Here’s some last minute information on a workshop held by Ontario Nature on wetlands and biodiversity offsets. the workshop will focus on policy gaps and options in light of the Province’s proposed development of a Strategic Plan for Ontario Wetlands. … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: overview of Swedish consultancy Enetjärn Natur on their recent work on ecological compensation (ekologisk kompensation, in Swedish) When was it released: October 22, 2015 By whom: Enetjärn Natur More info: http://www.enetjarnnatur.se/static/sv/681/ (in Swedish) … Continue reading
Editor(s): Jeffrey Bennett Title: Protecting the Environment, Privately Year: 2015 Pages: 380 pages Publication type: book Language: English Source: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814675444_0015 Chapter 15 of this book is dedicated to biodiversity offsets in mining in Australia: Robert Gillespie (2015) Mining Offsets in NSW. Protecting the Environment, … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: LinkedIn Post on the valuation of ecosystem services and natural capital (business case) When was it released: October 15, 2015 By whom: Pankaj Arora More info: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/valuing-services-nature-why-so-important-business-pankaj-arora?trk=hp-feed-article-title-share … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: no. 3 of the newsletter of Mercados de Medio Ambiente (including articles on natural capital, biodiversity and sustainability) When was it released: July — September, 2015 By whom: Mercados de Medio Ambiente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/LaMiradaN.3.html … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: discussion on the role of nature conservation organizations towards natural capital (originally written by Jacob Salcone form IUCN Oceania) When was it released: October 7, 2015 By whom: Mercados de Medio Ambiente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/opinion/deberian-las-organizaciones-conservacionistas-tratar-a-la-naturaleza-como-capital-natural/ (in … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: New platform for the restoration of natural capital When was it released: — By whom: Adrián Mohmed, Ana Méndez, Alberto Fernández, Sandro Magro More info: https://forocreandoredes.wordpress.com/quienes-somos/ … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: The author mentions targets for the remaining five years towards the EU2020 strategy. When was it released: October 16, 2015 By whom: Sanya Khetani-Shah More info: http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/whats-next-eu2020-strategy-protect-biodiversity … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: The mid-term review of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 describes progress made in implementing the actions and achieving the targets set out in the strategy adopted in 2011. The report demonstrates that action on the … Continue reading
Author(s): Marie A Brown, R T Theo Stephens, Raewyn Peart and Bevis Fedder Title: Vanishing Nature: facing New Zealand’s biodiversity crisis Year: 2015 In: published by Environmental Defence Society, New Zealand Pages: ~200 pages Publication type: book Language: English Source: http://www.eds.org.nz/our-work/publications/books/vanishing-nature-facing-new-zealands-biodiversity/ Additional information … Continue reading