Some time ago I have been asked by Divya Narain if I could contribute an article to the latest issue on business and biodiversity of “SQ — raising the sustainability quotient” –the bulletin of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Derrick Wilkinson who is an economist and director of the UK based consultancy DG Wilkinson. This guest post is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and as such is acknowledged as a … Continue reading
That’s been another very intense month. I wrote and restructured a lot and also had a meeting (or you may call it evaluation) with the advisory board of my PhD project: I was quite productive and things went rather well … Continue reading
For the past three months the European Commission has held a public consultation as part of the ‘fitness check’ for EU nature legislation (Birds Directive, Habitats Directive — BHD). the BHD and related Natura 2000 network are a unique tool … Continue reading
From tomorrow on a two-day conference will examine the future of biodiversity offsetting in Australia. The conference entitled “Biodiversity Offsetting for Mining, Infrastructure and Urban Development” will focus on the complex and challenging task of balancing biodiversity conservation outcomes with … Continue reading
I have just had another meeting with the advisory board of my PhD - working title: “Between regulation and voluntary engagement: development of a typology of voluntary biodiversity offsets using an expert and internet based (netnographic) research approach” — In this … Continue reading
There’s another BBOP webinar upcoming for next week, Thursday, July 30. This time the topic is: “The Impacts of Biodiversity Offsets on Protected Areas”. Leon Bennun of The Biodiversity Consultancy asks under what circumstances, and subject to what conditions, are protected … Continue reading
The campaigning NGO FERN, based in the UK and in Brussels, is one of the active opponents of biodiversity offsets. Recently they have published the fourth part of a series on critical briefing notes on biodiversity offsets. This briefing notes … Continue reading
Many thanks to all, who have responded to the current poll so far (77)! As with the last poll, I would like to close it once 100 participants have been reached. So, please, if you have not yet taken the … Continue reading
This is the sixth and final part of a guest post series by Nuno Gaspar de Oliveira who works as consultant and advisor in Esporão, a portuguese main wine and olive oil company, in the area of Strategic Management for sustainability using ‘Business … Continue reading