Canopy Capital is an investment company. How will it make money?
Canopy Capital is exploring various approaches to securing substantial investment in Ecosystem Services. In particular, Canopy Capital is looking at marketing Ecosystem Services through an ‘Ecosystem Service Certificate’ attached to a 10-year tradable bond, the interest from which will pay for the maintenance of the Iwokrama forest. As atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases rise, emissions will carry an ever-mounting cost and the conservation of rainforests will acquire real value. In the future, countries that choose to conserve their forests are therefore likely to have global assets worth billions of dollars a year. The investment community is beginning to wake up to this opportunity.
