Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Services Background

• Ecosystem Services, basic list
• Ecosystem Services, Ecological Society of America
• Ecosystem Service Markets, Willamette Partnership
• European Commission Climate Change Actions II
• Water Quality Credit Trading, Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon
• Water Quality Trading, Environmental Protection Agency, US
• Willamette Partnership Ecosystem Credit Accounting

Markets

• Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
• European Climate Exchange (ECX)
• The Green Exchange trading for carbon, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide.
• New South Wales Green House Gas Abatement Scheme (NSW)
• New Zealand Carbon Exchange (NZCX)
• Water Mitigation Banking, Umatilla Basin, Oregon
• Water Quality Trading Clean Water Services, Tualatin Basin, Oregon
• Water Transfers, Deschutes River Conservancy, Oregon

Ecosystem Market Alternatives

• Bonneville Environmental Foundation options for water and carbon
• California Climate Action Registry
• Carbon Taxes
• The Hartwell Paper recommending the alignment of social and ecological goals