No to Biodiversity Offsetting? As biodiversity offsets become more visible in the public they are subject to a growing controversy. Critics of biodiversity offsets have a growing lobby, especially in the UK, where the government seems to rush, wanting to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Experts and Exchange on Biodiversity Offsets
Megan Evans, who writes her PhD at the Australian National University, has published a nice article on her blog, trying to outbalance a rather poorly investigated article published in the Guardian on an Australian coal terminal. As she says: I never thought … Continue reading
Laurence Barea has started a new discussion in the BBOP NO Net Loss Discussion Group on LinkedIn to announce that the Department of Conservation of the New Zealand Government has issued a Guidance on Good Practice Biodiversity Offsetting in New … Continue reading
Mboringong Fideline has started a new discussion in the BBOP NO Net Loss Discussion Group on LinkedIn. The focus is on the different stages of the Mitigation Hierarchy. Hello All, Please can i get some clarification on the transition process … Continue reading
There are a number of blogs on Biodiversity offsets out there in the internet if you google a bit. However, as most of the information on biodiversity offsets is rather fragmented (with the exeption of the Business and Biodiversity Offset … Continue reading
Laurence Barea has started a new discussion in the BBOP NO Net Loss Discussion Group on LinkedIn. The focus is on Biodiversity Offsets for Ecosystem Services. The New Zealand Department of Conservation is interested in examples where offsets have been … Continue reading
Counter event to the No Net Loss Conference: 2nd Forum on the Natural Commons on 2 June 2014 in London Critics of Biodiversity Offsets have a growing lobby, especially in the UK, where the government seems to rush wanting to push … Continue reading
Criticism on the Natural Capital Agenda and Biodiversity Offsets George Monbiot has presented a detailed (however mostly negative) analysis of his criticism on the Natural Capital Agenda (in the UK) including Biodiversity Offsets as one part of it at his … Continue reading
PhD study on Biodiversity Offsets I am very happy to see more and more very extensive and highly valuable PhD studies emerge in the offsets field. One of the latest is by Michael Curran prepared at the ETH Zurich (Switzerland). … Continue reading
Dave Poulton has started a new discussion in the BBOP NO Net Loss Discussion Group on LinkedIn. The focus is on experiences, approaches and policies or other jurisdiction of “Credit Stacking”, i.e. the recognition of more than one type of environmental … Continue reading