Workshop on biodiversity offsets and habitat banking on September 20, 2016 in Barcelona (Spain)

The Depart­ment for Sus­tain­abil­ity of the Direc­ción de Políti­cas Ambi­en­tales de la Gen­er­al­i­tat de Cataluña (Barcelona, Spain) is orga­niz­ing a work­shop on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets and habi­tat bank­ing (in Span­ish), enti­tled “Hacia la No Pér­dida Neta de bio­di­ver­si­dad en la eval­u­ación ambi­en­tal: … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: When biodiversity offsetting can benefit nature

What’s it about in short: Giv­ing exam­ples from the UK con­text (Net­work Rail), Julia Baker argues that there are sit­u­a­tions when the frame­work for bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting can ben­e­fit nature — and help us achieve our 2020 tar­get of halt­ing bio­di­ver­sity loss. … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Confronting threats to marine ecosystems through the use of biodiversity offsets

What’s it about in short: infor­ma­tion on marine bio­di­ver­sity off­sets (via a related sym­po­sium and BBOP webi­nar) When was it released: August 18, 2016 By whom: Nicki Shumway More info: Pre­sen­ta­tion by Nicole Shumway, http://brisbane2016.scboceania.org/sessions/confronting-threats-to-marine-ecosystems-through-the-use-of-biodiversity-offsets/ … Con­tinue read­ing

Biodiversity offsets at EcoSummit 2016 in Montpellier

Today the 5th Inter­na­tional Eco­Sum­mit was opened in Corum Con­gress Cen­ter in Mont­pel­lier (France). There will be a few pre­sen­ta­tions on impact assessment/mitigation and bio­di­ver­sity off­sets — most notably a ses­sion on “Euro­pean per­spec­tives and global chal­lenges on achiev­ing no net … Con­tinue read­ing

BBOP webinar on Wednesday, August 3, 2016: Avoidance in the implementation of wetland law and policy

There’s another BBOP webi­nar upcom­ing, tomor­row, 3 August. Avoid­ance is meant to be the first and most impor­tant step in the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy. In prac­tice how­ever, some decision-makers often fail to pri­or­i­tize avoid­ance and min­i­miza­tion efforts prior to off­set­ting, or … Con­tinue read­ing

NEW ARTICLE: Seeking convergence on the key concepts in ‘no net loss’ policy

Author(s): Joseph W. Bull, Ascelin Gor­don, James E. M. Wat­son and Mar­tine Maron Title: Seek­ing con­ver­gence on the key con­cepts in ‘no net loss’ pol­icy Year: 2016 In: Jour­nal of Applied Ecol­ogy, DOI:10.1111/1365–2664.12726. Pub­lished online: 14 July 2016 Pages: 8 pages. Pub­li­ca­tion type: jour­nal … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: French Biodiversity Law adopted — what’s new?

What’s it about in short:  The French national Assem­bly has adopted the new bio­di­ver­sity law, which now also includes the appli­ca­tion of the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy in order to reach the goal of NO NET LOSS (or prefer­ably NET GAIN) of bio­di­ver­sity: … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Sequence ERC dans “Examens environnementaux de l’OCDE : France 2016″

What’s it about in short:  Le 11 juil­let, l’OCDE a présenté à la France ses con­clu­sions et recom­man­da­tions quant à la per­for­mance de notre pays en matière d’environnement. Tous les dix ans, l’OCDE réalise en effet un « exa­men » de la per­for­mance … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Think Net Positive! — talk by Kerry ten Kate

What’s it about in short: Kerry ten Kate speaks on When was it released: June 21, 2016 By whom: Kerry ten Kate gives a vibrant talk on net pos­i­tive impact on bio­di­ver­sity and bio­di­ver­sity off­sets as part of the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: new paper joining biodiversity offsets and natural capital

What’s it about in short: New paper join­ing bio­di­ver­sity off­sets and nat­ural cap­i­tal When was it released: July 8, 2016 By whom: Joël Houdet, Fabien Quétier, Helen Ding More info: http://naturalcapitalcoalition.org/net-impact-accounting-for-renewable-natural-capital-possible-pathways-for-corporate-level-disclosure/ … Con­tinue read­ing