Documents

This case study is one in a series of documents developed to highlight natural infrastructure projects that have been implemented in the Pacific Northwest. The goals of these cases are to provide awareness and education about ecosystem services approaches, and to demonstrate the potential benefits of incorporating ecosystem services value into planning, management, and/or policy decisions.

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

In a three part study titled "Towards More Standardization in the Collecting and Reporting of Marine Ecosystem Service Valuations" a Duke graduate student offers recommendations to the MESP. Find the Executive Summary here, or go to http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/5261 for the full report.

Interesting to ponder how tool developers might respond to the need to create tools in closer tune with what corporations already use as decision support. This report is another example of BSR's usual insightful work.