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David WolfeDirector, Conservation Strategy and Habitat MarketsDecember 2014
Emerging Markets:Habitat Exchanges
Public and Tribal Lands 29%Urban and Suburban 7%
Private Working Lands 64%Forests, Crops, Grasslands,Shrublands, Wetlands
Exchange AdministratorCredit
Demand
$
CreditSupply
$
Energy Landowners
Habitat Exchange
Demand SupplyHabitat Exchange Agreement
AndHQT Regulatory
AssurancesRegulatory Assurances
Mitigation Hierarchy
• Avoid
• Minimize• Offset
Habitat Exchange
Habitat Exchanges
• Facilitate targeted, landscape-scale conservation• Streamlines participation
• Market-based• Measures and rewards habitat outcomes• Credits are financially assured
• Dynamic, yet secure
Habitat Exchanges in Development
LEGEND
Compliance
Pre-Compliance
Voluntary
3. Upper Green River Conservation Exchange
4. Colorado Habitat Exchange
2. Central Valley Habitat Exchange
5. Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat Exchange
1. Mokelumne Environmental
Benefits Program
6. NC Ecosystem Enhancement
Program
7. Nevada Conservation Credit
System
David [email protected]