Primary Market Information Resources

All Markets

• Ecosystem Marketplace is a leading source of news, data, and analytics on markets and payments for ecosystem services.  

Wetland and Stream Mitigation Banking

• The National Mitigation Banking Association provides a comprehensive overview of wetland and stream mitigation banking. 

• Section 404 of the Clean Water Act provides the basic requirements that drive mitigation markets. Compliance is overseen by the Army Corps of Engineers, and a comprehensive overview of the Act and the regulations that govern development and infrastructure projects in the U.S. can be found at www.epa.gov.

• In March 2008, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers announced new standards that prioritize the use of mitigation bank credits to satisfy Section 404 compliance.

• The Environmental Law Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan research and education center working to strengthen law and governance, and provides an extensive overview of mitigation banking nationwide.

Conservation (Endangered Species) Mitigation Banking

• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service oversees compliance with Sections 7 and 10 of the Endangered Species Act that require compensatory mitigation. A complete overview of the program can be found at www.speciesbanking.com.