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Good practice ★ 53 Evidence: Observational / pre–post Compare

MoorFutures Peatland Carbon Standard (Germany)

World's first peatland-rewetting carbon standard, launched 2011 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. MoorFutures certificates (EUR 30-123/tCO2e) fund bog rewetting across four German states; over 50,000 …

Greifswald, Germany

Good practice ★ 47 Evidence: Observational / pre–post Compare

Germany Eco-Account (Ökokonto) — Mandatory Biodiversity Offsetting System

Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG) has required biodiversity offsetting since 1976. Eco-Accounts allow landowners to pre-register habitat improvements as tradable credits …

Bonn, Germany

Good practice ★ 40 Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Compare

SWM Öko-Bauern Programme — Mangfall Valley Organic Farming for Drinking Water Protection (Germany)

Since 1992 Munich's public utility SWM has paid farmers in the Mangfall Valley catchment to convert to organic farming under 18-year contracts, …

Bad Aibling, Germany

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Bavaria's Kulturlandschaftsprogramm (KULAP) & Vertragsnaturschutzprogramm (VNP)

Bavaria has paid farmers through KULAP and VNP since 1988 to manage land for biodiversity — VNP area grew from 90,000 to …

Munich, Germany