The past meeting of the advisory group of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP12) which took place in Barcelona October 26–27, 2015 is one of the examples of events that I attended and that are great which I feel … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: BirdLife summarizes some of the first results of the “fitness check” of the EU birds and habitats directive When was it released: November 12, 2015 By whom: Finlay Duncan, BirdLife More info: http://www.birdlife.org/africa/news/extractives-industries-africa-blessing-or-curse see also my … Continue reading
Recently I have mentioned a book edited by Levrel et al on compensation measures and biodiversity offsets from a French perspective (see NEW BOOK: Restaurer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développement). I just got the information that next … Continue reading
Well, as I have mentioned in my previous post today sometimes it’s the more interesting things that slip through your fingers, even with your best intentions — or because of them. This was particularly the case for the “Biodiversity management … Continue reading
Today I want to share with you some short information on a few past and future events you might be interested in. The first one is a conference on ecological compensation in Sweden, jointly organised by consultancy Enetjärn Natur and … Continue reading
This new document is making the rounds and I absolutely want to share CSBI’s Mitigation Hierarchy guide with you. The Cross-Sector Guide for Implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy provides practical guidance, innovative approaches and examples to support operationalizing the mitigation hierarchy effectively. … Continue reading
Author(s): QUÉTIER, Fabien ; MOURA, Charlotte ; MENUT, Thomas ; BOULNOIS, Rénald ; RUFRAY, Xavier Title: La compensation écologique fonctionnelle : innover pour mieux traiter les impacts résiduels des projets d’aménagements sur la biodiversité Year: 2015 In: La Revue d’IRSTEA. Sciences Eaux … Continue reading
Author(s): Rong Tan, Rongyu Wang and Thomas Sedlin Title: Land-Development Offset Policies in the Quest for Sustainability: What Can China Learn from Germany? Year: 2014 In: Sustainability 2014, 6(6), 3400–3430; doi:10.3390/su6063400 Pages: pages 3400–3430. Publication type: open access journal article Language: English Source: http://www.mdpi.com/2071–1050/6/6/3400/htm … Continue reading
Author(s): Niak Sian Koh, Thomas Hahn and Claudia Ituarte-Lima Title: A comparative analysis of ecological compensation programs: The effect of program design on the social and ecological outcomes Year: 2014 In: This report is a product of an internship undertaken during the Master … Continue reading
There’s another BBOP webinar upcoming, Wednesday, November 18. This time the topic is: “Network Rail Infrastructure Projects’ application of the mitigation hierarchy”. Uk’s Network Rail Infrastructure Project presents the progress on its Net Positive commitment. As usual the webinar is part … Continue reading