Biodiversity Offsetting Law and Policy workshop on June 8, 2015 by Ontario Nature (Canada)

Ontario Nature is holding a Biodiversity Offsetting Law and Policy workshop, presenting a new report that compares law and policy internationally across six jurisdictions, analyzing strengths, weaknesses and gaps, and providing recommendations. Date: Monday, June 8, 2015 Time: 9:30 am … Continue reading

Behold the power of fungus … and biodiversity offsets – a guest post by Naazia Ebrahim

This is a guest post by Naazia Ebrahim of the OECD Environment Directorate. This comment has previously been published on OECD Insights. It is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and as such is acknowledged as a fruitful … Continue reading

The commodification of nature? – article in BIODIV’2050

As I have already announced in my latest post, the latest issue of Mission Économie de la Biodiversité’s “BIODIV’2050″ (No. 6 – April 2015) is out. Beside the previously mentioned article entitled “Thinking out the appropriate frameworks: biodiversity offsets and safeguards” another … Continue reading

THINKING OUT THE APPROPRIATE FRAMEWORKS: BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS AND SAFEGUARDS – new article in BIODIV’2050

The latest issue of Mission Économie de la Biodiversité’s “BIODIV’2050″ (No. 6 – April 2015) is out. Among others, this includes an article on biodiversity offsets entitled “Thinking out the appropriate frameworks: biodiversity offsets and safeguards”. The article highlights the importance … Continue reading

BBOP webinar today, May 18, 2015: The Cross Sector Biodiversity Initiative Mitigation Hierarchy Guide

Today is another BBOP webinar being held. This time the topic is: “The Cross Sector Biodiversity Initiative Mitigation Hierarchy Guide”. Mark Johnston (the current Chair of CSBI) will present the current work plan and activities of CSBI and provide details on … Continue reading

Local emergence and international developments of conservation trading systems: innovation dynamics and related problems – new article by Mann and Simons

Carsten Mann and Arno Simons have published a new paper entitled “Local emergence and international developments of conservation trading systems: innovation dynamics and related problems” in Environmental Conservation (2014). You can read the full article on the Journal website (pay-walled). For more … Continue reading

Biodiversity offsetting: uncertainty and unanswered questions – a post by the British Ecological Socierty

The British Ecological Society (BES) in a recent post looks at uncertainty and unanswered questions with regard to biodiversity offsets. The author of the article concludes that since the UK government’s consultation closed at the end of 2013, “the Government … Continue reading

Biodiversity Offsetting in Transnational Governance – new paper by Jerneja Penca

Jerneja Penca has published a new paper entitled “Biodiversity Offsetting in Transnational Governance” in Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law (Volume 24, Issue 1, pages 93–102, April 2015. You can read the full article on the Journal website … Continue reading

Habitat banking – Futures for market-based solutions for biodiversity to year 2030 – new report by Enetjärn Natur (in Swedish)

Anders Enetjärn and his team at Swedish environmental consultancy Ennetjärn Natur together with Kairos Futur have written an extensive report entitled “Habitat banking – Futures for market-based solutions for biodiversity to year 2030″. Unfortunately (for most of us) the report … Continue reading