With the currently ongoing World Forum on Natural Capital in Edinburgh we have reached another peak in the discussion about the value of nature — natural capital is all around us. As there are so many news on this, … Continue reading
Author(s): (Editors:) Penelope Figgis, Brendan Mackey, James Fitzsimons, Jason Irving and Pepe Clarke Title: Valuing Nature: Protected Areas and Ecosystem Services Year: 2015 In: IUCN Australia SCIENCE INFORMING POLICY SYMPOSIUM SERIES Pages: 140. Publication type: report Language: English Source: http://aciucn.org.au/index.php/publications/2015-valuing-nature/ … Continue reading
Author(s): J.W. Bull and S. Brownlie Title: The transition from No Net Loss to a Net Gain of biodiversity is far from trivial Year: 2015 In: Oryx, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605315000861. Published online: 10 November 2015 Pages: 7 pages. Publication type: journal article … Continue reading
Author(s): Coralie Calvet, Claude Napoléone and Jean-Michel Salles Title: The Biodiversity Offsetting Dilemma: Between Economic Rationales and Ecological Dynamics Year: 2015 In:Sustainability 2015, 7(6), 7357–7378; doi:10.3390/su7067357 Pages: pages 7357–7378. Publication type: open access journal article Language: English Source: http://www.mdpi.com/2071–1050/6/6/3400/htm (full … Continue reading
The Cambridge based environmental consultancy The Biodiversity consultancy is looking for a Principal Consultant to join their team. The Biodiversity Consultancy (TBC) works with financial, industry, government and NGO sectors in providing conservation science and environmental management expertise to meet the … Continue reading
The past meeting of the advisory group of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP12) which took place in Barcelona October 26–27, 2015 is one of the examples of events that I attended and that are great which I feel … Continue reading
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
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