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New Oat, Wheat Markets Debut in Iowa

February 28, 2020
Source: Wallaces Farmer
The new program will offer farmers wheat and oat contracts to deliver grain to Smithfield’s Allerton and Davis City elevators in south-central Iowa, along with a cost-share rate of $25 per acre through Practical Farmers of Iowa to establish a cover crop after oat or wheat harvest.
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Registry Accepts First Canadian Grassland Carbon Offset Protocol

February 28, 2020
Source: Canadian Cattlemen
A new pilot project aims to reward Canadian producers for sequestering carbon in grasslands, highlighting the value of agriculture on these landscapes to the public.
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Ecosystem Investment Partners Closes Fourth Conservation Fund at $455 Million

February 28, 2020
Source: ImpactAlpha
Private equity firm Ecosystem Investment Partners has been helping investors profit off of ecological restoration and conservation projects since 2007. EIP has raised nearly $1 billion from investors through three institutional funds, including $454.5 million for its latest fund, Ecosystem Investment Partners IV.
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Carbon Taxes Are Key to Stop Deforestation

February 28, 2020
Source: Climate Home News
Economists and scientists agree that carbon taxes help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by creating an incentive for people to use less fossil fuels. But that’s not all they can do.
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Fervidly Facilitating Financial Feats

February 28, 2020
Source: Land Trust Alliance
"It didn't surprise me that interest in last month's Chesapeake Intensive course was robust. The event brought together land trust staff and partners from across the watershed with a faculty of national and regional experts to discuss forest carbon offsets, revolving water funds, voluntary surcharges, state revolving funds, pay-for-success outcomes-based contracting and financing and more."
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USDA Invites Input on Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Rule

January 30, 2020
Source: PR Newswire
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service seeks public comments on its interim rule for the Agricultural Program. The rule – now available on the Federal Register – takes effect on publication and includes changes to the program prescribed by the 2018 Farm Bill.
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Mirova: A Natural Approach to Investment

January 30, 2020
Source: Environmental Finance
Mirova's Natural Capital Platform is looking to generate attractive returns and positive impact from investments in sustainable agriculture, fisheries and conservation. CEO Philippe Zaouati spoke to Environmental Finance.
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Capitalizing on Climate Change

January 30, 2020
Source: The River
In August, an estimated 4.6 million acres of the Amazon rainforest burned in a government-condoned campaign to clear land for crops and cattle. What most of the world saw as a hopeless and horrifying political problem, though, Bjorn Otto saw as a math problem. And math problems can be solved.

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