Forests: Taking Root in the Voluntary Carbon Markets
By The Ecosystem MarketplaceThis publication is designed to introduce practitioners to the carbon markets, in particular the voluntary markets, and the current climate for reforestation, afforestation and REDD projects generating carbon credits. It is a collection of articles and one book chapter commissioned by the Ecosystem Marketplace. The articles were compiled to serve as context and provide background […]
Carbon and Land-Use
Over the past three years, the term ‘REDD’ (reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation) has risen from obscure acronym to hot-button issue for policymakers, conservation groups, investors and academics across the globe, with good reason. According the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), land use change accounts for approximately 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions—more […]
Setting Buffer Sizes for Wetlands
By James M. McElfish, Jr., Rebecca L. Kihslinger, and Sandra Nicholssee PDF file for full text
Planners Guide to Wetlands Buffers for Local Governments
By Environmental Law Institutesee attached PDF file for full text
Conservation & Biodiversity Banking
By Nathaniel Carroll, Jessica Fox, & Ricardo BayonConservation and Biodiversity Banking is the first comprehensive book on species mitigation banking. It provides practical guidance, tools, case studies, analysis, and insights into endangered species banking in the United States and abroad, and serves a handbook for a broad audience including private landowners, complying industries, regulating agencies, policy makers, bank developers, and interested general […]
Forging a New Frontier: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2008
By Ecosystem Marketplace & New Carbon FinanceOTC volume of voluntary emission offsets nearly tripled in 2007, and Ecosystem Marketplace has once again teamed up with New Carbon Finance to crunch and analyze this fascinating market. The full report is now available for download. Subtitled “Forging the Frontier” to highlight the emergence of more than twenty independent standards for verifying and validating […]
Forests: Taking Root in the Voluntary Carbon Markets
By The Ecosystem Marketplace TeamOver the past year, the term 'REDD' (reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation) has risen from obscure acronym to hot-button issue for policymakers, conservation groups, investors and academics across the globe, with good reason: deforestation accounts for roughly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions—more emissions than the transportation sector world-wide. While the role of REDD […]
The Matrix: Mapping Ecosystem Service Markets
By Nathaniel Carroll & Michael JenkinsThe once-radical concept of saving the environment by documenting the economic value of environmental services and then getting industry to pay is finally catching on – but how is one to keep track of all the new methodologies and concepts? The Ecosystem Marketplace presents The Matrix, a new tool for surveying the ecosystem services landscape. […]
Diving into Water Markets
By Ecosystem MarketplaceThe use of markets and market-based mechanisms to conserve and pay for ecosystem services is a growing global trend that has gained a solid foothold through both the regulated and voluntary carbon markets and is rapidly gaining traction in the water markets. Furthermore, it is a trend that is no longer solely important to environmentalists […]
Guidebook to Markets and Commercialization of Forestry CDM projects'
By Neef and SandersGiven the little experience gained on trading CERs from forestry projects, this guide aims at providing information to project developers about markets and commercialization of CERs from forestry projects. The guide takes the reader through the development stages of a CDM forestry project; the specific characteristics of forestry CERs and the demand for this type […]