Cuatro años después de que un consorcio de ONG´s ambientales establecieron el "Estándar de Oro" bar para proyectos de reducción de emisiones, Manejo de Activos de Carbono del Polo Sur, ubicada en Suiza, ha despejado los obstáculos. Mercados Ambientales descubre cómo los fundadores de Polo Sur llegaron a donde están, y en dónde esperan estar dentro de un año.
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If efforts to save the tropical rainforests by Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) ever yield large-scale results, it will be in part because of demonstration projects like those in Brazil's Guaraqueçaba Environmental Protection Area. Fifth in a series
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The three carbon registries supporting the Voluntary Carbon Standard's "meta-registry" have begun listing Voluntary Carbon Units, but they aren't yet communicating with each other as planned.
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The Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO) is testing a new approach to disbursing funds collected under Brazil's Environmental Compensation Law. A hybrid environmental clearinghouse and mitigation bank, the "Atlantic Forest Fund" is designed to create a massive pool of liquidity for all forms of environmental finance impacting protected areas in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Fourth in a series
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The people of Saltillo, Mexico, voluntarily pay to support the watershed of the surrounding mountains – and with it, their own drinking water. Ecoystem Marketplace examines this innovative Payments for Watershed Services (PWS) scheme. Second in a series leading up to the 14th Katoomba Meeting in Mato Grasso, Brazil.
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California and Oregon have long been friendly environmental policy rivals. Oregon wrote the first bottle bill, the first state land-use law, and the first state climate-change law. But on the species banking front, California dominates, 53 to 2. An innovative new multi-credit system being pioneered in the Willamette Valley could change the game.
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Brazil is at the forefront of a debate between those advocating the use of the carbon markets to save tropical rainforests, and others insisting that national and international funds should do the work. Ecosystem Marketplace looks south to find where the two camps are finding common ground. Second in a series
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Brazil is home to more than four million plant and animal species – and, it seems, nearly as many laws and mechanisms for preserving the environment. That's one reason the next Katoomba Meeting is taking place in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso – at the heart of South America and the southern edge of the Amazon Rainforest. Leading up to that event, Ecosystem Marketplace is examining Payments for Ecosystem Services in Latin America.First in a series
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Investors these days are rightfully leery of any product that isn't properly regulated, and a coalition of leading offset providers has formed the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance as a self-regulatory body for voluntary carbon offsets. First on the agenda: a global code of conduct.
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Real estate developers aren't starting many new projects these days – which means they're also not doing much damage to wetlands and wildlife habitat. That's good news for the environment, but bad news for wetland and wildlife mitigation bankers. The Obama stimulus package looks set to give a needed jolt to certain segments of the economy and some banks.
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