Common Ground Digest - February 2008

A Business Plan for Conservation; Maryland's Green Infrastructure; Garcia River Forest; Coastal Living

A Business Plan for Conservation

Natural Capital Investment Fund.

Some of the best business ideas start small—and rural. Across farms, forests, and whitewater rapids, entrepreneurs see business potential in celebrating or sustainably tapping the environment. The Natural Capital Investment Fund is moving these ideas from the drawing board and into the community.
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Mapping Maryland's Green Infrastructure

The Fund's Strategic Conservation team helps Cecil County plan for growth.

What land merits conservation? What land can be developed? The Conservation Fund’s Strategic Conservation Program recently completed the Cecil County Green Infrastructure Plan, identifying and offering guidance on the essential green infrastructure needed to support the county’s present and future growth. Read More>

Garcia River Forest Meets Top Carbon Credit Standard

California Carbon Action Registry Move Readies Forest to Sell Carbon Offsets.

This week, The Conservation Fund’s Garcia River Forest, a property on California’s North Coast, became the largest forest recognized by the California Climate Action Registry as a verified source of carbon credits. Garcia River Forest now has the capacity to store more than 77,000 tons of carbon emissions annually, which is equivalent to taking more than 14,000 cars off the road. Read More>

Greener Reading with Coastal Living

First magazine in the nation to Go ZeroSM for an issue.

The Conservation Fund worked with Coastal Living to measure the carbon dioxide emissions that resulted from the press, finishing, printing and binding of the Magazine's March 2008 issue. The first magazine in the nation to "Go Zero"SM for an issue, Coastal Living will make a donation to The Conservation Fund to offset its emissions by planting trees in protected parks and wildlife refuges across the nation. As they grow the new forests will help fight climate change, enhance public recreation areas and restore critical habitat for wildlife.
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