The 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology (and also the 4th European Congress for Conservation Biology) is taking place in Montpellier in the South of France August 2–6, 2015. This year’s title is “Mission Biodiversity — Choosing new paths for … Continue reading
“To protect the diversity of our natural surroundings we need to promote the diversity of our funding sources. The Natural Capital Financing Facility is a new EU funding source that helps businesses to protect nature and adapt to climate change. … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Mercados de Medio Ambiente, a platform for the promotion of environmental markets by Spanish consultancy ECOACSA. This comment has previously been published on Mercados de Medio Ambiente. It is the expression of the author’s … Continue reading
Bárbara Gonçalves, Alexandra Marques, Amadeu Mortágua Velho Da Maia Soares and Henrique Miguel Pereira have published a new paper entitled “Biodiversity offsets: from current challenges to harmonized metrics” in a Special Issue of Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (Volume 14, … Continue reading
This is a guest post by James Brown, PhD student at Queen’s University Belfast. This comment has previously been published on QuBio blog of the School of Biological Sciences. It is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and … Continue reading
For a week now spring is in full bloom here in Dresden. This gives me so much energy that I feel busy as a bee. And the cactus too pushes some new sprouts — maybe it feels inspired by the … Continue reading
As a regular reader of the Biodiversity Offsets Blog you have seen multiple contributions by Carlos Ferreira on this blog which clearly mark his expertise in the field of biodiversity offsets. It is therefore great to note that his doctoral … Continue reading
Commercial agriculture and forestry could have a net positive impact on biodiversity – say the authors of a recent report. Thanks to Fabien Quetier for informing me about one of the latest IUCN reports entitled “No Net Loss and Net … Continue reading
The OECD has held a workshop on biodiversity offsets on 6–7 November 2013 at the OECD Headquarters. The workshop examined the technical and analytical issues related to their effective design and implementation with an aim to derive insights on and … Continue reading
The Biodiversity Offsets Blog is making the rounds — thanks to the team at Mercados de Medio Ambiente for covering the Biodiversity Offsets Blog today in a blog post via one of our recent articles — the guest post contributed … Continue reading