This is a guest post by Carlos Ferreira, Research Assistant in the Center for Business in Society at Coventry University. He can be reached at carlos.ferreira@coventry.ac.uk. It is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and as such is … Continue reading
I have recently come across another long-term biodiversity offset project. The Canadian Suncor-Winagami project dates back to 2003. The Winagami Lake Project began as a pilot initiated by Suncor and the Alberta Conservation Association (ACA) with the goal of buying land … Continue reading
I have recently stumbled across the works of “Cynical conservation”, a cartoonist who shares his cynical drawings on twitter. Most likely to be based in the UK, he (?) describes himself as a “Cynical conservationist, illustrating my frustrations to remain … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Mercados de Medio Ambiente, a platform for the promotion of environmental markets by Spanish consultancy ECOACSA. This comment has previously been published on Mercados de Medio Ambiente. It is the expression of the author’s … Continue reading
I have been following the work of Megan Evans (who is PhDing at at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia) for quite a while, now. Not only in personal communication or via her publications (by the way, Megan, I should tell … Continue reading
This is an opinion post by Marianne Darbi, researcher at Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (Germany) and founder of the Biodiversity Offsets Blog. This comment is the expression of my own thoughts and experiences and as such is … Continue reading
About the Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek If you are interested in environmental compensation and biodiversity offsets, there are certainly good news: there is now a whole bunch of information from different sources, locations and viewpoints publicly available (something which wasn’t this … Continue reading
Ascelin Gordon, Joe Bull, Chris Wilcox and Martine Maron have published a new paper entitled “Perverse incentives risk undermining biodiversity offset policies” in Journal of Applied Ecology (February 2015). Read more on the Journal website (pay-walled). For more information see also a … Continue reading
The Biodiversity Offsets Blog is making the rounds — thanks to the team at Cow Burps for sharing a link and some information on the Biodiversity Offsets Blog today in a blog post. Read more here. Read more about Cow … Continue reading
After having remeasured twice, I am surprised to note that the cactus has grown no less than five centimeters! My written work on the contrary has been subject to textual revision and I have come closer to finish my “voluntariness” … Continue reading