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 Vol. 2, No. 7: November 1, 2006
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by David R. Bowne
The Ecosystem Marketplace is happy to announce the second 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 Erik Ness
With New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently visited the floor of a carbon market at Credit Suisse. Later that day, with his Empire State counterpart George Pataki, Schwarzenegger revealed an executive order spelling out his next steps on California's road to greenhouse gas reductions.
by Alice Kenny
The Ecosystem Marketplace zooms in on an innovative carbon-trading scheme facilitated by Ducks Unlimited. With successes already notched on its belt, the program also has much to teach about the challenges—scientific, political and economic—that face forest sequestration projects in the United States.
by Marisa Meizlish
The Australian states and territories are collectively pushing a national greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme despite active resistance from the Commonwealth government. The Ecosystem Marketplace considers the potential implications of implementing the world's first state-based National Emissions Trading Scheme.
by Adam Davis
What does an innovative school in the Bahamas have to teach the rest of the world? The Ecosystem Marketplace finds out.
by Amanda Hawn
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a partnership agreement to encourage Water Quality Credit Trading nationwide. The Ecosystem Marketplace catches up with Mark Rey, under secretary of natural resources and environment, for a quick conversation about the exciting new partnership.
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OPINION
by Sven Wunder
Many people talk about payments for environmental services (PES), but how much is actually going on out there in the field? Sven Wunder, Senior Economist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Belém, Brazil, tells The Ecosystem Marketplace what he found in their survey of field initiatives in the Andes.
PROFILE
by Cameron Walker
For nearly three decades, the Green Belt Movement has worked to improve livelihoods in Kenya. The movement's founder, Wangari Maathai, was the first environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Wanjira Mathai, Wangari's daughter, runs the movement's international relations and communications. The Ecosystem Marketplace caught up with Mathai to learn about the mother-daughter team's pioneering work.
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