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Carbon Canopy Initiative Aims to Sustain Appalachian Forests for Climate and Certified Timber

By Logan Yonavjak on February 6, 2012
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While much has been written from a theoretical perspective about markets for ecosystem services, few on-the-ground projects currently exist.

Ecosystem Services and the New IFC Performance Standards

By Florence Landsberg on November 18, 2011
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Today the World Resources Institute released Ecosystem Services Review for Impact Assessment: Introducti

Conservation Easements: a Good Investment for the U.S. South

By Logan Yonavjak and Nick Price on September 14, 2011
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With forests being converted at a rapid pace in the South, conservation easements are one of

Encouraging Green Industry Innovation

By Erin Gray and John Talberth on August 29, 2011
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Recently, in the New York Times Green Column, Bettina Wassener wrote about the “Plastic Disclosure Project,” which annually surveys industry on their overall plastic use and…

The Forest Company of the Future

By Janet Ranganathan and Göran Persson on August 23, 2011
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This story originally appeared in the Guardian.

Feeding a Growing Population that Relies on Ecosystem Services (Part II of II)

By Janet Ranganathan on August 9, 2011
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This piece was originally posted on www.environmentalleader

Ecosystem Markets Conference: Innovative Ideas Drive Ecosystem Markets Forward

By Nick Price on July 26, 2011
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Using markets to protect and restore ecosystems – and the many services they provide – is gradually becoming a reality.

2011 Ecosystem Markets Conference: Innovating Ways to Reward Conservation

By Robert Winterbottom on June 30, 2011
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Wisconsin is a state blessed with abundant natural beauty and was home to one of America’s first conservationists, Aldo Leopold<

Improved Internet Access Brings Better Mapping and Spatial Data to Kenya

By Mercedes Stickler on June 22, 2011

Spatial information – including where different populations live and where natural resources are located – is essential for sound development planning and decision-making. A new website launched today, Virtual Kenya, opens up a wealth of maps and spatial data about the country for citizens and students to use.

"Working Forests": How Land Protection Can Save and Even Make Money

By John Talberth on March 31, 2011

A new issue brief shows how public forestland can be “put to work” to increase revenue in the southern United States.

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