Objetivo: Facilitar el diálogo regional sobre distintas experiencias nacionales de implementación de esquemas de compensación por servicios ecosistémicos con miras a su promoción como herramienta para el manejo, conservación y restauración de los ecosistemas. Resumen: Este taller hace parte de una serie de acciones del Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador (MAE), la Red de Interesados […]
The objective of this case study is to demonstrate an evaluation method for voluntary biodiversity offsets. We focus on the Antamina mine, operated by Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (ANTAMINA). The Antamina mine is among the world’s largest copper and zinc mines, and is located in the Andean mountains in Ancash, Peru. In 2004 the company […]
The objective of this case study is to demonstrate an evaluation method for voluntary biodiversity offsets. We focus on the Antamina mine, operated by Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (ANTAMINA). The Antamina mine is among the world’s largest copper and zinc mines, and is located in the Andean mountains in Ancash, Peru. In 2004 the company […]
UN negotiators meeting in Bonn, Germany, made progress on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), while delegates to the Katoomba Meeting in Cuiabá, Brazil, broadly endorsed the use of REDD financing to save the Amazon Rainforest. Ecosystem Marketplace examines the best coverage of both proceedings.
Ver o site em Português The XIV Katoomba Meeting was held in Mato Grosso in partnership with the Mato Grosso State Government. Governor Blairo Maggi’s attendance and participation in the event was a strong pull for other governors in the Amazon region including those from the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Para, Rondí´nia and Acre, as […]
See site in English A 14íª Reunião Katoomba foi realizada em Mato Grosso, em parceria com o Governo do Estado do Mato Grosso. A presença e a participação do governador Blairo Maggi incentivou outros governadores da região amazí´nica, inclusive os dos Estados do Amazonas, Pará, Rondí´nia e Acre, assim como os governadores de Santa Cruz […]
Governors from the Brazilian, Peruvian, and Bolivian states across which the Amazon Rainforest spreads participated in an unprecedented panel discussion in Mato Grasso at the 14th Katoomba Meeting there, and were told by Brazilian Environment Minister Carlos Minc that schemes promoting payments for ecosystem services are the Rainforest’s best hope survival.
Real estate developers use species banks to offset their damage to nature by paying for newly-protected habitat. It’s the ultimate "green" industry, and one worth nearly $400 million per year – despite the lack of a centralized information hub. The Ecosystem Marketplace hopes to bring the field into the 21st Century with SpeciesBanking.com.
Over one hundred and twenty people from the local government, local, national and international NGOs, and communities, convened in Iquitos, Peru from October 2-4, 2007 at a meeting hosted by the Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana (IIAP), the Tropical America Katoomba Group (TAKG), the Government of Loreto and the Servicio Holandés de Cooperación […]
In Late 2004, Australia's CO2 Group Ltd. became the first company in the world to receive accreditation for the sale of forest-based carbon sequestration credits in a functioning GHG emissions markets. The Ecosystem Marketplace takes a look at the transaction and asks how it fits in with similar attempts to deal with the issue of forest-based sequestration worldwide.