Mapping at the Intersection: Environmental Justice & Conservation
Earlier this year, Gabe Watson and EmmaLi Tsai participated in a workshop hosted by Defenders of Wildlife to help researchers create better maps at the intersection of environmental justice and conservation. Decisions from the workshop resulted in this user guide & website, which walks users through a more collaborate and inclusive approach to conservation that considers biodiversity, climate change, and environmental justice. To put the framework and shared principles into practice, the guide also features a case study using the National Wildlife Refuge System to show where future land acquisition should be prioritized.
Ecosystem Marketplace: How We Harness an Infrastructure Boom to Close the Biodiversity Finance Gap
Tim Male, Executive Director of EPIC, co-wrote an article in Ecosystem Marketplace with Mariana Sarmiento and Charles Bedford on how to close the biodiversity finance gap.
Fun Tidbits I Learned While Researching US Biodiversity Markets
New Report: Building a Thriving Biodiversity Credit Market
Biodiversity Credit Principles
Building a Thriving Biodiversity Credit Market
The Importance of Today’s White House Announcement on Transformational Fish Barrier Removal Projects
President Biden and Freshwater
Beetles in a Pay Stack: Stacking and Bundling in Biodiversity Credit Markets
The Worst Trump-Era ESA Changes are Gone
Species on the Move: Considering the Future of Conservation Banking in the Face of Climate Change
EPIC Featured: Markets for Valuing Biodiversity on the Climate Positive podcast
What do they want? Biodiversity Credits. When do they want it? Soon!
What is motivating biocredit buyers at this early stage as the market is in development? Why would corporate buyers and other entities be interested in investing in migratory songbird or salmon credits? What’s in it for them? Today the BCA released a new issue paper, “Demand-side Sources and Motivation for Biodiversity Credits'' that untangles some of these incentives and rationales.