Ecosystem Service Markets: Cash, Conservation, or Can of Worms?
Friday, April 18, 2008 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Panel and Discussion: Sara Vickerman, Senior Director, Biodiversity Partnerships, Defenders of Wildlife. Jeff Kline, Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Forest Service, USDA. David Ervin,
Professor of Environmental Studies and Coordinator of Academic Sustainability Programs and Practices, Portland State University. Moderator: Sally Duncan, Policy Research Program Manager, Institute
for Natural Resources, OSU. This panel discussion is the first in a series sponsored by the Biodiversity Group. Planned for 2008-2009 are three additional panel discussions on development and
effectiveness of carbon markets; water rights, markets and trading; and bundling of ecosystem services. For more background on ecosystem markets, see
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth481/ectop/ecservices.html. For summaries of past programs go to http://oregonstate.edu/groups/biodiversity/biodarch.html.
