What’s it about in short: letter by organizations and individuals to EU Commission on biodiversity offsetting concerns When was it released: October 20, 2014 By whom: FERN More info: http://www.fern.org/publications/ngo-statements/open-letter-commissioner-poto%C4%8Dnik-about-biodiversity-offsetting and http://www.redd-monitor.org/2014/10/21/stop-biodiversity-offsets-thousands-sign-letter-to-the-european-commission/ … Continue reading
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What’s it about in short: unanswered questions on the implementation of biodiversity offsets (in general and in the UK) When was it released: April 20, 2015 By whom: British Ecological Society More info: http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2015/04/20/biodiversity-offsetting-uncertainty-and-unanswered-questions/ … Continue reading
The campaigning NGO FERN, based in the UK and in Brussels, is one of the active opponents of biodiversity offsets. Recently they have published the fourth part of a series on critical briefing notes on biodiversity offsets. This briefing notes … Continue reading
As I have already announced in my latest post, the latest issue of Mission Économie de la Biodiversité’s “BIODIV’2050″ (No. 6 — April 2015) is out. Beside the previously mentioned article entitled “Thinking out the appropriate frameworks: biodiversity offsets and safeguards” another … Continue reading
This is a guest post by James Brown, PhD student at Queen’s University Belfast. This comment has previously been published on QuBio blog of the School of Biological Sciences. It is the expression of the author’s thoughts and experiences and … Continue reading
Recently I found a post on Hot Air (A Client Earth blog) which asks: Does biodiversity offsetting make nature a commodity? In her article Agata Szafraniuk comments on the EU No Net Loss Initiative and gives some conclusions from the … Continue reading
Friends of the Earth represent some of the strongest critics to Biodiversity Offsets both as a concept and in practice. They have prepared a short briefing note entitled “Case studies of biodiversity offsetting: voices from the ground” including a critical … Continue reading
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. This comment has previously been published on Ecosystem Marketplace. It is the expression of the … Continue reading
Daniel Moura has started a new discussion in the Biodiversity Professionals Group on LinkedIn on the value of valuing nature. This is based on a recent article published in the research news section of the University of Cambridge (UK), entitled … Continue reading
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