If you’ve been around social media in recent weeks and interested in nature conservation, you probably have come across the Conservation Optimism Summit (held in London, 20–22 April 2017). There has been a lot of excitement and positivism. This, however … Continue reading
The Department for Sustainability of the Dirección de Políticas Ambientales de la Generalitat de Cataluña (Barcelona, Spain) is organizing a workshop on biodiversity offsets and habitat banking (in Spanish), entitled “Hacia la No Pérdida Neta de biodiversidad en la evaluación ambiental: … Continue reading
Today the 5th International EcoSummit was opened in Corum Congress Center in Montpellier (France). There will be a few presentations on impact assessment/mitigation and biodiversity offsets — most notably a session on “European perspectives and global challenges on achieving no net … Continue reading
I am organizing a session on biodiversity offsets for the 2016 Ecosummit to be held in Montpellier (29 August — 1 September 2016 | Le Corum, Montpellier, France) together with Fabien Quétier and Wolfgang Wende. The title is: European perspectives and global … Continue reading
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
Here’s some last minute information on a public forum on biodiversity offsetting in the Niagara region (Canada). The public forum will be a vehicle for citizens to voice their opinion and ask questions relating to offsetting. Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2015 Time: 6:30 pm … Continue reading
The past meeting of the advisory group of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program (BBOP12) which took place in Barcelona October 26–27, 2015 is one of the examples of events that I attended and that are great which I feel … Continue reading
Recently I have mentioned a book edited by Levrel et al on compensation measures and biodiversity offsets from a French perspective (see NEW BOOK: Restaurer la nature pour atténuer les impacts du développement). I just got the information that next … Continue reading
Well, as I have mentioned in my previous post today sometimes it’s the more interesting things that slip through your fingers, even with your best intentions — or because of them. This was particularly the case for the “Biodiversity management … Continue reading
Today I want to share with you some short information on a few past and future events you might be interested in. The first one is a conference on ecological compensation in Sweden, jointly organised by consultancy Enetjärn Natur and … Continue reading