Category Archives: Biodiversity Offsets on the ground

This section includes policies and governance as well as worldwide examples. Please keep me uddated on anything that you do not find here so I can include it!

SHORT INFO: Projet de loi pour la reconquête de la biodiversité, de la nature et des paysages

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What’s it about in short: pro­jet de loi — pub­lic con­sul­ta­tion on the French draft bio­di­ver­sity law ends today (includes pro­vi­sions on com­pen­sa­tion mea­sures) When was it released: Decem­ber 18, 2015 By whom:Joël Labbé More info: https://www.parlement-et-citoyens.fr/project/projet-de-loi-pour-la-reconquete-de-la-biodiversite-de-la-nature-et-des-paysages/presentation/presentation-et-suivi-6 Link to the con­sul­ta­tion: https://www.parlement-et-citoyens.fr/projects/projet-de-loi-pour-la-reconquete-de-la-biodiversite-de-la-nature-et-des-paysages/consultation/consultation-26 … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Update on New Zealand’s Biodiversity Offsets – from the latest Invercargill Workshop

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What’s it about in short: work­shop on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets in New Zealand When was it released: Novem­ber 12, 2015 By whom: Jemma Pene­lope More info: https://misjpmovesthings.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/update-on-new-zealands-biodiversity-offsets-from-the-latest-invercargil-workshop/

SHORT INFO: The best things are achieved by banking your offsets, not just trading them

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What’s it about in short: com­ment on the recent mem­o­ran­dum of the US pres­i­dent on impact mit­i­ga­tion (includ­ing mit­i­ga­tion bank­ing) in the United States When was it released: Novem­ber 15, 2015 By whom: Jemma Pene­lope More info: https://misjpmovesthings.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/the-best-things-are-achieved-by-banking-your-offsets-not-just-trading-them/ … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Presidential Memorandum: Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment

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What’s it about in short: On Novem­ber 3 Pres­i­dent Obama issued a mem­o­ran­dum encour­ag­ing a stan­dard set of prac­tices across sev­eral fed­eral depart­ments and agen­cies for the appli­ca­tion of the mit­i­ga­tion hier­ar­chy, includ­ing off­set­ting. When was it released: Novem­ber 3, 2015 … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: First biodiversity offsetting agreement benefits nationally important wildlife

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What’s it about in short: update on the UK’s first for­mal bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting agree­ment after two years: Bushey Bank, an area of chalk grass­land on the Earth Trust Farm When was it released: Novem­ber 24, 2015 By whom: Earth Trust More info: http://www.earthtrust.org.uk/about-us/news/latest-news/15–11–24/First_biodiversity_offsetting_agreement_benefits_nationally_important_wildlife.aspx … Con­tinue read­ing →

A cross-sector guide for implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy

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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 →

NEW ARTICLE: La compensation écologique fonctionnelle : innover pour mieux traiter les impacts résiduels des projets d’aménagements sur la biodiversité

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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 →

NEW ARTICLE: Land-Development Offset Policies in the Quest for Sustainability: What Can China Learn from Germany?

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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 →

SHORT INFO: Biodiversity offsets — a balancing act

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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 More … Con­tinue read­ing →

SHORT INFO: Projeto de Aprimoramento do Marco Regulatório da Compensação Ambiental Federal no Brasil

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What’s it about in short: enhance­ment project of envi­ron­men­tal com­pen­sa­tion in Brazil — Com­pen­sação Ambi­en­tal (estab­lished by law 9.985/2000, SNUC-Act) (by The Nature Con­ser­vancy and part­ners) When was it released: July 15, 2015 By whom: Maria Camila Cozzi Pires de Oliveira … Con­tinue read­ing →