Conservation and Biodiversity Banking : A Guide to Setting Up and Running Biodiversity Credit Trading Systems

ISBN-13: 9781844074716 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 298 str.

Ricardo Bayon

Opis

A comprehensive guide to conservation banking, explaining what it is and how it works. It provides practical guidance, tools, case studies, analysis and insights into conservation banking and other market-based approaches to conservation.

Spis treści

Forewords by Tom Albanese and Stephanie Meeks * Part I: Overview * Introduction * History and Theory: The Origin and Evolution of Conservation Banking * The Advantages and Opportunities * The Pitfalls and Challenges * Part II: Establishing A Conservation Bank * Ecological Considerations * Legal Considerations * Regulatory Considerations * Business Considerations * Financial Considerations * Part III: State of the Art * Fish Banking * Getting Two for One: Opportunities and Challenges in Credit Stacking * The Marine Leap: Conservation Banking and the Brave New World * Part IV: Going Global * Biodiversity Offsets * Australia‘s Biodiversity Credits * Part V: Conclusion * The Future of Biodiversity Offset Banking * Index

O autorze

Nathaniel Carroll is the Project Manager of the Ecosystem Marketplace, the worlds leading ecosystem and environmental markets information source. Jessica Fox is a Senior Scientist and Manager of the Eco-asset program at EPRI Solutions in Palo Alto, California, USA. Ricardo Bayon is co-founder of EKO Asset Management Partners and co-editor of Voluntary Carbon Markets (2009).