Identify applicable Ecosystem Market (ESM) contracts that can be financed.
Currently, Restore Capital is focused on the strongest, most mature ESMs, which include:
- Wetland Mitigation
- Water Quality Trading
- Federal Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Programs
- Conservation Banking
- Carbon Offsets
- Other innovative tools, such as performance bonds and credit insurance
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As other markets develop, future investment opportunities include:
ESM investments are identified through Restore Capital’s network of environmental groups. Additionally, some groups are the recipients and managers of loans from Restore Capital and use the funds to implement and oversee ‘on the ground practices’ for communities of landowners, farmers and foresters. Groups helping to identify and manage the loans from Restore Capital include:
- Government Agencies (Federal, State, and Local)
- Land Trusts
- Community Development Corporations
- Non-Profit Environmental and Conservation Organizations
- Mitigation Bankers
- Forest and Land Management Companies
- Large Landowners
