(Courtesy City Forest Credits.) Beyond soothing imagery, urban trees measurably lift air quality, energy affordability and employment. City Forest Credits aims to quantify what that's worth.
City Forest Credits matches nonprofits and cities to fundi urban trees. It describes its mission as one to make “American cities greener, healthier, and more equitable.” By computing value of rainfall interception, air quality benefits and energy savings, the outfit aims to define premium price for nonprofit organizations to charge...
Tread carefully but with clarity when engaging your board. (Photo by Todd Kaplan)
Conservation finance, by definition, involves risk. But land trust staff who engage board members in understanding and navigating risks and opportunities can bring forth new and durable income streams. How can staff members build board members' comfort and earn their support for new approaches? Success stories highlight methods for educating...
How do you ascribe dollars to this? (Photo by Bill Mullins, courtesy the Conservation Fund)
Island Press’ publication of Valuing Nature: A Handbook for
by William Ginn comes 15 years after his first book helped launch what became the
Network. While the lessons captured in prior works still ring true, the conservation finance field has experienced rapid growth in recent years...
In Maryland, water quality harms from a popular oyster service lead to a financing trade in which the oyster seller buys nutrient credits, which help replace the oyster stocks.
Loss of tourism revenue and financial depression can limit funding for conservation even as pressure for mining and deforestation rise in the biodiversity hub.
Small forests add up to potentially significant pools of carbon storage. Carbon credits as structured don't make that an economic business for small owners- yet.
