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

ISBN-13: 9781844078141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str.

Bayon, Ricardo

Opis

An essential and comprehensive guide to conservation banking explaining what it is, and how it works, this title covers the origins of conservation banking, the pros and cons of this approach to conservation, how conservation banking works in reality, and much more.

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).