Ricardo Bayon wrote an article for the Ecosystem Marketplace this week making the completely sane point that we should rebuild ‘green’ infrastructure while we rebuild ‘grey’ infrastructure (the built environment). Totally sensible, completely defensible. I would also ask the next question. How do we develop a plan? Americans certainly have a huge list of built [...]
Archive for the ‘Ecosystem Service Information’ Category
Rebuilding Infrastructure
Posted in Ecosystem Service Information, Ecosystem Service Tools, U.S. Economy on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Report to the President: Sustaining Environmental Capital: Protecting Society and the Economy
Posted in Climate Change, Ecosystem Service Information, U.S. Economy on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Report
The Status of U.S. Fish Habitat 2010
Posted in Ecosystem Service Information, Food, Water on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
http://fishhabitat.org/images/documents/fishhabitatreport_012611.pdf
Oregon Ecosystem Service Market Legislation
Posted in Ecosystem Service Information on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measures/sb0500.dir/sb0513.en.html
Knowledge Creation in EcoServices Markets
Posted in Ecosystem Service Information on June 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was in Annapolis last Friday in an interesting meeting with Eric Sprague. He was helping me catch up with the Bay Bank, Chesapeake Fund, etc. During the conversation we began to discuss the various ecosystem service efforts/projects/markets that are evolving. Both Eric and I realize that there is a significant amount of activity going [...]
USDA Announces New Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets
Posted in Ecosystem Service Information, Farm Report on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2008–Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced the intention to establish a new USDA Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets and the creation of a federal government-wide Conservation and Land Management Environmental Services Board to assist the Secretary of Agriculture in the development of new technical guidelines and science-based methods to assess environmental [...]
2008 EPA Report on the Environment
Posted in Climate Change, Ecosystem Service Information, Energy on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
EPA today released the “2008 Report on the Environment: Highlights of National Trends” (2008 ROE HD), which provides the American people with an important resource for better understanding trends in our nation’s health and environment. The report is intended for a general audience and summarizes highlights of the more comprehensive “EPA’s 2008 Report on the [...]
Wetlands Mitigation Banks
Posted in Ecosystem Service Information on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting article on the state of debate on wetlands mitigation banks. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/wetlands-destroyed-wetlands-restored-both-mean-big-profits
An Interesting Discussion
Posted in Ecosystem Service Information on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past couple of days I’ve had several discussions with Rhode Island USDA NRCS about their development of a Rapid Watershed Assessment (RWA). The RWA gives NRCS, farmers, and conservation organizations the ability to prioritize conservation actions, determine the best economies for those conservation actions, and adaptively manage conservation and farm systems. Part of [...]
Agricultural Ecosystems: Facts and Trends
Posted in Ecosystem Service Information, Food on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development and IUCN have recently released this valuable overview of global agricultural practices and the potential of sustainable practices. From one section: As wealth increases so does per capita calorie intake. The demand for a more diverse diet that includes animal protein such as meat and milk products requires [...]
