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Mitigation banking
is a new and profitable approach to satisfy wetland and endangered habitat protection regulations. Anyone can create, or invest
in the creation of, a wetland bank. As-long-as growth and land development occur, the demand for mitigation banks will increase.
In support of this new approach, the federal government has recently published guidelines that encourage the establishment
and appropriate use of mitigation banks.
Environmental Management Partners, LLC (EMP), believes that mitigation
banking is an essential component of sustainable development. Mitigation banking is both an investment opportunity and a means
of environmental stewardship that will result in an eventual net gain in environmental quality. EMP has created
a secondary market where owners of mitigation banks can sell out their entire bank wholesale. Until now, there has not been
an alternative for the owners of mitigation banks to continue to manage their mitigation banks and to hold onto the long-term
financial risk inherent in this lack of diversification. The EMP sell-out option allows the entrepreneurs to take the funds
and move on. In 2008, EMP closed on it first two acquisitions. Although
we are now focused on the acquisition of mitigation banks, we will still undertake the full certification of mitigation banks
if the appropriate opportunity arises.
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