversity from Agriculture Policy Reforms
To kick off the new year, we're bringing you the results of our reader poll as well as news from all ... Read More...

Writing the Rule That Will Rebuild the Bayou – With Carbon
Mangroves and coastal wetlands have long protected the Mississippi Delta from floods, but the degradation of those wetlands leaves the region ... Read More...

DC Durban Debrief: Same Song, Second Verse-or a Whole New Tune?
It was standing room only at this week's DC Durban Debrief event, co-hosted by local carbon contemplators Ecosystem Marketplace, Climate Focus ... Read More...

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Resources

The Corporate Ecosystem Services Review, Version 2.0 Updated guidance document and set of resources to help business managers develop ecosystem-related strategies. [ Go to Resource ]