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How US is Forging National Ecosystem Marketplace

The US Department of Agriculture's new Office of Ecosystem Markets and Services (OEMS) is just getting off the ground, but once underway it should lead to better coordination not only among agencies charged with regulating various ecosystem service markets, but also among markets for water, biodiversity, and of course carbon.

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PROFILE

Sheri Lewin: The Tie That Binds Not that long ago, wetland banking was just an interesting idea backed by a gaggle of nature-minded entrepreneurs looking to make a buck by saving valuable swamps and marshes. Today, it's a bona fide industry, with sub-sectors and service providers all across the United States. Now species banking looks set to do the same, and it's Sheri Lewin's job to keep them all speaking the same language.

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FEATURED ARTICLES

Waxman-Markey: the International Provisions

Over the weekend, we provided a detailed analysis of how the new American Clean Energy Security Act (ACESA) deals with ...

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New Development and Ecosystem Service Roadkill

Rainforest nations could earn billions in carbon payments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), but ...

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US Climate Bill Passes House of Representatives

The US House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), also known as the Waxman-Markey Bill ...

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How Drought Promotes Entrepreneurship

Ecosystem Marketplace believes that nature's ability to filter our water, cleanse our atmosphere, and regulate our climate has economic value. ...

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Forest Footprint aims to Reward Companies that Save Trees

The Carbon Disclosure Project has arguably reduced greenhouse gas emissions by creating an incentive for companies to examine and disclose ...

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EM Interview: The Five Keys to Constructing Successful Water Quality Schemes

Scores of water quality trading schemes are up and running around the world, and the World Resources Institute has published ...

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Is this Man's 'Nutrient Farm' the Mitigation Bank of Tomorrow?

Veteran Chicago hydrologist Don Hey has been arguing for decades that his region could slash its water control costs by ...

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EKO-ECO: the Ecosystem Services Blog

When Ecosystem Marketplace launched in 2005, the idea of preserving nature by incorporating its value into our economic system was ...

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Developed and Developing Countries Split on Accounting for "Ecosystem Carbon"

Bad farming and forestry accounts for nearly 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions, and UNEP says the bulk of this ...

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PUBLICATIONS

EM Podcast: Market-Based Watershed Protection in North and South America

Market-based watershed restoration and protection schemes are up and running across the Americas - from the Chesapeake Bay in the United States to Quito in Ecuador. Like the ecosystems these schemes are designed to protect, the political and social systems have both similarities and differences. Tracy Stanton speaks to leading practitioners in both hemispheres.

EDITORIALS

Review: Wetlands 'Exposé' Misses the Mark
Mitigation banking is one of the least understood weapons in the US environmental policy arsenal, but a recent book on Florida's mitigation banking sector seems more intent on sensationalizing failure than on promoting a true understanding of this promising tool, says Adam Davis in this review of Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss.