What’s it about in short: Potential for Biodiversity Offsets as a Biodiversity Finance Mechanism in India — a presentation made at the CBD workshop on ‘the role of private sector in achieving national biodiversity finance targets’ at CII’s 10th National Sustainability … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: article and related LinkedIn discussion on the benefits and risks of economic valuation of nature (with some references to biodiversity offsets) When was it released: September 11, 2015 By whom: Roger Harris, Biodiversity Professionals More info: … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: opinion piece on the role of nature conservation organizations in the discussion about economic valuation of nature (Natural Capital) When was it released: September 3, 2015 By whom: Jacob Salcone, IUCN More info: http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/oceania/?21849/Should-conservation-organizations-treat-nature-as-natural-capital—An-opinion-piece-by-Jacob-Salcone … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: launch of the web platform of The Nature Conservancy’s Development by Design global program When was it released: September 15, 2015 By whom: Bruce McKenney and Joe Kiesecker, the Nature Conservancy More info: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/smart-development/index.htm … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: article on biodiversity offsets and policy change (?) in New South Wales, Australia When was it released: March 6, 2015 By whom: Peter Hannam, The Sydney Morning Herald More info: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-election-2015-baird-biodiversity-offsets-plan-endangered-under-labor-20150306-13xcp1.html … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: seminar and talk by Prof EJ Milner-Gulland on biodiversity offsetting at Swansea University (UK), April 23, 2015 When was it released: April 22, 2015 By whom: Luca Borger More info: http://swantalks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/biosciences-seminar-speaker-23-april.html … Continue reading
Some time ago IUCN launched its Draft Biodiversity Offsets Policy for public consultation and comments. Sharing this with you is on my to-do-list for quite a while and time is running. Before it’s too late (apparently the consultation website still … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: article on carbon offsets from avoided forest conversion and sustainable forest management When was it released: April 23, 2015 By whom: Kasey Krifka, Triple Pundit More info: http://www.triplepundit.com/2015/04/purchase-first-avoided-forest-conversion-offsets-california-market/ … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Alan Key from Australian consultancy Earthtrade. This comment is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and such is acknowledged as a fruitful contribution to the discussion on biodiversity offsets. If you want … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: new LinkedIn discussion searching for input on the effectiveness of biodiversity offsets in the UK (for a master thesis) When was it released: August 13, 2015 By whom: Christopher Seaton More info: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/5078805–6037256032219078657 … Continue reading