SHORT INFO: Biodiversity Net Gain is the next big thing, so what’s the business case?

What’s it about in short: CIRIA, the UK’s con­struc­tion indus­try research and infor­ma­tion asso­ci­a­tion joins forces with Bal­four Beatty to tar­get Bio­di­ver­sity Net Gain fol­low­ing ‘best prac­tice prin­ci­ples’ When was it released: Sep­tem­ber, 2016 By whom: CIRIA UK, Julia Baker More info: http://www.ciria.org/News/blog/Biodiversity_Net_Gain_is_the_next_big_thing.aspx … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: When biodiversity offsetting can benefit nature

What’s it about in short: Giv­ing exam­ples from the UK con­text (Net­work Rail), Julia Baker argues that there are sit­u­a­tions when the frame­work for bio­di­ver­sity off­set­ting can ben­e­fit nature — and help us achieve our 2020 tar­get of halt­ing bio­di­ver­sity loss. … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Confronting threats to marine ecosystems through the use of biodiversity offsets

What’s it about in short: infor­ma­tion on marine bio­di­ver­sity off­sets (via a related sym­po­sium and BBOP webi­nar) When was it released: August 18, 2016 By whom: Nicki Shumway More info: Pre­sen­ta­tion by Nicole Shumway, http://brisbane2016.scboceania.org/sessions/confronting-threats-to-marine-ecosystems-through-the-use-of-biodiversity-offsets/ … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Loi sur la biodiversité : « Ne tirez plus sur l’ambulance ! » (French biodiversity law)

What’s it about in short: Harold Lev­rel and Anne Teyssè­dre com­ment on the par­la­men­tary debate and news report­ing about the new French bio­di­ver­sity law When was it released: Feb­ru­ary 1, 2016 By whom: Harold Lev­rel and Anne Teyssè­dre, le monde More info: http://www.lemonde.fr/biodiversite/article/2016/02/01/loi-sur-la-biodiversite-ne-tirez-plus-sur-l-ambulance_4857351_1652692.html#mmEh4v1zjMye2eP0.99 … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Natural Capital Day

What’s it about in short: Miles King writes about Nat­ural Cap­i­tal day at the Green Alliance and the related report (called Nat­ural Part­ners) and debate. When was it released: Jan­u­ary 27, 2016 By whom: Miles King, a new nature blog More … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: La Mirada de Mercados de Medio Ambiente — no. 4 of the newsletter

What’s it about in short: no. 4 of the newslet­ter of Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente (includ­ing arti­cles on nat­ural cap­i­tal, bio­di­ver­sity and sus­tain­abil­ity) When was it released: Octo­ber — Decem­ber, 2015 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/La-Mirada-de-MdMA-n.%C2%BA-4.html … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Natural capital and nature conservation champions don’t need to fight

What’s it about in short: Green Alliance’s pol­icy direc­tor, Sue Arm­strong Brown says if the mar­ket pays to pro­tect the envi­ron­ment where it can and con­ser­va­tion inter­venes to pro­tect the envi­ron­ment where it must, is the best chance we have to … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Herramienta de aprendizaje sobre medidas de mitigación apropiadas para cada país en la agricultura, silvicultura y otros usos de la tierra Leer más: Herramienta de aprendizaje sobre medidas de mitigación apropiadas para cada país en la agricultura, silvicultura y otros usos de la tierra

What’s it about in short: FAO has pub­lished a Learn­ing tool on appro­pri­ate mit­i­ga­tion mea­sures in agri­cul­ture, forestry and other land uses in dif­fer­ent coun­tries When was it released: Jan­u­ary 22, 2016 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/actualidad/herramienta-de-aprendizaje-sobre-medidas-de-mitigacion-apropiadas-para-cada-pais-en-la-agricultura-silvicultura-y-otros-usos-de-la-tierra/ (in Span­ish, see … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Achieving Conservation and Development: 10 Principles for Applying the Mitigation Hierarchy

What’s it about in short: The Con­ser­vancy has pub­lished 10 Prin­ci­ples for Apply­ing the Mit­i­ga­tion Hier­ar­chy. When was it released: Jan­u­ary 13, 2016 By whom: Mer­ca­dos de Medio Ambi­ente More info: http://www.mercadosdemedioambiente.com/actualidad/10-principios-para-aplicar-la-jerarquia-de-mitigacion/ (in Span­ish, see the pdf in Eng­lish here) … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO: Landscape Restoration: It’s Time

What’s it about in short: From the very first speeches on the first day of COP21, landscape-scale restora­tion was on the global agenda as never before.   When was it released: Decem­ber 24, 2015 By whom: P.J. Mar­shall More info: http://www.triplepundit.com/2015/12/landscape-restoration-time/ … Con­tinue read­ing