Skoll Award Recipients Focus on Ecosystem Services Market
Having focused much of my research at Oxford on carbon markets and the development of ecosystem services markets, I was thrilled to see the Skoll Foundation’s recent investments in this area at the ceremony for their 2010 Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Three of the seven recipients of this year’s awards were from the field of ecosystem services and avoided deforestation. While past recipients have included incredible organization such as the Global Footprint Network, the Marine Stewardship Council, and Water.org, a quick count of those who received a Skoll award from 2005-2009 reveals that only 8 of the past 59 awardes... (continue reading this blog post)
