A la espera de los Bancos de Conservación de la Naturaleza (Waiting for conservation banks in Spain) — a guest post by Alfonso Carretero

This is a guest post by Alfonso Car­retero who holds a master’s degree in con­ser­va­tion biol­ogy and in envi­ron­men­tal man­age­ment from Uni­ver­si­dad Com­plutense de Madrid (Spain) and Insti­tuto Supe­rior del Medio Ambi­ente in coop­er­a­tion with Nebrija Busi­ness School. This com­ment has … Con­tinue read­ing

Biodiversity Offsetting Law and Policy workshop on June 8, 2015 by Ontario Nature (Canada)

Ontario Nature is hold­ing a Bio­di­ver­sity Off­set­ting Law and Pol­icy work­shop, pre­sent­ing a new report that com­pares law and pol­icy inter­na­tion­ally across six juris­dic­tions, ana­lyz­ing strengths, weak­nesses and gaps, and pro­vid­ing rec­om­men­da­tions. Date: Mon­day, June 8, 2015 Time: 9:30 am Loca­tion: Black … Con­tinue read­ing

Behold the power of fungus … and biodiversity offsets — a guest post by Naazia Ebrahim

This is a guest post by Naazia Ebrahim of the OECD Envi­ron­ment Direc­torate. This com­ment has pre­vi­ously been pub­lished on OECD Insights. It is the expres­sion of the author’s thoughts and expe­ri­ences and as such is acknowl­edged as a fruit­ful … Con­tinue read­ing

Local emergence and international developments of conservation trading systems: innovation dynamics and related problems — new article by Mann and Simons

Carsten Mann and Arno Simons have pub­lished a new paper enti­tled “Local emer­gence and inter­na­tional devel­op­ments of con­ser­va­tion trad­ing sys­tems: inno­va­tion dynam­ics and related prob­lems” in Envi­ron­men­tal Con­ser­va­tion (2014). You can read the full arti­cle on the Jour­nal web­site (pay-walled). For more … Con­tinue read­ing

Biodiversity offsetting: uncertainty and unanswered questions — a post by the British Ecological Socierty

The British Eco­log­i­cal Soci­ety (BES) in a recent post looks at uncer­tainty and unan­swered ques­tions with regard to bio­di­ver­sity off­sets. The author of the arti­cle con­cludes that since the UK government’s con­sul­ta­tion closed at the end of 2013, “the Gov­ern­ment … Con­tinue read­ing

Habitat banking — Futures for market-based solutions for biodiversity to year 2030 — new report by Enetjärn Natur (in Swedish)

Anders Enetjärn and his team at Swedish envi­ron­men­tal con­sul­tancy Ennetjärn Natur together with Kairos Futur have writ­ten an exten­sive report enti­tled “Habi­tat bank­ing — Futures for market-based solu­tions for bio­di­ver­sity to year 2030″. Unfor­tu­nately (for most of us) the report … Con­tinue read­ing

BBOP webinar this Thursday, April 9, 2015: Biodiversity Offsetting Practice — Western Sydney, Australia

There’s another BBOP webi­nar upcom­ing in two days time from now, i.e. Thurs­day (or Wednes­day evening for the US and related time zones). This time the topic is: “Bio­di­ver­sity Off­set­ting Prac­tice — West­ern Syd­ney, Aus­tralia”. Tom Grosskopf and Derek Steller from … Con­tinue read­ing

A National Biodiversity Offset Scheme: A Road Map for Liberia’s Mining Sector — new World Bank report

Sally John­son has writ­ten a report enti­tled “A National Bio­di­ver­sity Off­set Scheme: A Road Map for Liberia’s Min­ing Sec­tor”. This report was also pre­sented in a BBOP webi­nar last fri­day. You can find the full report here: A National Bio­di­ver­sity Off­set … Con­tinue read­ing

BBOP webinar this Friday, March 26, 2015: A National Biodiversity Offset Scheme for Liberia’s Mining Sector

I know, it’s a bit short notice, but there is another BBOP webi­nar being held this Fri­day. This time the topic is: “A National Bio­di­ver­sity Off­set Scheme for Liberia’s Min­ing Sec­tor”. Sally John­son, Con­sul­tant, and lead author of a recent World … Con­tinue read­ing

The legal and institutional dimensions of biodiversity offsetting — a workshop report by Megan Evans

This is a guest post by Megan Evans, a PhD researcher based at the  Fen­ner School of Envi­ron­ment and Soci­ety, at the Aus­tralian National Uni­ver­sity in Can­berra, Aus­tralia. This com­ment has pre­vi­ously been pub­lished on Megan’s Blog. It is the expres­sion of the … Con­tinue read­ing