Ecosystem Marketplace

launched as a web-based information platform in 2004, ecosystem marketplace publishes newsletters, breaking news, original feature articles and major reports about market-based approaches to conserving ecosystem services. beginning in 2007, staff began collecting survey data to inform the first-ever “state of the voluntary carbon markets” report. since then, coverage has expanded to include forest carbon, watershed investments and biodiversity in our signature “state of” market analysis report format. lately, em has explored new topics of interest to our traditional markets (e.g., the buyers’ report), expanded our coverage to new focal topics (e.g., supply change, and the conservation investment survey), and increased our external advising and consulting opportunities (e.g., global alliance for clean cookstoves, forest stewardship council). the world’s population depends on ecosystem services, but in economic terms, these services are typically “free” and consequently, increasingly ove