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 Vol. 2, No. 3: March 6, 2006
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by Alice Kenny
Scientists in Europe recently discovered trees may release large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. The Ecosystem Marketplace finds out how the study is changing our understanding of ecosystem services in forests.
by Careesa Gee
Historically given short shrift due to the priority placed on agriculture and poverty alleviation, environmental conservation efforts in China may finally have front and center billing with China's Grain-for-Green program. The Ecosystem Marketplace investigates what this uber-ambitious program is all about.
by Ree Strange Sheck
Indigenous people who live in the Talamanca-Bribri Indian Reserve in Costa Rica rehabilitate cacao plantations to increase productivity, protect biodiversity and create a regional market for carbon. The Ecosystem Marketplace gets the scoop on the innovative project.
by David Biello
No matter what their government does, individual U.S. citizens seem to be waking up to the fact that climate change is real and that they should do something about it. Fortunately for them, a whole new industry has sprung up to offer concerned consumers a way to lessen their global warming impact. The Ecosystem Marketplace asks: can this really make a difference?
by Steve Zwick
Organizers of the World Cup Soccer tournament are looking to a voluntary 100,000-ton carbon offset agreement to help them achieve their "Green Goal" for the world's most-watched sporting event. The Ecosystem Marketplace gets the details.
by Alice Kenny
Nine years ago, New York City launched a revolutionary project to protect its drinking water by protecting the ecosystem services of its watershed. The Ecosystem Marketplace checks up on the most famous ecosystem services project in the world.
by Kate Brauman
The city of Napa in the United States has invested over US$200 million in an innovative flood control project relying on wetlands and a living river. Floods hit the city on December 31, 2005, the Ecosystem Marketplace finds out what happened.
by Chris Wright
The Ecosystem Marketplace recaps the gradual greening of the world's biggest banks, kicking off a series of articles about financial institutions' role in mainstreaming markets for ecosystem services.
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OPINION
by Emily Tyler
Although the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism was created to encourage clean development and support sustainable development projects in the world's poorest countries, in a guest editorial written for the Ecosystem Marketplace, Emily Tyler of SouthSouthNorth, a CDM pioneer, argues that, in SSN's experience, the CDM actually adds little value (indeed, it adds costs) to the very sorts of projects it was designed to encourage.
PROFILE
by Cameron Walker
Bringing with him experiences culled in the Navy, academia and the private sector, Mark Sudol, the chief regulator at the US Army Corps of Engineers, guides the US government's approach to wetland mitigation. He is currently involved in a major regulatory overhaul that will have big impacts on mitigation bankers everywhere, but, as the Ecosystem Marketplace finds out, he is not out to please everyone.
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