PODCAST: US Practitioners Give their Advice on Setting up and Running Markets for Ecosystem Services

Becca Madsen on June 28, 2010 Comment

Ecosystem Marketplace recently attended a US conference (see coverage of the event in previous posts) and asked market players what advice they would give to other practitioners working at a practical level on various types of Payments for Ecosystem Services.

Bobby Cochran, the Director of the Willamette Partnership, spoke about catalyzing demand and using existing models as a basis for new market development.
Bobby Cochran

Michael Van Patten, Mission Markets' CEO & Founder, also emphasizes starting with locating buyers.
Michael Van Patten

Tom Simpson, the Executive Director of Water Stewardship, notes that "low quality credits would destroy a the market."
Tom Simpson

Stephanie Gripne, the Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Development, emphasizes engaging the end user of ecosystem credits.
Stephanie Gripne

Finally, Todd BenDor, Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, speaks about the geography of the market. Apologies for the background noise in this clip.
Todd BenDor