Katoomba XII: Developing an Infrastructure Fund for the Planet
Washington DC, United States
Developing an Infrastructure Fund for the Planet explored how ecosystem service payments and markets in carbon, water and biodiversity are quickly becoming a key solution to the urgent environmental problems of climate change, fresh water pollution, biodiversity loss, soil erosion, and destruction of our coastal and marine systems. Moderated sessions among policy makers, major financial […]
Katoomba X: Valuing Environmental Services: Securing the Natural Capital of Present and Future Generations
São Paulo, Brazil
The time is ripe to invigorate discussions on ecosystems services in Tropical America. The Katoomba Network is designed to create an enabling environment for local actors to take critical steps towards the development and improvement of payments for ecosystem services-“PES” initiatives and policies, critical for restoring and improving ecosystems. The 10th gathering of this network, […]
Katoomba IX: Making the Priceless Valuable
Portland, Oregon, United States
The Pacific Northwest is increasingly ripe for a regional conference to further spur and galvanize emerging efforts to form conservation banks, carbon markets, water quality trading schemes, and other attempts to improve environmental conditions through market mechanisms. A recent climate change conference held in Seattle and organized by King County Executive Ron Sims drew a […]
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Katoomba VIII: Building Foundations for Pro-Poor Ecosystem Services in Africa
Kampala, Uganda
In recent years, markets and payments for ecosystem services (PES), such as carbon sequestration, watershed protection and biodiversity conservation, have emerged in several African nations as a viable method for maintaining ecosystems and rewarding responsible environmental management. These mechanisms are generally appearing on an ad hoc basis, however, and little strategic dialogue has occurred to […]
Katoomba VI: Beyond Carbon: Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services
Rüschlikon, Switzerland
The Katoomba VI workshop focused on frameworks for ecosystem service markets, including the roles of political institutions, bilateral and multilateral institutions as well as industry leadership through new initiatives such as the Equator Principles and the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative. Sector specific workshops explored the exposure of industries such as food and agriculture, mining, oil and […]
Katoomba IV: Capturing the Value of Ecosystem Services
Kew, United Kingdom
The integrity of natural ecosystems is now recognized as being crucial to the health of global financial and capital market systems. Bringing together appropriate investors, buyers and sellers will help to maintain ecosystem services and assets, and will ensure continuing global prosperity and environmental security. A number of markets already have started to trade waste […]
Webinar: State of Private Investment in Conservation
Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace is pleased to announce the release of its newest report, State of Private Investment in Conservation 2016: A Landscape Assessment of an Emerging Market. This new report builds upon the 2014 report by EKO Asset Management Partners (now Encourage Capital) and The Nature Conservancy’s NatureVest, Investing in Conservation: A Landscape Assessment of […]
Webinar: Business and Deforestation – Are Companies Going to Meet Their Supply Chain Commitments?
Two years remain in the timetable for deforestation commitments laid out by the likes of the Consumer Goods Forum, the New York Declaration on Forests, and We Mean Business. While there is growing evidence that companies are setting goals to manage deforestation within their commodity supply chains – with now nearly 450 companies profiled on […]
Webinar – Raising Ambition: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2016
Washington, D.C., United States
Join Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace and the Climate Markets and Investment Association (CMIA) for a deep dive into Raising Ambition: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2016 – Ecosystem Marketplace’s new annual report on the voluntary carbon markets. Lead report author Kelley Hamrick will share key findings, with guest commentary from Sean Penrith of The Climate Trust […]
Webinar: Water Footprinting
Water Footprinting and the Water Footprint Assessment are increasingly used by businesses and governments to assess their water risks, dependencies, and impacts. Now, some of its most advanced users are taking the next step and considering strategies and actions for reducing their water footprint and making it more sustainable. These water users, including companies like Nestlé and […]