Author Archives: Marianne Darbi

SHORT INFO: Projet de loi pour la reconquête de la biodiversité, de la nature et des paysages

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What’s it about in short: pro­jet de loi — pub­lic con­sul­ta­tion on the French draft bio­di­ver­sity law ends today (includes pro­vi­sions on com­pen­sa­tion mea­sures) When was it released: Decem­ber 18, 2015 By whom:Joël Labbé More info: https://www.parlement-et-citoyens.fr/project/projet-de-loi-pour-la-reconquete-de-la-biodiversite-de-la-nature-et-des-paysages/presentation/presentation-et-suivi-6 Link to the con­sul­ta­tion: https://www.parlement-et-citoyens.fr/projects/projet-de-loi-pour-la-reconquete-de-la-biodiversite-de-la-nature-et-des-paysages/consultation/consultation-26 … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Corporate Biodiversity Management: A Framework — a presentation by Divya Narain

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Cor­po­rate Bio­di­ver­sity Man­age­ment: A Frame­work from Divya Narain What’s it about in short: pre­sen­ta­tion by Divya Narain on Cor­po­rate Bio­di­ver­sity Man­age­ment (thanks Divya for shar­ing) When was it released: Jan­u­ary 1, 2016 By whom: Divya Narain, on Slideshare More info: http://de.slideshare.net/DivyaNarain2/corporate-biodiversity-management-a-framework … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Why biodiversity loss and climate change are equal threats

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What’s it about in short: Robert Bloom­field elab­o­rates on the intere­lat­ed­ness of such cru­cial threats as bio­di­ver­sity loss and cli­mate change. When was it released: Decem­ber 26, 2015 By whom: Robert Bloom­field, in: The Guardian More info: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/dec/26/biodiversity-loss-climate-change … Con­tinue read­ing →

BBOP webinar on Friday, January 15, 2015: Biodiversity Offsets in Chile: from goals to reality

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There’s another BBOP webi­nar upcom­ing, on Jan­u­ary 15. This time the topic is: “Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets in Chile:  from goals to real­ity”. In this webi­nar, Clau­dia Silva, Con­ser­va­tion Strat­egy Coor­di­na­tor of the Wildlife Con­ser­va­tion Soci­ety — Chile, will exam­ine gaps that need … Con­tinue read­ing →

Biodiversity Offsets Blog wishes you a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016!

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Wow, can’t believe it’s been a month I haven’t been blog­ging! I took a cou­ple of weeks off from every­thing pro­fes­sional and spent some cosy time around Christ­mas with my fam­ily. It wasn’t actu­ally planned, but obvi­ously I really needed … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Update on New Zealand’s Biodiversity Offsets – from the latest Invercargill Workshop

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What’s it about in short: work­shop on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets in New Zealand When was it released: Novem­ber 12, 2015 By whom: Jemma Pene­lope More info: https://misjpmovesthings.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/update-on-new-zealands-biodiversity-offsets-from-the-latest-invercargil-workshop/

SHORT INFO: The best things are achieved by banking your offsets, not just trading them

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What’s it about in short: com­ment on the recent mem­o­ran­dum of the US pres­i­dent on impact mit­i­ga­tion (includ­ing mit­i­ga­tion bank­ing) in the United States When was it released: Novem­ber 15, 2015 By whom: Jemma Pene­lope More info: https://misjpmovesthings.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/the-best-things-are-achieved-by-banking-your-offsets-not-just-trading-them/ … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Presidential Memorandum: Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment

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What’s it about in short: On Novem­ber 3 Pres­i­dent Obama issued a mem­o­ran­dum encour­ag­ing a stan­dard set of prac­tices across sev­eral fed­eral depart­ments and agen­cies for the appli­ca­tion of the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy, includ­ing off­set­ting. When was it released: Novem­ber 3, 2015 … Con­tinue read­ing →

NEW ARTICLE: A World at Risk: Aggregating Development Trends to Forecast Global Habitat Conversion

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Author(s): James R. Oakleaf,Christina M. Kennedy,Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Paul C. West, James S. Ger­ber, Larissa Jarvis and Joseph Kiesecker Title: A World at Risk: Aggre­gat­ing Devel­op­ment Trends to Fore­cast Global Habi­tat Con­ver­sion Year: 2015 In: PLOS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.013833. Pub­lished online: … Con­tinue read­ing →