Here’s some last minute information on a workshop held by Ontario Nature on wetlands and biodiversity offsets. the workshop will focus on policy gaps and options in light of the Province’s proposed development of a Strategic Plan for Ontario Wetlands. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
What’s it about in short: Fabien Quétier from french consultancy Biotope presented work on biodiversity offsets in Africa at ICCB conference in Montpellier, August 2015 (in French) When was it released: August 25, 2015 By whom: Biotope More info: http://www.biotope.fr/fr/biotope-au-congres-mondial-de-biologie-de-la-conservation … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Joël Houdet who holds Senior Research Fellowships at the African Centre for Technology Studies (Nairobi, Kenya) and the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (University of Pretoria, South Africa). This guest post is the … Continue reading
I am at ICCB-ECCB (27th International Congress for Conservation Biology) in Montpellier (France) this whole week (I have blogged about this some weeks ago). That’s a tremendous gathering of more than 2000 conservation scientists and biodiversity experts from all over … Continue reading
From tomorrow on a two-day conference will examine the future of biodiversity offsetting in Australia. The conference entitled “Biodiversity Offsetting for Mining, Infrastructure and Urban Development” will focus on the complex and challenging task of balancing biodiversity conservation outcomes with … Continue reading
Held once every 10 years, the 2014 World Parks Congress in November 2014 attracted 6,000 participants from 170 countries, and secured more than 70 new major conservation commitments, including Gabon’s promise to protect 23% of its coastline, and the Elion … Continue reading
IUCN has published a report entitled: No Net Loss and Net Positive Impact Approaches for Biodiversity: Exploring the potential application of these approaches in the commercial agriculture and forestry sectors (see also my recent post on this) IUCN’s Global Business and … Continue reading
Ontario Nature is holding a Biodiversity Offsetting Law and Policy workshop, presenting a new report that compares law and policy internationally across six jurisdictions, analyzing strengths, weaknesses and gaps, and providing recommendations. Date: Monday, June 8, 2015 Time: 9:30 am Location: Black … Continue reading
Today is another BBOP webinar being held. This time the topic is: “The Cross Sector Biodiversity Initiative Mitigation Hierarchy Guide”. Mark Johnston (the current Chair of CSBI) will present the current work plan and activities of CSBI and provide details on the … Continue reading