What’s it about in short: article on biodiversity offsets and policy change (?) in New South Wales, Australia When was it released: March 6, 2015 By whom: Peter Hannam, The Sydney Morning Herald More info: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-election-2015-baird-biodiversity-offsets-plan-endangered-under-labor-20150306-13xcp1.html … Continue reading
Some time ago IUCN launched its Draft Biodiversity Offsets Policy for public consultation and comments. Sharing this with you is on my to-do-list for quite a while and time is running. Before it’s too late (apparently the consultation website still … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: article explaining (US) mitigation banking When was it released: n.a. By whom: Vikram Jhawar More info: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/dictionary/031615/understanding-basics-mitigation-banking.asp#ixzz3km9QJShV … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: article on the introduction of habitat banking in Spain (in Spanish) When was it released: April 21, 2015 By whom: Sara Acosta (Cinco Días) More info: http://cincodias.com/cincodias/2015/04/21/empresas/1429639895_153868.html … Continue reading
There’s another BBOP webinar upcoming for next week, Thursday, July 30. This time the topic is: “The Impacts of Biodiversity Offsets on Protected Areas”. Leon Bennun of The Biodiversity Consultancy asks under what circumstances, and subject to what conditions, are protected … Continue reading
Some time ago I have been asked by Dave Poulton to review a chapter on biodiversity offsets under the German Impact Mitigation Regulation. So I am more than happy to inform you that Dave’s report entitled “KEY ISSUES IN BIODIVERSITY OFFSET … Continue reading
The Government of Peru has been developing a national framework for No Net Loss of biodiversity, which culminated in the release of a Ministerial Resolution on biodiversity compensation during the UNFCCC during the COP20 in December 2014 in Lima. The … Continue reading
Phase 2 of the World Bank environmental and social safeguards review closed on 1 March, 2015. More than 2,500 pages of feedback were received from the public consultation on the first draft framework of the Bank’s social safeguard policies. Under … Continue reading
French biodiversity policy has been evolving and strengthening since 1976, when the “Law on Nature Protection”, provided the first mention of the mitigation hierarchy and stipulated that all developments required an EIA. More recent guidance on the mitigation hierarchy published by … Continue reading
On 27 January 2015, England’s Natural Capital Committee (NCC) published its third State of Natural Capital Report. The NCC’s mandate is to “advise the Government on how to ensure England’s ‘natural wealth’ is managed efficiently and sustainably, thereby unlocking opportunities … Continue reading