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Beyond Carbon: Wetlands, Water and Habitat Markets
Monday, January 27

About Our Speaker –Christopher Hartley


Christopher Hartley is the Deputy Director and Senior
Environmental Markets Analyst with the USDA Office of
Environmental Markets. He is responsible for the development
of policy, tools, and metrics to support landowner
participation in ecosystem services markets. He holds a
Doctorate in Agricultural Ecology and masters’ degrees in
Agronomy and International Agricultural Development from
the University of California – Davis.

 

About the Talk

Markets for ecosystem services incorporate a variety of market-based tools that can be a powerful and effective compliment to existing environmental policies and conservation programs. Markets connect ecosystem service providers and beneficiaries, facilitate public awareness of the importance of the environment to human health and well–being, and offer an economic incentive for land managers to provide these goods and services. Interest in markets for ecosystem services has been a catalyst in generating funding for science-­based, practical solutions for quantifying ecosystem services, and has the potential to improve the decision making process for conservation investments.
This presentation surveys current efforts to promote the development of ecosystem service markets and opportunities and barriers for CMS to meet increasing demand for qualitative and quantitative data to improve the scope, accuracy, and applicability of existing wetland, water quality and habitat markets in the United States.


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Recording

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