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Creator:: Duncan, Sally and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: Presented during the Oregon Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Conference, Redmond, Oregon, April 23, 2010.
Resource Type:: Presentation

Creator:: Duncan, Sally, Lurie, Sue, Morgenstern, Karl, Toth, Nancy, Bennett, Drew, and Fishler, Hillary
Abstract:: EWEB envisions the development of an investment mechanism that makes payments for ecosystem services (PES) as a way to maintain and improve water quality within the McKenzie River Watershed, Eugene’s sole source of drinking water. The public name for this concept is the Voluntary Incentives Program. Under the envisioned Voluntary...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, McCune, Myrica, River Design, and Greenbelt Land Trust
Abstract:: The Willamette River has gone through extensive changes since Euro American settlement – changes that have reduced channel connectivity, destroyed important habitat for species and vastly undermined floodwater storage capacity. Efforts to preserve portions of the river have a controversial legacy that has left lingering suspicions of government involvement in...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, Bennet, Drew, and Fishler, Hillary
Abstract:: Executive Summary The Institute for Natural Resources (INR) received funding from the Bullitt Foundation in 2009 for Financing Mechanisms that Advance Ecosystem Services Markets and Promote Rural Sustainability. 1 That research strongly suggested that, at least for the short- and possibly medium-term, payment for ecosystem services (PES) may best be...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Duncan, Sally
Abstract:: The working hypothesis for this study is that the introduction of GIS technology into the ancient procedures of map-making has changed the map-making context sufficiently to require a revision of the way we think about, learn from, and use maps, specifically in the public involvement process in natural resource management....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, Ewing, Amy, Ecosystem Economics, and Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
Abstract:: Ecosystem services markets represent potential revenue streams for small- and medium-scale rural agricultural and forest producers, many of whom have faced significant economic downturns over the past several decades. Demand for ecosystem services (ES) in the form of investments by public agencies, mitigation funds from regulated entities, and voluntary payments...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, Ecosystem Economics, and Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
Abstract:: This report is laid out as a progressive exploration of how the economics of ES production interacts with finance, broadly construed, in actual credit transactions. The inquiry proceeds in several steps. First, the economics of ecosystem services production is explored to provide critical context for potential financing approaches. This section...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Aylward, Bruce, Hartwell, Ray, Lurie, Susan, Duncan, Sally, Institute for Natural Resources, and Ecosystem Economics, LLC
Abstract:: INR’s long-term goal with this and other projects is to help revitalize rural economies and contribute to rural sustainability, while increasing ecosystem restoration and thoughtfully developing ecosystem services markets. To assist in meeting these goals, this project aims to understand and overcome a significant hurdle on the supply side of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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