David WolfeDirector, Conservation Strategy and Habitat MarketsDecember 2014

Emerging Markets:Habitat Exchanges

Public and Tribal Lands 29%Urban and Suburban 7%

Private Working Lands 64%Forests, Crops, Grasslands,Shrublands, Wetlands

Exchange AdministratorCredit

Demand

$

CreditSupply

$

Energy Landowners

Habitat Exchange

Demand SupplyHabitat Exchange Agreement

AndHQT Regulatory

AssurancesRegulatory Assurances

Mitigation Hierarchy

• Avoid

• Minimize• Offset

Habitat Exchange

Habitat Exchanges

• Facilitate targeted, landscape-scale conservation• Streamlines participation

• Market-based• Measures and rewards habitat outcomes• Credits are financially assured

• Dynamic, yet secure

Habitat Exchanges in Development

LEGEND

Compliance

Pre-Compliance

Voluntary

3. Upper Green River Conservation Exchange

4. Colorado Habitat Exchange

2. Central Valley Habitat Exchange

5. Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat Exchange

1. Mokelumne Environmental

Benefits Program

6. NC Ecosystem Enhancement

Program

7. Nevada Conservation Credit

System

David Wolfedwolfe@edf.org512-691-3415habitatexchanges.org