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Business and Biodiversity session at Conservation Optimism Summit (21st April 2017)

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 14:30:50 +0000

If you’ve been around social media in recent weeks and interested in nature conservation, you probably have come across the Conservation Optimism Summit (held in London, 20–22 April 2017). There has been a lot of excitement and positivism. This, however … Continue reading →

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SHORT INFO: Think Net Positive! — talk by Kerry ten Kate

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:05:48 +0000

What’s it about in short: Kerry ten Kate speaks on When was it released: June 21, 2016 By whom: Kerry ten Kate gives a vibrant talk on net positive impact on biodiversity and biodiversity offsets as part of the mitigation … Continue reading →

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SHORT INFO: new paper joining biodiversity offsets and natural capital

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:42:47 +0000

What’s it about in short: New paper joining biodiversity offsets and natural capital When was it released: July 8, 2016 By whom: Joël Houdet, Fabien Quétier, Helen Ding More info: http://naturalcapitalcoalition.org/net-impact-accounting-for-renewable-natural-capital-possible-pathways-for-corporate-level-disclosure/ Short extract: Both internal and external stakeholders of organisations are … Continue reading →

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SHORT INFO: Biodiversity offsets — a balancing act

Marianne Darbi — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:59:09 +0000

What’s it about in short: Steve Edwards of IUCN’s Business and Biodiversity Programme explains how government and business are looking at ways to compensate for the impacts of development on biodiversity. When was it released: January 15, 2015 By whom: IUCN … Continue reading →

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SHORT INFO — Biodiversity offsetting: challenges in theory and practice — talk by Prof EJ Milner-Gulland

Marianne Darbi — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:08:24 +0000

What’s it about in short: seminar and talk by Prof EJ Milner-Gulland on biodiversity offsetting at Swansea University (UK), April 23, 2015 When was it released: April 22, 2015 By whom: Luca Borger More info: http://swantalks.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/biosciences-seminar-speaker-23-april.html Short extract: After the … Continue reading →

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What is biodiversity offsetting? simple 5 min-animation explaining the basic principles and functioning

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:49:25 +0000

Flora and Fauna International have prepared a short (less than 5 min) animation explaining the impact of human consumption on nature as well as the basic principles and functioning of biodiversity offsets. The video is simply and nicely illustrated. To … Continue reading →

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NATUE ALERT — last three days of the public consultation as part of the ‘fitness check’ for EU nature legislation (Birds Directive, Habitats Directive)

Marianne Darbi — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:43:36 +0000

For the past three months the European Commission has held a public consultation as part of the ‘fitness check’ for EU nature legislation (Birds Directive, Habitats Directive — BHD). the BHD and related Natura 2000 network are a unique tool … Continue reading →

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Do you think it is possible to measure the success of biodiversity offsets? — I need your opinion, please!

Marianne Darbi — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:14:11 +0000

Many thanks to all, who have responded to the current poll so far (77)! As with the last poll, I would like to close it once 100 participants have been reached. So, please, if you have not yet taken the … Continue reading →

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

Marianne Darbi — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:54:13 +0000

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 →

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Compensation for biodiversity losses: can varied approaches deliver? A comment by Carlos Ferreira

guest — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:29:29 +0000

This is a guest post by Carlos Ferreira, Research Assistant in the Center for Business in Society at Coventry University. He can be reached at carlos.ferreira@coventry.ac.uk. It is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and as such is … Continue reading →

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