SHORT INFO: Update on New Zealand’s Biodiversity Offsets – from the latest Invercargill Workshop

What’s it about in short: work­shop on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets in New Zealand When was it released: Novem­ber 12, 2015 By whom: Jemma Pene­lope More info: https://misjpmovesthings.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/update-on-new-zealands-biodiversity-offsets-from-the-latest-invercargil-workshop/

SHORT INFO: The best things are achieved by banking your offsets, not just trading them

What’s it about in short: com­ment on the recent mem­o­ran­dum of the US pres­i­dent on impact mit­i­ga­tion (includ­ing mit­i­ga­tion bank­ing) in the United States When was it released: Novem­ber 15, 2015 By whom: Jemma Pene­lope More info: https://misjpmovesthings.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/the-best-things-are-achieved-by-banking-your-offsets-not-just-trading-them/ … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Presidential Memorandum: Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment

What’s it about in short: On Novem­ber 3 Pres­i­dent Obama issued a mem­o­ran­dum encour­ag­ing a stan­dard set of prac­tices across sev­eral fed­eral depart­ments and agen­cies for the appli­ca­tion of the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy, includ­ing off­set­ting. When was it released: Novem­ber 3, 2015 … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: A World at Risk: Aggregating Development Trends to Forecast Global Habitat Conversion

Author(s): James R. Oakleaf,Christina M. Kennedy,Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Paul C. West, James S. Ger­ber, Larissa Jarvis and Joseph Kiesecker Title: A World at Risk: Aggre­gat­ing Devel­op­ment Trends to Fore­cast Global Habi­tat Con­ver­sion Year: 2015 In: PLOS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.013833. Pub­lished online: … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Consultation on Draft Natural Capital Protocol launched

What’s it about in short: The draft Nat­ural Cap­i­tal Pro­to­col and Sec­tor Guides as they are launched for con­sul­ta­tion until Feb­ru­ary 26, 2016. When was it released: Novem­ber 23, 2015 By whom: Nat­ural Cap­i­tal Coali­tion More info: http://www.naturalcapitalcoalition.org/news/article/consultation-on-draft-natural-capital-protocol-launched.html … Con­tinue read­ing