NEW ARTICLE: Mitigating Biodiversity Concerns in Eucalyptus Plantations Located in South China

Author(s): Roger A. Williams Title: Mit­i­gat­ing Bio­di­ver­sity Con­cerns in Euca­lyp­tus Plan­ta­tions Located in South China Year: 2015 In: Jour­nal of Bio­sciences and Med­i­cines, 3, 1–8 Pages: 1–8 Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access jour­nal arti­cle Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=57099&utm_campaign=linkedin&utm_medium=yh#.VYPVa0ZHVm8 … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Conservation: Stop misuse of biodiversity offsets

Author(s): Mar­tine Maron, Ascelin Gor­don, Bren­dan G. Mackey, Hugh P. Poss­ing­ham & James E. M. Wat­son Title: Con­ser­va­tion: Stop mis­use of bio­di­ver­sity off­sets Year: 2015 In: Nature523, 401–403(23 July 2015) Pages: 401–403 Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access jour­nal arti­cle (com­ment) Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://www.nature.com/news/conservation-stop-misuse-of-biodiversity-offsets-1.18010 … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Offsetting Biodiversity: Greening or Greenwashing?

Author(s): Mar­tine Maron and James Wat­son Title: Off­set­ting Bio­di­ver­sity: Green­ing or Green­wash­ing? Year: 2015 In: National Geo­graphic, July 22, 2015 Pages: - Pub­li­ca­tion type: open access arti­cle Lan­guage: Eng­lish Source: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/22/offsetting-biodiversity-greening-or-greenwashing/ … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Carbon farming via assisted natural regeneration as a cost-effective mechanism for restoring biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

Author(s): Megan C. Evans, Josie Car­war­dine, Rod J. Fen­sham, Don W. But­ler, Ker­rie A. Wil­son, Hugh P. Poss­ing­ham, Tara G. Mar­tin Title: Car­bon farm­ing via assisted nat­ural regen­er­a­tion as a cost-effective mech­a­nism for restor­ing bio­di­ver­sity in agri­cul­tural land­scapes Year: 2015 In: Envi­ron­men­tal Sci­ence & Pol­icy Vol­ume 50, June 2015, Pages … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW BOOK: Restaurer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développement

Author(s): Harold Lev­rel, Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste, Julien Hay, Gilles Mar­tin, Gilles Pioch Title: Restau­rer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développe­ment Year: 2015 Pages: 320 Pub­li­ca­tion type: book Lan­guage: French Source: http://www.quae.com/fr/r4643-restaurer-la-nature-pour-attenuer-les-impacts-du-developpement.html?utm_content=148586&utm_source=Dolist&utm_medium=E-Mail&utm_term=mesures+compensatoires&utm_campaign=restaurer+la+nature-10238368 … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — infographic on business opportunities from natural capital challenges

What’s it about in short:  The ‘Busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties from nat­ural cap­i­tal chal­lenges’ info­graphic depicts the alarm­ing degra­da­tion rates of the quan­tity and qual­ity of water, bio­di­ver­sity and soil. When was it released: Feb­ru­ary 17, 2015 By whom: Cam­bridge Insti­tute for Sus­tain­abil­ity Lead­er­ship More info: … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Potential for Biodiversity Offsets as a Biodiversity Finance Mechanism in India

What’s it about in short: Poten­tial for Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets as a Bio­di­ver­sity Finance Mech­a­nism in India — a pre­sen­ta­tion made at the CBD work­shop on ‘the role of pri­vate sec­tor in achiev­ing national bio­di­ver­sity finance tar­gets’ at CII’s 10th National Sus­tain­abil­ity … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Does it help conservation to put a price on nature? — article and related LinkedIn discussion

What’s it about in short: arti­cle and related LinkedIn dis­cus­sion on the ben­e­fits and risks of eco­nomic val­u­a­tion of nature (with some ref­er­ences to bio­di­ver­sity off­sets) When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 11, 2015 By whom: Roger Har­ris, Bio­di­ver­sity Pro­fes­sion­als More info: … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Should conservation organizations treat nature as natural capital? — An opinion piece by Jacob Salcone

What’s it about in short: opin­ion piece on the role of nature con­ser­va­tion orga­ni­za­tions in the dis­cus­sion about eco­nomic val­u­a­tion of nature (Nat­ural Cap­i­tal) When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 3, 2015 By whom: Jacob Sal­cone, IUCN More info: http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/oceania/?21849/Should-conservation-organizations-treat-nature-as-natural-capital—An-opinion-piece-by-Jacob-Salcone … Con­tinue read­ing