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Bay Bank
What are the Benefits?
Bay Bank is a conservation marketplace, linking landowners with resources to improve and protect the Chesapeake region's natural resources and working lands. It is a collaborative effort to increase the pace and scope of conservation across the Chesapeake and brings multiple benefits to communities, ecosystems, landowners and buyers.
Communities and Ecosystems
- Greater economic stability for farm and forest lands, protecting the rural character of the region.
- New business opportunities for project developers who can implement and maintain ecosystem projects.
- Verifiable environmental gains such as cleaner air and water and healthier ecosystems.
Landowners
- A central marketplace and quick and easy access to multiple ecosystem markets and conservation programs.
- Lower participation costs through improved efficiency and increased market participation.
Buyers
- Cities, industries, businesses and non-profits offsetting unavoidable environmental impacts and funding conservation programs.
- Lower transaction costs through improved efficiency and market participation.
- A transparent marketplace, credit monitoring and independent verification.
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