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Resources for States and Localities

Overview Documents

Baselines in Environmental Markets: Tradeoffs Between Cost and Additionality

Natural Resources Credit Trading Reference

Ecosystem Accounting Protocol: Increasing the Effectiveness of Investments in the Environment

Water Markets

“In it Together: A How-To Reference for Building Point-Nonpoint Water Quality Trading Programs,” Willamette Partnership

Innovations in Market-Based Watershed Conservation in the United States: Payments for Watershed Services for Agricultural and Forest Landowners

US EPA Water Quality Trading Toolkit

Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Markets

Building Forest Carbon Projects (Step-by-Step Overview and Guide)

Conservation Banking and Wetland Mitigation Banking

Measuring Up: Synchronizing Biodiversity Measurement Systems for Markets and Other Incentive Programs