Water Quality Credit Trading

Symposium

USDA CSREES National Water Conference
Monday, January 29, 2007
Savannah, Georgia

Water quality credit trading is being promoted at the national, regional, state and local levels as a method to meet water quality goals more cheaply and quicker than through strict regulatory and voluntary programs.  Can the proposed benefits of water quality credit trading programs be realized?  This symposium will discuss the basics of water quality credit trading as well as the potential pitfalls.  Evaluation of water quality credit trading programs can play a key role in how they operate and how they are perceived.  Several existing water quality credit trading programs will be discussed.  The symposium will end with a discussion of the role of extension and research in the water quality credit trading arena.

Chair:           Doug Parker, University of Maryland

Organizers: Doug Parker, University of Maryland
                    Tom Simpson, University of Maryland
                    Charles Abdalla, Penn State University
                    Kristen Saacke Blunk, Penn State University
                    Tatiana Borisova, West Virginia University
                    Jim Pease, Virginia Tech

Water Quality Credit Trading Basics 
Doug Parker, University of Maryland, Moderator
1:00 pm Introduction: Why Trading? Why Now?
     Tom Simpson, University of Maryland
1:20 pm Key Economic Ideas for Water Quality Credit Trading Programs
     Marc Ribaudo, USDA/ERS
1:45 pm Moving from Theory to Practice: Challenges in Implementing Water Quality Credit Trading Programs
     Leonard Shabman, Resources for the Future
2:10 pm Discussion
   
Implementing Water Quality Credit Trading Programs  
Jim Pease, Virginia Tech, Moderator
2:20 pm Federal Trading Policies
     Jeff Potent, Rutgers University
2:45 pm Eastern North Carolina Projects (Tar-Pamlico and Neuse River Watersheds)
     Mike Templeton, North Carolina DENR
3:15 pm Discussion
3:25 pm Break
Evaluation and Educational Opportunities  
Tom Simpson, University of Maryland, Moderator
3:40 pm Evaluation of Trading Programs
     Doug Parker, University of Maryland
4:00 pm Research Opportunities and Challenges
     Jim Shortle, Penn State University
4:25 pm Educational Opportunities and Roles for Extension
     Charles Abdalla, Penn State University
4:45 pm Discussion

The links above will open .pdf versions of the presentations from the symposium.  If you have any questions please contact Doug Parker (dparker@arec.umd.edu)




 

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