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Now Online: "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2008"

OTC 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.

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US Water Trading: Where Are We Today?

As governments around the world experiment with market-based solutions to water pollution, they look for lessons to those who have ...

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Environmentalists Sound Off on EPA Wetland Regs

Landmark US regulations for offsetting lost wetlands were enacted just over two weeks ago, and those most impacted have been ...

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Jessica Salas: the Human Watershed For more than two decades, Jessica Salas has been helping the people of her native Philippines preserve the watersheds on which they are dependent. Along the way, she's learned a few things about what works and what doesn't. The Ecosystem Marketplace examines her career.

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Latest Highlights

Registries: Tracking the Trades
In the classic comedy The Producers, an unscrupulous businessman sells one product to scores of investors, each of whom believes ... [Go to Article]
Water Trading: The Basics
Water trading has been hailed as the "next carbon", and schemes for valuing and trading both water usage and water ... [Go to Article]
Ugandan Water Markets: What Businesses Know (and Don't)
Water markets can help provide a solution to Uganda's looming water crisis – but only if buyers understand the stakes ... [Go to Article]
De-Certification Puts REC Self-Regulation to Test
A cornerstone of the market for Renewable Energy Certificates is the knowledge that RECs have passed muster with independent verifiers ... [Go to Article]
Farm Bill Debate: Treacherous Road for Ecosystem Services
With the current US Farm Bill set to expire on April 18, legislators are scrambling to hammer out a replacement. ... [Go to Article]
New EPA Wetland Guidelines to Boost Mitigation Banks
The US Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers just released their long-awaited regulations for offsetting lost wetlands. ... [Go to Article]
Mitigation of Impacts to Fish and Wildlife Habitat
Every year, human activities cause significant – but often unaccounted – harm to fish and wildlife habitat and the environment. ... [Go to Article]

Features

A Quick Guide to the Voluntary Carbon Markets

Trying to understand the voluntary carbon markets but not sure where to begin? Ecosystem Marketplace and Business for Social Responsibility recently released the second edition of a free guide on the voluntary carbon markets that walks organizations through the key steps of offsetting emissions.

Editorials

PG&E Boosts California Forestry
The first transaction of offsets certified to the California Climate Action Registry protocols signals a growing acceptance of forestry projects as a tool to combat climate change. Joseph Pallant of Carbon Project Solutions recaps the deal and examines some of the new technologies supporting the practice.

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