NCX: Building Markets for All the Values of Forests - NCX

NCX: Building Markets for All the Values of Forests

Zack Parisa

7 November, 2022 min read

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NCX stands for the Natural Capital Exchange. The idea with the Natural Capital Exchange is to put all of the benefits of natural systems on the same economic footing as timber. You fly across the US and really what you see is this artifact of markets. Why is all the land in little squares? Why is this a cornfield? The answer is markets.

The story of NCX is a story of using information to help landowners understand the value of their Natural Capital Portfolios so that they can make informed decisions about the market opportunities and threats that their land is faced with.

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Zack Parisa

Co-Founder and Chief Economist

Zack Parisa is the co-founder and Chief Economist of NCX. Over the last decade, he has developed and pioneered precision forestry tools that are revolutionizing the way that forests can be measured, valued, and managed. Using satellites, cloud computing, and machine learning, NCX worked with Microsoft to create “Basemap,” the first high-resolution forest inventory of the United States. It is now using this data to build new markets for forest values beyond timber, such as carbon, wildlife habitat, and fire risk. Zack is a forester and biometrician by training. He earned an MFS from Yale University, and a BS in forestry from Mississippi State University.

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