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 Vol. 2, No. 6: October 6, 2006
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by David R. Bowne
The Ecosystem Marketplace is happy to announce the first in an ongoing series of reports about the science of ecosystem services. Interested in hearing what the scientists have to say? Watch this space for our regular update on what you should know about the latest reported findings in journals around the world.
by Alice Kenny
The Ecosystem Marketplace finds out what a recent study says about how mitigation banks measure up over time.
by Alice Kenny
A recent U.S. Supreme Court case challenged the enforcement of the Clean Water Act with respect to wetlands on private land. The Ecosystem Marketplace takes a look at the resulting split decision and its impact on the evolving wetland mitigation banking industry.
by Cecilia Lartigue
As the world begins to pay more attention to the voluntary carbon market, The Ecosystem Marketplace spotlights a pioneering project in Southern Mexico that has been using a sustainable development model to produce—and sell—carbon offsets for over ten years.
by James Hall
The world's largest industry has started to sit up and take notice of climate change. The Ecosystem Marketplace finds out how and why climate change is driving insurers to take a whole new approach to the environment.
by Christopher Wright
As part of a series about the world's biggest banks, the Ecosystem Marketplace surveys HSBC's evolving climate strategies in the banking sector.
by Steve Zwick
The volume of voluntary carbon emission reduction credits has surged 1000% over the past two years and is set to double again by next year, but the challenge of constructing a global standard for all but the most pristine projects is proving difficult. The Ecosystem Marketplace discovers why finding a standard that keeps everyone happy is no easy task.
by Jason Amundsen
Conservation development is the new hot term when it comes to land conservation in the United States. The Ecosystem Marketplace finds out what it is and why people are interested in it.
by Eileen Campbell
The recent Society for Conservation Biology conference in San Jose, California, included a session on market-based strategies for marine conservation. The Ecosystem Marketplace sat in to hear the latest.
by Katherine Hamilton
The Ecosystem Marketplace drops in on a new water quality trading scheme in Ohio, the Great Miami River Watershed Water Quality Credit Trading Program.
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PROFILES
by Cameron Walker
The Kamehameha Schools are Hawaii's largest landowner. The Ecosystem Marketplace discovers how Neil Hannahs is directing the Schools' land assets division to deliver returns on its economic, cultural and natural capital.
by Steve Zwick
Greenhouse gas emissions trading is gradually becoming a bona fide market, with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and the European Climate Exchange (ECX) establishing themselves as benchmarks in their respective areas. The Ecosystem Marketplace looks back on the career of Richard Sandor—the man who built them both.
by Cameron Walker
The Ecosystem Marketplace profiles conservation biology's most approachable superstar: Gretchen Daily.
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