How Institutional Capital Changed Conservation: Financing Large-Scale Wetland Preservation Projects in the United States
When I first became involved in wetland mitigation banking in the mid-1990s, conservation finance looked very different than it does today. At that time, most environmental preservation efforts were driven by government programs, grants, or nonprofit organizations. Private capital, especially institutional capital, was not yet a common part of the conversation. When we formed Conservation […]
The Early Days of Wetland Mitigation Banking in the U.S.: How Conservation Resources Helped Shape the Industry
When I look back on my early work in wetland mitigation banking, I realize how new and uncertain the space really was at the time. In 1996, when I helped establish Conservation Resources, LLC, there was very little established structure for what we were trying to do. The idea of treating environmental preservation as something […]