Marine and terrestrial biodiversity offsets: so close and yet so far away — a comment by Céline Jacob

This is a guest post by Céline Jacob, PhD Stu­dent on Marine and Coastal Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets at CREOCEAN — Cen­ter for Func­tional and Evo­lu­tion­ary Ecol­ogy in Mont­pel­lier (France). This com­ment is the expres­sion of the author’s thoughts and expe­ri­ences and … Con­tinue read­ing

Organisation de sessions de formations dans le cadre du projet EC-SMD (request to organize workshops on payments for ecosystem services and environmental certification for a project in Morocco)

This is a guest post on behalf of Moha Had­douch, PES Project national coor­di­na­tor at UNDP Morocco. A project on the pro­tec­tion agro­bio­di­ver­sity in Morocco is seek­ing help with the orga­ni­za­tion of three work­shops in the scope of pay­ments for … Con­tinue read­ing

Consultation on the EU No Net Loss Initiative: Biodiversity offsetting can, under certain circumstances, improve nature and biodiversity conservation — a comment by Heidi Wittmer

This is a guest post by Heidi Wittmer from Helmholtz Cen­tre for Envi­ron­men­tal Research in Ger­many. 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 … Con­tinue read­ing

The theory-practice gap in biodiversity offsets — a comment by Alan Key

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

Report on guidance for biodiversity compensation in Dutch businesses (BioCom Project)

This is our first guest post, by Jolanda van Schaick from Dutch con­sul­tancy CREM! Our world­wide eco­nomic activ­i­ties have reper­cus­sions on bio­di­ver­sity. Plant and ani­mal species are dis­ap­pear­ing at an ever increas­ing rate and the nat­ural resources of our world are becom­ing … Con­tinue read­ing