Reports/Gray Literature

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Submitted by Drew Bennett(0)21 March, 2013 - 11:22

The Language of Conservation: How to Communicate Effectively to Build Support for Conservation (2009)

This is a memo commissioned by the Nature Conservancy to better understand how the public understands conservation issues and provides recommendations for better messagning and communication to reach the public. Page 8 provides recommnedations specifically regarding the term ecosystem services.

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Submitted by emilyd(0)1 June, 2012 - 15:24

Local Ecosystem Services Marketplaces: Public Utilities as Development Drivers

Title: Local Ecosystem Services Marketplaces: Public Utilities as Development Drivers, A Report for the Bullitt Foundation

Release Date: May 2012

Leading organization: The Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University

Length: 46 pages

Geographic focus: Oregon

 

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Submitted by Julie Risien(0)30 April, 2012 - 14:00

The Quiet (R)Evolution in Expectations of Corporate Environmental Performance

April 2012 - BSR released this report.  From their website, "The amount of activity related to ecosystem services within government, business, financial services, and academics indicates that the concept has finally come of age.

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Submitted by Julie Risien(0)26 April, 2012 - 14:59

Oregon's Water Markets

This is a brief white paper put out in April 2012 by Institute for Water and Watersheds and Institute for Natural Resources (both at Oregon State University) to help the public understand water markets activity in Oregon.  Feel free to use it.  I'd love to get this map in an interactive/updateable form someday. 

Thanks to Ranei Nomura; Carrie Sanneman; Gen Hubert; Tracey Stanton; Bobby Cochran; and David Primozich for offering their expertise and friendly reviews.  Thanks also to Cally Whitman from IWW/INR. 

 

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Submitted by MeganJungwi(0)2 April, 2012 - 11:44

"Why Value the Oceans?": New Discussion Paper

This new discussion paper "Why Value the Oceans?" was prepared by UNEP/GRID-Arendal and Duke University's Nicholas School of Environmental Policy Solutions in collaboration with the UNEP TEEB office and the UNEP Regional Seas Program.

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Submitted by eduke(0)16 February, 2012 - 16:54

Upper Green River Basin Ecosystem Services Feasibility Analysis: Project Report

I recently completed a report with partners at The Nature Conservancy’s Wyoming office documenting phase 1 of a payment for ecosystem services feasibility study in the Upper Green River Basin of Southwest Wyoming (Sublette County).

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Location

The Nature Conservancy
Lander, Wyoming
United States
42° 49' 58.8504" N, 108° 43' 50.4228" W
See map: Google Maps
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Submitted by Anonymous23 January, 2012 - 13:29

U.S. National Opinion Survey on Stacking Environmental Credits - 2011

New Report from EPRI: This report summarizes and analyzes the responses of a national survey entitled "Evaluation of Credit Stacking" that was developed jointly by EPRI, the World Resources Institute, Stetson University College of Law and the University of Kentucky. The purpose of the survey was to collect opinions about credit stacking from practitioners currently involved in environmental credit markets. The survey was conducted in the first quarter of 2010 and was sent to approximately 1,500 individuals... Published: 12-19-2011

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