Ecosystem Services - Defined & In Practice - 8/18/11

A conference co-hosted with Marin Carbon Project partners

Thursday, August 18, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Pickleweed Community Center, San Rafael CA

Speakers:

Valerie Eviner, UC Davis - The science of ecosystem services, what we know and need to learn

Whendee Silver, UC Berkeley - Services from soils including carbon sequestration

Pelayo Alvarez, California Rangeland Coalition - Biodiversity and other ecosystem services on California rangelands

Jessica Musengezi, California Defenders of Wildlife - What are ecosystem services worth? Valuation methods and applications

Panelists:

Rebecca Kramer, Center For Natural Lands Management - History of payment of ecosystem services through examples

Ricardo Bayon, EKO Asset Management Partners - Status and horizons for California carbon markets and global ecosystem services markets

Lucinda Roth, Natural Resources Conservation Service - USDA overview of environmental markets efforts from Washington DC to California

Stephanie Larson, UC Cooperative Extension Sonoma - Achieving ecosystem services through practices

• Ecosystems Marketplace
• California Climate Action Registry
• Natural Capital Project
• Voluntary Reporting Carbon Management Tool
• USDA Office of Environmental Markets

Williamson Act Resources:

• CA State Dept of Conservation's Williamson Act Program
• California Ranching Without the Williamson Act
• CA State Dept of Conservation's Watershed Program
• CA State Dept of Conservation's Watershed Portal

Other Related Resources:

• An Economic Analysis of the Benefits of Habitat Conservation on California Rangelands
• The Puyallup River Watershed: An Ecological Economic Characterization
• The Willamette Partnership
• Current Findings on Grazing Impacts
• State of California Department of Conservation

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