Counting on the Environment

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Counting on the Environment An Ecosystem Credit
Accounting System
Nicole Robinson-Maness The Willamette Partnership
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• What is the Partnership Working For?
• Investing in what Mother Nature would invest in.
• A fair and transparent way for people to track,
  buy, and sell the benefits of restoration.
• Rules and tools that make restoring things that
  matter a practical business decision for private
  land managers.

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Green Infrastructure Restore 35 miles of streams
Grey Infrastructure Cooling Towers
Compliance Achieved Cost A Lot Less
Compliance Achieved Cost A Lot
Ecological Value Not Much
Ecological Value Huge
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Keys for Ecosystem Markets to Work
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Approved standards and protocols
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• Credit types
• Wetland
• Salmonid habitat
• Upland prairie habitat
• Water temperature
• Water nutrients
• Oak habitat
• Floodplain habitat
• Sagebrush habitat
• Coming soon
• Benefits of flow

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How an Ecosystem Service Market Works
Trading Platform Private companies or NGOs create
a nexus to facilitate commerce between buyers
and sellers of ecosystem services credits.
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Validate Calculate Verify Register Track

How it works
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