New NSW biodiversity offset fund hits the news Yesterday the news (at least in Australia) in the offsetting world were full of the announcement of the new biodiversity offset fund in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The policy was … Continue reading
“no state legislation fully meets Commonwealth standards for biodiversity offsets” The report Assessment of the adequacy of threatened species & planning laws has been released by the Places You Love Alliance, a coalition of 42 Australian NGOs. Read more at Blue and Green … Continue reading
“Challenging futures of biodiversity offsets and banking” was the name of a workshop that was held on 19 April 2013 in Berlin. The workshop was organized by the ‘Innovation in Governance Research Group’ Berlin as part of its research on … Continue reading
UPDATE 20 October 2014: The consultation is now closed! I will keep you informed on the results and how the process is ongoing. The European Commission has published an on-line consultation on a future (2015) EU initiative to halt biodiversity … 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
Follow-up section available on the website of the No Net Loss Conference I have just checked the website of the “To No Net Loss of Biodiversity and Beyond” Conference (London, 3–4 June 2014). There is now a whole follow-up section … Continue reading
Update September 2014 There are a whole follow up section (including several videos) as well as an extensive summary report available. For more information see my post No Net Loss Conference Conclusions and Summary are out. My observations on the No Net … Continue reading