What’s it about in short: BirdLife summarizes some of the first results of the “fitness check” of the EU birds and habitats directive When was it released: November 12, 2015 By whom: Finlay Duncan, BirdLife More info: http://www.birdlife.org/africa/news/extractives-industries-africa-blessing-or-curse see also my … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Recently I have mentioned a book edited by Levrel et al on compensation measures and biodiversity offsets from a French perspective (see NEW BOOK: Restaurer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développement). I just got the information that next … Continue reading
Well, as I have mentioned in my previous post today sometimes it’s the more interesting things that slip through your fingers, even with your best intentions — or because of them. This was particularly the case for the “Biodiversity management … Continue reading
Today I want to share with you some short information on a few past and future events you might be interested in. The first one is a conference on ecological compensation in Sweden, jointly organised by consultancy Enetjärn Natur and … Continue reading
This new document is making the rounds and I absolutely want to share CSBI’s Mitigation Hierarchy guide with you. The Cross-Sector Guide for Implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy provides practical guidance, innovative approaches and examples to support operationalizing the mitigation hierarchy effectively. … Continue reading
Author(s): QUÉTIER, Fabien ; MOURA, Charlotte ; MENUT, Thomas ; BOULNOIS, Rénald ; RUFRAY, Xavier Title: La compensation écologique fonctionnelle : innover pour mieux traiter les impacts résiduels des projets d’aménagements sur la biodiversité Year: 2015 In: La Revue d’IRSTEA. Sciences Eaux … Continue reading
Author(s): Rong Tan, Rongyu Wang and Thomas Sedlin Title: Land-Development Offset Policies in the Quest for Sustainability: What Can China Learn from Germany? Year: 2014 In: Sustainability 2014, 6(6), 3400–3430; doi:10.3390/su6063400 Pages: pages 3400–3430. Publication type: open access journal article Language: English Source: http://www.mdpi.com/2071–1050/6/6/3400/htm … Continue reading
Author(s): Niak Sian Koh, Thomas Hahn and Claudia Ituarte-Lima Title: A comparative analysis of ecological compensation programs: The effect of program design on the social and ecological outcomes Year: 2014 In: This report is a product of an internship undertaken during the Master … Continue reading
There’s another BBOP webinar upcoming, Wednesday, November 18. This time the topic is: “Network Rail Infrastructure Projects’ application of the mitigation hierarchy”. Uk’s Network Rail Infrastructure Project presents the progress on its Net Positive commitment. As usual the webinar is part … Continue reading
Author(s): Diana María López Arbeláez, Juan David Quintero Sagre Title: Compensaciones de biodiversidad: experiencias en Latinoamérica y aplicación en el contexto colombiano (Biodiversity offsets: Latin America experiences and application in the Colombian context) Year: 2015 In: La Revista Gestión y Ambiente. Volumen 18 … Continue reading