Biodiversity Offsets Blog » » Experts and Exchange on Biodiversity Offsets http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net A Platform for Information and Exchange on Biodiversity Offsets and the Mitigation Hierarchy by Marianne Darbi Sun, 30 Apr 2017 14:57:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 SHORT INFO: Loi sur la biodiversité : « Ne tirez plus sur l’ambulance ! » (French biodiversity law) http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-loi-sur-la-biodiversite-ne-tirez-plus-sur-lambulance-french-biodiversity-law/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-loi-sur-la-biodiversite-ne-tirez-plus-sur-lambulance-french-biodiversity-law/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2016 08:49:32 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2669 What’s it about in short: Harold Levrel and Anne Teyssèdre comment on the parlamentary debate and news reporting about the new French biodiversity law When was it released: February 1, 2016 By whom: Harold Levrel and Anne Teyssèdre, le monde More info: http://www.lemonde.fr/biodiversite/article/2016/02/01/loi-sur-la-biodiversite-ne-tirez-plus-sur-l-ambulance_4857351_1652692.html#mmEh4v1zjMye2eP0.99 … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-loi-sur-la-biodiversite-ne-tirez-plus-sur-lambulance-french-biodiversity-law/feed/ 0 SHORT INFO: Biodiversity offsetting – learning from success and failure http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-biodiversity-offsetting-learning-from-success-and-failure/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-biodiversity-offsetting-learning-from-success-and-failure/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:15:38 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2653 What’s it about in short: Can biodiversity offsetting really help us compensate for environmental damage caused by development, or is it just a licence to trash? Fauna & Flora International’s David Marsh looks at some of the lessons we have learned … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-biodiversity-offsetting-learning-from-success-and-failure/feed/ 0 Follow up on Biodiversity offsetting public forum in the Niagara region (Canada) http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/follow-up-on-biodiversity-offsetting-public-forum-in-the-niagara-region-canada/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/follow-up-on-biodiversity-offsetting-public-forum-in-the-niagara-region-canada/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:53:50 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2649 I had announced the public forum on biodiversity offsetting in the Niagara region (Canada) yesterday. If you could not participate and are nevertheless interested in the results, have a look at the youtube video and see also some photos on … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/follow-up-on-biodiversity-offsetting-public-forum-in-the-niagara-region-canada/feed/ 1 SHORT INFO: The best things are achieved by banking your offsets, not just trading them http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-the-best-things-are-achieved-by-banking-your-offsets-not-just-trading-them/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-the-best-things-are-achieved-by-banking-your-offsets-not-just-trading-them/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2015 06:35:16 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2603 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/ Short extract: Mitigation … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-the-best-things-are-achieved-by-banking-your-offsets-not-just-trading-them/feed/ 0 PhD IN PROGRESS: Development of a methodology to calculate ecological equivalence in the mitigation hierarchy context in France : taking into account ecological, spatial and temporal aspects http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/phd-in-progress-development-of-a-methodology-to-calculate-ecological-equivalence-in-the-mitigation-hierarchy-context-in-france-taking-into-account-ecological-spatial-and-temporal-aspects/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/phd-in-progress-development-of-a-methodology-to-calculate-ecological-equivalence-in-the-mitigation-hierarchy-context-in-france-taking-into-account-ecological-spatial-and-temporal-aspects/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2015 09:43:25 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2574 This is a guest post by Lucie Bezombes, doctoral student at EDF and IRSTEA (France). This comment is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and as such is acknowledged as a fruitful contribution to the discussion on biodiversity … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/phd-in-progress-development-of-a-methodology-to-calculate-ecological-equivalence-in-the-mitigation-hierarchy-context-in-france-taking-into-account-ecological-spatial-and-temporal-aspects/feed/ 0 SHORT INFO: Biodiversity offsets — a balancing act http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-biodiversity-offsets-a-balancing-act/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-biodiversity-offsets-a-balancing-act/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:59:09 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2484 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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]]> http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-biodiversity-offsets-a-balancing-act/feed/ 0 SHORT INFO: The pros and cons of biodiversity offsets http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-the-pros-and-cons-of-biodiversity-offsets/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-the-pros-and-cons-of-biodiversity-offsets/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2015 06:51:08 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2481 What’s it about in short: article based on an interview with Ariel Brunner (BirdLife Europe) on the pros and cons of biodiversity offsets When was it released: September 7, 2015 By whom: IUCN More info: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/business/?21861/The-pros-and-cons-of-biodiversity-offsets Short extract: Ariel Brunner, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-the-pros-and-cons-of-biodiversity-offsets/feed/ 0 Offsetting biodiversity losses — a guest post by Marie Brown http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/offsetting-biodiversity-losses-a-guest-post-by-marie-brown/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/offsetting-biodiversity-losses-a-guest-post-by-marie-brown/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:08:48 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2440 This is a guest post on behalf of Marie Brown, Senior Policy Analyst for Environmental Defense Society (EDS), specializing in biodiversity policy. The text by Veronika Meduna (from Radio New Zealand National) was based on a radio interview with Marie … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/offsetting-biodiversity-losses-a-guest-post-by-marie-brown/feed/ 0 NEW ARTICLE: Biodiversity offsetting and conservation: reframing nature to save it http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/new-article-biodiversity-offsetting-and-conservation-reframing-nature-to-save-it/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/new-article-biodiversity-offsetting-and-conservation-reframing-nature-to-save-it/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:03:30 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2432 Author(s): Evangelia Apostolopoulou and William M. Adams Title: Biodiversity offsetting and conservation: reframing nature to save it Year: 2015 In: Oryx, Published online: 06 October 2015 Pages: 9 pages Publication type: journal article Language: English Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9991488&fileId=S0030605315000782 Abstract: Biodiversity offsetting involves the balancing … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/new-article-biodiversity-offsetting-and-conservation-reframing-nature-to-save-it/feed/ 0 SHORT INFO — Biodiversity offsetting: challenges in theory and practice — talk by Prof EJ Milner-Gulland http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-biodiversity-offsetting-challenges-in-theory-and-practice-talk-by-prof-ej-milner-gulland/ http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/short-info-biodiversity-offsetting-challenges-in-theory-and-practice-talk-by-prof-ej-milner-gulland/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:08:24 +0000 http://www.biodiversityoffsets.net/?p=2372 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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