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Ecosystem Marketplace |
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Ecosystem Marketplace is a non profit organization that addresses the issues of ecosystem services and payment. It is based in United States of America.
The natural services rendered by the Earth to the society are called an ecosystem service. The trees in the environment provide us with Oxygen, which is the much needed gas for survival by living beings. It also gives us shade and helps in purifying the water making it safe for drinking. Some other benefits include pollination, providing fish and wildlife habitat, decreasing environmental hazards, tempering our climate, controlling pests and disease, locking up carbon, and fertilizing our soils. However, we need to conserve and restore our nature in order to get these services.
We all value cleanliness and try to control the environmental pollution. There are certain rules and regulations as well that reduce the discharge of toxic chemicals and harmful gases in the air and water. However, these actions are not restorative and positive in nature. Ecosystem market provides alternative positive solution for global warming.
Ecosystem market is a cost effective way to ensure conservation of nature in existing regulations. At present several businesses, organizations, industries, developers and individuals should certainly meet regulatory standards for any adverse impact to natural resources. However, in unavoidable circumstances, ecosystem markets offer other solutions. These include:
- Planting of trees along streams
- Providing ecosystem improvements
- Regulated parties i.e. [the buyers can give water and land managers to re-establish wetlands]
There are several reasons for establishing an ecosystem marketplace. These are:
- Providing ecological balance at a low cost.
- Ecosystem markets can efficiently diversify revenues for rural landowners and at the same time provide benefits to the society.
- Efficiently allocating resources in mature conservation, which would result in scaling of investments.
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