Investing in Nature : Case Studies of Land Conservation in Collaboration with Business.
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TextPublisher: Washington, D. C. : Island Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (226 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781597267670
- Business enterprises--Environmental aspects--United States--States--Case studies
- Conservation of natural resources--United States--States--Finance--Case studies
- Land use, Rural--United States--States--Planning--Case studies
- Nature conservation--United States--States--Case studies
- Open spaces--United States--States--Finance--Case studies
- Public-private sector cooperation--United States--States--Case studies
- 333.76/16
- HD205 .G56 2005
About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Scale of Nature -- Part I: Conservation Investment Banking -- Ch. 1: Partnering with Big Timber -- Ch. 2: Debt for Nature: The Story of the Katahdin Forest -- Ch. 3: Bankruptcy and Biodiversity -- Ch. 4: Investing with an Attitude -- Part II: Creating New Environmental Markets -- Ch. 5: Carbon and Forests -- Ch. 6: The Bank of Nature -- Part III: Incentives -- Ch. 7: Greening Business -- Ch. 8: Tax Credits for Conservation -- Ch. 9: Incentives for Working Landscapes -- Part IV: The Path Forward -- Ch. 10: If You Build It, Will They Come? -- Ch. 11: Conservation at the Scale of Nature -- Ch. 12: Crossing the Divide -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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