SHORT INFO — Potential for Biodiversity Offsets as a Biodiversity Finance Mechanism in India

What’s it about in short: Poten­tial for Bio­di­ver­sity Off­sets as a Bio­di­ver­sity Finance Mech­a­nism in India — a pre­sen­ta­tion made at the CBD work­shop on ‘the role of pri­vate sec­tor in achiev­ing national bio­di­ver­sity finance tar­gets’ at CII’s 10th National Sus­tain­abil­ity … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Does it help conservation to put a price on nature? — article and related LinkedIn discussion

What’s it about in short: arti­cle and related LinkedIn dis­cus­sion on the ben­e­fits and risks of eco­nomic val­u­a­tion of nature (with some ref­er­ences to bio­di­ver­sity off­sets) When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 11, 2015 By whom: Roger Har­ris, Bio­di­ver­sity Pro­fes­sion­als More info: … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Should conservation organizations treat nature as natural capital? — An opinion piece by Jacob Salcone

What’s it about in short: opin­ion piece on the role of nature con­ser­va­tion orga­ni­za­tions in the dis­cus­sion about eco­nomic val­u­a­tion of nature (Nat­ural Cap­i­tal) When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 3, 2015 By whom: Jacob Sal­cone, IUCN More info: http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/oceania/?21849/Should-conservation-organizations-treat-nature-as-natural-capital—An-opinion-piece-by-Jacob-Salcone … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — The Nature Conservancy’s Development by Design global program

What’s it about in short: launch of the web plat­form of The Nature Conservancy’s Devel­op­ment by Design global pro­gram When was it released: Sep­tem­ber 15, 2015 By whom: Bruce McKen­ney and Joe Kiesecker, the Nature Con­ser­vancy More info: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/smart-development/index.htm … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — NSW Election 2015: Baird biodiversity offsets plan endangered under Labour

What’s it about in short: arti­cle on bio­di­ver­sity off­sets and pol­icy change (?) in New South Wales, Aus­tralia When was it released: March 6, 2015 By whom: Peter Han­nam, The Syd­ney Morn­ing Her­ald More info: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-election-2015-baird-biodiversity-offsets-plan-endangered-under-labor-20150306-13xcp1.html … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Biodiversity offsetting: challenges in theory and practice — talk by Prof EJ Milner-Gulland

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

SHORT INFO — First ‘Avoided Forest Conversion’ Offsets Purchased in the California Market

What’s it about in short: arti­cle on car­bon off­sets from avoided for­est con­ver­sion and sus­tain­able for­est man­age­ment When was it released: April 23, 2015 By whom: Kasey Krifka, Triple Pun­dit More info: http://www.triplepundit.com/2015/04/purchase-first-avoided-forest-conversion-offsets-california-market/ … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Biodiversity Offsetting Effectiveness in England (LinkedIn discussion)

What’s it about in short: new LinkedIn dis­cus­sion search­ing for input on the effec­tive­ness of bio­di­ver­sity off­sets in the UK (for a mas­ter the­sis) When was it released: August 13, 2015 By whom: Christo­pher Seaton More info: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/5078805–6037256032219078657 … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Is “biodiversity offsetting” really protecting ecosystems? (LinkedIn discussion)

What’s it about in short: lively LinkedIn dis­cus­sion (~30 com­ments) on the impact and effec­tive­ness of bio­di­ver­sity off­sets When was it released: August, 2015 By whom: Gor­don Ger­b­itz More info: https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/4076378–6031468076283752449 … Con­tinue read­ing

SHORT INFO — Understanding The Basics Of Mitigation Banking

What’s it about in short: arti­cle explain­ing (US) mit­i­ga­tion bank­ing When was it released: n.a. By whom: Vikram Jhawar More info: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/dictionary/031615/understanding-basics-mitigation-banking.asp#ixzz3km9QJShV … Con­tinue read­ing