SHORT INFO: The verdict is in: Europe’s nature laws are fit for purpose

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

Meet the authors of the recent book on ecological compensation in France (Nov 18, 2015 in Paris)

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

Bio­di­ver­sity man­age­ment and devel­op­ment: chal­lenges, oppor­tu­ni­ties and new directions

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

Conference on Ecological compensation in Sweden (Nov 18, 2015 in Stockholm)

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

A cross-sector guide for implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy

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

NEW ARTICLE: La compensation écologique fonctionnelle : innover pour mieux traiter les impacts résiduels des projets d’aménagements sur la biodiversité

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

NEW ARTICLE: Land-Development Offset Policies in the Quest for Sustainability: What Can China Learn from Germany?

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

NEW REPORT: A comparative analysis of ecological compensation programs: The effect of program design on the social and ecological outcomes

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

BBOP webinar on Wednesday, November 18, 2015: Network Rail Infrastructure Projects’ application of the mitigation hierarchy

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

NEW ARTICLE: Compensaciones de biodiversidad: experiencias en Latinoamérica y aplicación en el contexto colombiano

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