Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP) was founded in 2006 to generate market-rate returns for investors and to provide a positive and enduring impact on land conservation efforts in the US.

EIP delivers attractive risk-adjusted returns to its investors through the use of market-based Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) mechanisms that reward landowners for the restoration and protection of critical natural resources.  The most established and active PES markets in the US are wetland, stream, and endangered species habitat mitigation banking.  Every year, over $3.8 billion is spent to mitigate the unavoidable impacts to these federally protected natural resources.  There are now over 1,000 mitigation and conservation banks covering over 1 million acres across the US that provide an economically efficient and ecologically sound mechanism to meet this demand.

EIP is uniquely positioned to service this demand through:

• Mitigation banks we develop at economies and ecologies of scale through access to and deployment of institutional investment capital.

• Our deep and long-standing relationships with key government natural resource agencies and the major conservation non-governmental organizations.

• A management team with over 64 years of combined experience in real estate investment, private equity fund management, land conservation, ecological restoration, and PES markets. 

While the public and philanthropic sectors contribute significantly to land conservation, there is far greater demand for land protection and restoration than existing funds can support. EIP provides a private capital solution to this funding gap.  EIP is recognized as a national leader in advancing a private capital investment model as a new and critically needed solution to land conservation priorities.