Hello all, On December 8, an afternoon pre-conference workshop that I've co-organized with others at the Environmental Defense Fund, "Getting Better Biodiversity Outcomes from Coordinated Environmental Markets," will be at the ACES (A Community on Ecosystem Services) Conference in Washington, D.C. We want you to be a part of the conversation and would encourage you to register before the *Early Bird Registration deadline Monday, October 13*. You can register by clicking here <http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aces/registration.html> or by visiting http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aces/registration.html and then selecting our workshop as part of your registration.
During this workshop, our distinguished panelists will present on the key issues surrounding the implementation of environmental markets and how these markets may interact or overlap. We will explore the design of biodiversity markets to achieve the greatest net benefit, covering both biological and regulatory considerations of habitat market design. Additionally, we will discuss scenarios in which it may be appropriate to combine (by stacking or bundling) habitat markets with other environmental incentives in ways that add value, while avoiding pitfalls such as double-dipping, legal inconsistency, or market incompatibility. If you want to learn more, please check out this blog <http://blogs.edf.org/markets/2014/10/02/we-can-get-better-biodiversity-outcomes-from-environmental-markets/> ( http://blogs.edf.org/markets/2014/10/02/we-can-get-better-biodiversity-outcomes-from-environmental-markets/) about the workshop. You may also reach out to Stacy Small-Lorenz, the workshop moderator ([email protected]), for any other questions you may have. Your voice would add a lot to the conversation and I hope to see some of you there! Cheers, Pasha Feinberg
