The Bay Bank

The Chesapeake’s Ecosystem Service Marketplace

Mission

The Bay Bank will help private landowners and operators of farm and forest land in the Chesapeake region access multiple ecosystem service markets, as well as traditional conservation programs.

The additional stewardship activities generated through the Bay Bank’s market mechanisms will benefit local communities by increasing the economic stability of farm and forest lands and will provide cleaner air and water and healthier ecosystems.

To achieve these goals, the Bay Bank will create the market infrastructure needed to improve existing markets and encourage new ones.

LandServer

LandServer is a web-based reporting and analysis tool that will allow landowners and operators to determine their eligibility for current and emerging ecosystem markets and traditional conservation programs.

LandServer will also allow non-profit, government, and corporate organizations to better target their objectives by finding landowners and operators willing to implement conservation actions.

Bay Bank Marketplace

The Bay Bank marketplace is an online, secure platform for ecosystem credit transactions. Initial markets for the Marketplace include carbon sequestration, water quality protection, habitat conservation, conservation programs, and forest conservation.

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