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Vol. 1, No. 2: February 2, 2005
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By Jessica McCallin
As the European Emissions Trading System begins operation, companies are beginning to look at carbon funds as ways of meeting their regulatory responsibilities and managing risk. But as the Ecosystem Marketplace finds out, the public offerings are still thin and they are likely to be of little use until the second commitment period (2008-2012).
By Amanda Hawn
Agriculture stands poised to become one of the world's largest environmental issues in the decade to come. Organic agriculture may be part of a sustainable solution to the problem of increasing the world's food supply still further, if it can be scaled up effectively and quickly. But as interest in organic agriculture grows worldwide, the Ecosystem Marketplace asks: Is this truly an environmental market? And what does it mean for ecosystem services worldwide?
By Phil Dickie
In Late 2004, Australia's CO2 Group Ltd. became the first company in the world to receive accreditation for the sale of forest-based carbon sequestration credits in a functioning GHG emissions markets. The Ecosystem Marketplace takes a look at the transaction and asks how it fits in with similar attempts to deal with the issue of forest-based sequestration worldwide.
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PROFILES
By Ricardo Bayon
After a successful career in private equity investing, Fred Danforth followed his passion for fly fishing into a second career as a wetland and stream mitigation banker. His story and his experience may provide some interesting insights into the future of conservation finance.
OPINION
By Rich Mogensen
Director, Mid-Atlantic Mitigation, LLC
As wetland and stream mitigation banking begins to grow rapidly in the US, the Ecosystem Marketplace asked Rich Mogensen, former president of the National Mitigation Banking Association (NMBA) and Director for Mid-Atlantic Mitigation, LLC (an EarthMark Company) to comment on the industry. Thanks to a series of key legislative developments, he is unabashedly optimistic.
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