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Tutorial 1. How Eco-Asset Value Is Realized

		Preserving, enhancing, restoring or creating (PERCing) ecosystem services demands knowing the eco-region in question and how air, water, land or biodiversity asset values can best be achieved.
		When a land or industrial development impacts ecosystem services, mitigation (compensation) helps minimize losses of ecological capital.
		A PERC plan offsets losses from new developments by recommending targeted improvements to ecosystem services in the effected region.
		Mitigation can be required by law, but efforts to mitigate above & beyond legal minimums are often rewarded in the form of credits, allocations or certificates – ‘eco-assets’ having measurable value.
		A PERC plan must be monitored & verified before mitigation credits can be formally certified. Public interest groups can serve to verify program success, as well as professional certification agents.

Environmental markets are diverse and quickly growing. This has spawned a wide range of service providers (including EAG) to help developers & land managers maximize the value of their eco-asset mix.