Sectors

Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/v9878e/v9878e00.HTM

The Global Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries establishes principles and standards applicable to the conservation, management, and development of all fisheries. The Code provides a necessary framework for national and international efforts to ensure sustainable exploitation of aquatic living resources in harmony with the environment.

Aquaculture Dialog roundtables

http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/globalmarkets/aq...

The Aquaculture Dialog roundtables of the WWF works with farmers, retailers, NGOs, scientists and other aquaculture industry stakeholders worldwide to develop standards for responsible aquaculture. The standards will minimize the key environmental and social impacts associated with aquaculture.

Organization for the Promotion of Responsible Tuna Fisheries (OPRT)

http://www.oprt.or.jp/

OPRT is an international NGO promoting a more responsible tuna fishing industry with the particular focus on the sustainable use of tuna resources.  OPRT represents all stakeholders in the tuna fishing industry, including major international tuna fishing operators as well as traders, distributors, and consumers in Japan..

Central American Markets for Biodiversity

http://www.proyectocambio.org/english/index.html

Project activities are designed to ensure that SMEs of Central America increasingly contribute to sustainable development and environmental protection, incorporating ways of addressing issues related to the loss of biodiversity in their business practices. The project removes barriers in banking, business, policy, and legislation to create an enabling environment that can catalyze biodiversity-friendly investments within sectors such as organic agriculture, sustainable forestry, agroforestry, silvopastoral systems, sustainable tourism, aquaculture certified, and sustainable fishery.

Willamette Partnership: Protocols, Tools and Templates

http://willamettepartnership.org/tools-templates

The Willamette Partnership is a diverse coalition of conservation, city, business, farm, and science leaders in the Willamette River basin who are working to shift the way people think about, value, manage, and regulate the environment.  The standard credit issuance process, rules, and guidelines for generating credits and debits are described in protocol documents. Through the Counting on the Environment stakeholder process, the Willamette Partnership is continuing to develop protocols for more holistic ecosystem accounting.  Currently, protocols are under development for additional ecosystem currencies, voluntary tracking and accounting, and batch verification for small projects. Policy frameworks, permits, contracts, and forms used for creating, buying and selling conservation outcomes as offset credits in the Willamette can be used as templates for others designing ecosystem markets.  A lot of new information was developed during the course of developing an ecosystem credit accounting system.  To make participation in markets  easier, standard templates for various contractual agreements, certificates, protocols, and standards have been developed.