Recently, the IUCN Technical Study Group on Biodiversity Offsets has published some new resources (see also my previous posts Biodiversity Offsets Technical Study Paper and Biodiversity Offsets: Policy options for governments). Thanks to Patrick at the BBOP Secretariat for sharing … Continue reading
Recently, the IUCN Technical Study Group on Biodiversity Offsets has published some new resources (see also my previous post: Biodiversity Offsets Technical Study Paper). Thanks to Patrick at the BBOP Secretariat for sharing this useful information The present report on … Continue reading
As many have impatiently waited for it, I am happy to announce that the results of the European Commission’s public consultation on its planned No Net Loss Initiative are published online on the website of the European Commission. The internet … Continue reading
Recently, I got some interesting news from France: the French Assemblée Nationale has decided upon a resolution on the (planned) EU No Net Loss Initiative. For more information see the article “L’assemblée Nationale publie le rapport sur l’initiative envisagée par … Continue reading
I am wishing you all a happy new year both in your private and professional life! I am very much looking forward to a promising and exciting new year. Together, let’s help to better understand and bring forward the concept … Continue reading
The European Business and Biodiversity (B@B) Platform has published a report entitled “B@B Workstream 1: Natural Capital Accounting for Business: Guide to selecting an approach”. The report is the outcome of the work conducted on the Natural Capital Accounting Workstream … Continue reading
About the Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek If you are interested in environmental compensation and biodiversity offsets, there are certainly good news: there is now a whole bunch of information from different sources, locations and viewpoints publicly available (something which wasn’t this … Continue reading
The Canadian NGO Ontario Nature has recently released a report entitled “Insights into Biodiversity Offsetting in Ontario”. The report is the outcome of a project on biodiversity offsetting (started in July 2013), which was supported by the Metcalf Foundation. It … Continue reading
This month, a newly developed free, open-source, stand-alone software tool to calculate environmental losses and gains was released. Being part of the work of the Natural Capital Project, OPAL (Offset Portfolio Analyzer and Locator) enables users to estimate the impacts … Continue reading
About the Biodiversity Offsets Newsweek If you are interested in environmental compensation and biodiversity offsets, there are certainly good news: there is now a whole bunch of information from different sources, locations and viewpoints publicly available (something which wasn’t this … Continue reading