This is a guest post by Divya Narain, Learning manager at Environmental Management Center in Mumbai, India. This comment has previously been published on Divya’s Blog. It is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and as such is acknowledged … Continue reading
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
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
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
I have recently come across another long-term biodiversity offset project. The Canadian Suncor-Winagami project dates back to 2003. The Winagami Lake Project began as a pilot initiated by Suncor and the Alberta Conservation Association (ACA) with the goal of buying land … Continue reading
Jointly owned with Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is Australia’s largest coal miner and exporter, and the world’s largest supplier to the sea borne coking coal market. BMA’s mines are located in the coal rich Bowen … Continue reading
Amrei von Hase, Andrew Cooke, Aristide Andrianarimisa, Rivolala Andriamparany, Vanessa Mass, Robin Mitchell and Kerry ten Kate Have published a new report on the BBOP Ambatovy mining case study in Madagascar entitled “Working Towards No Net Loss and Beyond. Ambatovy, … Continue reading
I am very happy to announce our first on-the ground biodiversity offset example that is the result of some intense work and exchange. It describes a species offset for the Koala in Queensland (Australia). While we have developed the structure … Continue reading
I know, it’s a bit short notice, but there is another BBOP webinar being held in an hour’s time from now. This week the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme has announced its next BBOP webinar as This time the topic is: … Continue reading
Today’s BBOP webinar on biodiversity offsets in the Ambatovy mining project in in Madagascar was postponed on short notice due to technical problems! This coincidence is maybe not too bad (a new date and time have already been scheduled) as … Continue reading