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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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